Cloud Computing


Case Studies of Real-World SaaS Ransomware Attacks: 'They Didn't Handle It Well'

Expert guidance abounds for enterprises to protect themselves against ransomware, phishing and other cyberattacks, but sometimes that advice is more effective when dispensed with real-world examples for specific scenarios.

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KubeCon 2024: A Final Wrap-Up

At Microsoft Ignite, Rubrik Intros Azure Blob Storage Resilience Solution

Rubrik says it's brining cyber posture and cyber recovery to provide Microsoft Azure Blob Storage customers further visibility into their cloud data, enabling business agility and resilience.

KubeCon 2024 Day 2: Notes from the Field

Tom Fenton finds talk about patent trolls, AI, new products and more.

Rubrik Security Cloud to Support Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization

Aim is to help organizations modernize their VMs and applications while enhancing cyber resilience, offering features like easier migration, faster data recovery, and unified data management across virtualized environments to help better protect against evolving threats.

KubeCon 2024 Day 1: Field Notes and Cloud-Native Storage

Tom reports on Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) happenings and discovers some new storage vendors.

Veeam Enhances Data Cloud Vault with Predictable Pricing

Data resilience specialist Veeam Software updated its Data Cloud Vault with two new pricing tiers and enhanced integration with the Veeam Data Platform.

Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Offering on AWS Targets VMware Users

Nutanix announced a new hybrid cloud offering parked on AWS that can help users extend their on-premises Nutanix environments to the cloud, offering perks to other users possibly disgruntled by the ongoing Broadcom/VMware tumult.

AWS, Google Cloud and Nutanix Certs Pay Off the Most: Report

"This year's list shows that cloud computing skills remain in high demand and can be quite lucrative for tech professionals."

Microsoft and Google Turn to Autonomous AI Agents

Cloud giants Microsoft and Google are both moving quickly in the trending field of autonomous AI agents as the GenAI space matures from simple query-and-response chatbots and content creators.

2 of 3 Cloud Giants Back New Okta-Led Identity Security Standard

Cloud giants Microsoft and Google, along with many other major industry players, are backing a new identity security standard proposed by Okta and the OpenID Foundation.

Research Cites Nutanix in Market Shift Away from VMware

Research firm Gartner predicts an enterprise trend "to replace their VMware-based deployments and embrace hybrid cloud infrastructure delivery," with Nutanix often chosen as the alternative.

Why Your MFA Isn't Good Enough

Our practicing cybersecurity expert in Australia looks at the different types of MFA and how you can use them in a Microsoft context, dives deep into "in the middle" schemes and relates a successful client breach, though "we dodged a bullet."

Rubrik Teams with Okta for AI-Driven Identity Threat Protection

Partnership will provide critical user context to accelerate threat detection and response.

New Partnerships Push AI to the Edge

This movement, similar to "edge computing" in which data is processed closer to its source, sees AI models being deployed and executed on edge devices, allowing for real-time analysis and decision-making without relying on a central server.

SD-WAN Research Shows AI Networking Taking Over

SD-WAN was one of the hottest parts of IT networking not too long ago, and while it has lost lustre among other industry technologies since its heyday, the market is being reinvigorated by advanced Generative AI and machine learning (ML) developments.

Simplifying the Amazon EC2 Instance Customization Process

AWS expert Brien Posey demonstrates how to automate EC2 instance customization by using PowerShell to simplify post-deployment tasks.

AWS Cites Move to On-Premises, Gartner Says It's Not Widespread

Is there a widespread backlash to cloud computing that sees organizations moving their IT operations back to on-premises datacenters? That longstanding debate was fueled by recent comments from AWS about cloud repatriation among its customer base.

Default Settings Cause AI Cloud Security Woes: Report

Cloud misconfigurations, specifically the blind acceptance of default resource settings, continue to cause cybersecurity issues in the cloud, with AI systems being a new factor.

Cloudflare Tool Helps 'Capture Value' from AI Site Scrapers

Connectivity cloud specialist Cloudflare announced a new AI Audit tool that monitors and controls how AI bots interact with site content, part of the back-and-forth between content owners and AI scrapers, with the former wanting to get paid by the latter.

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