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Kasten by Veeam's NEW Kasten K10 V6 Introduces Enterprise-Grade Ransomware Protection for Kubernetes
New integrations with Veeam Data Platform and cloud native tools, combined with new features including intelligent policies, aim to scale Kubernetes data protection and expand ransomware detection for enterprises
Kasten by Veeam, the market leader for Kubernetes backup and disaster
recovery, today announced the release of its new Kasten K10 V6.0
Kubernetes data protection platform. The new release includes features
that will help customers scale their cloud native data protection
more efficiently, better protect their applications and data against
ransomware attacks, and increase accessibility by adding new cloud
native integrations.
Kubernetes was designed to enable greater productivity - helping
enterprises scale automation to manage very large deployments found within
containerized environments. Kubernetes has now garnered industry-standard
status as cloud native architecture fuels widespread application
modernization. Now, IT budgets are tightening, and the pressure to do
more with less is growing. At the same time, security issues remain
top of mind across all business segments, with 85% of all organizations
suffering at least one cyber-attack in the past 12 months.
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New Veeam Research Finds 93% of Cyber Attacks Target Backup Storage to Force Ransom Payment
Veeam unveils the results of its 2023 Ransomware Trends Report at VeeamON 2023, showing cyber insurance is becoming too expensive and 21% of organizations unable to recover their data after paying the ransom.
Organizations of all sizes are increasingly falling victim to
ransomware attacks and inadequately protecting against this rising
cyberthreat. According to new data in the Veeam 2023 Ransomware Trends
Report, one in seven organizations will see almost all (>80%) data
affected as a result of a ransomware attack - pointing to a significant
gap in protection. Veeam Software, the leader in Data Protection and
Ransomware Recovery, found that attackers almost always (93%+) target
backups during cyber-attacks and are successful in debilitating their
victims' ability to recover in 75% of those events, reinforcing the
criticality of immutability and air gapping to ensure backup repositories
are protected.
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Google News
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Google Cloud Opens New Cloud Region In Doha
Google Cloud's latest significant investment in the region to support its growing customer base and partner ecosystem.
Google Cloud announced the opening of its Doha cloud region at an official launch event attended by ministers from the Qatari Cabinet and executives from leading Qatari businesses, with the cooperation of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and Qatar Free Zone Authority (QFZ). The new cloud region will meet growing demand for cloud services in Qatar and the Middle East region and support Qatar's National Vision 2030 that aims to transform the country into a digital economy through innovation and digital transformation.
According to research commissioned by Google Cloud and conducted by Access Partnership, the new Doha cloud region is expected to drive increased economic activity and is estimated to contribute a cumulative 18.9 billion USD in higher gross economic output to the economy of Qatar between 2023 and 2030 and support the creation of 25,000 jobs in 2030 alone. This new cloud region is the latest significant investment made by Google Cloud in Qatar, following the recent opening of a country office and virtual center of excellence (CoE) in Msheireb.
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TCS Announces Generative AI Partnership with Google Cloud and New Offering for Enterprise Customers
Tata Consultancy Services' Generative AI Offering on Google Cloud Will Help Clients Harness the Power of Generative AI and Promote Rapid Innovation to Drive Growth and Transformation
TCS announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud and the launch of its new offering, TCS Generative AI which leverages Google Cloud's generative AI services, to design and deploy custom-tailored business solutions that help clients harness the power of this exciting new technology to accelerate their growth and transformation.
Building on its deep domain knowledge across multiple industry verticals
and investments in research and innovation, TCS has developed a large
portfolio of AI-powered solutions and intellectual property in the
areas of AIOps, Algo Retail, smart manufacturing, digital twins and
robotics. The company is currently working with clients in multiple
industries, to explore how generative AI can be used to deliver value
in their specific business contexts.
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Wipro Expands Google Cloud Partnership To Advance Enterprise Adoption Of Generative AI
Wipro to integrate generative AI into its entire suite of capabilities, accelerators, IP, and solutions
Wipro announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud to bring its advanced generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to clients across the globe.
Wipro will integrate Google Cloud's full suite of generative AI products and services-including Vertex AI, Generative AI App Builder, and the Model Garden collection of foundation models-with its own AI intellectual property (IP), business accelerators, and pre-built industry solutions. The expanded partnership will help unlock new value within enterprises and transform how large-scale businesses operate.
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VMware News
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Modern Times. How VMware IT Modernized Workplace Management
VMware IT supports a highly distributed workforce, connecting more than 35,000 employees using a wide variety of devices. Unfortunately, the traditional comanagement overseeing tens of thousands of laptops and mobile devices created substantial challenges, including negative impacts on worker productivity.
