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Comments Off on VMware’s New End-User Computing Guru Brian Madden On Reaching ‘Nirvana’
(Source: CRN) After an 18-month break from the IT world, distinguished virtualization technologist Brian Madden is bringing his more than 20 years of end-user computing talents to VMware. Madden, a renowned author, speaker, founder of BrianMadden.com and creator of the BriForum conference series, said VMware's holistic approach ......
Comments Off on Storage Made Easy secures £3 million in growth funding to capitalise on compliance and governance of digital assets
(Source: PR Newswire (press release)) "They recognize the market opportunity and believe that Storage Made Easy is strategically positioned to build on the existing growth and success that has already been achieved. This new funding will primarily be spent on sales related resources as we push to grow our footprint in the enterprise. This investment validates ......
Comments Off on Wall Street warms to enterprise software: Could this bode well for Smartsheet, DocuSign and others?
(Source: GeekWire) He said trends in automation, machine learning, cloud computing and security continue to create new opportunities for enterprise software companies. “Public market investors are recognizing these drivers and thus are broadly supportive of companies like Smartsheet and Docusign going public,” said Bryant, whose firm ......
Comments Off on Agilent and BioTek Join Forces to Create an Integrated Metabolic Analysis and Imaging Platform
(Source: Markets Insider) This solution creates a standardized approach for comparing XF data sets, improving assay workflow, embedding images into WAVE software, and applying normalization values to Seahorse XF measurements. "The collaboration between Agilent and BioTek was a natural extension of our shared goal to advance scientific ......
Comments Off on Dell EMC, VMware Top HCI Hardware, Software Revenue Rankings
(Source: SDxCentral) Systems running Nutanix's software brought in $368.4 million, or 29.5 percent. Dell EMC also took the No. 3 spot for HCI based on its ScaleIO storage software with $96.5 million in revenue, or 7.7 percent. These values represent all software and hardware, regardless of how it was ultimately branded. Overall HCI systems ......
Comments Off on Report: 41% of companies have 1,000+ sensitive files open to every employee
(Source: TechRepublic) A data security and analytics firm released a troubling report Wednesday about the lack of security in most corporate networks, illustrating massive gaps in protection that hackers have taken advantage of in recent years. The 2018 Global Data Risk Report from Varonis Systems highlights the need for better security ......
Comments Off on AWS launches a service for securely storing company ‘secrets’
(Source: CNBC) In the past year AWS also has sought to bolster its security capabilities with the acquisition of Sqrrl and the introduction of the Macie data security service. Amazon Web Services leads the public cloud infrastructure market, with more than 125 services available to customers. In the fourth quarter it held 34 percent of the ......
Comments Off on Pentagon to Respond on Cloud Contract Rivals Say Favors Amazon
(Source: Data Center Knowledge) Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) -- The Pentagon says it's received 1,089 comments -- including submissions from 46 companies -- on its plans for a multibillion-dollar cloud computing contract in a sign of the intense interest and sharp debate over a winner-take-all award that competitors say will favor Amazon.com Inc. Industry ......
Comments Off on Estonia experiments with blockchain, smart services and ‘data embassies’
(Source: GCN.com) Estonia envisions an environment where the government anticipates the services its citizens need without them having to go through an application process. If a family has a child, for example, the government will know about the birth, so the social services provided to new families should be automatically offered and ......
Comments Off on IDC names four SDN providers to watch
(Source: TechTarget) IDC, based in Framingham, Mass., defined SDN as architecture for data center networking, especially relevant as enterprise cloud use grows. The firm said the most important features these SDN providers offer to customers include automated provisioning, programmable network management, better application visibility ......