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News & Views Most Popular 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) Advertisement 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) Is Open Source More Secure? Maybe Not By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 8/21/2018 Cloud training expert cautions against assuming open source software is inherently more secure, advising developers to use with caution. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: clarkede AWS makes a very important observation. It would be good to see this topic... Arista Weaves Security Blanket Over Data Center, Campus and Cloud By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/21/2018 Arista is stepping up its war with Cisco, extending its new networking fabric strategy to encompass security. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: rgaz Are all these security features address App Layer7 or only lower layers? Advertisement Cisco: Service Provider Revenues Grow, but the 5G Bonanza Is Yet to Come By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/15/2018 Disappointing shortage of bad news in Cisco's quarterly earnings, with revenues up across the board. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Twistlock Scores $33M to Expand Its Cloud Security Empire By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/15/2018 The cloud-native applications security specialist has now raised $63 million. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Automation Makes Network Security a Much Bigger Priority By Rebecca Prudhomme, VP, Portfolio Marketing, Ciena, 8/15/2018 Automation will help companies meet customer demand and stay competitive, but it also makes the security stakes that much higher. Here are some key ingredients for a comprehensive network security approach. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cisco Blends Viptela SD-WAN Into Router Stack By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/7/2018 Cisco's goal is to speed up and simplify WAN deployments, with centralized management and improved visibility. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: mathew456 I have read the post and it is very much helpful as I have got to know... Cisco's Multi-Year Buying Binge By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/6/2018 It may seem like Cisco buys companies the way the rest of us buy smartphone apps – just for the heck of it, when they're bored. But there's actually a plan. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cisco Takes Security Beyond the Enterprise Network With $2.35B Duo Buy By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/2/2018 Cisco is looking to make it less scary for enterprises to live in the world of public clouds, BYO devices and end users who aren't employees. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Equinix Grows as Enterprise Strategy Takes Hold By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 7/31/2018 By making more cloud/IT resources available in its IBXs, Equinix is moving well beyond data center and interconnection to play a strategic role for large enterprises in the hybrid cloud space. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Google Pushes Enterprise Strategy Beyond the Cloud By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 7/30/2018 With recent initiatives in Internet of Things and on-premises software, as well as its open source, AI and security strengths, Google Cloud Platform is finding its place in a hot market. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Mitch Wagner I know a couple of people who bring their own coffee-making equipment when... Google: Security vs. Convenience – You Don't Have to Choose By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 7/25/2018 Google is introducing a physical hardware key to provide platform access for high-priority end users, as well as protections for G Suite and virtualized and containerized apps. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Google Launches Cloud Services Platform, a Toolkit for Kubernetes & Serverless Apps By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 7/24/2018 Google is integrating disparate open source software into a single platform to make it easier for enterprises to deploy, manage and secure applications across the public and on-premises clouds. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cato Builds Business Priorities Into SD-WAN By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 7/23/2018 The SD-WAN provider, which brings its own global networking infrastructure, now allows network operators to prioritize traffic based on the identity of the user. Post a Comment \| Read (0) IBM Rises to $20B in Revenue on Cloud Growth By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 7/18/2018 IBM nailed a third consecutive quarter of revenue growth Wednesday, putting its five-year revenue decline farther behind it. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: davidfrre If you want to know the reason behind the rising of the Cloud Computing process... Google Debuts Enterprise 'Grab and Go' for Chromebook Loaners By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 7/17/2018 Like the name says: Enterprises can let employees in need of a loaner Chromebook just grab one and go. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Michelle I wonder if any other companies are working on similar loaner capabilities.... