In the sport of car racing, the pole position is generally awarded to the fastest qualifying vehicle, allowing the recipient to race right to the front at the start and avoid having the maneuver through a crowded field. It’s an advantage, and some analysts see Red Hat Inc.’s Ansible automation technology in this coveted position. ...

Automation tools are already in the hands of malicious actors, as evidenced by the self-propagating WannaCry and Petya attacks that have swept the globe in recent years. The use of artificial-intelligence technology is likely not far behind. Earlier this year, a threat actor dumped 2.2 billion unique usernames and passwords on the Dark Web, raising ...

When Red Hat Inc. officially rolled out its Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, or RHEL 8, operating system in May, the open-source software company also included Red Hat Insights with every subscription for the new release. Based on data supplied by one of the company’s top executives, that has proven to be a wise decision. Insights ...

With the news on today of general availability for Red Hat Inc.’s Ansible Automation Platform, companies will now have an opportunity to embrace automated features across the enterprise. Key terminology in the announcement included “scale” and “easily,” designed to address the need for automation in complex hybrid and multicloud environments. “The Ansible Automation Platform is ...

The story of Pure Storage Inc. is not merely one of flash memory, but also a story of significant progress in the storage industry. The company celebrated its first decade of existence this month and has already broken new ground by being the first all-flash array business to achieve escape velocity. Pure orchestrated its success through ...

NWN Corp. has a new brand identity. The provider of managed information-technology solutions for over two decades announced on Tuesday the launch of a new “service as a solution” portfolio designed to offer integrated, cloud-scale capabilities for its customers. Under a new tagline of “Innovation Delivered,” NWN’s solution offerings include unified communications, security, contact center, device ...

When it comes to storage capabilities, what does the hybrid cloud mean to an enterprise? For Pure Storage Inc., the answer is being able to send data inexpensively to the public cloud, having the ability to restore information either on-premises or in the cloud, and backing up data volumes across a multitude of platforms. “What ...

This week’s Pure//Accelerate conference in Austin, Texas, was an opportunity for Pure Storage Inc. to unveil its hybrid cloud chops this week, and the company did not disappoint. Pure fleshed out its enterprise strategy by announcing the release of Cloud Block Store for Amazon Web Services Inc. and CloudSnap for Microsoft Azure. The firm also unveiled Pure as ...

Seventy-four years after the fictionalized film featuring the actor Jimmy Stewart, Mr. Smith really did go to Washington. In 2013, Microsoft Corp. president Brad Smith (pictured) found himself sitting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House conversing with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, members of the Cabinet and a number of technology leaders. The ...

One hundred Webster dictionaries would fill a gigabyte of data and 100,000 would fill a terabyte. Samsung SmartThings, the electronics giant’s smart home platform, generates 150 terabytes of “interesting” data every day, according to SmartThings’ chief technology officer. And that’s a significant increase from the previous year, which offers a singular hint at where the data ...