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Open-source fuels Aiven’s success in providing easier path to data infrastructure technology
Solving a difficult problem is what led the founders of Aiven Ltd. to create a new business. The company’s leaders previously built mission-critical data infrastructure for Nokia Corp. and F-Secure Corp. They discovered that infrastructure solutions had become either proprietary or hard to leverage for tangible business results. Aiven was born out of a desire ...
The rise of intelligent coaching: GenAI transforms sports training
Technology has evolved to a point where it can redefine how people coach, recruit, train and analyze athletes and improve their playing ability. An example of how this has become reality can be found in the business model for Blast Motion Inc. Founded in 2007, the company intelligently combines the biomechanics of movement with sensor ...
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Three insights you might have missed from the Supercloud 3 event
The intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity is already beginning to change the enterprise technology landscape. This was one of a number of takeaways from “Supercloud 3: Security, AI and the Supercloud,” a two-day event produced by theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. The rising influence of AI has injected chaos and disruption into the tech ...
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NetApp’s chief security officer calls for new approaches to securing the cloud
Mignona Coté is on a quest to simplify her complicated profession. NetApp Inc.’s chief security officer (pictured) has written about streamlining data protection and simplifying security processes for cloud architectures. Her approach challenges the security industry to assess the true effectiveness of various practices and create a more secure cloud ecosystem as the technologies surrounding it become ...
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Splunk’s recipe for enterprise cloud security includes access management and consistent standards
Splunk Inc. built its platform around enterprise resilience and keeping data secure. Its approach provides a realistic view of vulnerabilities, starting with access management. “People don’t hack the cloud; they hack the user,” said Ryan Kovar (pictured), distinguished security strategist and leader of SURGe at Splunk. “The user is what allows them to have credentials, ...
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Snyk supports developer security with code-based, AI-driven cloud platform
Fixing the fundamental security flaws inherent in systems and networks will rely significantly on ensuring implementation of secure, bug-free code. This is the basic premise behind Snyk Ltd. and its developer security platform. The company provides solutions to secure proprietary code, open-source dependencies, container images and cloud infrastructure from a single unified platform. Rather than creating ...
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Supercloud is an ‘industrywide movement’ for new era in cross-platform services, says VMware exec
Over a lengthy career spanning high-level executive positions at Oracle Corp., MacAfee Corp., MobileIron Inc. and now VMware Inc., Vittorio Viarengo has observed the ebb and flow of technology trends. VMware Inc.’s vice president of Cross-Cloud Services now finds himself in a position to see the approaching next wave of innovation, a viewpoint that is very ...
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Enterprise interest in AI and LLMs shapes data networking opportunity for Doug Merritt and Aviatrix
During Doug Merritt’s six-year tenure as the chief executive officer and president of Splunk Inc., he led significant shifts in the company’s journey to build a major platform for enterprise resilience. Today, as the newly appointed CEO of the cloud-native networking company Aviatrix Inc., Merritt (pictured) is once again facing significant changes in the enterprise ...
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CrowdStrike embraces AI and machine learning for protecting businesses in the cloud
As major companies have come to rely on the cloud to power business, the threats have increased accordingly. This has led security vendors such as CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. to adopt new approaches, including advanced artificial intelligence tools, to protect client workloads and data. “It starts with how dangerous it is in the cloud environment; what ...
AI, supercloud and the hyperscale gold rush: A new era in IT — live analysis from Supercloud 3
In today’s multicloud world, an abstraction layer that resides above and across hyperscale infrastructure is becoming more clearly defined. This layer is the supercloud, and it represents a noteworthy evolution in the future direction of information technology. “It’s not just about being an IT person with a vendor,” said John Furrier (pictured, left), industry analyst ...