Data Center Management Articles
AppNeta, a provider of network performance monitoring has added improvements for delivering active insights into the performance of third-party SaaS, mobile apps and APIs that are critical across the enterprise.
Posted March 10, 2020
OpenText, "The Information Company," is acquiring XMedius, a provider of secure information exchange and unified communication solutions, enabling OpenText to better secure the exchange of information.
Posted March 09, 2020
The HPE Container Platform is an enterprise-grade container platform designed to support both cloud-native and non-cloud-native applications using open source Kubernetes—running on bare-metal or virtual machines (VMs), in the data center, on any public cloud, or at the edge. Built on innovations from HPE's recent acquisitions of BlueData and MapR, the HPE Container Platform is an integrated turnkey solution with BlueData software as the container management control plane and the MapR distributed file system as the unified data fabric for persistent storage.
Posted March 09, 2020
Red Hat has introduced enhancements to its partner offerings centered around open hybrid cloud innovation and in support of the growing demand for cloud-native solutions within the Red Hat ecosystem. Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Red Hat OpenShift 4 as the foundation, Red Hat says that Partner Connect is expanding its certification programs and support services to better equip partners for an IT world built on hybrid and multi-cloud deployments.
Posted March 09, 2020
BMC, a KKR portfolio company and a provider of IT solutions for the digital enterprise, has announced the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase Compuware, a Thoma Bravo company and provider of mainframe application development, delivery, and support solutions.
Posted March 09, 2020
Syncsort is partnering Databricks to support cloud initiatives for critical mainframe and IBM i data, enabling enterprises to leverage Syncsort Connect products to access, transform, and deliver mainframe data to Delta Lake.
Posted March 09, 2020
SourceCode Technology Holdings, the maker of K2 Software and a provider of intelligent process automation, and Celonis, a provider of AI-enhanced process mining and process excellence software, are forming a partnership. The collaboration will leverage process mining to accelerate digital transformation results for enterprises worldwide that are focused on mission-critical processes.
Posted March 06, 2020
One of the primary objectives of any high-availability architecture is to ensure that any single points of failure are eliminated, such as cluster nodes connecting to a single SAN. If you are running SAP in the cloud, you can take advantage of your cloud provider's availability zones, which may exist in different geographic regions. Although a high-availability cluster can be deployed within a single zone, the zone itself is a single-point-of-failure. If the zone becomes unavailable, end users may lose access to the entire cluster.
Posted March 05, 2020
Ensuring the integrity of the organization's databases is a key component of the DBA's job. A database is of little use if the data it contains is inaccurate or if it cannot be accessed due to integrity problems. The DBA has many tools at his disposal to ensure data integrity. At a high-level, there are two aspects to data integrity.
Posted March 05, 2020
With a new year and a new decade just beginning, MultiValue leaders are anticipating new opportunities for this well-established technology. There are many issues to consider, including what customers are currently looking for in their MV solutions, whether MV is ready for AI, and the impact of cloud, security, and privacy concerns. In this annual MultiValue Special Report, DBTA asks MV executives this two pronged question: As we enter 2020, what will spark the next set of trends in the MultiValue space for the decade ahead, and is your MV platform ready to address new demands?
Posted March 05, 2020
VAST is deepening its partnership with Cohesity, receiving a Partner Support Program (PSP) certification for the Cohesity DataPlatform and all of its data management software.
Posted March 05, 2020
Apps Associates, an Oracle cloud migration and managed services provider, is releasing Apps Pack, a proprietary suite of diagnostic and management tools for comprehensive control over the entire IT environment.
Posted March 04, 2020
With three recent acquisitions under its belt and more than 2 decades of experience helping thousands of companies modernize their IT operations, Navisite says it is ready to meet the service and support requirements of enterprises looking to transform their IT investment and operations from cost-center to business driver.
Posted March 03, 2020
Pure Storage, a data solutions provider delivering a modern data experience, is releasing its third-generation all-NVMe FlashArray//X, providing customers with higher performance. With Pure Storage's Evergreen Storage model, customers can enjoy access to continuous innovation from Pure Storage that includes these and future updates to its product and solutions suite.
