The project management maxim of being able to pick any two from “good, cheap, fast” got a reboot on Wednesday when VMware Inc. released updates for its VMware Cloud on AWS hybrid service. Only this time, the virtualization software giant wants to give customers a chance to pick all three. The latest news featured enhancements ...

If there was ever a prime example of the need to transform a business model ahead of the competition, it was Charles Schwab Corp. The financial services company sprang from the deregulation of brokerage commissions in 1975 and quickly built an empire based on 24-hour trading and significantly discounted fees. Then, in the 1990s, the ...

Styra Inc. is offering a double-barreled approach to bolstering security and compliance in the cloud-native world. Through the company’s open-source Open Policy Agent, software developers can apply security and compliance policies to the Kubernetes container orchestration platform. Styra is also providing a software-as-a-service declarative authorization service product — Styra DAS — to help enterprises ensure that workloads ...

For much of the past year, Dell Technologies Inc. has been leveraging its relationship with VMware Inc. to advance the hyperconverged infrastructure in meeting the multicloud demands of its customers. Recent announcements from Dell now appear to be aimed at taking that approach to the “extreme.” In a series of announcements made as part of ...

For many years, the branded motto for open-source giant SUSE Group was “Power of Many.” After SUSE’s acquisition of Kubernetes startup Rancher Labs Inc. today, a new motto — now prominently displayed on the websites of both companies — reads “Stronger. Together.” “With the combination of Rancher and SUSE going forward, we’re going to be able to supply ...

The state of data protection in the cloud today is analogous to renting a seaside home for the weekend, dropping off all belongings, and then heading for the beach without locking the front door. If all the possessions get stolen, is it the fault of the homeowner for not providing proper security or the renter ...

Over the past year, Dell Technologies Inc. has made incremental adjustments to its VxFlex hyperconverged-infrastructure portfolio. A number of these enhancements added new features as part of the firm’s PowerEdge server line. This week, Dell recognized what many of its customers had validated in past use of VxFlex. “We’re moving our VxFlex product to the ...

Why would the consulting arm of one of the largest technology companies in the world partner with one of the largest consulting companies in the world? The answer is that such a partnership makes sense when the combination of capabilities results in a differentiated offering that brings true value to the customer base for both. This ...

There was a time when many businesses invested in building and running in-house data centers. Not anymore. Oracle Consulting and Deloitte Consulting LLP formed a partnership — Elevate — in September to help businesses with a transition from data center to cloud that now seems inevitable. “We’re now at the point where large transformation at scale, of ...

Oracle Corp. built its business around running mission-critical uses of its technology, and the company’s revamped consulting program has a cloud strategy which is a direct reflection of that. As Oracle Consulting expands its cloud services, one focus has been on ensuring customer durability, maintaining the continuity of back-office operations while cultivating revenue opportunities as ...