Automated Security Hardening with OpenStack-Ansible

Deploying clouds involves plenty of moving pieces. A threat, actual OpenStack code, the dependencies, the operating system, and hardware. it is no surprise that functionality often takes priority over security, but OpenStack-Ansible security role is trying to make that process easier. The openstack-ansible-security role delivers strong security enhancements (based on the Security Technical Implementation Guide… Continue reading Automated Security Hardening with OpenStack-Ansible

Demo: VMware vRealize Log Insight Plugin for Big Cloud Fabric

Big Cloud Fabric is the industry’s first leaf/spine SDN fabric to support open networking switches. The Big Cloud Fabric controller acts as a single pane of glass for network provisioning, troubleshooting, visibility and analytics of the entire physical and virtual network environment. With BCF 3.5, we continue to enhance network visibility and automation for VMware… Continue reading Demo: VMware vRealize Log Insight Plugin for Big Cloud Fabric

Webinar – Garland & Big Switch: Enabling Low-cost 100G Monitoring for Visibility and Security

Learn how Big Switch SDN fabric and Garland TAPs enable low-cost 10G/40G/100G pervasive monitoring. In this recorded webinar, discover how Garland Technology’s network TAPs are deployed with Big Switch’s Big Monitoring Fabric to provide a 10G/40G/100G monitoring solution that is operationally simple, highly scalable, and cost-effective for enterprise, service provider and web-scale/SaaS data centers. The… Continue reading Webinar – Garland & Big Switch: Enabling Low-cost 100G Monitoring for Visibility and Security

SkySync Enables Hybrid Storage Options for Oracle Customers

Documents Cloud Service

Portal Architects, Inc., the creators of SkySync, today announced the release of a new connector for Oracle WebCenter Content. The new SkySync connector, along with the existing SkySync Oracle Documents Cloud connector, enables organizations to tightly integrate any existing on-premises or cloud content storage systems with Oracle WebCenter Content or Oracle Documents Cloud Service quickly.… Continue reading SkySync Enables Hybrid Storage Options for Oracle Customers

Datadog Acquires Mortar Data to Enhance Analytics for Cloud Monitoring

Cloud Data Analytics

Datadog, the leading SaaS-based monitoring platform for cloud applications, today announced it has acquired Mortar Data, a New York-based startup enabling companies to build and run custom big data applications and data pipelines. With the addition of Mortar Data’s analytics platform and experienced team, this acquisition will extend Datadog’s data analytics capabilities and will soon… Continue reading Datadog Acquires Mortar Data to Enhance Analytics for Cloud Monitoring

Lancope Enhances Network Visibility and Security Analytics in StealthWatch System 6.6

Increased capacity for cloud and virtual deployments

Lancope, Inc., a leader in network visibility and security intelligence, has unveiled the latest version of its context-aware security analytics platform, StealthWatch® System 6.6. With new security algorithms, enhanced network visualization, and more operationalized threat intelligence, the new platform enables enterprises to more quickly and effectively detect and respond to advanced threats. “Many enterprises have… Continue reading Lancope Enhances Network Visibility and Security Analytics in StealthWatch System 6.6

Mega Trends to support Unified Communications market growth in APAC

UC-as-a-Service (UCaaS) solutions

Unequivocally, 2015 will see strong growth in the Cloud computing, Big Data Analytics, Social media, Internet of things, and Mobility (CASIM). Frost & Sullivan believes that CASIM will mark a positive impact on the unified communications (UC) market, making UC more critical to the businesses than ever before. “UC will no more be just about… Continue reading Mega Trends to support Unified Communications market growth in APAC