When Commvault Systems Inc. launched Metallic, a software-as-a-service backup and recovery solution, at its GO event one year ago, the company could not have anticipated how different the world would look 12 months later. With a vast migration of enterprise work to remote environments since March, endpoint protection has moved from “nice to have” to ...

When the global pandemic began to sweep across the U.S., many financial institutions closed physical offices. Yet, the banking industry needed to keep functioning, especially at a time when many small businesses desperately need loans to stay open. One of the more remarkable stories described during the recent Citrix Workspace Summit involved City National Bank of ...

Some tech events are adept at showcasing mind-bending new technologies. Others manage to expose the frailties and flaws of a contentious tech world. A few manage to focus on both. That last was the case for Technology Review’s EmTech MIT virtual event this week, which highlighted advances in a number of intriguing tech areas while ...

Crises such as the current pandemic can also be catalysts for innovative new ideas. It was during the COVID-19 disruption that Randy Seidl (pictured), an experienced tech sales professional, conceived a plan to create a community of like-minded thought leaders who could help his profession. That insight led to the launch of Sales Community LLC in ...

Sometimes it takes a major crisis to bring technologies that have been available for some time suddenly into the limelight. Video collaboration tools, online delivery services for meals and groceries, even touchless, QR code-driven menus in restaurants have been around for years. However, the adoption rate has suddenly been thrown into hyperdrive by the global pandemic. ...

Dell Technologies’ recent unveiling of its Cloud Console underscores an evolution in the company’s view of the dynamics between public and private clouds. Dell is leveraging its presence in the on-premises world to deliver innovation that can meet customers wherever they are. “At Dell, we think of cloud as an operating model and an operating experience ...

When Dell Technologies launched PowerStore in May, the mid-range storage product was promoted as a “modern infrastructure platform built from the ground up.” With performance optimized to be seven times faster and three times more responsive than previous Dell EMC mid-range storage arrays, it remained to be seen whether customers would embrace the new technology. Six ...

As Dell Technologies Inc. continues to transform its portfolio into an “as-a-service” model, its Dell EMC storage operation is taking that movement to heart. The company is making a number of enhancements to its storage line, including the delivery of an infrastructure-based solution. “We are in the process of building out the first true storage ...

U.S. companies that are victimized by a ransomware attack may now have to think twice about paying to recover valuable data. Paying off the attackers may result in an even stiffer penalty from the nation’s government. In early October, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued an advisory warning that payment to recover data from a ...

Telecommunications firms have been labeled “bit handlers” or “dumb pipes,” and as major technology firms built massively profitable businesses on the backbone of the internet, telcos could only watch from the sidelines. But the coming of 5G and edge computing is about to change the game for much of the tech industry, and telcos may ...