Cloud
Cloud Misconfiguration: The Security Threat Too Often Overlooked (InfoWorld)
A survey of 300 IT professionals reveals that most enterprises are vulnerable to security events caused by cloud misconfiguration, including data breaches and system downtime event... More
HITS Fall: Cloud-Based MAMs Enable Live Coverage of the Future, AWS Says
Despite the many changes we’ve seen in the pipeline and screens that audiences use to watch video content, live events will always be core to the viewing experience. And cloud... More
Globecast Names Kevin Tan Head of Sales, Asia (HITS)
Globecast has named Kevin Tan as head of sales in Asia, effective immediately. In his new role, Tan will lead the sales efforts in Asia, nurture an inventive approach to client rel... More
A Globalized Cloud for a Globalized World (Forbes)
The web of today is truly global. It spans ever more of the planet’s surface, bringing an ever-greater portion of its population into the global communications fold. Building for... More
New Survey Affirms Cloud Storage is the Wave of the Future (Wasabi Blog)
A new Enterprise Storage Forum survey confirms what we at Wasabi have known for a long time: traditional on-site storage solutions are too expensive to operate and scale. The popul... More
SAS for Containers is Available Now (HITS)
For IT teams looking to simplify the deployment and configuration of SAS Analytics into the cloud and across the enterprise, SAS for Containers is available now. Container technolo... More
MarkLogic Announces Approved Supplier Status on G-Cloud 10 (HITS)
MarkLogic today announced that it has been awarded a place on the UK Government’s latest G-Cloud framework, G-Cloud 10, by the Crown Commercial Services. This recognition means U... More
What a CIO Needs to Know About Cloud Security (eWeek)
Major data breaches are no longer a rare occurrence in the business world. It comes as no surprise, under those circumstances, that cybersecurity in general is a hot topic. With cl... More
Will Cloud Drive the Data Center to Extinction? (DXC Technology Blog)
A Gartner analyst has declared the data center dead. This might come as news to CIOs who currently are managing in-house data centers for their enterprises, but Gartner research vi... More
Volkswagen Connects with Microsoft for Auto Cloud (WSJ)
In the latest push by a major auto maker into the new business of providing digital services, Volkswagen unveiled plans to put its entire connected car services on Microsoft’s Az... More
Verizon Digital Media Services Adds Managed Security Services to Its Cloud Solution for Enterprises (MESA)
Verizon Digital Media Services today announced it has added a round-the-clock managed cloud security offering as part of its global Cloud Security Solution. The managed cloud secur... More
Amazon to Bring its Cloud Services to Indonesia with $1B Investment (Data Economy)
While Alibaba is already present in the country after a recent data centre opening, AWS is hoping its existing global scale can be quickly ramped up to serve one of the biggest cou... More
SAP, Alibaba Team Up on Cloud Services (Reuters)
SAP said on Wednesday it was teaming up with Alibaba to offer its flagship products on the Chinese company’s cloud infrastructure. SAP Chief Executive Bill McDermott said the gro... More
Cloud Computing, Once Loved for Simplicity, is Now a Complex Beast (Forbes)
When cloud computing emerged a few years ago in its current form, its biggest selling point was that it was supposed to simplify things for enterprises. If a developer needed to te... More
Twitter Moves 300 Petabytes to Google Cloud (Light Reading)
Twitter is using tools running on Google Cloud to find out more about how people use its service, including monitoring abuse and mapping how conversations develop. "We operate at a... More
Virtual Post Picks BeBop Platform (HITS)
U.K.-based post and content services firm Virtual Post has announced it will deploy BeBop Technology’s post-production platform for a variety of TV, film and ad projects, using b... More
Salesforce Outlines Financial Services Cloud Roadmap, Single View of Customer Test Bed (ZDNet)
Salesforce unveiled updates to its Financial Services Cloud that aims to unify the various silos within financial services companies and provide one holistic view of the customer. ... More
SAP’s Cloud Analytics Update Offers Insights in Seconds, Not Months (CIO)
With a refresh of its cloud analytics tools, SAP hopes to bring users new insights into their data more quickly and take some of the workload off the IT department. Now the company... More
Wasabi Just Landed $68M to Upend Cloud Storage (TechCrunch)
Chances are you see a story about cloud storage, and you yawn and move on, but Wasabi, a startup from the folks who brought you Carbonite backup, might make you pause. That’s bec... More
Microsoft Azure Devops Services Puts Devops in the Cloud (InfoWorld)
Microsoft has launched its Azure Devops platform, featuring a set of cloud-hosted services including CI/CD, testing, and kanban project boards. It is free for open source projects ... More