Google, Others Back App Container Spec
An application container specification that defines how to build and run pre-packaged apps has gained some big-name backing as an ecosystem emerges to "secure the backend of the Internet," ...Full Article
Spy Tools Come to the Cloud
Cloud computing is increasingly being used for intelligence-gathering and "threat analysis" as government vendors like Amazon Web Services join forces with analytics outfits that are meshing cognitive computing and ...Full Article
Enterprises Learn Artificial Intelligence Lessons
In Hollywood, artificial intelligence-equipped beings run amok to take control of the world and the human population. In enterprises, the integration of AI into a growing number of software ...Full Article
AWS Rules Cloud Services Roost
Amazon Web Services dominates the cloud infrastructure services market, owning a bigger share than all its largest competitors combined. AWS holds 29 percent of the market, according to a ...Full Article
Hybrid Cloud Shift Fuels Automated Security
Cloud infrastructure providers are increasingly looking for ways to automate cloud security as more customers migrate to hybrid cloud configurations in which enterprises maintain an on-premise infrastructure for sensitive ...Full Article
VMware Unveils Open Source Cloud-Native Projects
VMware today expanded its open source support when it unveiled Project Lightwave, an identity and access management project designed to extend enterprise-scale and security to cloud-native applications, and Project ...Full Article
Cloud Competitors Nip at AWS’ Heels
Well-established cloud service providers remain enterprises' partners of choice, but challengers are nipping at their heels as more organizations turn to cloud for myriad infrastructure needs, a new report ...Full Article
Secure Cloud Transitions Start with Infrastructure Reviews
There's a temptation to view the many flavors of cloud as the solution to all an enterprise's network, storage, and infrastructure challenges. But simply transitioning existing processes to the ...Full Article
Cloud Security: Separating Fact from Fiction
Information security is a perennial concern for the enterprise. Long before cloud computing came on the scene, maintaining the integrity of data and IT infrastructure was critical to success ...Full Article
Big Data ‘Center of Gravity’ Shifting to Cloud
As practitioners of big data analytics seek to bring computing power closer to the data rather than the other way around, the cloud is emerging as the preferred platform ...Full Article
