Today on the Rundown, Stephen Foskett and Tom Hollingsworth discussed the big acquisition news of the week, with Mellanox Technologies and NGINX both getting bought. Plus the death of the Cookie Wall, a big breach at Citrix, and more!
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Introduction of Elastifile Cloud Services Makes File Services Even Easier for GCP Customers
Sometimes the old standbys when it comes to tools and technologies really are the right fit for the job. File services are still a reliable means of persistent storage for cloud native applications. Elastifile aim’s to simplify that for customers.
Exploring Pure Storage DirectFlash Fabric
With DirectFlash Fabric, Pure Storage not only addresses the oxymoron of delivering simple and fast direct access storage with enterprise-class features. It also does so without forcing its customers to purchase a new storage array. Max Mortillaro looks at why the NVMe over Fabrics revolution is marching on.
The Backstory Chronicle | Gestalt IT Rundown: March 6, 2019
This week, Ken Nalbone and Rich Stroffolino are looking at the IT news of the week with the Gestalt IT Rundown. Did Alphabet just kill Splunk? How did Dell EMC’s earnings look after going public again? What does Juniper Networks’ acquisition of Mist Systems mean? All this and more!
Change Your Password All The Time – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
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Changing your passwords frequently is the best way to keep accounts secure, right? Or does frequently changing passwords cause users to lean on easily predictable patterns that ultimately make things less secure? The roundtable discusses what the best approach is, whether two-factor authentication changes your approach, and what changes when considering personal vs organizational passwords.
PathSolutions Helps Put the Data of Your Network to Good Use
Although infrastructure is beginning to disappear behind an API for use by development and systems teams alike, there is still a team or even a single person behind that API ensuring that operations are smooth and transparent for those who consume said infrastructure. Those individuals or teams are well served by new tools for old problems.