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Top cloud providers 2019: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud; IBM makes hybrid move; Salesforce dominates SaaS

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The top cloud providers for 2019 have maintained their positions, but the themes, strategies, and approaches to the market are all in flux. The infrastructure-as-a-service wars have been largely decided, with the spoils going to Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, but new technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning have … Read more

Microsoft pitches free help for Windows 7-to-Windows 10 upgraders

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With its FastTrack assistance program, the company will work with customers migrating from Windows 7, either Enterprise or Professional, or Windows 8.1 Enterprise or Professional, to Windows 10 Enterprise. Microsoft on Monday touted the assistance it will give organizations transitioning from the soon-to-be-expired Windows 7 to its successor, Windows 10. Dubbed “FastTrack Center Benefit,” a.k.a. … Read more

Cisco pays $8.6M to settle security-software whistleblower lawsuit

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Cisco will pay $2.6 million to the federal government and up to $6 million to 15 states in a settlement over video security software it stopped selling in 2014. Cisco has agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle claims it sold video security software that had a vulnerability that could have opened federal, state and … Read more

Cisco simplifies Kubernetes container deployment with Microsoft Azure collaboration

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Microsoft’s Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) has been added to the Kubernetes managed services that natively integrate with the Cisco Container Platform. Cisco seeks to enhance container deployment with a service to let enterprise customers run containerized applications across both Cisco-based on-premises environments and in the Microsoft Azure cloud. Customers can now further simplify deploying and … Read more

Cisco offers cloud-based security for SD-WAN resources

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Cisco adds support for its cloud-based security gateway Umbrella to SD-WAN software. SAN DIEGO— As many companies look to SD-WAN technology to reduce costs, improve connectivity and streamline branch office access, one of the key requirements will be solid security technologies to protect corporate resources. At its Cisco Live customer event here this week, the company took … Read more

Microsoft tells enterprises to be on Edge

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The company has begun telling companies about a variety of corporate features that have been baked into the browser, which is built on underpinnings from Google’s Chromium. Microsoft on Wednesday kicked off an Edge-is-for-enterprise effort, detailing the corporate features that have been baked into the under-construction browser so far and urging business users to give … Read more

Windows 10 to enable passwordless sign-in

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Windows 10 users will soon be able to sign in to devices without using a password to encourage the use of two-factor authentication methods to improve security. The security industry has long recognised that using passwords to access accounts provides little or no protection, and Microsoft is finally making passwordless sign-in available on Windows 10 devices. The … Read more

IBM closes $34B Red Hat deal, vaults into multi-cloud

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IBM has completed its acquisition of Linux giant Red Hat in a move the companies say will allow them to tackle larger projects for customers and create more partnerships with other vendors. IBM has finalized its $34 billion purchase of Red Hat and says it will use the Linux powerhouse’s open-source know-how to enable larger … Read more

Win10 1909 will be a Service Pack: Good news, but many unanswered questions

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Microsoft promised that its second version of Windows for 1909, code-named 19H2, but more consistently known as version 1909, will be a traditional Win10 1903 Service Pack 1. Hooray! What’s next? Conventional wisdom for Windows upgraders has always been, “Wait for Service Pack 1.” Microsoft generally screws up the first release of a new version … Read more