As network technology continues to change, so have the roles and responsibilities of the people assigned to ensure its smooth operation. Information-technology organizations are now integral parts of any enterprise, and the role of network operations staff has evolved to a place of much greater responsibility for business success. And that starts with a complete ...

With its responsibility for network monitoring and service assurance, NetScout Systems Inc. works with customers around the world to support data-center transformation, a move from centralized information-technology operations into the new world of multicloud and edge computing. It’s familiar territory for the company, because NetScout has made this transition as well. “We’ve transitioned from this ...

One of the co-founders of the influential startup accelerator Y Combinator once termed the struggles of entrepreneurs to launch a business the “trough of sorrow.” As he was trying to run an independent video game business, entrepreneur Ian Tien suddenly found himself waist deep in that trough. Tien (pictured) had built his business on a messaging ...

When Microsoft Corp. acquired GitHub in June 2018 for $7.5 billion, the move represented more than just a shift in the world of open-source software development platforms. The acquisition highlighted the role that developers now played in the enterprise choice of cloud, a reality validated by GitLab Inc.’s own chief executive, Sid Sijbrandij, at the ...

By any measure of unicorn status among startup companies, GitLab Inc. is on the fast track. The DevOps platform reached the unicorn mark of $1 billion in value in 2018 and then attracted additional investment, which nearly tripled its worth to $2.75 billion entering 2020. GitLab has moved fast because it staked its business on helping ...

With about 1,200 interviews broadcast in 2019 alone on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio, it’s virtually impossible to capture all of the key themes discussed. But that’s not going to stop us from trying. Here are five key topics gleaned from a look back at top interviews that Stu Miniman, host of theCUBE and ...

A decade ago, the information-technology world faced a serious case of tech sprawl. As data became more important to the enterprise, IT organizations were seeking to move on from the technical limitations of tape storage by deploying deduplication appliances throughout multiple data centers. There were backups for backups, and production data became an unwieldy monster. ...

Behind the connected underwear, smart trash cans and a mood harness for dogs, a more significant confluence of trends emerged this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas: The technology industry is moving en masse to embrace 5G, artificial intelligence and edge computing. Amid the noise surrounding an array of mind-numbing gadgets at ...

When it comes to advancing the field of artificial intelligence, the ultimate prize is still clear. The goal is to come as close as possible to the power of the human brain. For researchers at the forefront of AI development, such as Naveen Rao (pictured), vice president and general manager of the artificial intelligence products ...

When it comes to providing security for digital business, Zscaler Inc. has chosen to change the status quo. Traditional security in the information-technology world over the past 30 years called for connecting users to applications in a centralized data center. The problem is that the basic model has become anything but centralized in the new ...