June 26, 2025
News Flashes
BackBox, a provider of network cyber resilience solutions, is announcing BackBox 8.0, a significant advancement engineered to address the complex challenge of securing modern networks. According to the company, this new release provides organizations with a unified, enhanced view and unprecedented control, fundamentally strengthening their cyber resilience posture across these increasingly hybridized infrastructures.
IBM is doubling down on its commitment to SaaS, further supporting its evolution with AI, according to David La Rose, GM, IBM Ecosystem, Sell. The integration of HashiCorp's infrastructure automation and security capabilities into IBM's portfolio creates lift for partners reselling the products while strengthening hybrid cloud offerings.
Cockroach Labs, a pioneer in cloud-native distributed SQL databases, is introducing CockroachDB 25.2, a milestone release marking a decade of transformative innovation for the company that introduces performance, flexibility, and security enhancements to help businesses scale with confidence.
Think About It
For several years now, cloud computing has been heralded as the ultimate solution for IT infrastructure, promising scalability, flexibility, and cost savings. Organizations of all sizes rushed to the cloud, enticed by its pay-as-you-go pricing and freedom from on-prem hardware constraints. However, an interesting shift is occurring: Some organizations are repatriating workloads from the cloud back to on-prem or hybrid environments. This phenomenon, known as cloud repatriation, is challenging the assumption that "cloud-first" is always the best strategy.