Posted February 28, 2020
Datical, a provider of database release automation solutions, has introduced Targeted Rollback capabilities for Liquibase, an open source tool that helps application developers track, version, and deploy database schema changes quickly and safely. "Safely and predictably rolling back changes is a critical capability for the community of Liquibase users," said Dion Cornett, president of Datical.
Posted February 27, 2020
Talend, a provider of cloud data integration and data integrity, is introducing the Winter ‘20 release of Talend Data Fabric, unveiling the new Talend Cloud Data Inventory. Talend Cloud Data Inventory automatically calculates the Data Intelligence Score of all data across an organization and presents it in a service-self cloud app for every user.
Posted February 27, 2020
Eficode, a devOps company, is joining the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and is now a Kubernetes Certified Service Provider (KCSP).
Posted February 27, 2020
InfluxData, creator of the time series database InfluxDB, InfluxDB Cloud is now on Google Cloud, offering developers and businesses unified billing, support, and integration with other Google Cloud services. InfluxDB Cloud on Google Cloud is a serverless, purpose-built time series database-as-a-service with advanced analytics that provide real-time observability into IoT and DevOps workloads.
Posted February 27, 2020
Rockset, a real-time database built for the cloud, is ushering in new growth with several industry partnerships and continued product innovation. The company is entering several new partnerships and implementing technology integrations, including adding DynamoDB to search and analyze database change streams, Apache Kafka to analyze raw events in real time, and Tableau to visualize live data from a variety of sources.
Posted February 27, 2020
BitLaunch, an anonymous VPS and Bitcoin VPS provider, is unveiling 3 new datacenter locations in Los Angeles, US, Amsterdam, NL, and London, UK. BitLaunch has been growing by offering straight-forward on-demand cloud computing in exchange for cryptocurrency.
Posted February 26, 2020
Unravel Data, a data operations platform providing full-stack visibility and AI-powered recommendations, is releasing new migration, cost analytics, and architectural mapping capabilities for Unravel for Azure Databricks.
Posted February 26, 2020
SAP is releasing the latest version of the S/4HANA Cloud, introducing new innovations and features across line-of-business editions. SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2002 brings more integration into the fold. Sourcing and procurement customers can realize better contract management from integration of SAP S/4HANA Cloud with the SAP Ariba Contracts solution.
Posted February 26, 2020
SAP's co-innovation project with reinsurance company Swiss Re is adding new features, providing new reporting capabilities to its solution to help financial companies meet upcoming accounting standards, streamline accounting flows, and increase transparency and control.
Posted February 26, 2020
SAP and proaxia automotive solutions ag are expanding their collaboration to serve customers in the vehicle and heavy equipment dealer business as well as the workshop service business. SAP and proaxia signed agreements to accelerate the availability of an intelligent enterprise solution for automotive retail based on SAP S/4HANA.
Posted February 26, 2020
SAP is moving toward more customer-centric operations and introducing processes to successfully support customers in their digital transformation. To deliver both best-of-breed and best-of-suite, SAP is establishing six primary solution areas: SAP Customer Experience, SAP S/4HANA, People (SAP SuccessFactors), Intelligent Spend (inclusive of SAP Ariba, SAP Fieldglass, and SAP Concur), SAP HANA & Analytics, and Qualtrics. SAP Cloud Platform will serve as the underlying technology platform for all these areas.
Posted February 26, 2020
Rocket Software is in the midst of a growing period and to better meet the needs of its customers the company is reorganizing to better scale the business. The databases and connectivity team includes the MultiValue businesses and other NoSQL databases, said Gary Gregory, general manager, database business unit.
Posted February 26, 2020
Zadara Storage, a provider of in enterprise storage-as-a-service platforms, is increasing security for object data stored in Zadara Storage through a partnership with Veeam.
Posted February 25, 2020
IBM has announced that the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is generally available for IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE. According to IBM, the availability of OpenShift for Z and LinuxONE is a major milestone for both hybrid multi-cloud and for enterprise computing. OpenShift supports cloud-native applications being built once and deployed anywhere—and now extends this to on-premise enterprise servers such as IBM Z and LinuxONE. The offering is the result of the collaboration between the IBM and Red Hat development teams and discussions with early adopter clients.
