Cloud Foundry Gets Another Security Layer
A runtime security tool released this week by Aqua Security allows users of Pivotal’s Cloud Foundry platform to scan container-based and cloud native applications from development through production workloads. ...Full Article
NVMe over Fabric Advances
Efforts to move NVM Express technology over fabrics into enterprise datacenters advanced this week with progress toward a new industry specification entering its final review. NVM Express Inc. announced ...Full Article
Container Storage Goes Native
Persistent storage emerged as an early requirement for shifting application containers to full production. Industry standards groups have since taken up the cause by launching so-called “cloud-native” storage projects ...Full Article
Docker Tightens Embrace of Kubernetes
The latest enterprise version of the Docker software container platform is aimed at delivering cloud-native applications from hybrid cloud deployments out to emerging network edge devices. The container pioneer ...Full Article
Bitfusion Acquisition Extends VMware Virtualization of GPUs
VMware has championed the virtues of virtualization of the x86 architecture for more than 20 years, and now the company plans to extend its commitment to virtualizing new architectures ...Full Article
Cloud Developers Ambivalent on AI Misuse
Prompted by a recent backlash among employees at major U.S. cloud technology vendors, a new survey reveals mixed intentions among AI developers about how far they are willing to ...Full Article
Microsoft Investing $1B in OpenAI Artificial General Intelligence R&D
Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is AI’s moonshot, the next giant leap for the AI field. Microsoft regards it to be feasible enough to warrant a $1 billion investment in ...Full Article
Red Hat in Middle of IBM-AT&T’s Expanded 5G, Cloud Pact
Ranked behind only the Dell-EMC and Avago-Broadcom acquisitions as the largest in the history of the technology industry, IBM’s $34 billion blockbuster purchase of Red Hat, announced last October ...Full Article
Google Adds Deep Learning Containers to AI Lineup
Deep learning containers, a service recently rolled out in beta by Google, aims to help AI developers package the storage and computing dependencies required for services like its Kubernetes ...Full Article
AI’s Carbon Footprint May Be Bigger Than You Think
Data centers and supercomputers running AI workloads consume a lot of power, and power use causes carbon emissions. That’s generally known, but it’s not widely appreciated just how energy- ...Full Article
