Topic: cloud computing
The Cloud Security Alliance releases new insights into the top cloud computing threats
In an effort to help secure cloud computing environments, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has released the Top Threats to Cloud Computing: Egregious 11 Deep Dive report. The report takes a deep look at the challenges of cloud computing as well as looks into nine recent cybersecurity attacks and breaches. “These anecdotes will let cybersecurity … continue reading
VMware announces improved cloud security and integrations at VMworld 2018
VMware is partnering with Amazon Web Services on the Amazon Relational Database Service on VMware. The companies made the announcement this week at the VMworld 2018 conference taking place in Las Vegas. The database is a new solution VMware says will bring easier management and migration of VMware, AWS or hybrid database running on VMware … continue reading
IBM introduces open-source project for cloud-native Node.js apps
IBM is looking to simplify the development of cloud-native apps with the newly announced CloudNativeJS.io project. CloudNativeJS.io is an open-source community project designed to provide resources such as best practices, assets and tools for building cloud-native Node.js apps. According to the company, while developers are using the cloud to deploy and run apps, only 38 … continue reading
CNCF deepens its role in the serverless computing world
The idea of serverless has been around for more than ten years, but it still is a relatively new concept to a majority of the industry. A recent survey conducted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation revealed 41 percent of respondents are using serverless technology, 31 percent aren’t, and 28 percent plan to within the … continue reading
Former President of Intel introduces new chip maker company
A new chip maker, Ampere Computing, has launched this week with the intent of improving the cloud computing experience. Led by CEO Renee James, former president of Intel, the team consists of semiconductor and cloud computing experts. “We have an opportunity with cloud computing to take a fresh approach with products that are built to … continue reading
Data virtualization allows businesses to reap the benefits of the cloud, survey says
Organizations are eager to adopt cloud-based architectures. According to a cloud usage survey conducted by Denodo, 76 percent of respondents are using the cloud and 45 percent of them leverage a hybrid cloud model. More than half of the participants are planning a cloud initiative this year. The survey was based off of responses from … continue reading
The evolving role of the network engineer
The increasing complexity of today’s networks continues to change the role of the network engineer. A recent survey from NetBrain, 2017 State of the Network Engineer, explores the many areas where the role is evolving and where network engineers are likely to face challenges in the coming years. With growing investments in security, cloud computing, … continue reading
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon: containerd 1.0, Fluentd 1.0 and Jaeger 1.0
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation announced that a number of its projects have reached version 1.0 at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North American conference this week in Austin Texas. Ahead of the conference, the foundation announced the general availability of containerd 1.0. Containerd is Docker’s core container runtime it donated to the CNCF in March. Initially, containerd … continue reading
