In the world of IT, Traditional security methodologies, like perimeter-based security, won’t survive in Amazon.com Inc.’s Amazon Web Services (AWS)  because they present a “scaling challenge,” commented Mark Nunnikhoven, VP of Cloud and Emerging Technologies at Trend Micro Incorporated., an AWS security partner. Matching Amazon’s rate of innovation drove Trend Micro to develop a “deep ...

Amazon.com, Inc.’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) is changing it’s attitude toward the enterprise, turning towards hybrid options and offering new products fine-tuned for the enterprise. Aurora, a new high-performance database, represents a “stepping into the ring” for the enterprise, observed theCUBE’s John Furrier. It showcases AWS’s drive to facilitate data consumption and manipulation into actionable ...

The STEM Resource Partners mission, said Dr. Craig Brown, CEO of STEM Resource Partners and Techpreneur, is designed to “identify resources” from all over the tech spectrum. Funds, training, and certifications from the STEM Resource Partners are granted to a wide variety of recipients. Whether people have a background in tech or not, whether they’re ...

Dell Inc. wants “to bring Flash storage to the masses,” said Alan Atkinson, VP and GM of Dell Storage. Instead of purchasing a Flash company, Dell “rewrote [its] software to take advantage of Tiers and Flash.” Dell’s tiering algorithm give it the opportunity to use different types of Flash — a chance that other companies ...

As a private company, Dell Inc. has been able to invest in experiments that shareholders may otherwise have restricted. Sam Greenblatt, VP of Dell Engineered Solutions said that while Wall Street has “great analysts,” they’re stuck in an antiquated mindset and react hesitantly to change, wondering, “Why aren’t we doing it the same way we ...

A year into becoming a private company, Dell Inc. is “experiencing tremendous growth in every line of business,” said Marius Hass, Chief Commercial Officer and President of Dell Enterprise Solutions. Without shareholders to answer to, Dell has been able to focus on creating “customer and partner value.” This focus, in combination with the ability to ...

When it comes to Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Google’s Cloud Networking Product Manager Morgan Dollard said his company is “bringing it back up into software” and “orchestrating at a global level,” in order to expand functionality for cloud customer. Indeed, Dollard relayed that orchestration is the main challenge that Google is looking to solve with its ...

Google is shifting its focus from hosting VMs and lowering capital expenditure to allowing developers to build cloud apps at scale, according to Google Cloud Platform VP Brian Stevens. Part of Google’s value proposition to developers is its open source platform, which it intends to embrace going forward. Stevens, a former Red Hat, Inc. exec, is ...

Google announcements about its App Engine, Container Engine, and Google Interconnect suggest it is pursuing both developers and enterprises in the cloud space, said John Furrier, theCUBE co-host. Google also used its Cloud Platform Live conference to highlight the transformation of containers, added co-host Jeff Frick, citing that Google considers Docker to be as powerful ...

Software is in a “new Golden Age” that’s “cloud based [and] cloud fueled,” said John Rymer, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. His colleague, Dave Bartoletti, Principal Analyst at Forrester, added that current trends in IT are “coming from the customer.” Rymer agreed, adding that now that companies interact with customers through software, ...