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Virtuapedia Indexes The Future of Virtualization Index project provides CSPs with a clear and concise set of benchmarks to measure their progress in the migration to virtualized networks using a series of surveys involving more than three dozen of the world's most important CSPs. Message Boards 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... Michelle, 7/30/2018 9:11:48 PM Google Pushes Enterprise Strategy Beyond the Cloud Re: Grab and go I'm interested in the Grab n Go Chromebook program. I'm really curious to see how it works out for the education system. I suspect schools who have signed up for Microsoft 365 will have to pass on Chromebooks due to contract... davidfrre, 7/28/2018 7:52:17 PM IBM Rises to $20B in Revenue on Cloud Growth Re: Cloud Computing If you want to know the reason behind the rising of the Cloud Computing process for the IBM have to make the online data process up to mark and for the more information, you can easily contact the Epson printer recovery... Michelle, 7/23/2018 11:48:52 PM Google Debuts Enterprise 'Grab and Go' for Chromebook Loaners Re: Leading the loaners I wonder if any other companies are working on similar loaner capabilities. Not everything is in the cloud for all, but a quick check out process could still help in other situations. I have encoutered few loaner laptops... mendyk, 7/17/2018 3:42:46 PM Google Debuts Enterprise 'Grab and Go' for Chromebook Loaners Re: Realpolitik "Grab and go" -- sounds like a winning slogan for the next presidential campaign. And it will fit nicely on a red hat. kq4ym, 7/16/2018 8:14:44 AM No Customer Downside in Dell's Wall Street Return Re: Re: Good Whether the stated purpose o the move that "simplifies Dell Technologies' capital and ownership structure," will benefit them in the long run remains to be seen of course, but the investors were surely happy to see the 8+... frankiehayes, 7/6/2018 11:50:26 AM Atlanta Braves Go to Bat for Transformation Re: The Braves!! I am thrilled to read this about the Braves. As an Atlanta fan, I love them taking this incredible venue and area and utilizing the most space possible. I wonder if more teams will copy this, and ultimately add a roof to... Michelle, 7/4/2018 2:23:18 PM No Customer Downside in Dell's Wall Street Return Re: Re: Good Ahh, it doesn't seem to be common for high profile companies. Thanks Mitch Wagner, 7/2/2018 11:34:32 PM No Customer Downside in Dell's Wall Street Return Re: Re: Good I expect it's pretty rare. I can't think of another example though I am sure it has happened. Michelle, 7/2/2018 7:25:05 PM No Customer Downside in Dell's Wall Street Return Re: Good Is it common for a company to go public, revert back to private, then return to the market? I have only seen coverage of Dell doing this. At least the result has been good this time around. mendyk, 6/18/2018 10:44:31 AM Atlanta Braves Go to Bat for Transformation Re: Another direction I'd like to see the Mets get involved in transformation. We can bring back party lines and give long-distance calls the respect they used to get. cynamugu, 6/7/2018 1:17:48 PM Why Microsoft Azure? Re: Thanks Structure and enterprise of the organization is strongly built for the profiteering of the people. All the factors of the department and best dissertation writing service review has even taken in to account for the use of... brooks7, 6/7/2018 9:06:04 AM Top 11 Business Features in Apple iOS 12 Re: Re: FaceTime Of course, Skype and Google Hangouts, as well as many of those other appss, are available on both platforms today.... seven Gabriel Brown, 6/7/2018 7:14:21 AM Top 11 Business Features in Apple iOS 12 Re: Re: FaceTime Just drop Android and PC users from the meetings. Simple. DanJones, 6/6/2018 4:42:41 PM Top 11 Business Features in Apple iOS 12 Re: Re: FaceTime @James Very true. There's prospects for AR enterprise software in the future for sure, but Apple mostly focused on the Lego app in the keynote. James_B_Crawshaw, 6/6/2018 3:12:01 PM Top 11 Business Features in Apple iOS 12 Re: Re: FaceTime As far as I know it only works on iPhone devices which is quite limiting. bosco_pcs, 6/6/2018 2:20:09 PM Top 11 Business Features in Apple iOS 12 Re: FaceTime A bunch of conference call apps could be in jeapardy Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 3:22:57 PM White House Axes Top Cybersecurity Role, Strengthens Agency CIOs Re: Job That's Needed Is there too much bureaucracy? Yes. But cybersecurity isn't an area to look to eliminate jobs. It can't all be done with automation and threats continue to grow. Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 3:17:55 PM Cisco: Revenue Slump? What Revenue Slump? Re: What Was Expected? Whether reported earnings were good or bad rarely means asmuch as if analyts' expectations were met or not. Future outlook also seems to mean more than current earnings. Michelle, 4/26/2018 10:33:05 PM Google Launching G Suite 'Confidential Mode,' Including Self-Destructing Email Re: 007 There's a lot of good stuff in this update. I'm looking forward to testing some of these features. Preventing birthday cake man from eating treats with the rest of the group sounds really interesting :) More Message Boards		Security Now Data Breach Can Affect Company's Long-Term Stock Price Larry Loeb, Author, 9/19/2018 A recent study by CompariTech finds that data breaches can have some long-term ... (1 Comment) California Looks to Pass Rudimentary IoT Security Legislation Joe Stanganelli, Principal, Beacon Hill Law, 9/19/2018 A California bill specific to IoT cybersecurity measures sits on Gov. Jerry ... 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