The solution came in the form of modernized workplace management,
which enables our teams to build, run, connect and protect any app, on
any cloud, on any device. It incorporates four key components-factory
provisioning, Azure Active Directory cloud join, Windows Hello for
Business, and VMware Workspace ONE UEM management.
Every device is treated as if were a mobile one (the type most vulnerable
to breaches), and there is an emphasis on micropersonas versus
personas. Micropersonas take into account each user's unique way of
working rather than throwing individuals into one big group. For example,
suppose Dietmar and Anyra both work in the office. Rather than treat them
equally via an 'office worker persona,' micropersonas take into account
the fact that Dietmar works offsite 70 percent of the time while Anyra
prefers to work onsite full time.
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Bees Are Smart. How Is Tech Making Them 'Smarter'?
Busy at work, atop HPE's headquarters, is a workforce unknown to many who work in the same building. A workforce made up of six beehives, producing honey, for good. In the same building that leads tech, for good.
Amanda Pena, Houston Customer Innovation Center Manager, shares more on the bees purpose, and how tech helps keep the them thriving.
How did this project come about? What was the inspiration?
I have always been passionate about the environment but never thought of how I could make a difference beyond my home. When we opened the new global headquarters in Houston, I noticed we were getting a variety of bees visiting the plants on our terrace. Another HPE employee asked, 'What do you plan to do about those?' and I jokingly replied, 'Bring in more!'
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Celebrating One Year Of Achieving Exascale With Frontier, World's Fastest Supercomputer
HPE celebrates a pinnacle moment in supercomputing with the achievement of Frontier, the world's first and fastest exascale supercomputer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) celebrates the one-year anniversary of Frontier, the world's first supercomputer to break the exascale speed barrier with leadership energy performance.
Built for the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Frontier marks a new era in supercomputing to drive breakthroughs in scientific discovery and engineering, including next-generation artificial intelligence and early bridge to quantum computing.
Frontier is built with HPE Cray EX supercomputers that are purpose-built to support the magnitude of exascale performance with end-to-end capabilities comprised of compute, accelerated compute, software, storage, and interconnect.
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Building AI/ML Networks with Cisco Silicon One
It's evident from the amount of news coverage, articles, blogs, and water cooler stories that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are changing our society in fundamental ways-and that the industry is evolving quickly to try to keep up with the explosive growth.
Unfortunately, the network that we've used in the past for high-performance computing (HPC) cannot scale to meet the demands of AI/ML. As an industry, we must evolve our thinking and build a scalable and sustainable network for AI/ML.
Today, the industry is fragmented between AI/ML networks built around four unique architectures: InfiniBand, Ethernet, telemetry assisted Ethernet, and fully scheduled fabrics.
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Built on Cisco Security Cloud: XDR
As we enter the age of Cisco Security Cloud, we have delivered on the first phase of our vision that aims to provide organizations with a comprehensive, open, and integrated platform for protecting their users, data, infrastructure, and applications whether on-premises, in the cloud, or both.
In the era of hybrid clouds, security platforms must meet organizations where they are to protect their data, networks, and systems from cyberattacks. Hybrid clouds combine on-premises and cloud-based resources, which can create new and complex security challenges. For example, it can be difficult to manage security policies across multiple environments, and it can be difficult to detect and respond to threats that move between on-premises and cloud environments.
During the RSA Conference in 2023, we launched our first product on the Cisco Security Cloud and unveiled Cisco XDR to the world. Cisco XDR is a cloud-based extended detection and response solution for security operations teams that detects, prioritizes, and remediates threats more efficiently to achieve security resilience. Integrating with the broad Cisco security portfolio and many third-party offerings, Cisco XDR is the most comprehensive solution on the market today.
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How Can You Power The Future Of Retail?
As Bonnie Raitt would say, let's give them something to talk about! And that is exactly what we intend to do at Cisco Live 2023 in Las Vegas (June 4-8, 2023). While planning for Cisco Live, we intentionally placed innovation at the heart of our design process to encourage the team to think differently about how Cisco positions Retail IT to our CLUS attendees.
It is important to recognize that the retail industry is evolving so quickly in part due to consumers being at the center of the digital eruption that's surrounding us. This has created new pressures for retail startups and traditional retailers to do more with less. But keep in mind - increasing employee productivity, connecting with customers, simplifying store operations and securely improving digital capabilities can be powered by the strong foundation of a modern network. Let's dig in a little deeper for a sneak peek at what you can expect to see at Cisco Live.
