Crystal Ball 2019: ‘AI Transformation Poised to Begin in Earnest’
Years ago, the future was much more opaque. Now, it’s tangible, visible, it’s rising up all around us. A favorite quote from 2018: “I don’t predict the future, I ...Full Article
Cumulus Networks Partners with Datacenter Switcher
The unclogging of datacenter networks is taking a decidedly open approach that is permeating down to the level of network operating systems and high-capacity optical switches. The latest example ...Full Article
Supermicro: Investigation Shows No Motherboard Hack
Supermicro, the subject of media reports (including ours) two months ago alleging that spies in China hacked Supermicro servers widely distributed throughout the U.S. technology supply chain, has followed ...Full Article
Avi Networks Extends Istio to Handle Most Apps
Networking vendors are steadily adding new services to the emerging Istio service mesh used to link Kubernetes-based application components. That latest approach called a “universal service mesh” seeks to ...Full Article
Hybrid HPC Services Gather Momentum
Add high-performance computing to the ever-growing list of enterprise (fill-in-the-blank) as-a-service offerings. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) and HPC partner Advania Data Centers (ADC) have put their own spin ...Full Article
IBM, LogDNA Partner on Cloud Data Management Service
IBM and log data management startup LogDNA are collaborating on a new cloud service designed to help developers spot faults and debug code in data stored in the IBM ...Full Article
Red Hat, AWS Expand Cloud Data Transfer Options
With its acquisition by IBM not expected to close until the second half of 2019, Red Hat continues to snap up cloud startups as it builds its hybrid cloud ...Full Article
Video and Rich Media: Overcoming Performance and Scale Hurdles
Video and rich media content is growing exponentially. Video now constitutes 50 percent of all data, and a rich media explosion is driving performance and capacity gains across countless ...Full Article
Container Security Concerns Persist
Applications containers and other microservices are handling production workloads at an increasing rate, but several studies emphasize that container security lags. The latest concludes that risks around runtime attacks ...Full Article
Oracle Acquires SD-WAN Specialist Talari
Oracle has moved to add bandwidth and security to its cloud portfolio with the acquisition of Talari Networks, a software-defined networking specialist. Terms of the acquisition announced on Thursday ...Full Article