The Ceph project is a unified distributed storage system providing applications with object, block, and file system interfaces.

What’s in a name? NetApp says its HCI is really hybrid cloud infrastructure (not hyperconverged), but it sounds more like composable.

The Netherlands-based startup provides device visibility, continuous network monitoring, and threat and anomaly detection specific to operational technology and industrial environments.

While Cisco adds Kubernetes support across its portfolio, other vendors like VMware and IBM recently bought companies to boost their container cred.

This provides visibility into customers’ data centers and clouds and helps them address problems before they occur.

This round of layoffs follows several recent departures from Cisco’s senior executive team.

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

The virtualization giant updated its hybrid cloud stack with new Kubernetes support and also announced a new integration with IBM Cloud’s managed Kubernetes service.

The chipmaker expects to release the new class of Intel Xeon Scalable processors in the first half of 2019.

The bundled hardware and software includes data center switching and routing hardware acquired from Brocade.

The new fund follows Google’s decision not to bid for the Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI contract because the work may not support its principles.

Snowball Edge is AWS’ data transfer device that includes on-board compute. Druva’s data management platform now integrates with the device.

Execs didn’t say which competitors Fortinet’s security products displaced, but it competes against companies including Palo Alto Networks, Check Point Software, and Cisco.

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

Cisco developed a four-step model for IT operations maturity showing where organizations are now and where they would like to be in two years.

A Dell spokesperson said the company will file a legal response later today and called Icahn’s lawsuit “unfounded.”

The Nexus 400 gigabit Ethernet switches target hyperscale cloud providers, large enterprise data centers, and telecommunications providers moving to 5G.

It’s not all rainbows and flowers at Google. Hundreds of employees are planning a walkout following a report that the cloud giant rewarded a top exec accused of sexual

When it comes to hybrid cloud, “we are thinking about how to do that better,” said Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

The chip giant’s third-quarter fiscal 2018 revenue of $19.2 billion was an all-time record, up 19 percent year over year, with all business groups posting record revenue.

CEO Jeff Ready expect this to be the last round before reaching profitability. But he won’t comment on IPO plans.

Dome9’s platform will add new capabilities — specifically cloud management and policy enforcement — to Check Point’s recently launched CloudGuard product portfolio.

These investors and other major companies also joined a Team8-led coalition that aims to rethink security by building it into network and cloud infrastructure.

Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd predicted that by 2025 all cloud apps will include artificial intelligence. And likely because of this AI strategy, the company reached a deal to acquire