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Tech industry analysts are usually not overly impressed by numbers, but when Veeam Software Inc.’s company executives offered a few relevant statistics at the opening of the VeeamON event this week in Chicago, a couple of metrics piqued interest. “For me, the …
Accenture leverages own platform to integrate public and private cloud services
As one of the world’s leading global professional services companies, Accenture has a ringside seat to the changes taking place in today’s information technology industry. Clients ranging from small businesses to the largest multinationals are looking for ways to drive agile application …
IBM and Red Hat complete the certified stack
Last week’s announcement from IBM Corp. that it would extends its Cloud Private and Cloud Private for Data platforms to support Red Hat Inc.’s OpenShift container ecosystem was a move by both firms to recognize the industry’s multicloud momentum. The action was …
Minjar acquisition by Nutanix offers security, compliance and cost control for multicloud journey
Nutanix Inc. added the first software as a service product to its portfolio with the acquisition in March of Minjar Inc. The new offering included Minjar’s Botmetric intelligent cloud optimization tool, designed to deliver automated financial governance, security and compliance for the …
Red Hat shows the way for open-source licensing. Will the industry follow?
The licensing of open-source software is complicated and runs counter to human intuition. Developers put their blood, sweat and tears into creating an elegant piece of software and then sign away the copyrights so that others can use and improve on it …
Accenture leverages ServiceNow in its client software toolbox
Accenture LLP is one of only five companies to be named a Global Strategic Partner with ServiceNow Inc. That designation took on added meaning last month when the professional services firm was recognized as the overall leader in a report that evaluated …
ServiceNow scores own digital processes and learns from ‘Coach K’ to drive business
The evolution of ServiceNow Inc. from a company that provided help desk management 10 years ago to a rapidly growing software as a service and cloud powerhouse today, with a $2 billion annual run rate, started from within. A combination of cultural …
Red Hat Summit: As big customers buy in, open-source software is growing up
Red Hat Inc. went to great lengths on Tuesday to deliver a message of partnership with some of the biggest companies in the world, specifically IBM Corp. and Microsoft Corp. The theme on Wednesday was more customer-focused with a direct message for …
Red Hat brings IBM and Microsoft to the software container party
The tagline of this week’s Red Hat Summit in San Francisco is, “If you are interested in open-source, you should be here.” It looks like IBM Corp. and Microsoft Corp. took the advice to heart. Tuesday’s news that IBM and Microsoft would …
Oracle boosts autonomous cloud services and hints at blockchain plans
When it comes to cloud computing applications, Oracle Corp. is all about self: self-repairing, self-securing and self-driving. After rolling out its Data Warehouse Cloud in March, Oracle doubled down today on its autonomous capabilities with the general availability of built-in artificial intelligence …