The head of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Andy Jassy, has been announced as the successor to Jeff Bezos, who is stepping down as CEO later in the year. Bezos is not leaving the company entirely as he will take on the role of executive chair. The decision to hire Jassy, however, is seen as logical, […]
Archives for February 2021
XOps: Real or Hype?
DevOps was just the beginning. Now, organizations are adopting other forms of Ops inside and outside IT. But are they missing the point? BizOps, MarketingOps, DevOps, AIOps, MLOps, DataOps. As the names suggest, they’re all cross-functional, but do companies need all of them, some of them, or none of them? That depends on one’s point […]
Google Cloud lost £4.1 billion in 2020
Google Cloud has reported a loss of $5.61 billion (£4.1bn) for the fiscal year 2020, which ended on 31 December. The cloud business brought in revenue of $3.83 billion (£2.8 billion) and recorded a loss $1.24 billion (£900 million) for Q4 2020, Google revealed on Tuesday. This marks the first time the company has announced the operating income metric […]
Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO
The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, will step down as the company’s CEO later in the year after almost 30-years at the helm. Bezos will become the firm’s executive chair and the move will give him the “time and energy” to focus on other ventures, such as space exploration company Blue Origin, fighting against climate […]
Why IoT Organizations Need To Be Aware Of The Increasing Convergence of OT And IT Systems
By Ludovic F. Rembert, Head of Research at Privacy Canada. The sheer volume of damage caused by widespread security threats can bring large and small organizations alike to a standstill while also causing severe reputational damage. However, this issue is further exacerbated by the fact that these digital threats can now permeate IoT on an […]
Gain real-time insights on SAP ERP data with Azure and Qlik Data Integration
For companies worldwide, SAP is at the core of their business applications—housing critical information on sales, manufacturing, and financial processes. Organizations increasingly need granular, real-time visibility about their business by combining SAP ERP data with other data from their different lines of business. To enable everyone in the organization to gain real-time insights from their […]
Arista embraces segmentation as part of its zero-trust security
Arista has expanded its security software to let customers control authorized network access and communication between groups from the data center to the cloud. The new software, Macro-Segmentation Service (MSS)-Group, expands the company’s MSS security-software family, which currently includes MSS Firewall for setting security policies across customer edge, data-center and campus networks. Additionally, the company’s […]
Ubuntu Core 20 for IoT devices promises better security for edge devices
Now generally available, the containerized version of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS brings secure boot, full drive encryption, and secure recovery to tens of thousands of industry and consumer devices. Image: Canonical Ubuntu publisher Canonical has announced the general availability of Ubuntu Core 20, the containerized version of its popular Linux flavor built for IoT and embedded […]
Amazon CEO Bezos to step down; AWS’ Jassy will take reins
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will become executive chair of the massive online retailer in the third quarter and be replaced by his longtime lieutenant, AWS CEO Andy Jassy. The bombshell announcement on Tuesday came as Amazon reported its fourth-quarter financials. “When you look at our financial results, what you’re actually seeing are the long-run cumulative […]
Amazon CEO Bezos to step down; AWS’s Jassy will take reins
BREAKING — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will become executive chair of the massive online retailer in the third quarter and be replaced by his longtime lieutenant, AWS CEO Andy Jassy. The bombshell announcement on Tuesday came as Amazon reported its fourth-quarter financials. “When you look at our financial results, what you’re actually seeing are the […]