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Serverless buzz has eclipsed containers, say analysts
While containers’ virtualized method for running distributed software applications has hogged the spotlight for the past couple of years, some technology experts quietly predicted that one day soon, serverless computing will take containers’ place as the best thing happening in next-generation applications. That day is today — at least if conversations at this week’s AWS Summit in New York City ...
New DevSecOps fast-forwards security response, says AWS architect
Cloud used to be a hard sell to chief security officers. Now vendors like Amazon Web Services Inc. are bringing them around. Cloud can, in fact, strengthen data security and elevate CSOs from infrastructure to higher code and development levels, according to Bill Shinn (pictured), principal security solutions architect at AWS. “You have DevOps and now ...
AWS still ‘cheetah in the room’ despite Google, Microsoft gaining speed, say analysts
Note to Amazon Web Services Inc.’s cloud competitors: To win customers from AWS, stop worrying about AWS. Just listen to customers. That’s how AWS has become the 800-pound gorilla — or better yet, cheetah — in the room. Borrowing a phrase from Wikibon Inc. chief analyst Dave Vellante, Stu Miniman (@stu) (pictured, right), co-host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s ...
One financial company’s cloud and compliance balancing act
In financial services, staying on information technology’s cutting edge isn’t always practical. New technology like cloud may sound fantastic at first — until the security and compliance team weighs in. “We’ve got very sensitive data that we’ve got to make sure doesn’t go away, doesn’t get breached and doesn’t become generally available to the world,” ...
Immutable object storage may be best ransomware defense, says analyst
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Security officers know it, but so do hackers; hence the growth of cleverly camouflaged ransomware. WannaCry ransomware infected more than 230,000 computers by getting users to click on innocent-looking links to breaking news or even fake WannaCry protection offers. “You can’t prevent someone from clicking on a ...
Why ‘digital transformation’ may be the most hated term in IT today
Migrating from on-premises to cloud infrastructure can be disruptive — and not just in the positive sense. Couple that with the complexity of monetizing data, and it’s clear why “digital transformation” may be the most hated term in information technology, according to Mike Berthiaume (pictured, right), systems engineering manager at Nutanix Inc. “We bring that non-disruptive ...
Russia-based telecom group aims for one backup for multiple services
From running containers — a virtual method for running distributed applications — on bare metal to migrating legacy apps to cloud, vendors are fusing physical and virtual or off-prem parts to suit customers between environments. This is lucky for Mobile TeleSystems PJSC, a large Russia-based telecommunications group. “We have different systems for backup of physical servers ...
Why these IT consultants just say ‘no’ to indiscriminate partnering
In Boston, Massachusetts, in 2003, a handful of consultants, customers and techies sat at a conference table and discussed Dell Compellent Technologies Inc. storage system’s graphical user interface. They bounced around ideas about how to make it more user-friendly; then they all got up and went to a Red Sox game. Thus, Winslow Technology Group LLC ...
How small IaaS providers swim with public cloud sharks in Veeam’s ecosystem
What is a small cloud provider to do in the face of Amazon Web Services Inc.’s chomping jaws? Two such companies told us how they’ll stay fed as public cloud whales like AWS gobble market share. “We’ve taken the approach with the public clouds of kind of going with the tide,” said Matthew Chesterton (pictured, right), chief ...
AWS deal will not diminish smaller partnerships, says Veeam
As Amazon Web Services Inc. continues to hoover up cloud market share, “it’s the best of times and worst of times” for smaller cloud service providers, according to Matt Kalmenson (pictured), vice president of sales, cloud and service providers, North America, at Veeam Software Inc. Veeam has an 18,000-strong partner ecosystem. “Anything that’s provided as a ...
