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Identity management powerhouse Centrify Corp. is launching a new service at the RSA Conference this morning aimed at extending the control that organizations have over user access within their networks outside the firewall. It promises to help address the new realities of …
Container wars: Microsoft debuts its Windows-based answer to Kubernetes
Hot on the heels of revealing how it’s planning to integrate containers into Windows, Microsoft Corp. has pulled the curtains back on a complementary clustering system meant to simplify the deployment of applications that use the lightweight virtualization technology. In particular, the …
Avaya’s new stackable switches can conduct electricity to connected devices
Avaya Inc. is expanding its networking portfolio with a new family of stackable switches designed to power emerging categories of connected devices, literally. The series implements beefed-up Power over Ethernet (PoE) wiring to conduct twice the electricity as more conventional alternatives. At …
Using Docker in production just got a lot easier
Hot on the heels of Wikibon releasing its recommendations for CIOs to start factoring containers into their plans, Docker, Inc. has enhanced its hugely popular flavor of the emerging virtualization paradigm to take more of the hassle out of the implementation process. …
What you missed in Big Data: Hadoop face-off
The world of large-scale analytics became a lot more competitive last week as the two sides of the battle over enterprise spending augmented their respective technologies. Hortonworks Inc. fired off the first shot with the acquisition of another partner meant to help …
What you missed in Cloud: Services galore
Last week marked another step forward in the evolution of cloud services as new developments upped the operational standard across every part of the stack. Zscaler, Inc. led charge with the addition of a firewall to its managed security platform that promises …
HP weaves behavioral analytics into its cloud security story
Hewlett-Packard Co. is making its own contribution to the raft of security products sweeping across the floor of the RSA Conference this morning with the launch of new behavioral analytics functionality aimed at helping organizations catch insider threats before any serious harm …
EMC’s latest acquisition aims to encrypt the hybrid cloud
EMC wrapped up last week with the acquisition of a low-key encryption provider called CloudLink Technologies Inc. to help make its storage platform more secure. Or more specifically, to make enforcing that security across different kinds of infrastructure less of a hassle …
IBM launches a cloud-based security command center to monitor global hacking
In the latest expansion of its burgeoning cloud arsenal, IBM has launched a new service that provides detailed information on malicious activity from around the world for free with the goal of fostering more effective coordination against hackers. The industry has been …
Multiplier effect: VMware hooks up its mobile platform to the software-defined network for enhanced security
VMware Inc. has come up with a novel new application for software-defined networking that extends the benefits of the emerging management paradigm beyond the complicated mesh of cables and wires running through the data center directly to business workers, or more specifically, …