Brian Njuguna

Brian is a staff writer for theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio. He has written for a variety of publications, including Blockchain.News and Capital.com. Brian has a penchant for technological innovations, including blockchain, cloud computing, data science, and cryptocurrencies, as he believes that they will reign supreme as the world gears toward the Fourth Industrial Revolution. He loves to attend rugby sporting events, travel, and listen to music. Brian lives in Nairobi, Kenya, and holds a bachelor’s of economics and statistics from Kenyatta University.

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MariaDB’s SkySQL takes data management to new heights, supports both transactional and analytical engines as one

BIG DATA By BRIAN NJUGUNA4 YEARS AGO

While databases propel application development, their sprawling number is proving to be a complexity for developer teams managing them all. Through a database as a service infrastructure called SkySQL, MariaDB PLC looks to propel data management by rendering reliability, availability, performance, and …

SoftwareONE offers continued cloud optimization through FinOps

CLOUD By BRIAN NJUGUNA4 YEARS AGO

Thanks to increasingly complex cloud environments, the issue of cost optimization has become vital. By tapping into the financial operations (FinOps) discipline as its superpower from both a technology and licensing perspective, SoftwareONE AG heightens cloud value through spend optimization, according to …

Unifying transactional and analytical data for real-time insights

BIG DATA By BRIAN NJUGUNA4 YEARS AGO

For a digital-first experience, relevant, consistent, and fresh data must be incorporated. SingleStore Inc. looks to propel real-time insights through the unification concept, and its Universal Storage helps with this objective, according to Domenic Ravita (pictured), vice president of developer relations at …

How Veeam uses native snapshots as the first line of defense in backup and recovery

SECURITY By BRIAN NJUGUNA4 YEARS AGO

Since ransomware is pervasive and not a one-and-done occurrence, backup is core to any comprehensive security strategy, even in the cloud. Veeam Software Inc. looks to provide a secure backup strategy as part of the remediative recovery component with snapshots acting as …

Making medical IoT devices more secure with machine and deep learning

AI By BRIAN NJUGUNA4 YEARS AGO

Even though smart medical devices are providing breakthrough improvements and reimagining patient experience, they open up vulnerabilities to new attacks and exploits that can disrupt hospital operations and put patients in danger. With a 200% increase in cyberattacks in healthcare organizations and …

Unit 42 highlights threat intelligence importance as Russia, Ukraine ransomware attacks fly under the radar

SECURITY By BRIAN NJUGUNA4 YEARS AGO

As threat actors continue to become more sophisticated, staying ahead of the curve is a game-changer. Threat intelligence is now more important than ever, because a perfect storm is brewing based on ransomware attacks between Russia and Ukraine, with nation-state actors undertaking …

Palo Alto Networks enhances data protection by showing vulnerabilities in code repository

SECURITY By BRIAN NJUGUNA4 YEARS AGO

If a single exposed secret is left undetected, threat actors can easily take advantage and harm the entire application. Through the Prisma Cloud Secrets Security module, Palo Alto Networks Inc. addresses this challenge by seamlessly identifying secrets that have been laid bare …

CDW partners with Palo Alto to enhance security through end-to-end managed capabilities

SECURITY By BRIAN NJUGUNA4 YEARS AGO

In the modern enterprise world, security issues go beyond ransomware attacks to include risk governance, vulnerability management and building a zero-trust framework. As Palo Alto Networks Inc.’s Authorized Training Partner, CDW LLC offers advisory and consulting services that enable enterprises to rationalize …

AWS partnerships help orgs accelerate FinOps, reduce risk with well-defined governance models

CLOUD By BRIAN NJUGUNA4 YEARS AGO

Based on recent Forrester study, 78% of respondents, including ISVs and end customers, disclosed that the lack of a well-defined governance model was putting their companies at risk, according to Whit Crump (pictured), director of Americas business development, worldwide channels and customer programs, …

Heimdall Data and AWS heighten application performance through data access layer

BIG DATA By BRIAN NJUGUNA4 YEARS AGO

Slow application performance is frustrating, with poor interaction with the database being a primary contributor. Therefore, slower response times trigger lower worker productivity or fewere eyeballs on a website as users get impatient, diminishing overall company revenue. Through a data access layer …

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