Dutch government will be allowed to store sensitive data in public clouds
The Dutch government will be allowed to store sensitive data in commercial public cloud environments. Government entities will also be allowed to use cloud-based services provided by major providers. Alexandra van Huffelen, State Secretary for Digitalization, shared the news in a letter to the Hous... Read more
‘Nine out of ten EU companies use multiple public cloud environments’
Research by Forrester shows that roughly nine out of ten European companies use multiple public cloud environments. Although cloud adoption had a slow start, companies are now accelerating, the researchers say.
According to The State of Cloud in Europe 2022 report, 87 percent of European compan... Read more
‘AWS, Azure and Google Cloud tighten grip on public cloud market’
A report by Synergy Research Group shows that most companies used AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud for their cloud services in the first quarter of this year.
The research indicates that the big three were responsible for roughly 65 percent of all public cloud service revenue worldwide. Com... Read more
OpenStack is growing fast: 180 public clouds, 25 million cores worldwide
The Open Infrastructure Foundation announces that 25 million computing cores are running on OpenStack infrastructure software worldwide, marking an increase of 66 percent in one year.
OpenStack is an open-source software stack for setting up and managing infrastructure. The Open Infrastructure F... Read more
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... Read more
HPE’s Aruba steals the show at Discover 2021
HPE Discover 2021 provided a glimpse into the illustrious organizational future of Artificial Intelligence. The star of the show being Aruba Networks.
HPE and Aruba Networks
Aruba Networks, a subdivision of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., is blazing the trail for providing Wi-Fi coverage to c... Read more
Mirantis Container Cloud offers Kubernetes on different clouds
Mirantis announced Mirantis Container Cloud with hundreds of updates. It includes support for the IaaS solution VMware, which helps businesses build and operate container and virtual machines (VMs) clouds, wherever they want, with consistency.
Adam Parco, the VP of engineering at Mirantis, says ... Read more
Zscaler acquires Trustdome to help secure public cloud workloads
Company says Trustdome will improve Zscaler's Zero Trust Exchange Cloud protection capabilities.
Zscaler has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Trustdome. The Israel-based Trustdom is a leading provider of Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) solu... Read more
Cohesity is now valued at $3.7 billion
Cohesity has received offers from institutional investors who want to buy some of the equity the company's employees hold. The data management provider will be valued at $3.7 billion, which is $1.2 billion more than what it was valued at last year.
The investors participating in the tender inclu... Read more
VMware updates CloudHealth and vRealize cloud-management tools
VMware announced a series of updates for CloudHealth and vRealize on Tuesday. The tools help customers in managing multiple cloud environments. The updates will make the tools even more valuable to a wider selection of public cloud vendors.
The updates are part of VMware’s current efforts to b... Read more