Sysdig’s plans to move into IaC involve acquiring Apolicy
Since many breaches occur due to misconfiguration, Sysdig has moved to collect more 'infrastructure-as-code' expertise by entering an agreement to acquire Apolicy.
To that end, and as a cloud-native security company, Sysdig looks to leverage Apolicy’s Policy-as-code for purposes of remediation...
Microsoft acquires CloudKnox to boost multi-cloud cybersecurity
CloudKnox Security, a startup with venture capital funding, is being bought by Microsoft. The software giant announced that it is acquiring CloudKnox to reduce the risk of breaches experienced by enterprises in public cloud environments.
Microsoft's multi-cloud capabilities are going to get a bo...
Snowflake partners with Securonix to get into the security market
In a move that has been described as Snowflake’s entry into cybersecurity, the data cloud company has formed a partnership with Securonix, a firm that makes cloud-native security information and event management systems.
The deal is a nonexclusive partnership at this point with no indication t...
Dropbox’s new features are built to support distributed work
Dropbox announced new features on Tuesday meant to facilitate distributed workforces. It is adding other features to help individuals organize and secure personal content, including photos and passwords.
Beginning March 2020, when the pandemic forced people to work from home, the cloud-based fil...
IBM revenue grows for the second consecutive quarter, offering investors hope
IBM is showing signs that it is getting back on track, after reporting that Q2 revenue rose 3% from a year ago. Revenue of $18.75 billion was flat, when adjusted for fluctuations and divestments, but is well ahead of the estimated $18.29 billion.
Adjusted earnings rose 7% from a year ago, to rea...
Zoom enters all-stock deal to acquire Five9 for $14.7 billion
Zoom Video Communications announced late Sunday that it had made a deal to acquire Five9 Inc, a cloud contact centre provider, in an all-stocks transaction worth $14.7 billion.
Five9 was founded in 2001 and provided the enterprise contact centre market with a software-as-a-service platform, whic...
AWS announces general availability for Amazon HealthLake
The service will help healthcare providers to pool information from disparate data sources.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) this week announced the general availability of Amazon HealthLake, a HIPAA-eligible offering that helps healthcare and life sciences entities collect and generate insights from l...
IBM unveils the first end-to-end pipeline starter kit powered by machine learning
IBM announced a new addition to its open-source Cloud-Native Toolkit that will allow developers to integrate machine learning and artificial intelligence apps to cloud-native environments, to produce scalable and reliable deployments.
Saishruthi Swaminathan, Sepideh Seifzadeh, and Carlos Santana...
Microsoft reveals price tag for it Windows Cloud PC
One of the "lower end" SKUs will apparently cost you $31 per user, per month.
At Microsoft Inspire 2021, the company revealed the pricing for its new Windows 365, a cloud operating system service that will allow you to stream Windows 10 or Windows 11 to any device.
Windows 365 is a new servi...
Microsoft introduces ‘Cloud for Sustainability’ bundle
Microsoft has announced offerings of vertical/industry-specific cloud bundles. On day 1 of its virtual Inspire partner conference on July 14th, Microsoft announced another cloud bundle called Cloud for Sustainability, which is more horizontal than vertical.
The move by Microsoft aims to encourag...
Zoho debuts new BI tools
The new BI platform with improved data analytics and visualization empowers businesses to create actionable insights.
As a leading provider of cloud-based platforms, Zoho helps with various processes from employee onboarding to accounting and data management, etc.
Yesterday, they announced th...
Twilio Live offers interactive video and audio for businesses
Twilio announced the launch of Twilio Live on Wednesday. The new service is a cloud-based platform that will allow businesses to embed live, interactive audio and video streaming in apps.
Hakim Mehmood, the general manager of voice and video at Twilio said that the rise of virtual experiences an...