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KubeCampus co-located event shows need for hands-on Kubernetes training

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 20:30:24 +0000

Use of Kubernetes is close to 100% within the cloud-native community, with 96% of organizations using or evaluating the technology, according to the 2021 Cloud Native Survey. But there are barriers to adoption, with a big one being the lack of trained Kubernetes engineers. Close to 50% of respondents to the Canonical 2022 “Kubernetes and […]

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WebAssembly enables Fermyon to deliver serverless architecture that executes at sub 1 millisecond speeds

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 20:00:52 +0000

WebAssembly, AKA Wasm, first hit theCUBE community radar during KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe last May. Less than six months later, the technology was riding a wave of hype as everyone at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA wanted to know more about the binary instruction format that was designed as a portable compilation target for programming languages. […]

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The future of data and cloud within healthcare and pharmaceutical research

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 19:46:49 +0000

The rapid development of COVID-19 vaccinations demonstrated how artificial intelligence and machine learning are powerful tools to speed the drug development process. As the pandemic wanes, these technologies continue to drive a new wave of breakthroughs in healthcare, with new drugs and improved treatments directly benefiting individual patients and leading the way toward a healthier […]

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Supercloud panelists discuss how data applications will change the future of enterprise technology

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 19:45:26 +0000

Wikibon’s Supercloud Definition 3.0 provides a comprehensive description of the architectural model evolving out of today’s sprawl of multi and hybrid clouds. The paper was written after the first Supercloud event hosted by theCUBE and provides a definition that incorporates the opinions and technological nuances discussed by experts during that event. While it is informative, […]

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Taking the sting out of ransomware by keeping data secure and ready to restore

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:26:29 +0000

As cybercrime rates continue to rise, the odds increase on needing to run that ransomware recovery playbook for real. But when the push comes to the shove, is it possible to be sure that every bit of important data is backed up and retrievable? “To me, the blind spots are the scariest part of a […]

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An optimistic outlook leads The Storage Alchemist on a journey to discover his career destiny

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 17:15:44 +0000

TheCUBE’s Executive Spotlight Series taps into the knowledge base of theCUBE alumni to share the accumulated wisdom of industry leaders with our community. In this feature, we speak with Steve Kenniston, senior cybersecurity consultant, Dell Technologies Inc. who is known to followers of his blog and podcasts as The Storage Alchemist. Alchemists take commonplace materials and transform […]

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Three insights you might have missed from the ‘Accelerating Business Transformation’ event

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 16:36:08 +0000

The unlikely partnership of VMware Inc. and Amazon Web Services Inc. is now more than five years old. And far from one or both of the parties regretting the decision, as analysts predicted in 2016 when it was first announced, the companies have deepened the relationship and widened the capabilities of the VMware Cloud on […]

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What’s the buzz? Crossplane shows universal promise in scaling open-source builds

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:40:25 +0000

Gathering buzz at KubeCon 2022 was Crossplane, the open-source project by universal cloud platform Upbound Inc. Alongside many mentions in breakout sessions, Crossplane received a shout-out during an energetic keynote from Jonny Langefeld, the well-known engineer from autonomous vehicle company Cruise LLC. “They mentioned Crossplane, they mentioned Upbound, they mentioned the work that we’re doing […]

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Three insights you might have missed from the ‘Trusted Infrastructure: Episode 2’ event

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 20:40:32 +0000

Global cybercrime damages are estimated to reach $6 trillion in 2022, marking another successful year for opportunistic hackers profiting from the breakdown of traditional castle-and-moat strategies. Organizations are facing the hard truths that cyberattacks are now an inevitability, and undetected breaches could be putting their assets, and reputations, at risk. Cyber resilience – the ability to resist […]

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How ‘VMware Cloud on AWS’ is raising the bar on cloud migration

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 19:00:04 +0000

VMware Cloud on AWS was created to enable companies to operate across multiple clouds without restrictions. The partnership between Amazon Web Services Inc. and VMware Inc. was controversial when it began about five years ago, but it served a customer need that most analysts didn’t yet see. “A lot of people said it was a […]

