AWS quantum computing service Braket now generally available
Braket is a fully managed AWS service that lets users experiment with computers from quantum hardware providers.
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Most security pros are concerned about human error exposing cloud data
A number of organizations face shortcomings in monitoring and securing their cloud environments, according to a Tripwire survey of 310 security professionals. 76% of security professionals state they have difficulty maintaining security configurations …
SD-WAN: A key enabler for remote workforces and enhanced security
For the third year SD-WAN adoption continues to grow with an ever-increasing interest in managed and co-managed offerings to navigate through the complexities of an integrated network and security solution, Masergy reveals. Single strategy The timing o…
Expanding attack surfaces leave security teams stretched thin
30% of businesses globally have seen an increase in attacks on their IT systems as a result of the pandemic, HackerOne reveals. This is according to C-Level IT and security execs at global businesses, 64% of which believe their organization is more lik…
Half of IT teams can’t fully utilize cloud security solutions due to understaffing
There are unrealized gaps between the rate of implementation or operation and the effective use of cloud security access brokers (CASB) within the enterprise, according to a global Cloud Security Alliance survey of more than 200 IT and security profess…
Nissan to move high-performance computing workloads to Oracle Cloud
Nissan is one of the first automotive OEMs to leverage Oracle’s bare-metal GPU-accelerated hardware for HPC workloads.
Countering Google, Microsoft Promises Its Own Open Source Service Mesh for the CNCF
“As controversy rages over the governance of Google’s Istio service mesh, Microsoft has seen an opportunity to offer a simple and truly open alternative,” reports InfoWorld:
Microsoft has announced that it will release its own open source service mesh …
Are Dropbox’s work-from-home growth rates sustainable?
The cloud-based file sharing company has seen strong tailwinds from the work-from-home trends driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. CEO Drew Houston laid out what he foresees for 2021 and beyond.
A resurgence in DDoS Attacks amidst Global COVID-19 lockdowns
Findings of Link11’s Security Operations Center (LSOC) uncovered a 97% increase in the number of attacks for the months of April, May, and June in 2020 when compared with the attacks during the same period in the previous year, with an increment of 108…
Microsoft readies its AWS Outposts hybrid competitor: Azure Stack ‘Fiji’
Microsoft is working on a new member of the Azure Stack family, which will provide Azure hardware managed via the Azure public cloud, for customers to install in their own datacenters.