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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

Cisco to buy IoT security, management firm Sentryo

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Buying Sentryo will give Cisco support for anomaly and real-time threat detection for the industrial internet of things. Looking to expand its IoT security and management offerings Cisco plans to acquire Sentryo, a company based in France that offers anomaly detection and real-time threat detection for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) networks. Founded in 2014 Sentryo … Read more

Windows 10 update (and retirement) calendar: Mark these dates

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Microsoft is releasing new versions of Windows 10 on a set schedule – and just as regularly retiring older versions from support. Here are all the dates you need to know about through Windows 7’s retirement in 2020 and beyond. Microsoft’s shift to Windows-as-a-service (WaaS) for Windows 10 yielded a repetitive, predictable schedule of version … Read more

SAP extends Hana’s reach beyond enterprise applications

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The benefits of Hana Cloud Services are clear to Asia-Pacific customers, although actual adoption will boil down to cost. When SAP unveiled its Hana in-memory database in 2010, Hasso Plattner, co-founder of the German software giant, envisioned all operational data in SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to be held in the flagship database. And by storing data on … Read more