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DockerCon kicks off with expanded Windows capabilities and cross-cloud provider management
Is any enterprise really in favor of vendor lock-in? Didn’t think so, and Docker Inc. doesn’t think so either. The company went out of its way at the opening day of DockerCon on Wednesday to address lock-in by improving Kubernetes container-orchestration system functionality across multiple cloud platforms. Docker Enterprise Edition now centralizes management across Amazon ...
Cisco, SAP and Google team up to deliver container and data hub options for the hybrid cloud
If there is one thing that enterprise customers are learning in the cloud computing journey, it’s that they want options. Technology providers such as Cisco Systems Inc., Google Cloud and SAP AG have heard this message, and the response has been to form the kind of partnership that recognizes that one size doesn’t necessarily fit all ...
Data management across entire chain defines NetApp’s partnership with SAP
As a Global Technology and Software partner of SAP SE, NetApp Inc. has fostered a collaboration that encompasses a wide range of storage and data management solutions across the entire information technology chain. It is a partnership built on the foundation of a complete end-to-end information technology solution, one that includes accelerated SAP upgrade and ...
Cisco Meraki envisions a simpler, smarter user experience for all things digital
Founded 12 years ago, Cisco Meraki today claims over 230,000 customers and 3 million network devices. The company is focused on a goal to simplify a technology world that seems to grow more complicated by the second. “Our mission at Meraki is to simplify powerful technology so that passionate people can focus on their true mission,” ...
SAP intends to drop its cloak of invisibility and raise brand awareness
If SAP SE is going to become the dominant player in the customer relationship management market, as its chief executive officer declared the company would at its annual Sapphire conference, it will first have to move into the rarefied air of mass global brand recognition. That will not be easy, particularly since the current CRM ...
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As Cisco and Google Cloud reaffirm partnership, analysts see benefits
The presence of Google Cloud Chief Executive Officer Diane Greene on the keynote stage at the Cisco Live conference this week in Orlando, Florida, was more than just a symbolic show of mutual support. The two companies announced a partnership last fall to collaborate on a hybrid-cloud offering. On Monday, they revealed more details about the deal, which is ...
‘Iris’ provides eye-opening intelligence tools for data integration
A little over one year ago, SnapLogic Inc. introduced Iris as the first “self-driving” technology that automated enterprise data integration. The recommendation engine is designed to connect data flows and process application streams more efficiently. And now it’s getting smarter, too. The company is working on a set of enhancements for Iris, still to be ...
As cloud changes network landscape, WANdisco focuses on live data, innovation
The technology approach taken by software vendor WANdisco Inc. recognizes an important shift that has taken place in the enterprise computing world. Much as the internet-transformed global connectivity, where business can be conducted anytime and anywhere in the world, that same trend has impacted how organizations view data. Information needs to be reliable and available ...
Quantum takes a closer look at its digital maturity
To gain an appreciation for a company’s level of digital maturity, it may be easier to know what it is not. Maintaining data centers with no cloud adoption and having mobile applications that cannot be accessed remotely would certainly qualify, according to one senior executive at Quantum Corp. who is tasked with bringing his company further ...
VMware’s innovation style, high bar reflected at Radio gathering
VMware Inc. engineers who submitted technical papers for consideration at this year’s Radio event, the company’s “Research And Development Innovation Offsite” gathering, had a better chance of getting admitted to the University of Notre Dame (19 percent) or passing the bar exam in California (27 percent) than making the cut to present their work. Only ...