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What to expect during the ‘Accelerating Business Transformation’ event: Join theCUBE Nov. 1

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 17:04:48 +0000

VMware Inc. and Amazon Web Services Inc. were once bitter rivals, competing for customers across the infrastructure-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service and software-as-a-Service markets. Previous VMware Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger even went so far as to tell VMware partners in 2013, “If a workload goes to Amazon, you lose, and we have lost forever.” Today, the two […]

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Upbound turbocharges DevOps workflows and launches developer-friendly toolkit for supercloud

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 15:15:07 +0000

DevOps engineers are always looking for ways to remove friction from the development pipeline and turbocharge their workflow. They are finding it in an open-source project that extends Kubernetes beyond containers to simplify and speed cloud management. “What we’re seeing now is the Kubernetes API is emerging as a way to standardize on literally everything […]

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‘A hardware nerd-fest of the top minds’: TheCUBE analysts preview upcoming Supercomputing show

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 18:26:22 +0000

The world is on the precipice of a revolution in hardware as engineers push the boundaries of physics to build black boxes that contain the power of infinite innovation possibilities. The place to watch this new era unfold is The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, better known as Supercomputing 2022. […]

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Dell uses collaborative strategy to build cyber resilience into its HCI portfolio

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 19:53:10 +0000

Optimizing security often involves adding friction to the user experience. And no matter how powerful a security feature is, it is worthless if it gets turned off. A 2022 survey found that 76% of information technology decision-makers will turn off security features to improve performance. “Absolutely the worst thing you can do from a security perspective […]

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How Dell is securing the network in a dispersed computing environment

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 18:52:03 +0000

The United States Federal Bureau of Information opened its Internet Crime Complaint Center, IC3, in 2000. Over the next 17 years, the center received an average of 235,000 reports a year. Between 2017 and 2020, the number grew steadily from approximately 300,000 a year to 470,000. Then came the onslaught. 2020 saw 791,790 incidents reported across the […]

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Dell PowerEdge servers build cyber resilience with zero-trust security smorgasbord of features

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 18:18:54 +0000

The past three years have seen a seismic shift in the security landscape. Cloud computing has achieved widespread enterprise adoption, with 80% of organizations choosing hybrid strategies with multiple public cloud providers. The percentage of people working outside the secure office perimeter has also ballooned, with high-paying remote job opportunities increasing from 3.69% of all […]

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What to expect from the ‘Trusted Infrastructure: Episode 2’ event: Join theCUBE Oct. 18

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 18:03:09 +0000

In today’s increasingly sophisticated threat landscape, there just aren’t enough cybersecurity experts to go around. Technology is evolving to fill the gap, providing built-in security from the bottom of the stack to the top. “One of the very important roles that a technology vendor can play is to take mundane infrastructure security off the plates […]

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What to expect during AnsibleFest: Join theCUBE Oct. 18-19

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 17:10:49 +0000

An important tactic for organizations competing in today’s data-driven economy is automating inefficient processes to streamline cloud operations. In one use case, global energy company Compañía Española de Petróleos S.A.U., known as Cepsa, reported 6,000 saved work hours, 35% more productivity, and 10-15% faster response times after automating processes using the Red Hat Ansible Automation […]

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Encouraging citizen developers is key to adoption of automation, says IDC survey

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 22:45:47 +0000

Automation is one of the key tenets of digital transformation, with 80% of respondents in recent Gartner survey citing it as a top tactic for cost optimization. But those same leaders are struggling to implement automation. The secret to success, according to a recent IDC survey, is not hiring developers to automate as many processes as possible, but enabling […]

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Automation is central to enterprise digital transformation, says PepsiCo AI lead

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 22:15:02 +0000

A Global Business Services department takes responsibility for maximizing efficiency in costs and processes. It’s also an important driver of digital transformation in enterprise. The GBS team at multinational food, snack and beverage corporation PepsiCo Inc. is a pioneer of intelligent automation, leveraging the capabilities of UiPath Inc. to help it accomplish its digital transformation […]

