Cisco prepares for AI-ready data centers with new innovations, partnerships
During its annual conference, Cisco Live, Cisco announced several new offerings and partnerships that support its transition from traditional to AI-ready data centers. “Cisco is at the forefront of enabling organizations to harness the power of AI with solutions that are scalable, efficient, and, above all, secure. Our evolving portfolio lays the groundwork for AI-ready … continue reading
Contrast Security’s Northstar unifies app security for developers, security, and operations
Contrast Security has announced the launch of Northstar, a security platform update that brings developers, security, and operations teams together to address app security in a more unified way. “We’re calling this release Northstar because it points the way forward. It helps customers see what was once invisible — adding clarity where there was ambiguity, … continue reading
AI updates in ITOps platforms announced in May 2025
IT vendors are constantly trying to add more and more AI features to their platforms to help IT operations teams be more efficient and productive. Here are several of those updates from the past month. Red Hat Summit news: RHEL 10, OpenShift Lightspeed Red Hat made several announcements at its Summit event, including the announcements … continue reading
Cisco Duo IAM launches to address identity threats
Cisco has announced a new security offering to combat identity threats, which the company says are increasing in frequency as a result of AI. The company’s 2025 Cybersecurity Readiness Index found that almost a third of companies rank identity as their top cybersecurity challenge. “The security industry is facing an ‘identity crisis’ as persistent identity-based … continue reading
DefectDojo unifies SOC and AppSec capabilities in latest platform update
DefectDojo has announced the release of new Security Operations Center (SOC) capabilities in DefectDojo Pro. According to the company, with this update, the platform now acts as a unified platform for both SOC and AppSec teams. It brings together SOC alerts and AppSec findings and has features that aim to cut down on alert noise … continue reading
FinOps Foundation gains several new Premier Members
The FinOps Foundation has announced the addition of several new Premier Members, including American Express, NVIDIA, AMD, ServiceNow, and Snowflake. “American Express is a technology-powered enterprise that is focused on delivering increased scale and efficiency, improved speed to market, high quality, and security, while always keeping our customers at the center of all we do,” … continue reading
Tigera adds free tier for Calico Cloud
Tigera has announced it will be offering a free tier of Calico Cloud, its solution that provides network security and observability for Kubernetes. The free tier provides Calico Open Source users with access to advanced features for observability, policy management, microsegmentation, and network security. “We are deeply committed to delivering solutions that enable the open … continue reading
AWS creates new page to display information about service availability changes
AWS is making it easier for customers to stay on top of availability of AWS services with the launch of its new AWS Product Lifecycle page. The new resource provides a centralized place to see all service availability, including services that are closing access to new customers, services that have announced end of support, and … continue reading
Sysdig donates Stratoshark to the Wireshark Foundation
Sysdig has announced that it has donated its recently created open source cloud analysis project Stratoshark to the Wireshark Foundation. Stratoshark is an evolution of the Wireshark project, an open source network analysis tool, and Falco, a cloud-native threat detection tool—both created at Sysdig. “At Sysdig, we fundamentally believe that security should be a collaborative, … continue reading
Linux Foundation and OpenSSF launch Cybersecurity Skills Framework
The Linux Foundation and Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) have announced the Cybersecurity Skills Framework, designed to help organizations identify their security competencies across several areas that are important to reducing cybersecurity risk. “This framework is a valuable tool for CIOs, CISOs, and enterprise learning teams,” said Clyde Seepersad, SVP and general manager of Linux Foundation … continue reading
LastPass tackles Shadow IT with new SaaS Monitoring feature
LastPass is introducing a new feature that will help IT teams cut down on Shadow IT, including Shadow AI, in their organizations. SaaS Monitoring provides insights into what applications are being used across an organization, allowing IT teams to see unapproved business tools, monitor application usage, and even enforce password and access management policies to … continue reading
Latest BMC Helix updates extend AI agent usage in IT service management
BMC Helix announced updates to its IT and service management platforms that extend the use of AI agents in those areas. BMC Helix IT Operations Management for AIOps 25.2 adds the HelixGPT Post Mortem Analyzer, which generates a detailed review and summary following an incident. It also now includes the HelixGPT Insight Finder, which ITOps … continue reading
