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CLOUD NATIVE INSIGHTS
Netlify’s JAMstack seeks to revolutionize website development outside the walled garden
Johannes Gutenberg began experimenting with the printing press in 1440, and his tinkering allowed information to be rapidly duplicated and distributed around the world. Nearly six centuries later, it’s a vastly different world, yet the idea of page distribution quickly and inexpensively remains very much the same. In the modern context, it’s all about finding ...
GUEST COLUMN
As cybercriminals target the elderly, here’s how to stop their attacks
Every year, cybercriminals steal approximately $40 billion from senior citizens in the United States. Cybercriminals with access to an older adult person’s information via a computer, smartphone or other networked device can easily exploit it for nefarious intent. The scope of bad actors targeting senior citizens can be explained by the lack of experience and skills ...
Running with scissors: Speed in cloud native requires rethinking security
In the cloud native ecosystem, there is a growing concern that “safe speed” is becoming an oxymoron along the lines of “jumbo shrimp.” Many impressive things are developed every day in the cloud and a lot of them can be created at lightning-fast speed. Yet a lot of mistakes can be made fast too, which ...
STARTUP INSIGHTS
Startup Jellyfish sees no shortage of opportunity in engineering management
In the business world, “greenfield” is a market that has yet to be fully commercially exploited. The three co-founders of startup Jellyfish Co. believe they have found a significant greenfield opportunity in engineering management. There’s a lot at stake for engineering teams in most companies today. There are constant conflicts between speed of delivery and ...
CLOUD NATIVE INSIGHTS
DeltaBlue’s vision of cloud native focuses on app development without infrastructure headaches
With the rise of the DevOps culture, the challenge has now become how to enable “Dev” without the “Ops.” It has long been the goal of platform-as-a-service providers and various serverless and public cloud providers to free developers from operational burden. Yet as a recent GitLab Inc. survey has shown, the number of developers who ...
ANALYSIS
Analysis: Michael Dell isn’t really selling off his VMware stake
Dell Technologies Inc. made headlines this week when it said it’s exploring a possible spinoff of its 81% stake in VMware Inc., a data center software company that’s widely considered to be its most attractive asset. Dell is proposing a complex financial maneuver that’s designed to address a valuation shortfall that has plagued the company ...
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How to enforce the right policy to keep connected devices in hospitals safe
The “internet of things” and connected-device revolution has arrived in hospitals around the world, and with it comes incredible promise for improved patient care and experience. But as with many technology advancements, these new wonders introduce risks into our most critical systems. Keeping these devices both secure and in compliance requires a new way of ...
CLOUD NATIVE INSIGHTS
Rise of FinOps: LiveRamp exec reins in cloud costs by melding finance and developers
The promise of cloud in the enterprise is all about speed and efficiency. Is it also about saving money? The market research firm 451 Research, which tracks cloud pricing on a quarterly basis, found that the number of line items offered for purchase by the five largest cloud providers doubled in 2019 and now exceeds ...
MariaDB scores $25M to drive growth of its cloud database business
MariaDB Corp., which develops and sells an enterprise version of the open-source MariaDB database management system, today announced a $25 million funding round targeted specifically at its new cloud database, MariaDB SkySQL. The Series C round, the company’s first financing in more than two years but an extension of its last $27 million Series C round, ...
GUEST COLUMN
Your workers want to keep working from home. Now what?
As a company leader, you have probably read countless articles during shelter-in-place on the benefits and downsides of remote working. There have also been a lot of articles on steps to reopen offices under social distancing guidelines, and your company is several months into remote working. Now it’s time to start longer-term planning to determine ...