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Month: April 2018

8 Public Cloud Security Threats to Enterprises in 2018

As enterprises continue to invest heavily in public cloud technology, experts now agree that the market is entering a second wave, as we take a look at public cloud security threats. Cloud uptake will accelerate faster in 2018, according to a report by Forrester. ‘Enterprises with big budgets, data centres, and complex applications are now […]

Git 2.17 is now available

The open source Git project just released Git 2.17.0, with features and bugfixes from over 60 contributors. Here’s our look at some of the most interesting new features from the last few versions of Git. Coloring moved code When you’re reviewing a commit that moves some code, its diff will show a big chunk of […]

Amazon Web Services adds new features to SageMaker and makes its AI-powered transcription services generally available

Matt Wood, AWS’s general manager for deep learning and AI. (AWS photo) Developers using Amazon SageMaker to build machine-learning applications will now be able to take advantage of new computing resources and experiment with their models on local machines, Amazon Web Services announced Wednesday at the AWS Summit in San Francisco. SageMaker, introduced last year […]

AWS Certificate Manager Launches Private Certificate Authority

Today AWS is launching a new feature for AWS Certificate Manager (ACM), Private Certificate Authority (CA). This new service allows ACM to act as a private subordinate CA. Previously, if a customer wanted to use private certificates, they needed specialized infrastructure and security expertise that could be expensive to maintain and operate. ACM Private CA […]

How Watson empowers agents to deliver excellent customer service

Empowering customer service agents with new technology is the key to great customer interactions, leading to an increase in repeat business. This approach is often overlooked when compared with other customer service pain points, such as increasing customer satisfaction or decreasing operation costs, but in reality, these objectives are all interlocked. Agent attrition impacts businesses […]

Configuring AWS for Zerto Virtual Replication

By now, it’s no secret that the IT Resilience Platform that Zerto has come to be known as offers complete flexibility when it comes to multi-cloud agility. This agility allows businesses to accelerate their digital transformation and truly take advantage of what the public cloud platform offers – ensuring even more freedom to choose your […]

Instant VM Recovery considerations for modern data center – Part 2

Previously, we’ve gone over design, performance and backup target considerations. Let’s continue our discussion with thoughts on network and restore targets. Network consideration The next thing to look at is the network. Ideally, you’ll have 10 Gbps or better in your backup targets (I normally leverage dual 10 Gbps). On the backup source, you can […]

Microsoft launches new online training courses for aspiring AI engineers

Graeme Malcolm speaks during an AI school event on Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Wash. on Tuesday, December 6, 2017. (Microsoft Photo by Dan DeLong) A new ten-course seminar for engineers looking to add machine-learning skills to their resumes is now available through the Microsoft Professional Program. The Microsoft Professional Program for AI will be available […]

Kubernetes 1.10: Stabilizing Storage, Security, and Networking

Editor’s note: today’s post is by the 1.10 Release Team We’re pleased to announce the delivery of Kubernetes 1.10, our first release of 2018! Today’s release continues to advance maturity, extensibility, and pluggability of Kubernetes. This newest version stabilizes features in 3 key areas, including storage, security, and networking. Notable additions in this release include […]

Principles of Container-based Application Design

It’s possible nowadays to put almost any application in a container and run it. Creating cloud-native applications, however—containerized applications that are automated and orchestrated effectively by a cloud-native platform such as Kubernetes—requires additional effort. Cloud-native applications anticipate failure; they run and scale reliably even when their infrastructure experiences outages. To offer such capabilities, cloud-native platforms […]

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