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Digital transformation makes DMV interaction streamlined for California residents

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 20:29:40 +0000

From “The Simpsons” to TikTok employee parodies, the Department of Motor Vehicles has been the target of more bad service jokes than any other United States governmental agency. So, it’s hardly a place that you’d look to as an example of digital efficiency. However, the State of California has turned its DMV reputation around, providing […]

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How intelligent automation is reshaping the workplace

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 19:41:00 +0000

Everyone is aware of the Great Resignation happening across the globe. Workplace culture is changing, and employees are questioning the reasons they go to work while companies are searching for ways to recruit and retain top talent. Research conducted this year shows that how a business takes care of its employees directly affects profitability, with […]

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UiPath on existential mission: Evolve from RPA tool to enterprise platform

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 19:08:02 +0000

Four themes dominated the day one keynote at UiPath Forward 5 in Las Vegas, according to theCUBE analysts. The first three were how RPA is going from a tool to a way of operating and innovation, that outcomes are shifting from tactical to transformational, and that automation has become a line item in annual reports. […]

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Investing in RPA/automation is fiscally smart move during difficult financial times, say analysts

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 15:46:50 +0000

UiPath Inc. is a fast-growing company in an expanding market. Robotic process automation adoption is on the rise, as companies realize that relieving humans from repetitive tasks is resource efficient in terms of both time and money. Statista Inc. data shows growth for the RPA market from $1.23 billion to $2.07 billion between 2020 and […]

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UiPath represents a generational opportunity, says new co-CEO Robert Enslin

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 14:55:59 +0000

UiPath Inc. founder Daniel Dines has always been a charismatic leader known for taking bold moves as he steered his company to the top of the robotic process automation/automation market. In April of this year, he chose to share his power, appointing Robert Enslin co-chief executive officer. “We instantly clicked,” said Dines (pictured, right), who was looking […]

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Three insights you might have missed from ‘theCUBE @ Fal.Con 2022′

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:43:22 +0000

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. was founded in 2011 as a cloud-native, single-agent security solution designed to “stop the breach, not just stop malware.” Today, the company is a leading independent security firm with aspirations to become a generational platform. Its second-quarter financial results for the fiscal year 2023 showed annual recurring revenue over $2 billion and record […]

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Is VMware’s pivot from VMworld’s cloud-native focus to VMware Explore and multicloud a smart move? Industry analysts weigh in

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 22:30:21 +0000

The recent VMware Explore event brought the term “cloud chaos” into the information technology lexicon. It was a welcome addition that summed up the problems of managing multiple cloud vendors within a single organization. VMware Inc. claims to be addressing this issue with its focus on multicloud management, pivoting the pure cloud-native message of the […]

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Oracle’s ‘Swiss Army knife’ approach to DBaaS continues to pay off with MySQL HeatWave ML

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:48:19 +0000

Open MySQL databases are the workhorse of data processing and analytics, with performance and cost benefits rivaling all the major cloud platforms. But while traditional MySQL databases offer reliability and cost-savings, they suffer from limited reporting and analytics capabilities, low automation potential and zero machine learning ability. Database administrators have overcome this by adding on separate services in […]

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Inside Oracle’s partnership with AMD to boost MySQL HeatWave performance

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 21:24:37 +0000

Publicly announcing benchmarks on GitHub for anyone to trial is a bold move. So, when Oracle Corp. published code to prove performance of its MySQL HeatWave database, some expected competitors to respond to the challenge. But while analysts and prospects tested and validated HeatWave’s advantages, the cloud database market leaders have remained remarkably quiet — […]

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What to expect during KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2022: Join theCUBE Oct. 26-28

Betsy Amy-Vogt — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 14:08:00 +0000

In 2016’s run-up to KubeCon, theCUBE asked “Is Kubernetes ready for prime time?” Seven years later, as the cloud-native ecosystem gears up for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2022, Kubernetes has conquered prime time and exploded across the enterprise IT landscape. During this year’s conference in October, the question will be: Can Kubernetes be managed securely […]

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