In 2019, automation frameworks designed to process big data made it much easier to go from the start of a new analytics project to the production phase. Additionally, per the requirements of GDPR, many more businesses now have Chief Protection Officers (and likely Chief Data Officers), which has, in turn, resulted in their shifting from […]
Atos Acquires Google Cloud Premier Partner Maven Wave
A recent press release reports, “Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, today announced an agreement to acquire Maven Wave, a U.S.-based business and technology consulting firm specialized in delivering digital transformation solutions for large enterprises. The company is a leading Google Cloud Premier Partner with eight Cloud Partner Specializations and recognized as the Google […]
How to Effectively Achieve IT Resilience with Hybrid Cloud and Multi-cloud
Click to learn more about author Oussama El-Hilali As cloud services advance, service interruptions will hopefully not be as common as they are today. But we’re not there yet. Hiccups are still bound to happen, and companies can suffer a serious derailment of their operations if mission-critical applications stored in the cloud are disrupted. In […]
ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Partners with Volterra for its Distributed Cloud Platform
A recent press release reports, “ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation today announced it has began reselling and integrating Volterra’s solution for distributed cloud services to enable its customers’ distributed applications. The Volterra distributed cloud platform provides a full set of capabilities required for edge and multi-cloud computing, such as deploying virtual environments (containers), seamless and secure multi-cloud […]
Cloud Computing and Cloud Architecture Trends in 2020
Use of the cloud has grown significantly. Cloud computing has become so popular, many startups are taking a “cloud-first” approach (the deliberate practice of considering use of the cloud first). The cloud offers tools, data, and scalable computing power that would be difficult to access in other ways. Cloud architecture, whether it be public, private, […]
Virtual Instruments Becomes Virtana; Enabling Customers with Real-Time Infrastructure Analytics
A recent press release reports, “Virtual Instruments today announced that it has become Virtana, a company focused on providing customers with the industry’s most robust AI-powered hybrid IT infrastructure management platforms for mission-critical workloads. Underscoring this commitment to helping enterprises manage their complex multi-cloud environments, today Virtana introduced CloudWisdom, a SaaS-based cloud cost optimization and […]
Data Virtualization for a Hybrid World
Many organizations see the hybrid cloud and multi-cloud models as critical to their present business requirements, and to their future ones too. Organizations are paying more attention to the use of containers to help with simple and automated portability and scaling that can play an important role in accelerating cloud projects and deliverables; to cloud […]
Instana Provides Automated APM Solution for Pivotal Cloud Foundry Users
According to a new press release, “Instana, a leading provider of automated Application Performance Management (APM) solutions for cloud-based microservice applications, today announced the availability of the Instana Automated Microservice Management Tile for Pivotal Cloud Foundry. With a single click, PCF users can get application performance management along with the PCF-based infrastructure management of their […]
HashiCorp Announces New HashiCorp Consul Service on Microsoft Azure
According to a recent press release, “HashiCorp, a leader in multi-cloud infrastructure automation software, announced the HashiCorp Consul Service (HCS) on Microsoft Azure in collaboration with Microsoft. The service will enable customers to natively provision highly available HashiCorp-managed Consul clusters in their Azure environments. With this service, customers gain the benefits of running Consul for […]
Commvault Acquires Hedvig to Accelerate its Strategic Vision
A recent press release states, “Commvault, a leading provider of software for the management of data across cloud and on-premises environments, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire software-defined storage (SDS) innovator, Hedvig, for total consideration of $225 million, which includes the purchase price and ongoing employee retention. Gartner expects […]