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Former NSA chief opens up about protecting US from cyberattacks
Former directors of the National Security Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command are not exactly known for being founts of information when interviewed by the media. Yet General Keith Alexander (pictured) dropped a few tantalizing remarks recently during a major Amazon Web Services conference. He offered an instructive peek into the current state of the world’s cybersecurity ...
Multicloud data platform automates mundane IT tasks to free up valuable time
Data has tremendous value; bigger budgets are always in demand, but what information technology staff appear to want more than anything else is time. Datrium Inc. recently conducted a survey of 540 IT professionals and found that 87% of respondents would prefer to automate routine tasks so they could spend more time on strategic initiatives. ...
NetBrain aims to ease enterprise network automation fears with just-in-time platform
Cisco Systems Inc. offers a prestigious exam for international expert-level networking certification called the CCIE. Not everyone passes. Those who fail the exam don’t usually start their own companies as a result. But not everyone is Lingping Gao (pictured), chief executive officer and chairman of network automation company NetBrain Technologies Inc. Gao failed the CCIE ...
Cisco fellow offers perspective on driving consistency for the multicloud journey
A visit to the website for Cisco Systems Inc. reveals specific products tailored for a multicloud approach. There are tools like Meraki vMX and SD-WAN vEdge for connectivity, Cloudlock for protection, and AppDynamics or CloudCenter Suite for application deployment. Yet, the underlying message surrounding Cisco’s multicloud strategy is to deliver a consistent set of tools ...
Veeam’s partnership with Cisco is paying dividends on both sides
Nearly two years ago, Veeam Software Inc.’s Availability solutions were added to Cisco Systems Inc.’s Global Price List. It looks like it’s turned out to be a pretty good deal for both companies. Veeam is generating nearly two transactions every three days from the Cisco reseller arrangement, according to Danny Allan (pictured), vice president of ...
Cisco DevNet unveils learning opportunities for network-automation developers
As networks have changed, so too has the expertise needed to manage them. Leveraging the power of its 600,000-member strong DevNet developer community, Cisco Systems Inc. has introduced two new offerings designed to bring software skills to networking. The company hopes to better prepare its customers as the advance of technologies, such as 5G and ...
ANALYSIS
Government and industry leaders tiptoe around ‘tech for good’ versus ‘tech for ill’
Headlines for the tech industry over the past year have not all been good. Between growing concern about privacy and users’ control over their data, to allegations of antitrust violations by some of the world’s largest tech companies, the industry has increasingly found itself confronted with negative press. This is the shadow that looms over ...
Multidomain architecture is part of Cisco’s formula for the programmable network
Chief information officers and air traffic controllers have a lot in common. At any given time, controllers at the world’s busiest airports must account for planes in the sky trying to land, planes seeking to take off, the positioning of aircraft on the runways, and external factors, such as wind or bad weather. Today’s CIO ...
VMware and AWS continue legacy of work with public sector organizations
When Great Britain’s National Health Service announced last month that VMware Inc. would provide it with access to cloud resources on Amazon Web Services, it was another chapter in VMware’s lengthy history of work with organizations in the public sector. “Some of our earliest customers were in the public sector,” said Sanjay Poonen (pictured), chief ...
ANALYSIS
At AWS Public Sector Summit, new workforce and cloud poised to transform government
Is the federal government finally ripe for technological disruption? As public agencies prepare to implement new cloud-driven technologies, coupled with a younger, more tech-savvy workforce, it could be setting the stage for significant change in the federal government’s information-technology profile. “That’s the biggest story in tech in D.C. in a long time — the role ...
