When the U.S. Space Force was created by an act of Congress in 2019, it was an acknowledgment by government leaders that the country needed military-level protection on more than just the ground. A combination of technology advancement and cybsersecurity threats had forced the U.S. to protect public and private assets orbiting the Earth — ...

If space is indeed the “final frontier,” as narrated in the famous opening voiceover in “Star Trek,” it is also becoming the final line of defense against threats to technologies that have become essential for daily life. From the use of GPS to navigate traffic congestion to fighting forest fires with heat sensors, orbiting satellites ...

September’s Mirantis Launchpad 2020 event offered plenty of options for those seeking to learn more about the latest trends in enterprise computing. Among the many topics and presenters, one theme stood out: In these uncertain times, the need for speed, flexibility and security in enterprise IT is greater now than ever before. These needs were ...

From travel directions to finding out whether it might rain, much of the world depends on orbiting satellites for daily information. Space-based technology has become essential, and this has led to a greater focus on the key actions needed to safeguard it. In early September, the U.S. government issued directives for the first comprehensive cybersecurity ...

In the tech industry, transformation is both inevitable and essential in order to survive. As the chief executive officer of one major Silicon Valley firm once put it, companies that fight the waves of technology end up as driftwood. Cisco Systems Inc. is one of those businesses that has successfully ridden the waves. Now in ...

After acquiring the enterprise business from Docker Inc. last year, Mirantis Inc. did something that a lot of firms, eager to reap value from its new investment, might not have done. The company first listened to customers. What Mirantis heard from its customer base, which included large multinational companies such as Apple Inc., Visa Inc., ...

One of the key announcements during VMworld 2020 was Project Monterey, a collaboration between VMware Inc. and three other companies to redefine hybrid architecture for a new generation of applications. Working with Nvidia Corp., Pensando Inc. and Intel Corp., VMware is leveraging smart network interface controllers to build a consistent digital foundation on which applications can ...

VMware Inc. positions its platform for managing virtual machines and container orchestration — VMware Cloud Foundation — as “the simplest path to the hybrid cloud.” This has not gone unnoticed by one of its major partners and that firm’s own customer base. “VMware Cloud Foundation has really caught the attention of our mid- to enterprise-sized customers,” said ...

VMware Inc. signaled its intention to become a major player in the Kubernetes container space with the introduction of Tanzu at VMworld one year ago. It hasn’t taken its foot off the gas since. The company’s expanding Tanzu portfolio now includes Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, Tanzu Application Service and Tanzu Mission Control as a centralized management ...

VMworld 2020 kicked off with a series of announcements involving a wide range of enterprise interests, from security, multicloud, hybrid cloud and modernizing applications to artificial intelligence, machine learning and networking. The day’s news also brought into focus the many partnerships that VMware Inc. has formed to bring new technologies to market. “This is one of ...