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Reduce Your Cloud Costs With Citrix's VDI Reclamation Service
The trend towards digital transformation has seen many businesses shift their Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to public cloud platforms. However, this transition can result in increased costs, primarily due to unused resources. At Citrix, our focus isn't just on facilitating this move, but also on helping you optimize your cloud costs.
In the past, IT administrators have had to create and maintain custom scripts to identify and reclaim unused VDIs. These might be systems that were set up for employees who have since left the company, contractors whose contracts have ended, or just machines that have fallen into disuse. This process can be time-consuming and complex, requiring specialized knowledge and constant updating.
To address this issue, we are tech previewing a new feature: automated tagging. This new functionality enables easy identification of inactive machines, thereby eliminating the need for custom scripts and manual tracking.
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Save time and effort today with the all new Citrix VDA Upgrade Service
Keeping your Citrix Virtual Delivery Agents (VDAs) up to date with the latest features, functionalities, and fixes is essential for maintaining a high-performing virtual desktop environment.
However, the traditional process of upgrading Remote PC Access machines and VDAs in large catalogs of persistent virtual machines has often proven time-consuming, manual, and prone to errors. That is, until now!
We are thrilled to announce the General Availability of the VDA Upgrade Service for Citrix DaaS, a new feature that simplifies and accelerates the VDA upgrade process.
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Global Tire Manufacturer Pirelli Transforms Its B2B Sales Platform With Salesforce
Global tire manufacturer Pirelli has digitally transformed its TyreClub+ sales platform using Salesforce to offer a more efficient and personalized B2B customer experience.
Why it's important: Built on the Salesforce Platform, Commerce Cloud, and Marketing Cloud, TyreClub+ forms part of Pirelli's wider digital transformation strategy to deliver customer-centric experiences.
Driving the news: TyreClub+ embeds innovation throughout the ordering process, responding to the needs of every customer and keeping them constantly informed with real-time data.
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Save The Date For Red Hat Summit 2024
As we close out the last day of this year's Red Hat Summit, it's time to mark your calendar for next year's event.
We're headed to the Mile High City - Denver, CO - for Red Hat Summit and AnsibleFest 2024! Join us at the Colorado Convention Center, May 6-9, 2024, as we bring together thousands of customers, partners and technology industry leaders and open source community members from around the world for another high-energy week of innovation, education and collaboration.
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Friday Five - May 26, 2023
The Friday Five is a weekly Red Hat blog post with 5 of the week's top news items and ideas from or about Red Hat and the technology industry. Consider it your weekly digest of things that caught our eye.
- Red Hat Summit virtual content hub
- Red Hat Summit 2023 Newsroom
- Save the date for Red Hat Summit 2024
- CRN - Red Hat CEO Keynote: 5 Boldest Remarks On AI, New Products
- TechCrunch - Red Hat brings generative AI to IT automation with Ansible Lightspeed
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ABB And Red Hat: Delivering Operational Excellence At The Industrial Edge
Edge computing continues to push the boundaries and capabilities of modern information technology (IT). At the same time, operational technology (OT) requirements are becoming more and more aligned with IT.
As a result, a paradigm shift is taking place in the industrial sector as manufacturers turn to open source technologies to support more agile operational technology (OT) platform architecture and capture real-time data insights at the edge. In fact, IDC predicts that by 2024, 30% of industrial organizations will have become leaner and more agile than their competitors as a result of making real-time operational insights available anytime, anywhere, to anyone1.
In response, last year Red Hat and ABB announced a global partnership to enable industries with process automation solutions backed by enterprise-grade open source technologies. Today, we are pleased to announce the latest milestone in our partnership with the availability of ABB Ability Edgenius on Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Device Edge (early access) to extend operational consistency for industrial use cases across edge and hybrid cloud environments.
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Automation And The AI Revolution
Generative AI is everywhere. But I cannot overstate how different our approach to all this has been.
There are some really fun and interesting AI tools, with new ones popping up every day. There is no doubt about that. But Ansible Lightspeed with IBM Watson Code Assistant isn't about helping write term papers, or emails, or poems. This is AI purpose-built and applied for IT automation - because our vision is to deliver a focused generative AI experience that saves organizations time and money.
Our superpower is our focus. We aren't building a generalized model. We're laser focused on the experience of developing Ansible content. The goal of Ansible Lightspeed, full stop, is to make it easier to write Ansible Playbooks...
