Accenture to Acquire Swedish cloud solution developer Cygni
The move signals Accenture's increasing focus on "cloud first" strategies
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a wave of new acquisitions. Established companies seek to buy the technology they need to capitalize on the mass migration to cloud computing. As part of this trend, Accenture announced thi...
Micro Focus Introduces OPTIC to streamline costs for AI in IT
New IT platform seeks to unify the Business User experience and improve operational efficiency.
Micro Focus this week announced the release of its OPTIC platform. The company said that OPTIC is actually an acronym that stands for Operations Platform for Transformation, Intelligence and Cloud.
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Google and Oracle pledge to have an open cloud
The forced digital transformation that came in the wake of the pandemic forced many businesses and organizations to move to the cloud. However, there are some concerns about vendor lock-in and impedances to movement between different clouds.
To address issues like this one, Google and Oracle are...
NetApp releases Astra to target Kubernetes management and security
NetApp officially released its data management suite for Kubernetes workloads, NetApp Astra. Astra is a SaaS-type managed service that is used to protect, recover and move containerized apps. There is no software to download, install, configure or upgrade.
Eric Han, the product management Veep f...
What is Snowflake? And why is it so valuable?
You may have heard about Snowflake recently. The software company had a very successful IPO under the leadership of CEO Frank Slootman. The company is doing well with its cloud data warehouse. Snowflake tells us the solution has become more extensive, so it positions itself more as a data cloud pla...
Quantum breakthrough for Cambridge researchers
In what could break new ground in the field of quantum communications, a group of researchers from the University of Cambridge unveiled a new method that they say can make sending, storing, and retrieving highly fragile quantum information possible.
The breakthrough, if found to be possible, cou...
Datadog to buy Sqreen application security management platform
Datadog, a cloud monitoring platform, announced that it plans to acquire Sqreen, a software-as-a-service security company. It was originally founded in France and participated in the 2016 TechCrunch Startup Battlefield.
Sqreen is a cloud-based security platform used to project applications direc...
Most global companies still not ready to support AI/ML programs
Most global organizations do not have the necessary resources to accommodate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) initiatives. This information comes from a new survey conducted by Rackspace Technology.
After polling 1,870 IT pros, the report shows that 82% of organizations wor...
SAP confirms acquisition of Berlin-based BPA company Signavio
This week, rumors were going around that SAP was planning to buy the Berlin business process automation startup Signavio. Now, the company just made it official. Even though SAP did not reveal what they are paying for the company, reports indicated earlier that it could be worth $1.2 billion.
SA...
Microsoft Cloud strength boosts second quarter results
The company closes FY21 Q2 with over $40 billion in revenue.
Microsoft this week announced results for its second quarter in fiscal year 2021. The quarter ended on December 31, 2020, and compared to the same period last year, the results were spectacular. Revenue was $43.1 billion, which reflect...
SAP accelerated shift to “Cloud first” model in 4th quarter
The company's financial results from late last year show their Cloud strategy is succeeding.
SAP has announced its preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2020. The results show that while the company's revenues slowed overall, their push to center t...
Report: IT pros confident in public cloud despite security concerns
A global survey has revealed that attitudes about cloud networking are indeed evolving.
Barracuda, a provider of cloud-enabled security solutions, today released key findings from a report entitled Cloud networks: Shifting into hyperdrive.
The company commissioned the survey to asses...