News Surveys Show COVID-19 Stresses on Cloud Costs, Security By David Ramel 06/23/2021 The COVID-19 pandemic may be lessening in the U.S., but its effects on enterprise cloud computing costs and security concerns may well linger for a while, new surveys suggest. On the cloud computing costs front, a survey conducted by Anodot, “2021 State […]

News Cloud Computing and Open Source: It’s Complicated By David Ramel 06/22/2021 The years-long friction between the open source camp and cloud computing platforms still lingers, a recent report reveals. The friction is caused by cloud vendors using open source software as the foundation of for-pay managed services. That can rile companies that serve as […]

News VMware Study: Kubernetes Thrives, But Expertise Is Top Challenge By David Ramel 06/17/2021 VMware’s new Kubernetes study shows the fast-growing open source project continues to thrive, though a lack of expertise is a big challenge for enterprise adoption. “The State of Kubernetes 2021” says, “Companies are quickly figuring out how to operationalize Kubernetes, some […]

News Azure Spreads its Wings at Build 2021 Paul Schnackenburg takes an IT view of the developer conference, focusing on two main themes and several releases. By Paul Schnackenburg 06/01/2021 Microsoft’s annual developer conference, Build, took place last week. In this article I’ll cover two main themes that I think will affect more IT folks […]

News Ransomware: What To Do If You Don’t Have a Plan By David Ramel 05/18/2021 Nothing vaults ransomware into the IT discussion like a $5 million payout accompanied by a crippling gas shortage and $7-per-gallon gas gouging. That, of course, is what happened with the recent Colonial Pipeline attack. Ransomware is becoming one of the […]

News Microsoft Azure Blockchain Is Ending Sept. 10 By David Ramel 05/13/2021 Microsoft is ending its Azure Blockchain Service in September, advising users to migrate to other offerings. The company gave no reason for ending Azure Blockchain Service, which according to its web site is still in preview. The site’s description of the service reads: […]

News What’s the Future of Network Security? Zero Trust, SASE & Automation By David Ramel 05/11/2021 Executives at large organizations were surveyed about their thoughts on what’s coming for network security, revealing that top-of-mind concerns include Zero Trust, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), automation and more. The survey, “The Future of Network Security,” was conducted […]

News Misconfigurations Continue to Plague Cloud Security, New Reports Say By David Ramel 04/16/2021 Several years ago Amazon Web Services (AWS) was bedeviled by a series of high-profile and highly publicized data breaches due to user misconfigurations, and new reports indicate the problem persists to this day in the industry. Back in the AWS spree, […]

News Study IDs Permissions Risks in Major Cloud Platforms By David Ramel 04/15/2021 A new report published by CloudKnox dives into the “cloud permissions gap crisis” on major cloud platforms, identifying risks caused by improper Identity and Access Management (IAM). The company says its CloudKnox Security offering is the only cloud permissions management platform provider […]

News VMware Part of New Effort to ‘Rearchitect the Internet’ By David Ramel 04/14/2021 A new effort to “rearchitect the internet” includes major industry players VMware, Dell Technologies and others who will work on a major transformation with a rebuild focused on the edge. Those companies, along with several others, are founding members of the […]