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Cloud-Based Portfolio Architecture For Operational Support System (OSS) Service Assurance
Service assurance is a key part of an Operational Support System (OSS) as it can help deliver end-to-end service management-from service activation and provisioning, to service performance monitoring and customer support.
Service assurance aims to provide customers with the level of service they expect from their communication service provider per their customer service level agreement (SLA).
By monitoring, identifying, predicting and resolving any technical issues that may impact the quality of service, communication service providers are able to provide reliable and high quality network services by minimizing downtime and service disruptions. This includes proactively detecting and resolving network problems to ensure network availability and performance, in addition to monitoring and resolving any customer issues through automated actions.
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Ops As Code And The Event-Driven Era
Automation is nothing if it's not solving a problem.
One of the best parts of our jobs is getting to see what our customers are doing, because the ingenuity they apply when using our product to solve their technology and business challenges never ceases to inspire. Our customers have pushed boundaries, and pushed us to continue to improve Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, and deliver new capabilities. And sure enough, our customers have used Ansible Automation Platform to achieve remarkable gains in how quickly they are able to provision and configure their infrastructure, deploy applications, manage networks, security, cloud and more.
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Podman Desktop 1.0: The Next-Gen Container Management Solution Streamlining Developers Container Operations
Today marks an important milestone in our efforts to help developers transform their container workflows and enable a more efficient approach to container management in Kubernetes environments: the release of Podman Desktop 1.0 community edition.
Podman Desktop offers a user-friendly interface for handling containers and integrating with Kubernetes from a local workstation. To put it another way, it gives developers a simplified path to bring their development and production environments closer together. For Red Hat customers, we see this release as an important step forward in delivering a frictionless development experience on Red Hat OpenShift.
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Dell Apex Portfolio Advancements Help Customers Strengthen Multicloud Strategies And Simplify IT Operations
The industry's most comprehensive as-a-Service and multicloud portfolio helps companies better manage their data and applications wherever they live.
Dell Technologies unveils new Dell APEX offerings across cloud platforms, public cloud storage software, client devices and compute. These additions to the industry's most comprehensive as-a-Service and multicloud portfolio spanning data center to public cloud and client devices1 will help businesses operate and innovate faster through improved management and mobility of their applications and data wherever they reside.
"Our customers continue to look for a simpler technology experience to easily manage and access their assets and applications with predictable costs and greater flexibility," said Chuck Whitten, co-chief operating officer, Dell Technologies. 'That's where Dell APEX comes in. Now, Dell APEX spans the breadth of our portfolio to give customers greater freedom for technology to support businesses as their needs dictate - from PCs and IT on-premises to public clouds and edge locations.'
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Dell NativeEdge Software Transforms Edge Operations
Dell NativeEdge software platform simplifies, secures and automates edge infrastructure and application deployment
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) introduces Dell NativeEdge, an edge operations software platform, designed to help businesses simplify and optimize secure edge deployments. Customers can streamline edge operations across thousands of devices and locations from the edge to core data centers and multiple clouds.
Delivering on the promise of Project Frontier, Dell NativeEdge is the industry's only edge operations software platform delivering secure device onboarding at scale, remote management and multicloud application orchestration.2 It's purpose-built to power any enterprise edge use case with zero-touch deployment and an open system design, integrating with a variety of hardware across Dell's end-to-end portfolio. With Zero Trust capabilities built in, Dell NativeEdge reduces security risk by protecting customers' applications and infrastructure across their entire edge estate.
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Dell Technologies and NVIDIA Introduce Project Helix for Secure, On-Premises Generative AI
Project Helix makes it easy for enterprises to build and deploy trustworthy generative AI
Dell and NVIDIA infrastructure and software include built-in data security for on-premises generative AI applications
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) announce a joint initiative to make it easier for businesses to build and use generative AI models on-premises to quickly and securely deliver better customer service, market intelligence, enterprise search and a range of other capabilities.
Project Helix will deliver a series of full-stack solutions with technical expertise and pre-built tools based on Dell and NVIDIA infrastructure and software. It includes a complete blueprint to help enterprises use their proprietary data and more easily deploy generative AI responsibly and accurately.
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Dell Technologies Project Fort Zero to Transform Security
Project Fort Zero will deliver an end-to-end, validated Zero Trust solution to help organizations minimize the risk of cyberattacks
Dell expands its portfolio of security solutions and services to help organizations protect against threats, withstand and recover from attacks and outages.
Dell Technologies introduces Project Fort Zero to provide an end-to-end Zero Trust security solution for global organizations to protect against cyberattacks. The solution will be validated by the U.S. Department of Defense and is part of a Dell Security portfolio expansion.
