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Responding to continued vulnerability of systems to security threats as more internet of things devices attach to networks, information technology security company Fortinet Inc. has introduced a new network access control solution to enable visibility at scale across multi-vendor environments. FortiNAC is …
CloudEndure delivers live migration and disaster recovery through a single toolset
When VMware Inc. made headline news last week with the announcement that it would launch its cloud service on Amazon Web Services Inc., a number of companies began scrambling to see how they might fit into the new picture. That wasn’t necessary …
Dell’s PowerEdge MX and VxRail lay groundwork for software-defined infrastructure
When Dell EMC rolled out its PowerEdge 14G server line last year, the company emphasized features such as automated server setup, security, and faster hyperscale workload performance in anticipation that the software-defined infrastructure would become a key element for enterprise data centers. …
Life on the edge: Michael Dell has made a career out of ignoring the obvious
Over Labor Day weekend, the Dell Technologies Championship golf tournament in Boston made headlines as Tiger Woods played in contention throughout the event. Faced with a chance to close within two shots of the lead midway through Monday’s final round, Woods left …
Cisco’s CloudCenter geared to support businesses on multicloud journey
As more enterprises move workloads into multiple clouds, the need to manage that infrastructure has become greater. To meet this demand, Cisco Systems Inc. has created CloudCenter, a multicloud management tool designed to provide preconfigured integration capabilities for a number of cloud …
Sun Microsystems co-founder and early Google investor is all-in on VMware NSX
Being first to market often has benefits, and it can take a special kind of vision to be the initial investor before others join the bandwagon. Which is why when Andy Bechtolsheim (pictured), founder, chief development officer and chairman of Arista Networks …
Surprising database news brings AWS and VMware partnership into sharper focus
Going into VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas this week, industry analysts were wondering how VMware Inc. would expand its cloud partnership with Amazon Web Services Inc., jointly announced a year ago. They didn’t have to wait long. On Monday, AWS revealed that …
The sophisticated algorithms behind peer-to-peer money lending
Out of meltdown comes opportunity. In the aftermath of the financial crisis that gripped the world a decade ago, one of the outcomes was that banks began to dictate strict limits on consumer loans and obtaining funds became about as easy as finding …
Improving the customer-engagement connection: Innovation evangelist weighs in
With the many technology tools available in the digital age, it would seem impossible to miss the mark on customer engagement. Social media platforms, data analytics, and sophisticated messaging all combine to deliver a powerful connection. How can a company blunder? Tiffani …
Blockchain drives Web 3.0 in a new era of capital formation, says crypto entrepreneur Al Burgio
By today’s highly interactive standards, the earliest web pages were a pretty dull affair. In the 1990s world of Web 1.0, pages were static without much in the way of video, sound or transformative graphics. The era of Web 2.0 ushered in user-generated content …