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As computing explodes at the network edge, cloud providers and telcos jockey for the lead
“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” Bob Dylan once sang. In the world of enterprise technology, the wind is blowing toward the network edge. Just in the past month, the two largest public cloud players – Amazon Web Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp. – announced major new initiatives around edge ...
Io-Tahoe ties data to regulatory requirements as new privacy law is set to take effect
In less than a month, the California Consumer Privacy Act takes effect. The new law regulates the handling of customer information by businesses and imposes fines on those firms that fail to comply. California’s new law, which applies to any company with more than $25 million in annual gross revenue, has businesses scrambling to locate and ...
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Under Andy Jassy’s leadership, AWS keeps marching to its own tune
Last week’s gathering at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas featured plenty of news about new cloud products and services, but there was also music — lots and lots of music. In his three-hour keynote address last Tuesday, Amazon Web Services Inc. Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy was accompanied by a live band who played a ...
Veritas becomes AWS Outposts partner as enterprises seek to protect data
One of the many announcements to come from the AWS re:Invent gathering in Las Vegas last week was the general availability of Outposts, the company’s fully managed service to extend cloud infrastructure into the data center. There are a number of partners working with Amazon Web Services Inc. to implement Outposts for enterprise customers, among ...
Malicious attackers are zeroing in on developers for their next big score
Cybercriminals are training their sights on developers, and this is raising alarm bells in the global security community. It’s a concern because one recent survey by GitLab Inc.found deficiencies in a developer’s ability to spot security holes for the code they create. “Unfortunately, what we expect is for the attackers to move to developers, move ...
Not so fast: Analyst says there are questions over whether Microsoft can deliver on JEDI
The decision in October to award the $10-billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, or JEDI, cloud modernization contract to Microsoft Corp. caught a number of industry observers by surprise. There could be more surprises to follow. At least one official within the Department of Defense is apparently questioning whether Microsoft has the ability to meet the ...
Cybersecurity world moves toward more advanced playbooks to combat threats
The cybersecurity industry is trying to gravitate from playing defense to a game plan that relies more on offense. The move has been dictated in large part by the use of AETs or advanced evasion techniques by cybercriminals to avoid detection in breaches and attacks. These sophisticated tools have prompted a similar response from the ...
AWS will call the signals for the NFL’s data-driven player safety initiative
Injury rates for players in the National Football League have been going up, and the organization has turned to tech for help in doing something about it. On Thursday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell joined Amazon Web Services Inc. Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy on the re:Invent stage in Las Vegas to announce a partnership between ...
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AWS gives enterprises more to consider in cloud transformation journey
For followers of Amazon Web Services Inc., it was probably a good thing the public-cloud provider kept a running tally of the many announcements it made during its annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas this past week. The company conveniently posted every single news release from the past three days of keynotes and product launches. ...
FINRA partners with AWS to keep closer watch on financial markets
Amazon Web Services Inc. may have lost its bid for a lucrative $10-billion cloud modernization contract with the U.S. Department of Defense, but the company is continuing to expand its public sector business. On Wednesday, AWS announced a partnership with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, to provide cloud services for the agency’s Consolidated ...