Posted February 24, 2020
New research on the strategic importance of COBOL indicates that 70% of enterprises favor modernization as an approach for implementing strategic change compared to the replacing/retiring of key COBOL applications as it continues to offer a low-risk, and effective means of transforming IT to support digital business initiatives. The survey was fielded by Micro Focus on the heels of the 60th anniversary of the COBOL computing language last September.
Posted February 24, 2020
Protecting endpoints and preventing the spread of infected systems is a critical concern for organizations of all sizes, according to research revealing that attackers can move off of an initially compromised system in 4.5 hours, on average. Further, new research shows that the average dwell time—the time it takes to detect attackers operating within an enterprise network—increased an average of 10 days in 2019, from 85 to 95 days, highlighting the escalating requirement to secure endpoints and prevent an adversary from establishing a foothold.
Posted February 24, 2020
The mainframe has a long history of applications and uses, which stretches back more than 50 years. This means that some mainframe applications require modernization. This is often referred to as "mainframe modernization," but a better term for this is "mainframe application modernization" because the mainframe already is a modern platform.
Posted February 24, 2020
Infoworks.io, a provider of enterprise data operations and orchestration (EDO2) systems, is being selected by Databricks for its Data Ingestion Network. Databricks selected Infoworks DataFoundry for Databricks' Data Ingestion Network, an ecosystem of data integrations launched today featuring partner solutions for the Databricks Unified Data Analytics Platform.
Posted February 24, 2020
Gurucul, a provider of unified security and risk analytics technology, is introducing automated intelligent threat hunting that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to detect behaviors associated with cyber attacks and data breaches.
Posted February 21, 2020
Attivo Networks, a provider of cybersecurity threat detection, is integrating with Microsoft to further enhance detection and response for Azure IoT Edge with the ThreatDefend platform. The integration provides customers a reliable way to quickly and confidently detect, redirect, and respond to in-network attackers.
Posted February 20, 2020
Kinetica, the provider of the Kinetica Active Analytics Platform for the modern digital economy, is releasing Kinetica Cloud, allowing users to utilize the full capabilities of the Kinetica platform in an optimal cloud environment.
Posted February 20, 2020
Cloudian is releasing a new solution based on its HyperStore object storage and the new Veeam Availability Suite v10 that provides ransomware protection. The Cloudian-Veeam solution supports S3 Object Lock, enabling customers to make backup data copies immutable and, therefore, invulnerable to hacker encryption or deletion.
Posted February 19, 2020
BMC, a provider of IT solutions for the digital enterprise, will purchase RSM Partners, a global provider of services, software, and expertise with a focus on IBM Z mainframes.
Posted February 18, 2020
Paragon Software Group, a recognized data storage provider, is releasing the free Paragon Backup and Recovery for Mac, delivering an ultra-fast, easy, one-click image-based backup for Catalina Mac systems.
Posted February 18, 2020
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is generally available for IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE, reinforcing the agile cloud-native world of containers and Kubernetes with the security features, scalability, and reliability of IBM's enterprise servers.
Posted February 13, 2020
Clumio's, provider of authentic SaaS for enterprise backup, Enterprise Backup as a Service solution has attained VMware Partner Ready for VMware Cloud on AWS validation, allowing users to scale or move workloads to the cloud.
Posted February 13, 2020
Dun & Bradstreet, a provider of business decisioning data and analytics, is releasing the D&B Analytics Studio. The platform is a secure, cloud-based analytics platform that will provide clients with a single, integrated solution to explore, synthesize, and operationalize data and analytics in order to remain competitive in the era of digital transformation.
Posted February 12, 2020
Syncplify, Inc., a software development company that delivers enterprise-grade secure file transfer solutions (FTPS/SFTP client and server), is releasing Syncplify.me MFT!, a managed file transfer solution that provides easy workflow, integration, and automation.
Posted February 12, 2020
GigaSpaces, the provider of InsightEdge, has announced that InsightEdge as a managed service is available on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Using InsightEdge on GigaSpaces Cloud, services and applications can query data from any source for a real-time 360 view; quickly connecting all structured, semi-structured and unstructured data to gain a holistic view of the business.
Posted February 12, 2020