It seems as though announcements involving VMware Inc.’s private cloud technology are coming on a daily basis. On Tuesday, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. rolled out a composable infrastructure for VMware private clouds. This followed the news last week that CenturyLink Inc. will be integrating more of VMware’s software-defined data center offerings in its private cloud. ...

VMware Inc.’s offerings, such as Wavefront, vRNI, NSX and AppDefense, are geared to support architectures in the evolving era of the software-defined data center. As the company’s customers realize that not everything is going into the public cloud, they are prioritizing solutions to meet business needs. VMware is moving rapidly to capitalize on preference in ...

Increased cyberattacks are forcing many corporate boards to take a closer look at protection and prevention measures in the information technology infrastructure. And as boards become more involved, they are looking at a technology toolbox that includes artificial intelligence and machine learning to deal with the risks posed by threat actors who are generating more ...

Today’s announcement that the VMware Cloud is now live on AWS made a lot of hybrid cloud fans very happy, as the partnership paved a smoother road for information technology administrators who want to run applications on-prem and in the cloud. One of the happiest fans of the VMware Inc.-Amazon Web Services Inc. deal may ...

Data breaches in the enterprise are no longer just a minor irritant. They have become a fact of life — a situation that brings renewed focus to the role that boards of directors should play in a company’s cybersecurity strategy. But the challenges facing corporate boards are also tough, because the reality of today’s cybersecurity world ...

As organizations begin to move their information technology setups away from on-premises architectures, the new challenge has become how to store critical data so that it can be easily accessed and remain secure. Druva Inc. made two announcements today designed to position itself as a major player in enterprise data management as the secondary storage ...

There are two definitions of fugue. One refers to music (contrapuntal composition), and the other involves psychiatry (awareness of one’s identity). But thanks to new technology in the enterprise cloud computing world offered by a rising startup of the same name, there may soon be another meaning: automation. Fugue Inc. emerged from stealth mode last ...

Digital transformation has changed service delivery for the banking industry in ways that are just beginning. There are still lots of bank branches and plenty of people who use them on a daily basis. But bank executives know they must also deliver a full suite of online services, and this is forcing a decision on ...

Serverless computing offers the opportunity to build and run web, Internet of Things and mobile applications without virtual or physical servers at a significantly reduced overhead cost. What’s not to like about that? That’s the business philosophy embraced by Ryan Kroonenburg (pictured), founder of A Cloud Guru Ltd. The company offers cloud computing certification training for ...

Big data is testing the limits of high volume computing technology to manage it, as well as customers’ patience in finding it. The “Barclay’s Big Data Handbook” recently documented that machine data will account for 16 zettabytes by 2020, an astounding number, even for Ben Newton (pictured), principal products manager at Sumo Logic Inc., who makes it ...