The operator also partnered with Siemens to deliver corporate services to German enterprises.

Rackspace rolled out five new enhancements to its hybrid cloud portfolio aimed at helping customers accelerate their IT migrations.

Mellanox today introduced a pair of SmartNICs for data center servers and storage systems at VMworld that boast improvements in security, performance, and efficiency for any workload.

AT&T polished its hybrid cloud strategy following a 30-day stretch that included major new deals with IBM and Microsoft, and it bolstered support for the AT&T Network Cloud.

The Cloud Paks allow IBM software to run across major public cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, and on private cloud deployments.

IBM ranks among the top three contributors in terms of code commits to open source projects, says CTO Chris Ferris. “We don’t run around with the vanity metrics the

The new storage product combines Cloudian’s S3-based object storage software with Seagate’s hardware. It targets enterprises, Tier-2 service providers, managed service providers, and colocation facilities.

Cloudian is expanding S3-based object storage for VMware shops that want to offer services for backup, archiving, disaster recovery, big data, containers, and software development.

Apple poaches from Intel for in-house 5G chip biz; Google and Google Cloud CEOs exit Alphabet board; SAP President leaves for Google Cloud; Rackspace gets another CEO.

“We haven’t seen the full impact on our relationship with IBM,” said Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth. “IBM is still saying they want to work with us.”

“We are the perfect global partner even if they don’t know the OVH name,” says Russell P. Reeder, CEO of OVH US.

The software initially supported AWS and Azure, and the company extended this cost-comparison and governance tool to on-premises Nutanix environments.

The company also enhanced its Predix edge capabilities to include analytics and device management.

The platform allows enterprise customers to deploy and manage applications and services that reside in the carrier’s private cloud. It comes with a 99.9 percent SLA for uptime.

The competitive landscape for managed, on-premises Kubernetes services is becoming increasingly crowded with the likes of Cisco and even Google itself jumping in.

The hybrid cloud partnership will target original equipment manufacturers and channel partners that will build and sell private cloud products running Alibaba Cloud’s Apsara Stack.

Companies can run Array’s security and networking applications, open source applications, or those from third-party vendors like Cisco and F5 on the platform.

The open source private cloud platform allows users to change their infrastructure to best suit individual workloads.

The Alta 4.2 release supports Amazon Web Services EC2 cloud-native workloads and traditional IBM AIX and Oracle Solaris environments.

The Open Compute Project replaces Incubation Committee leadership; Cisco's head of sales for the Americas departs; and HPE replaces its chief marketing officer.

Verizon debuts software-defined secure branch; Microsoft takes data centers underwater; and T-Mobile, Nokia complete 5G data session.

Recent updates ahead of its official launch included a product to help organizations deal with the EU's recently implemented GDPR rules.

The 25G Ethernet network infrastructure integrates with cloud and hyperconverged infrastructure software stacks from vendors including VMware, Nutanix, Red Hat, and Microsoft.

The company sees its platform as having a scale advantage over tech-focused vendors like Docker, but with more agility than larger systems integrators like IBM.