Project Fort Zero builds on the momentum of Dell's Zero Trust Center of Excellence and partner ecosystem to accelerate Zero Trust adoption. Leading an ecosystem of more than 30 leading technology companies, Dell will deliver a validated, advanced maturity Zero Trust solution within the next 12 months.
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Dell Technologies World: Driving Business Outcomes with 5G, Edge
Our co-created solutions bring cloud, edge and 4G/5G networks together, driving enterprise revenue and customer outcomes.
Dell Technologies World is a premier customer and partner event where lauded innovators, disrupters and luminaries all share the stage to talk about the biggest trends shaping our industry. At the event's heart is the latest and greatest technology driving customer outcomes. For Dell, it often foreshadows where we are placing our bets and investing in exciting growth areas for us and the industry.
This year at Dell Technologies World, we're meeting with service providers and customers to discuss the opportunities with 5G and edge, or multi-access edge computing (MEC). And with good reason.
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Dell's Approach to Multicloud, AI, Edge, Zero Trust Explained
Dell's philosophy moves beyond features and tools and into broader, more substantive questions about how organizations handle their data.
To understand Dell Technologies approach to multicloud, one must understand data as a substrate, the soil from which multicloud solutions grow, according to vice chairman and co-COO Jeff Clarke.
This philosophy moves beyond the features and tools and into broader, more substantive questions about how organizations handle the data they produce.
'We believe that if you get your handling of the data right, everything else from access to tools, choice of cloud to your ability to control and manage your costs becomes far more achievable,' Clarke told the Dell Technologies World audience Tuesday in Las Vegas.
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Embrace The Age Of Edge With Dell Private Wireless
Get 5G wireless benefits across edge deployments while keeping data inside your enterprise network.
Across industries, the widescale move to edge computing is transforming the way organizations access, analyze and act on data. This transformation is leading to shifts across the information ecosystem. As business workloads become inundated with exponential data growth from an expanding number of autonomous edge endpoints, network connectivity is taking on a critical new role.
Edge applications require a robust connectivity solution - one that ensures reliable quality of service (QoS), high-speed throughput, zero-trust security, low latency and flexible scalability to support massive device connectivity. These robust features are best delivered with private wireless solutions. Private wireless networks can support advanced and compelling edge use cases that are often not suited for public networks.
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Fortinet Global Report Finds 75% Of OT Organizations Experienced At Least One Intrusion In The Last Year
95% of Organizations Expect OT Cybersecurity Responsibility to Shift from Directors and Managers to CISOs in the Next 12 Months
Fortinet announced the findings from its global 2023 State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report. The results represent the current state of operational technology (OT) security and point to the opportunity for continued improvement for organizations to secure an ever-expanding IT/OT threat landscape. In addition to the latest trends and insights impacting OT organizations, the report also provides a roadmap to help IT and security teams better secure their environments.
Key findings from the global survey include...
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Ken Xie Q&A: Fortinet's Continued Business Growth and Differentiators
Following Fortinet's earnings, we had a conversation with Ken Xie, Founder, Chairman of the Board, and CEO of Fortinet, to get his insights into the company's 2023 first quarter results, Fortinet's unique approach to security and networking, and his thoughts about the future of cybersecurity.
Can you provide an overview of the financial results for the first quarter of 2023?
Ken: Our revenue growth in the first quarter was 32%; this was due to strong product and service revenue growth, which is a significant accomplishment. Quarterly service revenue also grew over 30% for the first time in six years. With 35% product revenue growth, we continue to gain market share while being a leading product revenue company in the cybersecurity industry...
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OT on the Global Stage and at Warp Speed
I was recently honored to be selected as the emcee at the Fortinet Virtual OT Summit, conducted as a global campaign in North America, EMEA, and APAC. It was inspiring to interview OT thought leaders and watch in-depth technical sessions focused on today's quickly evolving OT cyber landscape.
With over 14,000 registrants, the attention being given to OT is undeniable. OT may be different from IT, and it may be immature in terms of networking and security practices, but it is also rapidly accelerating and evolving faster than many anticipated. Let me quickly take you through some of my thoughts on the Virtual OT Summit and invite you to watch the event on demand.
'Grab Your Jetpack!'
Those were the words of Patrick Miller, our keynote speaker and the CEO of Ampere Industrial Security, and they appropriately describe the current pace of change in OT. Of course, it's taken some time for industrial organizations to embrace the digital ecosystem. Not long ago, air-gapped industrial networks-and the assumption of no cyber risk-were their predominant security strategies. In my experience, just three years ago, there was a 'not interested' response to the cloud in most industrial verticals. Now, those same organizations have adopted the cloud, sanitized their unique data, established new data markets, and monetized its value. Additionally, those engaged in the digital transformation of their OT environments are reaping operational and production gains never envisioned. The future is so bright that a jetpack may not be enough.
