FireEye Myth and Reality
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Some tech companies are always associated with their first acts. Dell just acquired my first employer, EMC Corporation, in order to expand its enterprise portfolio, yet the company will always be linked with personal computers and its founder’s dorm room. F5 has become a nexus that brings together networks and applications but will always retain the moniker of a load balancing company. Bit9 has established itself as a major next-generation endpoint player, yet some people can only think of its original focus on white listing.

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Did Dell and EMC Just Simplify the Enterprise Mobility Strategic Decision Making Process?
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The fact that major IT vendors are consolidating isn’t a surprise, given the feedback we hear from IT professionals about wanting to work with fewer vendors that can be more strategic to their business. The Dell/EMC acquisition also lends itself to further validation that traditional IT consumption models are being disrupted, and it is difficult to transform business models and/or continue to operate in a single proverbial IT silo. Some of this dynamic is due to a valid means of consuming IT services from public cloud providers, and the rest can be credited to IT being too complex for too long. While Dell and EMC will not position it as such, the acquisition is poised to capitalize on the fact that IT is slow and difficult to change. This fact is good for Dell/EMC as they will continue to service this massive base even as business consume more services from the cloud.

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Pentahos Three-Legged Race to Big Data (with HDS)
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Pentaho World 2015 was held in sunny Orlando this year, with over 500 attendees, and was by all accounts a friendly and informative affair. About the only question no one could answer is why the company is called Pentaho, but a rose by any other name is still very nice. One thing that was quite clear is that the team is hitting its stride with HDS as a powerful running mate.

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Amazon Workspaces Delivery Compelling Usage Scenarios
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I use Amazon Workspaces on my iPad Mini and have been impressed with its usability. While I admit that it is not my primary workspace, it works great for when I am using my iPad and need to get something done in a Windows environment. If I could use a mouse with the workspace like you can with Citrix Receiver, then I would significantly increase my usage of the environment.

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Hybrid Clouds and Cybersecurity Front and Center at AWS re:Invent

The contrast of the DJ music pumping out bass lines and drum beats over hits from the 70s was quite apropos for the mix of hipster and middle age attendees at last week’s AWS re:Invent where the word of the week was hybrid. This year’s AWS re:Invent show had a decidedly different feel to it, one of enterprise IT. AWS holds an enviable position as the leading provider of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud computing services where they are Coke and we’re still waiting for Pepsi to show up. With that ground staked out, AWS is now clearly intent on being a major IT brand and that means embracing hybrid clouds and putting security front and center. 

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Is Public Cloud in Dells Cards Post EMC Acquisition?

With the tech world all abuzz about the blockbuster Dell buyout of EMC, a few thoughts on what the combination of Dell and EMC could mean from a cloud perspective.

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The Haystack Problem

Organizations lack sufficient collect and compute resources to arrive at accurate conclusions about whether or not events observed are good or bad. That is to say, simply passing metadata to a SIEM will not, by itself, identify a breach. To make it worse, things one organization or business unit deems “bad”, may not be “bad” […] The post The Haystack Problem appeared first on Gigamon Blog.

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Run DeMC: Dell & EMC merge to thrive in the cloud era

Dell recently announced its intent to acquire EMC at approximately $33.15 a share, for a total transaction price of $67 billion. Upon first hearing of this deal, the ancient proverb, “fortune favors the bold,” immediately came to mind. This is a massive deal, and while some will say it is too risky, I would argue that the industry conditions have shifted to where it might be more risky for Dell and EMC not to make this move. The IT industry is in the midst of a massive upheaval. The merger makes both companies stronger than how they might have been apart.

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Automated Traffic Visibility for Software Defined Data Centers using VMware NSX Dynamic Service Insertion

Another week, another advancement in GigaSECURE Security Delivery Platform from Gigamon, the leader in the Traffic Visibility space! Previously, my colleague Johnnie discussed GigaSECURE solutions to ‘Secure the promise of SDDC Micro-Segmentation’. Now, we are excited to announce at VMworld Barcelona, new extensions to GigaSECURE, specifically GigaVUE-VM that will automate traffic visibility for securing the […] The post Automated Traffic Visibility for Software Defined Data Centers using VMware NSX Dynamic Service Insertion appeared first on Gigamon Blog.

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A Dell & EMC Merger = A Big Data & Analytics Powerhouse

So by now you have probably heard that Dell is planning on acquiring EMC, while leaving VMware as a publicly traded entity. Hot stuff indeed. This has big implications for the IT market as a whole, but Im most interested in how it sets up change for the big data, database, and analytics space. A few immediate opportunities and a risk are in store:

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A Call for Open Cybersecurity Middleware

While attending Splunk.conf 15, I sat in on an interesting presentation given by Christof Jungo, head of security architecture and engineering at Swisscom.

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Mobile is Here....Are you Ready?

Mobile is Here....Are you Ready? Mobile data traffic is expected to grow at a CAGR of around 45 percent between 2013 and 2019, resulting in a 10-fold increase over that time span...learn more about how mobile traffic will impact your network in this new infographic. Copyright © 1996-2013 Juniper Networks, Inc.     All rights reserved                                                                                      Update preferences                    

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Videos

Allison Ward, Senior Sustainable Materials Engineer at Dell Technologies, explains how the company balances the priorities of the circular economy alongside ensuring that sustainable materials innovation doesn’t come at a performance cost. She shares some brilliant insights as to the work Dell is doing around sustainability innovation, both internally and working with its supply chain, strategic partners and, importantly, customers.
Jason Gerrard, Director of International Systems Engineering at Commvault, explains the advanced security features recently added to the company’s data protection solutions portfolio, featuring on-prem and SaaS management integration, risk analysis, threat scan and advisor, auto recovery and Microsoft and CyberArk integrations.
Erast Wortel, Syniti’s new vice president, go-to-market for EMEA North, shares some great insights and advice on data management challenges and opportunities – topics discussed include data quality, data lakes and swamps, data governance, data migration and master data management – with some great customer examples along the way.
Steven Wood, Director, Solution Consulting (EMEA, APAC), OpenText Cybersecurity, provides some brilliant insights into what actually happens during a security breach, how organisations can address the pain points of skills shortages and the need to consolidate security solutions, and explains how OpenText’s cybersecurity platform provides MSPs and MSSPs with a great opportunity to help end users optimise their cyber resilience strategies.

News

New Lenovo TruScale for Edge and AI services give companies immediate, scalable access to next-generation AI anywhere they do business.
Intel presents a software-defined, silicon-accelerated approach built on a foundation of openness, choice, trust and security.
Founding investor with demonstrable track record in data centre and digital infrastructure investments joins Kao Data’s leadership team to oversee the next phase of growth in line with the company’s strategic plans to scale into new European markets.
Skill shortages are stifling the IT industry’s growth, with the majority of IT businesses (92%) feeling there’s a significant gap between the skills held by their current workforce and those needed to meet business objectives.