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Among the many countries of the world, there are a group of nations — Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland — that are considered neutral, without entry into military alliances or the establishment of any army bases. In the war-like battles for cloud supremacy, BitRock Inc. …
50 years on, Mayfield looks toward an AI, blockchain and silicon future
Next year, the Mayfield Fund LLC will celebrate a milestone not commonly seen in Silicon Valley: It will celebrate 50 years in the investment business, having been founded well before most of the largest technology companies today became market drivers. The company has …
From dead broke to TV star: Mario Armstrong sings the praises of interactive tech
When Mario Armstrong (pictured) talks about the struggle to achieve his dreams, he draws from a wellspring of experience. Ten years ago, the Emmy Award-winning talk show host and his wife, Nicole, had negative bank balances, maxed-out credit cards and groceries bought …
VMware’s sustainability initiative focuses on the future of global energy
When the United States withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement approximately one year ago, VMware Inc. Chief Executive Office Pat Gelsinger issued a message to his employees that reiterated his company’s commitment to sustainability. That commitment includes achieving carbon neutral emissions for its operations …
Can your data be trusted? Alation rolls out TrustCheck for visual verification
As businesses increasingly rely on data to make critical decisions, the accuracy of that information becomes vitally important. Yet, the process for verification has been haphazard at best. Alation Inc., a company specializing is collaborative data cataloging, has introduced TrustCheck, a new …
Cohesity’s focus on secondary storage propels it to unicorn status, attracts government clients
When Cohesity Inc. announced last month that it had received a $250 million investment from SoftBank Corp.’s Vision Fund, the news was noteworthy for two reasons. It was the largest investment in a U.S. enterprise startup in nearly two years, and it …
HPE CEO Antonio Neri aims to deploy AI at the network edge
The “e” stands for “enterprise” at HPE, but it’s rapidly coming to mean “edge” as well. After outlining the company’s edge-centric, data-driven hybrid cloud strategy at its June conference in Las Vegas, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. Chief Executive Antonio Neri (pictured) added more details …
AWS presence in Middle East fosters innovation as Bahrain embraces government cloud
Over the past two years, Amazon Web Services Inc. has not been shy about opening new infrastructure around the world. The cloud computing giant launched regions in Korea, India and Canada in 2016. The following year saw AWS expansion to Hong Kong, …
Flash, Cloud Volumes and SAP Hybris are key for NetApp’s next-gen data center
NetApp Inc. has made a series of announcements this year designed to provide additional options for customers looking to modernize data centers for the hybrid cloud. The moves included continued integration with SAP’s HANA solution and leveraged NetApp’s All-Flash FAS enterprise class …
Fortinet security strategist sees rise in stealthy attacks as zero-day market matures
Crooks are getting smarter at covering their cyber tracks. The FortiGuard Labs’ Q1 2018 “Threat Landscape Report” sheds new light on the growth of designer malware, tools used by cybercriminals to infect systems in ways that are difficult to detect and harder to …