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Looking Back At Data Center World 2023: 3 Concerns That Stood Out
Data Center World highlighted three major challenges in the data center industry: power and heat density, site and construction, and sustainability.
There was a lot going on in Austin, Texas, last week, as data center specialists, technology vendors, and industry experts flocked to the Austin Convention Center to take part in the annual Data Center World show. Along with a wide range of IT-centric topics, programming this year also included the Data Center BUILD conference, which focused on the unique challenges of data center design and construction, and the Omdia Analyst Summit, where leading technology analysts spoke on key topics of IT industry significance.
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Complete Guide To Elastic SIEM
Elastic Security, which includes Elastic security information and event management (SIEM), is a comprehensive security solution developed by Elastic. It combines various security tools and features to help organizations detect, prevent, and respond to cyber threats in real-time.
Elastic Security leverages the capabilities of the Elastic Stack, a suite of open source tools, including Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana and Beats, to provide powerful search, analytics and visualization capabilities.
Elastic SIEM Features
Here are some of the main features of Elastic SIEM: ...
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Combining Generative AI with IBM Watson, Mitsui Chemicals Starts Verifying New Application Discovery for Agility and Accuracy
This initiative aims to improve the top line by advancing digital transformation and utilizing big data
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO: HASHIMOTO Osamu) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) Japan, Ltd. (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, General Manager and President: YAMAGUCHI Akio) started verifying to assess agility and accuracy in discovering new applications of Mitsui Chemicals products by combining Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT)(*1), a generative AI, with IBM Watson(*2) Discovery. This initiative aims to expand top line (sales) and revenue share of Mitsui Chemicals products by advancing digital transformation in the business domain.
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Diageo Partners with SAP and IBM on Five-Year Global Digital Transformation Program
The collaboration will leverage SAP and IBM's expertise to modernize Diageo's IT environment and standardize its business operations across 180 countries
Diageo, the maker of Guinness, Smirnoff and Johnnie Walker, today announces a five-year business transformation program in partnership with SAP (NYSE: SAP) and IBM (NYSE: IBM). This new initiative, which marks the company's most significant ever investment in technology and services, will redesign and improve Diageo's processes across the 180 countries where it operates.
Fully global in nature, the program will revolutionise Diageo's IT environment by introducing intuitive processes, powered by market-leading technology, to provide more information to enable the company to make better and quicker decisions. This transformation will enhance Diageo's business resilience in a constantly evolving external landscape, improve its customer service offering and help the company adapt to a fast-changing consumer base.
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IBM to Grant $5 Million In-Kind for Schools to Boost Cybersecurity, Together with Enhanced Skilling on AI
With cyberattacks on the rise across schools, IBM Education Security Preparedness Grants have already benefited more than 350,000 students globally
In response to the growing threat of ransomware attacks against schools around the world, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it will provide in-kind grants valued at $5 million to help address cybersecurity resiliency in schools. Since its creation in 2021, the IBM Education Security Preparedness Grants program has expanded globally, and this year will also include enhanced offerings from IBM SkillsBuild on topics including AI and cybersecurity.
Ransomware is unfolding faster than ever, with attackers managing to cut down the time required to deploy ransomware attacks from over two months to just under four days between 2019 and 2021, according to IBM's X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2023. In fact, the share of cybersecurity incidents observed in the education sector more than doubled in 2022 compared to the year prior, experiencing the largest increase year over year than any other industry.
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FY2022/23 Key Achievements and Milestones (Infographic)
Lenovo announced full-year results, reporting Group revenue of US$62 billion and net income of US$1.6 billion, or US$1.9 billion on a non-Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards (HKFRS) basis.
Profitability was stable with gross margin and operating margin both delivering 18-year highs and non-HKFRS net margin flat year-to-year. While Group revenue was impacted due to the softness in the device market, revenue from non-PC businesses reached a fiscal year high of nearly 40%, fueled by Lenovo's diversified growth engines of Solutions and Services Group (SSG) and Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) growing revenue to record highs of US$6.7 billion and US$9.8 billion respectively, up 22% and 37% year-on-year.
Lenovo's cash position remains strong, and its cash conversion cycle has further improved. This healthy liquidity has seen the Group continue to invest in R&D around 'New IT' (client, edge, cloud, network, and intelligence) to build its future core competencies. During the last year, Lenovo increased its full year investment in R&D to US$2.2 billion, up 6% year-to-year.
