How does a startup grow during a global pandemic? Tapping into some of tech’s most innovative minds is quite helpful. Take Pensando Systems Inc. for example. The company was originally founded in 2017 by four engineers who led several technological innovations at Cisco Systems Inc.: Mario Mazzola, Prem Jain, Luca Cafiero and Soni Jiandani. After ...

For an industry that prides itself on innovation and change, tech sure seems to be stuck in a rut when it comes to diversity and inclusion. Over the years, theCUBE has spoken to hundreds of minority engineers, developers, marketers and executives working for a wide variety of companies, from Accenture LLP to CryptoChicks, in the ...

As the enterprise open-source and developer culture continues to evolve, Docker Inc. responded loudly in November 2019 by selling off its enterprise business to Mirantis Inc. Its new business model now focuses entirely on offering cloud-native developer tools. During the shift, Docker also promoted Scott Johnston from chief product officer to chief executive officer. Docker ...

Covid-19 has ushered in a new global dynamic. In just days, a booming economy, crowded freeways and well-stocked grocery stores became an eerie collection of empty offices, deserted freeways and barren store shelves. If they were lucky, workers were given a few days’ notice that they would need to move from their traditional workplace setting ...

In the weeks since the coronavirus outbreak began in the U.S., meetings of all forms have shifted to take place virtually. Online meeting services are being used not only to conduct traditional business meetings, but also for schools to host remote learning sessions, nonprofit organizations to meet with members, and even for family and friends ...

Intranets – private web-based networks for employee use – have been around since the 1990s, but as happens with so many technologies, they have been transformed in both purpose and appearance over the last quarter-century. Today, with the COVID-19 virus forcing many employees to work from home, there are new requirements for today’s next-generation intranets. ...

In an increasingly sharp war of words and legal maneuvers, Amazon Web Services Inc. is stepping up its protest of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract award, asking the U.S. Department of Defense for more clarity around corrective action it has proposed taking. The company filed a second, concurrent bid protest directly with the DOD ...

“Let’s get thinking.” That’s the premise behind the IBM Think Digital Event Experience — set to kick off May 5 — that marks the new thinking forced onto the business world in the current pandemic environment. Think Digital offers virtual attendees featured speaker sessions, real-time Q&As and technical training and credentials through virtual labs and ...

With new leadership and unprecedented challenges, Red Hat Inc. finds itself in the unique position of strengthening its business to survive a global pandemic and grow its open-source software efforts to help customers do the same. Now the company seems prepared to fight the battle on both fronts, even when that means moving forward with its ...

In recent years, some in the cybersecurity world recognized that there is a lot to learn from the biological world when protecting systems against viruses. Now, the coronavirus pandemic presents an opportunity for the medical world to learn something from the cybersecurity world. To analyze the strategies selected by various countries, let’s review it through ...