IBM finally lost a court case this week and nows owes BMC $1.6 billion. Why? Well, the reasoning is that IBM stole one of BMC’s biggest customers – AT&T. IBM had been providing service on behalf of BMC for a number of years and had a very specific agreement that they wouldn’t try to convince BMC customers to go directly to IBM. In this particular case BMC says that IBM violated that agreement back in 2015. IBM countered by saying that this whole thing was AT&T’s decision and IBM in no way did anything to encourage it. The judge didn’t see it that way and now IBM is going to appeal this little fine. All this and more on this week’s Rundown. Head to gestaltit.com for show notes.
0:47 | Clumio Introduces Low-Cost Ransomware Recovery
If you’re looking to protect your backups and want to use a solution that keeps them out of AWS but won’t break the bank, Clumio might be what you’re looking for. They’ve announced a new version of their SecureVault platform called SecureVault Lite that reduces the cost by 30%. In real terms that works out to about $0.035 per GB per month. Restoration of the data is slightly more expensive at $0.04/GB but if you’re in need of it to recovery from a ransomware attack you’re likely not going to worry about the cost. Jim, is this a good strategy by Clumio?
Read More: Clumio cuts anti-ransomware SecureVault expense with lower-cost version
2:56 | Datacenter Switching Market Grows in Q1
Speaking of Cloud, the market for networking in the cloud appears to be growing again. According to Dell’Oro group, datacenter switching grew 16% year-over-year in Q1. The impact of supply chain issues was either not apparent in this report or wasn’t enough to slow the growth. Still, analysts are expecting to see a bit of a slowdown through the rest of 2022 and perhaps a shift in focus to more R&D to get a jump on faster port speeds when the supply chain catches up. So, Tom … growth is good! Right?
Read More: Datacenter switching surged in Q1, but it won’t last forever
5:46 | NetApp Ups Multicloud Subscription Offerings
NetApp is trying to be your single source for all the things your storage solution might need. Their latest announcements include ransomware protection, hybrid cloud offerings, unified management, and even more collaboration with VMware to help with the transition to the cloud. The ultimate goal is to keep people on NetApp whether they’re heavily invested in on-prem datacenter workloads or moving into the public cloud and in need of something flexible to meet those goals. As more and more companies move toward having everything they need at their fingertips in AWS or Azure what role can NetApp play?
Read More: NetApp crams ransomware, single subscription features and more into hybrid multi-cloud
8:17 | IBM Acquiring Randori for XDR
RSA is this week and that means there’s going to be some exciting security news. It looks like IBM is going to be enhancing their detection and response offerings with a pickup of Randori. The offensive security platform allows teams to mirror what attackers are doing in the real world to attempt to get in through holes and other areas of interest. Randori was founded in 2018 and had raised about $30 million. IBM is going to integrate the solution into their Hybrid Cloud strategy. So, Tom – thoughts? It seems like these types of companies keep popping up.
Read More: IBM acquires Randori to streamline threat detection, bolster XDR offerings
11:40 | Oracle closes deal to buy Cerner for $28B
So an interesting almost under-the-radar bit of news: Oracle closed the deal to buy Cerner for [gulp] $28B this week. Jim, what’s the import of this deal? Isn’t it a bit unusual for a database and cloud behemoth to buy a health care records company?
Read More: Oracle quietly closes $28B deal to buy electronic health records company Cerner
15:17 | IBM owes $1.6 billion for BMC Poaching
IBM finally lost a court case this week and nows owes BMC $1.6 billion. Why? Well, the reasoning is that IBM stole one of BMC’s biggest customers – AT&T. IBM had been providing service on behalf of BMC for a number of years and had a very specific agreement that they wouldn’t try to convince BMC customers to go directly to IBM. In this particular case BMC says that IBM violated that agreement back in 2015. IBM countered by saying that this whole thing was AT&T’s decision and IBM in no way did anything to encourage it. The judge didn’t see it that way and now IBM is going to appeal this little fine.
Read: More: IBM Has to Pay BMC $1.6 Billion for Poaching AT&T Account
25:42 | The Weeks Ahead
Cisco Live US Taking Place June 14 though 16, 2022
Cloud Field Day 14 is taking place June 22 through June 24, 2022
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