As the enterprise irons out existing cybersecurity kinks, one topic that continues to split opinion is choosing between versatile integrated platforms and purpose-built, best-of-breed solutions. “I think the point is that if you build out a platform, then you don’t need to be best-of-breed,” said Zeus Kerravala (pictured), founder and principal analyst at ZK Research. “If you’re ...

With business-critical resources more vulnerable than ever, there’s been an equal rise in the popularity of penetration testing. However, given the pen-testing industry’s current pitfalls, Bugcrowd Inc. has responded by taking the entire process online. “Our customers can now go to our website and purchase, configure and deploy a pen test with only a few clicks,”  said Casey ...

Enterprise solutions companies usually broker partnerships to improve existing products or ease end-user pain points. In keeping with the trend, endpoint security company CrowdStrike Inc. has announced a collaboration to leverage Cribl Inc.’s data streaming expertise moving forward. “What’s going on in the market is a lot of our customers are on this [extended detection and ...

The Kubernetes orchestration standard was designed to make cloud-native application deployment faster, easier and more flexible. Given its current place as a de-facto enterprise standard, the industry is at an inflection point given Kubernetes’ usefulness to data centers and even the multicloud. “If you’re building or running your infrastructure or app now, and if you’re not running ...

As one of the world’s largest open-source projects, Kubernetes expands the possibilities for enterprise app development, deployment and management. One of the key highlights at the recent KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe event this year was the breadth and scope of new projects currently being built within Kubernetes. While already large, the community is still growing. “It’s ...

Artificial intelligence has generated a lot of buzz around securing enterprise software and operations. However, a lingering inability to follow best practices and nail the fundamentals still plagues the industry at large, according to Brian Fox (pictured), chief technology officer of Sonatype Inc. “We have done some studies for years, and I think last year was our ...

Natural language-driven artificial intelligence tools are currently all the rage — think ChatGPT. But what if that same conversational AI experience is carried over to automating platform engineering and DevOps functions? That’s always been the main focus at Kubiya Inc., a DevOps virtual assistant for cloud operations. “We’ve branded ourselves as ‘ChatGPT for DevOps,'” said Amit Eyal ...

It’s imperative for today’s businesses to leverage their data resources in making crucial company-wide decisions. To achieve that, JBS S.A. shed inefficient data analysis techniques in favor of newer, purpose-built, cloud-driven solutions. “I think [for] any business to succeed, it needs to be able to have an analyst platform,” said Steph Robinson (pictured, left), Qlik manager at JBS. “One ...

Making its public debut in 2017, the WebAssembly open standard is designed to facilitate the execution of binary code on the web. For developers, Wasm brings benefits such as streamlining their workflow to remove areas of labor and material resource wastage. “We’re trying to get rid of wastage in all of the software development, and ...

The Harman Kardon home and car audio brand is only one of many under the Harman International Industries Inc. umbrella. Another is Harman Digital Transformation Solutions, which recently announced its partnership with QlikTech International AB to help customers of both companies streamline, modernize and simplify enterprise operations through co-engineered integrated data and analytics solutions. “Harman DTS is ...