Security News
MariaDB announced major new updates to MariaDB SkySQL cloud database, including expanded support for Amazon Web Services. Xpand is now GA in SkySQL and is at least a third less expensive than other distributed SQL options in AWS or Google Cloud Platform.
Juniper Networks announced that the company is continuing its investment in the Secure Access Service Edge market with the introduction of Juniper Security Director Cloud, a cloud-based portal that distributes connectivity and security services to sites, users and applications, as well as manages customers' SASE transformations. Juniper Security Director Cloud bridges organizations' current security deployments with their future SASE rollouts by providing security that is managed anywhere and everywhere, on-premises and in the cloud, from the cloud.
With the Splunk Observability Cloud, IT and DevOps teams can get all their answers in a unified interface with metrics, traces and logs - all data collected in real-time, without sampling and at any scale. "The Splunk Observability Cloud helps IT and DevOps teams conquer complexity and accelerate cloud transformation for their organizations."
Building on the seamlessly integrated experience of Box and Webex, the two companies are introducing a new integration which will enable users to connect a Box folder of their choice within Webex messaging, and any content shared in the space will be securely added to the same Box folder. "We are thrilled to expand our partnership with Cisco as we continue to advance secure work in the Content Cloud," said Aaron Levie, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Box.
Whilst continuing its focus on strong and sustainable organic growth, Kerv will also look at acquiring businesses which add new capabilities to further enhance its cloud and digital credentials and/or bring new vertical opportunities. "Explaining the rationale behind the deal, Alastair Mills, executive chairman at Kerv, said:"This acquisition is a significant step for Kerv and a major investment in the rapidly growing digital transformation market.
US tech giant Microsoft pledged Thursday to process and store all European cloud-based client data in the European Union amid unease in the region over the reach of US legislation on personal data collection. Microsoft's European clients have long been concerned over the legal status of data they store with US companies in the cloud and the extent to which they could be scrutinized by US authorities.
Cloud native adoption has both transformed the way organizations build modern applications and resulted in increased security threats and concerns, according to a research by Snyk. More than half of companies surveyed experienced a security incident due to misconfiguration or a known vulnerability in their cloud native applications.
Teradata announced a set of enhancements for Teradata Vantage on Google Cloud, making it easier for Teradata customers to use the Google Cloud services they prefer in a consumption pricing model. The platform enhancements highlight Teradata's commitment to its Google Cloud offering, as well as its commitment to provide Vantage customers with the choice, integration, and consistency they need to leverage their modern data platform in the cloud.
Nutanix announced the Nutanix cloud platform now extends to AWS GovCloud, providing a unified cloud platform across Nutanix on-premises and bare metal Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud instances running on Amazon Web Services GovCloud region. This new solution helps enable U.S. public sector organizations looking for the strengthened security posture offered by AWS GovCloud to adopt the same software stack across their private and public clouds, providing the flexibility to choose the right cloud for each application.
Accurics announced that its open source project Terrascan, which enables teams to detect compliance and security violations across Infrastructure as Code, now integrates with the Argo Project. This integration, coupled with the new Terrascan admission controller feature to enforce CNCF's Open Policy Agent policies across the software development lifecycle, significantly enhances cloud security as developers adopt a GitOps approach.