News Fortinet Claims 21,000 SD-WAN Customers, Challenging Cisco By David Ramel 01/06/2020 Security specialist Fortinet claims more than 21,000 organizations have chosen its software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) solution. That’s news because Cisco Systems — the acknowledged leader in many networking/virtualization market niches — claimed only more than 20,000 SD-WAN solution customers in a Nov. 26 […]
Open Source Xen Project Hypervisor 4.13 Ships
News Open Source Xen Project Hypervisor 4.13 Ships By David Ramel 12/19/2019 The Xen Project, which develops an open source hypervisor hosted by the Linux Foundation, announced the release of Xen Project Hypervisor 4.13. The project site says it “is focused on advancing virtualization in a number of different commercial and open source applications, including […]
Cisco Predicts ‘New Era of Networking’
News Cisco Predicts ‘New Era of Networking’ By David Ramel 12/18/2019 Cisco Systems believes the IT industry is on the threshold of a new era of networking that will see modern technologies powering new ways of building and operating networks and solving associated business challenges. Those technologies that need to be wrangled in new ways […]
Pivot3 Points AI at Large-Scale HCI Deployment Data Protection
News Pivot3 Points AI at Large-Scale HCI Deployment Data Protection By David Ramel 12/18/2019 Tackling large-scale hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) deployments, Pivot3 is using artificial intelligence (AI) and automation techniques to ensure data protection. The Austin, Texas-based intelligent infrastructure solutions specialist announced the new capabilities in its flash-based Acuity hyperconverged systems software, specifically the platform’s Pivot3 […]
Cato Networks Tool Combines Security with SD-WAN
News Cato Networks Tool Combines Security with SD-WAN By David Ramel 12/13/2019 Cato Networks, an enterprise networking and security specialist, has combined security and software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) technology in its new Cato Instant*Insight offering. The Tel Aviv-based company said the product marks the first time that security information and event management (SIEM) capabilities have […]
2020 Cloud Report by Database Vendor Benchmarks Azure, AWS, GCP
News 2020 Cloud Report by Database Vendor Benchmarks Azure, AWS, GCP By David Ramel 12/12/2019 Cockroach Labs has duplicated its benchmark testing of the top cloud computing platforms, finding that Amazon Web Services (AWS) no longer enjoys such a big price/performance edge over Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The company, known for its open source CockroachDB […]
Google Cloud Unveils Cost-Optimized, General-Purpose VMs
News Google Cloud Unveils Cost-Optimized, General-Purpose VMs By David Ramel 12/12/2019 The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) announced new cost-optimized, general-purpose virtual machines (VMs) to run on the Google Compute Engine. The GCP previously offered three main machine types in addition to the first-generation N1 family that targets general-purpose scenarios, including: General purpose (N2): “N2 machine […]
Silver Peak Scales Out SD-WAN Edge Offering
News Silver Peak Scales Out SD-WAN Edge Offering By David Ramel 12/11/2019 Silver Peak, a leader in the software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) space, announced updates to its Unity EdgeConnect SD-WAN edge platform that allow for massive scaling. The Santa Clara, Calif., company said the updates will allow large enterprises to scale, automate and simplify the […]
Trend Micro, McAfee and Bitdefender Top Cloud Workload Security List
News Trend Micro, McAfee and Bitdefender Top Cloud Workload Security List By David Ramel 12/10/2019 Trend Micro, McAfee and Bitdefender are among the “leaders” in a new report from Forrester Research on cloud workload security. Covering Q4 2019, the report details 13 significant vendors, with Kaspersky, Qualys, Check Point, Palo Alto Networks and CloudPassage being […]
Report: Growing HCI Space Boosted by Cloud, AI
News Report: Growing HCI Space Boosted by Cloud, AI By David Ramel 12/06/2019 The hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) space is growing fast as it adjusts to new technologies and factors such as artificial intelligence and hybrid/multicloud implementations, according to a new report from research firm Gartner Inc. The company’s new “Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure” report […]