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News & Views Most Popular IBM Is Losing the Cloud Race By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/16/2018 Twenty percent growth looks great, but not when the market is growing at 50%. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Aryaka's New CEO: We Need to Be More Than a Face in the SD-WAN Crowd By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 IPO plans are on hold as Aryaka builds its business. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Symantec Seeks to Slash SaaS Security Response Time By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2018 Looks to reduce time for security pros to detect and react to application threats. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Aqsacom's Telecom Cyber-Intelligence Focus Turns to 5G, NFV By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 10/9/2018 With one of its most important software updates coming up this month, Aqsacom CEO Gilles Blanc discusses his company's background, technology edge and why 5G is so challenging to cyber-intelligence firms. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Google Quits $10B Pentagon Cloud Competition By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/9/2018 Google says it won't compete for a lucrative cloud computing contract because it's inconsistent with the company values — and also because portions are out of scope of current government certifications. Post a Comment \| Read (0) I Love Google+ & I'm Sad To See It Die By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/9/2018 Superior technology isn't enough. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Chinese Hardware Hack Threatens US Tech Supply Chain – Bloomberg By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/4/2018 Thirty companies, including Amazon and Apple, and the US government are threatened in the attack, according to a bombshell investigative report from Bloomberg. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwXEQYW0RSQ Some more follow-up on... Advertisement When Making SD-WAN Plans, Don't Shirk Security By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/4/2018 Security requirements 'can change the design of your overall network dramatically,' says Orange Business's John Isch. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Microsoft Secures IoT 'Dark Matter' By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/1/2018 Microsoft is developing hardware and software tools to help secure 80 billion Internet of Things devices that will come online by 2025. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: RituGupta That paragraph just reminds me of how all of these big corporations around... 3 Takeaways From Microsoft Ignite By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/1/2018 Microsoft is striving to win cloud customers with a new telco strategic focus, HoloLens augmented reality, and by forswearing competing with customers – unlike, Microsoft says, its crosstown rivals at Amazon Web Services. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Microsoft Ignite Slideshow: Stay Away From the Agony Booth By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/28/2018 Microsoft made Florida even hotter. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Microsoft: We're Not Bullies Anymore! We're Nice! By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/25/2018 CEO Satya Nadella gives the side-eye to Amazon Web Services, saying Microsoft won't compete with its enterprise customers. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: jonsmirl Microsoft is one of the actors behind fairsearch.org. They are also responsible... Microsoft Goes Captain America, Launches 'Defending Democracy' Program By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/24/2018 Microsoft is launching programs to protect the electoral process and use artificial intelligence to provide humanitarian aid. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: UdyRegan This is a good movement to show the country where their political situation... Microsoft: Now You Don't Need a %$#! Password By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/24/2018 Bad news if you like making up and memorizing nonsense words. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Microsoft Flexes Muscles on AI, IoT & Security By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/24/2018 Microsoft kicked off its Microsoft Ignite customer and analyst conference by punching all the hot buttons on enterprise cloud. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Windstream Adds PCI Compliance to SD-WAN By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 9/18/2018 Service provider says the independent compliance is important not just to its retail segment customers but also many other market segments. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Multicloud Gets Engineers 'Excited,' Says UK Bank CIO By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/17/2018 Getting proficient on multiple cloud platforms makes engineers 'more personally marketable,' says Darryl West, HSBC Group CIO. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Mercy Fills Virtualization Prescription By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/6/2018 The technology arm of Mercy healthcare system had to get 'really good at what we do,' to meet the needs of a changing market. Post a Comment \| Read (0) VMware Flies to Public Cloud With CloudHealth Acquisition By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/28/2018 VMware says CloudHealth will give MSPs visibility into public cloud workloads, complementing VMware's existing insights into private clouds and applications. