Mark Albertson
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The path to cyber resilience for most companies continues to be paved with obstacles. That was just one finding from a survey of Irish companies commissioned this year by Dell Technologies Inc. The company’s “Cyber Resilience Survey 2022” found that while 91% …
AMD kicks off ‘rolling thunder’ of microprocessor releases as next-gen servers prepare to hit the market
The release today by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of its 4th Gen EPYC Genoa CPU marked the start of what is expected to be a series of announcements from major chipmakers in the months ahead. Intel will likely make its own microprocessor announcement early …
What to expect during AMD’s 4th Gen EPYC Genoa Release: Join theCUBE Nov. 10
A forthcoming announcement from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. kicks off what is expected to be a pitched battle among x86 processor chip competitors for the enterprise high ground over the coming year. AMD will release its 4th Gen EPYC Genoa CPU on Nov. …
Analysts view Oracle’s MySQL HeatWave database platform as measuring up to the hype
Among the many announcements made by Oracle during Oracle CloudWorld in mid-October was the introduction of a cloud-based data lakehouse to support enterprise analytics projects. Designed as part of Oracle’s MySQL HeatWave database platform, Lakehouse was accompanied by claims from the company …
ProLiant servers position HPE for anchor role in enterprise hybrid compute
When Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. launched its new ProLiant RL300 Gen 11 server in June, the company’s investment in its hardware line made a statement about the hybrid future. HPE signaled that enterprise customers were looking for server vendors to deliver end-to-end …
ING Bank adopts namespace solution to protect its critical infrastructure
Banking security has evolved as one of the most challenging in the IT industry because of the number of users and amount of money at stake. These dynamics make it equally difficult for developers to build the necessary service-oriented infrastructure without opening …
Security, enterprise support and collaboration emerge as major themes during KubeCon NA
After three full days in Detroit, the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA gathering came to a close, marked by open-source project news and expanding enterprise use cases for Kubernetes. Several key themes emerged during the week, with one that stood out in particular. …
Analysts lay out new technologies to solve enterprise needs at KubeCon NA Day 2
Following two full days at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA, analysts onsite gained a clearer sense of the key themes. One theme involves a realization that open-source technologies have become ingrained in the backbone of enterprise computing, and future work in the open-source …
Global use of Envoy open-source tool keeps its creator burning the midnight oil
Matt Klein’s Twitter feed lists his title as “Plumber,” a commentary on how the software engineer at Lyft Inc. views his current workload as a maintainer for one of the most popular open-source tools on the planet. Klein (pictured) is the creator …
Open-source popularity fuels growing CNCF project and contributor base
Significant enterprise adoption of Kubernetes and the continued addition of new open-source projects are bringing the cloud-native community into new territory. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation currently hosts a record 140-plus projects, with that number expected to grow over the coming year. …