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When Oracle Corp. introduced its Generation 2 Cloud in 2018, the company went to great lengths to emphasize how the architecture was designed to support enterprise needs. The release was designed to address what top company officials saw as a previous generation …
AWS expands its public-sector footprint while pushing toward the final frontier
Amazon Web Services Inc. announced yesterday that it would launch a new business unit to extend cloud technologies into space. The business segment, which will be led by the former head of the Department of Defense’s Space Force, will focus on using AWS cloud …
The time for modernizing government IT is now, says AWS public-policy VP
There has been way too much lost in recent months: jobs, routine human interaction and, most importantly, lives. That has led one executive of Amazon Web Services Inc. to frame consequences of the global pandemic in terms of reassessing how governments handle technology …
US Navy’s largest migration to AWS GovCloud adds security and analytics benefits
While information-technology modernization has been an urgent priority for many private sector companies, the pace of change can often be slower in the U.S. government. However, one branch of the military has picked up the pace dramatically. The U.S. Navy and SAP …
US journalists, PR pros contend with challenging news cycles
The year 2020 has emerged as a perfect storm of reporting for U.S. journalists. A pandemic that has already claimed the lives of 126,000 Americans would have been a major story by itself. Add in the significant economic impact of COVID-19, ongoing …
AWS partner program helps public sector deal with unprecedented demand
As the full impact of COVID-19 began to spread throughout the U.S., state government agencies needed help. Many were overwhelmed with calls from citizens seeking medical assistance or unemployment support. The numbers were staggering. The Kansas Department of Labor received approximately 1.6 …
Beyond backup and recovery: Veritas moves into data supervision as customers face increased regulation
When the average cellphone now has at least 10 different forms of electronic communication, it’s a sure sign that the process for capturing all of the data being generated is going to be a challenge for key players in the data-protection and …
Veritas delivers container-based monitoring and other enhancements for InfoScale
Over the past several years, Veritas Technologies LLC has added new features and capabilities to its InfoScale technology. The software-defined bridge between tier-one applications and infrastructure was combined with Veritas’ NetBackup and Information Studio tools in mid-2019, and the company followed that …
Drums beat louder for social media reform amid pandemic, unrest and US elections
As the U.S. moves into a hot and turbulent summer, the thunderclouds are gathering around social media platforms — and it’s clear that neither the platforms nor the rest of the tech community are ready for the coming storm. According to the …
Io-Tahoe injects automation into data discovery for a smarter view of the enterprise
In the world of baseball, there is a saying that hitters can’t hit what they can’t see. In the enterprise world, organizations are increasingly realizing that being able to see as much data as possible is crucial for making successful business decisions. …