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Joe Stanganelli Lagging behind and getting outmaneuvered by major cloud competitors for years... VMware Buys CloudHealth for Multicloud Ops By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/27/2018 CloudHealth provides a unified platform to help managed service providers manage cloud costs, usage, security and performance in one place. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards UdyRegan, 10/15/2018 1:18:23 AM Microsoft Goes Captain America, Launches 'Defending Democracy' Program Re: Re: Networking security This is a good movement to show the country where their political situation currently stands at. It also sends the message that they mean business in defending the rights of any political campaigns and supporting each and... brooks7, 10/8/2018 5:50:32 PM Chinese Hardware Hack Threatens US Tech Supply Chain – Bloomberg Re: Re: Apple, Amazon & Chinese denials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwXEQYW0RSQ Some more follow-up on this. seven johnwright, 10/8/2018 6:51:34 AM Microsoft Goes Captain America, Launches 'Defending Democracy' Program Re: Networking security It is correct that we all are now very much aware of the network and data security and we have to make sure that our system and the network is safe and secure. In application to that, Microsoft is going to take that step... RituGupta, 10/5/2018 11:20:05 PM Microsoft Secures IoT 'Dark Matter' Re: hi That paragraph just reminds me of how all of these big corporations around the whole are just trying to capitalise and monetize something that shouldn't have to be. At the end of the day, they just want to make money off... Mitch Wagner, 10/5/2018 1:32:21 PM Chinese Hardware Hack Threatens US Tech Supply Chain – Bloomberg Re: Apple, Amazon & Chinese denials Apple and Amazon's denials, in response to the Bloomberg article, are unusually vehement and specific. Apple: Over the course of the past year, Bloomberg has contacted us multiple times with claims, sometimes vague and... jonsmirl, 9/25/2018 8:15:37 AM Microsoft: We're Not Bullies Anymore! We're Nice! Re: there is still bad behavior Microsoft is one of the actors behind fairsearch.org. They are also responsible for a lot of patent trolling, especial against Linux (note that if you use Linux on Azure they imdenify you from their own attacks). Plus... mathew456, 8/31/2018 4:07:57 PM Cisco Blends Viptela SD-WAN Into Router Stack Re: Router I have read the post and it is very much helpful as I have got to know about the SD WAN which might help you to router stack. The Cisco has become a great advantage in the router industry. Contact in Router Supports... Joe Stanganelli, 8/29/2018 11:33:58 PM VMware Flies to Public Cloud With CloudHealth Acquisition Re: My take Lagging behind and getting outmaneuvered by major cloud competitors for years now (esp. AMZN), this acquisition seems to signal that VmWare is recognizing how important it is for it to branch out more away from the cloud-provider... rgaz, 8/27/2018 2:57:06 PM Arista Weaves Security Blanket Over Data Center, Campus and Cloud Re: application security Are all these security features address App Layer7 or only lower layers? clarkede, 8/22/2018 3:04:23 PM Is Open Source More Secure? Maybe Not Re: Highly Topical Area AWS makes a very important observation. It would be good to see this topic covered in more depth with commentary coming from different constituencies of experts and users. Particularly with reference to open source being... Michelle, 8/22/2018 12:10:28 AM Is Open Source More Secure? Maybe Not Re: ahh Interesting. I have been reading about the potential for better security, but wondered if it were actually true. It seems not. RituGupta, 8/19/2018 11:54:29 PM IBM Launches 'Skinny' Cloud Mainframe Re: Re: Mainframe lite This is something that I would not have expected to arise in the cloud industry. Usually when data is concerned, we would all want something huge to ensure enough data can be stored away for good. However, when the term... Mitch Wagner, 7/31/2018 8:11:37 PM Google Pushes Enterprise Strategy Beyond the Cloud Re: Re: Soda I know a couple of people who bring their own coffee-making equipment when they travel. Joe Stanganelli, 7/31/2018 4:23:39 PM Google Pushes Enterprise Strategy Beyond the Cloud Re: Soda > Bafflingly, the conference had plentiful candy but no soda How strange... Is this a casualty of the latest Bay Area war on things people like? Or perhaps it was a ploy to get you to buy overpriced stuff at the Convention... UdyRegan, 7/30/2018 11:35:14 PM Cisco's Robbins: Enterprises Demand Simplicity Re: hi I can definitely relate to this sort of thing in my every day operations at my self storage facility. All the customers want is a nice clean place to put all of their things but they forget that there are prohibited items... More Message Boards		Security Now Security Needs to Start Speaking the Language of Business Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 10/16/2018 At the Gartner Symposium/ITXPO, upcoming security trends for the next year ... (0) Privacy & AI Changing the Digital Transformation Game Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 10/16/2018 At Gartner's Symposium/ITXPO, analysts have come up with the term ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News Coop Gives a Damn About Infrastructure Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 10/16/2018 Beaver Creek Cooperative Telephone Co. needs to replace its legacy system with a ... (0) AT&T Suffering Service Outage in Dallas-Ft. 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