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Studies find epidemic of human errors threatens cloud security
Two recent studies conducted by security providers highlight the growing risks of configuration errors, which have become the single greatest security threat users face in the cloud. User errors are already the second most common type of breach, according to Verizon Corp.’s 2020 Data Breach Report. Misconfigurations are by far the most common type of ...
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Former Docker chief sees cloud native as a journey
As the former chief executive of Docker Inc., Ben Golub was pivotal in guiding software containers to their remarkable popularity. The self-contained software capsules that encompass applications and the services needed to run them have been widely adopted for their portability, compactness and simple provisioning. Gartner Inc. forecasts that containers will be default choice for ...
ServiceNow toasts earnings forecasts as pandemic actually helps its business
What pandemic? ServiceNow Inc. today reported revenues and profits for the second quarter that easily beat Wall Street estimates and raised its guidance for subscription revenue and billings for the full year, saying the COVID-19 crisis is actually helping the business. Subscription revenue rose 32%, to $1.016 million on a currency-adjusted basis. Earnings per share ...
Cognizant picks up New Signature in fifth cloud-related acquisition of 2020
Information technology consulting and technology services giant Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. said Tuesday it will acquire New Signature LLC, a company that specializes in application development and cloud migration in Microsoft Corp. Azure environments. The deal, which is Cognizant’s fifth cloud-related acquisition of the year, is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020. Terms weren’t ...
Image recognition startup raises $1.2 million to spot utility faults before they trigger wildfires
Faulty utility equipment ignited more than 2,000 fires in California over a three-year period and power lines are the third most common cause of fires in the Golden State. Buzz Solutions Inc. is tackling the problem with machine learning. The three-year-old startup, which that was born out of the StartX incubator at Stanford University, Friday ...
SAP defies skeptics as cloud drives strong revenue and earnings growth
Software giant SAP SE today beat lowered expectations on both revenue and profit in the second quarter, citing unexpectedly strong new customer activity despite customer caution during the pandemic. Revenues of $7.9 billion beat consensus estimates of $7.85 billion. Cloud revenue grew 18%, to $2.39 billion. Software license revenue slipped 18%, to $910 million, but ...
Linux Foundation expands into the fight against COVID-19
The Linux Foundation is joining the battle against COVID-19 with a program aimed at building on top of the foundational contact tracing work being done jointly by Google LLC and Apple Inc. The Linux Foundation Public Health initiative is launching with seven premier members and two hosted projects targeted at notifying public health officials of coronavirus ...
Retooling technology for cloud native means upgrading people, too
When Rice University adopted a strategy to update its application portfolio with cloud native software, it needed to update its people, too. “We needed to retrain our staff,” said Klára Jelínkova, vice president for international operations and information technology. The infrastructure teams had to adapt to new roles in areas like business analysis, change management ...
IBM revenue falls but not as much as worried investors feared
IBM Corp.’s earnings declined in the second quarter but beat analysts’ estimates in most critical areas and executives expressed confidence that the company is well-positioned to gain market share when the economy recovers. Adjusted profit fell to $2.18 a share from $3.17 a share a year ago but ahead of analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09. ...
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As cloud native computing rises, it’s transforming culture as much as code
Rice University is in the process of shifting from a legacy on-premises enterprise resource planning application to one built entirely in the cloud. Along the way, the university is also shedding about 20 related special-purpose applications it has accumulated over the years. “These are little products that fit a space at one time,” said Klára ...