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Lenovo Delivers Stable Profitability In Year Of Accelerating Transformation
Lenovo Group Lenovo Group announced full-year results, reporting Group revenue of US$62 billion and net income of US$1.6 billion, or US$1.9 billion on a non-Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards (HKFRS) basis.
Profitability was stable with gross margin and operating margin both delivering 18-year highs and non-HKFRS net margin flat year-to-year. While Group revenue was impacted due to the softness in the device market, revenue from non-PC businesses reached a fiscal year high of nearly 40%, fueled by Lenovo's diversified growth engines of Solutions and Services Group (SSG) and Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) growing revenue to record highs of US$6.7 billion and US$9.8 billion respectively, up 22% and 37% year-on-year.
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Beyond the Numbers of FY2022/23 with Lenovo's CEO
Lenovo announced full-year results, reporting Group revenue of US$62 billion and net income of US$1.6 billion, or US$1.9 billion on a non-Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards (HKFRS) basis. Revenue from non-PC businesses reached a fiscal year high of nearly 40%, giving thanks to Lenovo's diversified growth engines of Solutions and Services Group (SSG) and Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) growing revenue to record highs of US$6.7 billion and US$9.8 billion respectively, up 22% and 37% year-on-year.
Tune in as Lenovo Chairman and CEO, Yuanqing Yang, takes us beyond the numbers of Lenovo's financial performance in the past year and shares his insights for the year ahead.
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All The Major Bing Chat And AI Announcements From Microsoft Build 2023
Microsoft is continuing to grow its presence in the AI space with a series of new updates and launches. Here's everything you need to know.
With the release of Bing Chat and its partnership with OpenAI, Microsoft has managed to place itself at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) and is outperforming tech rivals such as Google. As a result, most of the announcements made at the Microsoft Build 2023 developer conference relate to AI.
Unsurprisingly, many of these updates focus on AI-powered Bing, including features that expand Bing Chat's functionalities and reach across Microsoft's platforms.
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Microsoft Build Brings AI Tools To The Forefront For Developers
You only need two simple letters to accurately convey the major shift in the technology space this year: A and I. Beyond those letters, however, is a complex, evolving and exciting way in which we work, communicate and collaborate. As you will see, artificial intelligence is a common thread as we embark on Microsoft Build, our annual flagship event for developers.
It's already been a landmark year for the industry, starting in January with the announcement of an extension of our partnership with OpenAI to accelerate AI breakthroughs and to ensure these benefits are broadly shared with the world. And in February, Microsoft announced an all-new, AI-powered Bing search engine and Edge browser to transform the largest software category in the world - search.
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DDN News
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Boosting AI Storage With QLC Flash And Deduplication
A few years ago, DirectData Networks gave us a hint at the tectonic-like shifts that were emerging in datacenters at enterprises and high-end research institutions and were shaping the strategy of a company that had made its name in HPC with its parallel file system technology. New performance and storage demands were put on datacenters by containers, clouds, analytics workloads, and other forces, particularly the rapid evolution of AI.
DDN, like many others in the IT industry, saw that coming and adapted accordingly.
'What DDN has been focused on over the last four years is creating these highly efficient platforms for data storage, specifically for large AI systems,' Kurt Kuckein, vice president of marketing, tells The Next Platform. 'Enterprise AI has been our big expansion area. We haven't left HPC behind, but a lot of the work that we've been doing has been to take what was previously a fairly sophisticated and complicated parallel file system and make it much more consumable to a wider audience. This has really met up with this huge demand that we're seeing, and we're starting to see an even bigger demand just recently based on the generative AI stuff in the market.'
That AI push is continuing as DDN is at the ISC23 supercomputing show in Germany this week. In the run up to the event, DDN said it is adding QLC SSD storage and data compression to its ExaScaler portfolio as a high-performance and economical option for running AI and machine learning workloads.
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NetSuite for Government Helps State and Local Agencies Move to the Cloud for Better Efficiency
Integrated ERP suite enables government organizations to strengthen financial and workforce management for improved governance and cost savings
Oracle announced Oracle NetSuite for Government, a new suite of cloud solutions specifically designed for the needs of small-to-midsize state and local government agencies. NetSuite for Government provides a single, integrated suite for streamlined accounting, grants management, payroll, planning and budgeting, human resource management, and more.
