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Styra Inc. is offering a double-barreled approach to bolstering security and compliance in the cloud-native world. Through the company’s open-source Open Policy Agent, software developers can apply security and compliance policies to the Kubernetes container orchestration platform. Styra is also providing a …
Dell advances HCI with latest enhancements for VxRail and VMware Cloud Foundation
For much of the past year, Dell Technologies Inc. has been leveraging its relationship with VMware Inc. to advance the hyperconverged infrastructure in meeting the multicloud demands of its customers. Recent announcements from Dell now appear to be aimed at taking that …
Acquisition of Rancher Labs fuels SUSE’s competition with Red Hat
For many years, the branded motto for open-source giant SUSE Group was “Power of Many.” After SUSE’s acquisition of Kubernetes startup Rancher Labs Inc. today, a new motto — now prominently displayed on the websites of both companies — reads “Stronger. Together.” “With the combination …
Shared responsibility is still elusive when it comes to cloud data protection
The state of data protection in the cloud today is analogous to renting a seaside home for the weekend, dropping off all belongings, and then heading for the beach without locking the front door. If all the possessions get stolen, is it …
Dell ‘powers up’ VxFlex and launches PowerFlex 3.5 for software-defined storage
Over the past year, Dell Technologies Inc. has made incremental adjustments to its VxFlex hyperconverged-infrastructure portfolio. A number of these enhancements added new features as part of the firm’s PowerEdge server line. This week, Dell recognized what many of its customers had …
Unusual consulting partnership drives business value in the cloud
Why would the consulting arm of one of the largest technology companies in the world partner with one of the largest consulting companies in the world? The answer is that such a partnership makes sense when the combination of capabilities results in …
Deloitte-Oracle Consulting collaboration focuses on inevitable data-center migration to cloud
There was a time when many businesses invested in building and running in-house data centers. Not anymore. Oracle Consulting and Deloitte Consulting LLP formed a partnership — Elevate — in September to help businesses with a transition from data center to cloud that now …
Oracle Consulting positions itself to be part of the cloud conversation for core enterprise missions
Oracle Corp. built its business around running mission-critical uses of its technology, and the company’s revamped consulting program has a cloud strategy which is a direct reflection of that. As Oracle Consulting expands its cloud services, one focus has been on ensuring …
As-a-service solutions offer advantage for Oracle despite late entry into cloud wars
Oracle Corp. is positioning itself with a trifecta in the enterprise computing world, offering infrastructure as a service, platform as a service and software as a service solutions to meet the needs of its large customer base. An example of how this …
How Oracle Consulting helps customers transition from systems of record to systems of intelligence
Oracle Consulting has been undergoing its own transformation, from staff augmentation to offerings key to the business of its enterprise customers. Central to Oracle Consulting’s offering portfolio is the use of autonomous technology to understand data inside an organization and enable a cognitive …