Aqua Security launched a new container runtime security solution for Arm 64-bit environments that enables organizations to protect their high-density workloads on platforms such as AWS Graviton2 instances and more. “Our customers will be able to continue and accelerate their cloud native journey with Aqua’s support for Arm-based architectures. Through our commitment to supporting the … continue reading
SolarWinds has released an update related to the SuperNova malware, which is believed to have been used in a recent cyberattack on the United States government. There is a patch for all supported versions of the Orion Platform and a fix for customers on unsupported versions as well. It had initially released hotfixes for the … continue reading
BMC and AWS have announced a new collaboration to improve enterprise cloud visibility. BMC Helix Discovery now integrates with AWS Systems Manager, allowing customers to easily identify and map resources on Amazon EC2 instances on AWS. “To achieve service and operations excellence, it’s critical that organizations have dynamic visibility into all their environments,” said Ali … continue reading
AWS has launched a new open-source operating system called AWS Bottlerocket that is designed specifically for running containers. The OS is based on Linux. AWS Bottlerocket includes just the software needed for running containers, as well as a transactional update mechanism. According to AWS, this allows users to use container orchestration to run OS updates … continue reading
Backup and recovery company BackupAssist has announced that its new solution BackupAssist ER is now generally available. BackupAssist ER is a fully automated disk to disk to cloud backup solution for Windows Servers. The solution will allow users to quickly recover data and systems, both locally and in the cloud. Other features of the solution … continue reading
TeamViewer has added a new web monitoring module that lets admins monitor and remotely manage servers, as well as check websites for accessibility and functionality. According to TeamViewer, this will help minimize downtime and missed revenue. “With the TeamViewer Web Monitoring module as part of the ‘Remote Monitoring and Management’ solution, we offer an integrated … continue reading
Nutanix announced that its hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) software is now available on AWS, enabling application migration and unified operations across clouds to help businesses accelerate their cloud journey. Nutanix offers a single stack that integrates compute and storage, provides unified operations across private and public clouds, integrated networking with AWS, and license portability from private … continue reading
JumpCloud has announced that it is releasing a Windows app. JumpCloud is a directory-as-a-service that enables identity management from employee devices. Previously JumpCloud only had an app for macOS. According to the company, this new app will help streamline credential management workflows and establishes employee workstations as trusted devices. It offers the same capabilities as … continue reading
Amazon has introduced a new device to its AWS Snow Family of edge computing devices. AWS Snowcone is the smallest device in the family, at 4.5 pounds. It offers 8 terabytes of usable storage. According to Amazon, AWS Snowcone is particularly well suited for tight spaces or scenarios where portability is important. It can be … continue reading
Red Hat and AWS are teaming up to deliver a jointly managed and jointly supported enterprise Kubernetes service on AWS. The companies announced Amazon Red Hat OpenShift, a fully managed service designed for IT organizations building and deploying apps in AWS on Red Hat’s enterprise Kubernetes platform. “As we move deeper into the era of … continue reading
Amazon has announced the latest version of AWS Fargate, which is a serverless computing engine for containers. New features in AWS Fargate 1.4 include support for Amazon Elastic File System endpoints, 20 GB of ephemeral volume for Fargate tasks, network performance metrics, network states, and support for the CAP_SYS_PTRACE Linux capability. Cohesity raises $250 million … continue reading
In December, Cockroach Labs released its 2020 Cloud Report, which provided benchmarks for each of the major cloud providers: AWS, Azure, and GCP. According to the report, GCP had caught up to AWS in benchmarks, where previously AWS outperformed them by 40% the previous year. The company also found that each cloud vendor had an … continue reading