This empowers agencies to increase automation, transparency, and operational efficiency, while getting the fast, accurate data needed to help make better decisions. With built-in industry-specific functionality, such as Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) reporting, organizations can reduce manual work to refocus staff on higher value opportunities that better serve their communities.
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Oracle Cloud Elevates The Customer Experience At Prada Group
Oracle announced the successful deployment of its cloud-based retail solutions at Prada Group.
The leading, luxury brand is on a journey to combine its physical and digital offerings to get to know its customers better and use data to deliver an increasingly personalized experience. Through the mobile deployment of Oracle Retail Xstore Point-of-Service (POS) and Oracle Retail Customer Engagement Cloud Service, Prada Group can collect customer preferences and purchase habits. This data can then be analyzed and translated into strategic actions to increase loyalty.
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Adds To Growing List Of Government Approved Cloud Services
Government agencies can now leverage an expanded set of DISA and FedRAMP Authorized OCI services to improve the efficiency and intelligence of missions
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has extended its list of services approved by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board (JAB), making more cloud services available to customers in the defense and intelligence community. Newly approved services include: Oracle Cloud Guard, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure OS Management, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Database Management Service, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Network Load Balancer, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Operations Insights, Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes, Management Agent, and Tenant Manager.
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Oracle Serves Up New Capabilities And Delivery Service Integrations To Make Restaurants More Efficient
Simphony Cloud Point-of-Sale makes it easier for customers to pay and restaurants to improve operations by better managing data, menu content, and ordering
Oracle announced new capabilities in MICROS Simphony Cloud Point-of-Sale (POS) that help restaurants be more productive and expand selling channels. With direct integrations to third-party delivery services, such as DoorDash and Uber Eats, as well as built-in QR Codes for payments, restaurants can eliminate manual work while providing a better experience for staff and customers. Additionally, new APIs make it easier for brands to connect applications and data across their operations to find new efficiencies and simplify menu data management.
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Supermicro COMPUTEX Keynote Unveils Company's Accelerate Everything Strategy for Product Innovation, Manufacturing Scale, and Green Technology
Supermicro Founder and CEO Charles Liang Will be Joined by Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO, and other Industry Luminaries to Outline Developments to Accelerate Cloud, AI, Edge, and Storage Workloads, Investments to Drive Rack Scale Manufacturing, and Innovations to Reduce the Environmental Impact of Today's Data Centers with Green Computing Technologies
Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a Total IT Solution Provider for Cloud, AI/ML, Storage, and 5G/Edge, continues to offer IT solutions for decreasing the environmental impact of today's modern data center. Supermicro is advancing technology in critical areas such as product design, green computing, manufacturing, and rack scale integration which enables organizations to become productive and reduce energy consumption quickly.
'Our Green Computing focus enables Supermicro to design and manufacture state-of-the-art servers and storage systems with the latest CPU and GPU technologies from NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD that reduce power consumption,' said Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro. 'Our innovative rack scale liquid cooling option enables organizations to reduce data center power usage expenses by up to 40%. Our popular GPU Servers with the NVIDIA HGX H100 8-GPU server continue to be in demand for AI workloads. We are expanding our solution offerings with innovative servers that use the NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip and are working closely with NVIDIA to bring energy-efficient servers to market for AI and other industries. Worldwide our manufacturing capacity is 4,000 racks today and more than 5,000 later this year.'
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Supermicro Features Unparalleled Array of New Servers and Storage Systems at COMPUTEX 2023
From the Data Center to the Edge, Supermicro Designs and Manufactures Total Rack Scale Solutions to Achieve Superior Performance, Flexibility, and Energy Efficiency with Rapid Deployment
Super Micro Computer, Inc., a Total IT Solution
Provider for Cloud, AI/ML, Storage, and 5G/Edge, continues to innovate
with a broad range of servers to meet IT requirements for modern
workloads. Supermicro's Building Block Server methodology enables a
first-to-market delivery with the latest technology from Intel, AMD, and
NVIDIA. Purpose built servers deliver exceptional performance for a wide
range of AI, Cloud, and 5G workloads, from the data center to the edge.
'As we expand our production capacity to meet the rapidly growing demand
of high-performance large-scale AI infrastructure and cloud data centers,
Supermicro delivers the industry's most innovative and advanced systems
integrated as a turn-key total rack solution,' said Charles Liang,
president and CEO of Supermicro. 'From the most powerful AI systems
available, with up to eight NVIDIA H100 HGX GPUs to compact edge servers
that must perform in challenging environmental conditions we provide the
broadest portfolio of solutions for today's most demanding workloads,
including new liquid cooling solutions that reduce data center power
consumption and increase performance.'
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