Traditional business models and the delivery of services are changing as small and midsize businesses demand more from providers to meet evolving requirements and cloud needs. In order to rapidly deliver and strengthen security controls to workloads on the public cloud, Armor, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advanced Technology Partner, today announced the availability of the Armor Anywhere solution in AWS Marketplace with new consumption-based pricing and enhanced log management services. 

"The market for cloud-based security services is expected to total close to $9 billion by 2020. To us, this signals an increased dependence on cloud offerings and demand for additional security controls," said founder and CEO Chris Drake, Armor. "There now lies a unique opportunity to accelerate the delivery of additional security features to cloud, and AWS customers now have the ability to further increase the breadth of their security controls and prevent downtime with simple and immediate deployment of Armor Anywhere."

Making sure that your company is secure from all points of view is a key aspect for every business owner. There are a variety of elements that should be kept in mind while doing so. Ensuring that your data is secure should be a high priority for everyone. As data is at the core of every business, people need to remember that not being able to protect it against all threats could potentially lead to ending the activity of a business. Moreover, business owners should aim to create a scalable, sustainable and stable technology.

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ZeroStack, Inc., creators of a self-driving on-premises cloud, today announced the ZeroStack Cloud Innovation Partner Program, its inaugural program for its global partner ecosystem.

Designed for resellers who can see the writing on the wall and want to transition to selling cloud platforms and services, the worldwide Cloud Innovation Partner Program is designed to accelerate partners’ ability to bring their customers the benefits of public cloud at a fraction of the cost, and to offer the control, security and performance of a private cloud environment. The program supports the success of resellers (Cloud Innovation Partners), service providers (Cloud Innovation Service Providers), and Distributors (Cloud Innovation Distributors), and provides unique benefits tailored around the capabilities of each partner. Each partner category has a customized partnership model within the program, which is designed to maximize value for that partner type’s unique business model.

Automobile Industry and Cloud Computing

Like other industries, the automotive industry has not been left out in this revolution of the business process. The last few years have seen drastic changes in the automotive industry. What’s more, there is enough evidence to suggest that the trend will continue into the near future, for as long as cloud computing continues to transform the business process.

Containership, a company rooted in making hybrid and multi-cloud computing simple, is expanding their offering with the announcement of the public beta release of Overlaycloud. While the service is currently still invite only, interested parties can sign up to gain exclusive first access to the low cost cloud and edge computing platform beginning today.

Overlaycloud has partnered with several data centers to help monetize and take advantage of their unused computing power. The end result is top tier servers at bottom dollar pricing for the consumer, and availability zones in regions that the big cloud providers don’t currently operate in.

The switch to Nutanix was a result of an assessment, which determined that the Bears’ 3-tier infrastructure was over-allocated. As a result the team decided to deploy a hyperconverged solution for its Microsoft SQL Server databases, financial reporting software, and player scouting application.

Improvements enabled by the Chicago Bears’ use of the Nutanix solution include:

"Over 80 percent of businesses still run on-premise Microsoft Windows file servers to store their files," said Madhan Kanagavel, CEO, FileCloud. "There is no easy way for team members to access these files remotely, greatly inhibiting the speed at which business can be conducted. With FileCloud’s ServerSync, customers can access their data locally from the file server and remotely from the cloud."

Hybrid Cloud Approach Compatible with Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS Cloud Infrastructures

There are so many aspects of technology that could be discussed. First of all, it is important to establish that technology does not only mean a smartphone or a very trendy laptop. Technology means so much more. In order to understand technology, it is important to think about the whole process that goes behind the product itself and maybe most importantly, of the purpose that it serves for.

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Ping Identity, the leader in Identity Defined Security, has unveiled its top five cybersecurity predictions for 2018, authored by its CTO office. These include advances in biometrics, the mass exposure of personally identifiable information from numerous data breaches, and a blockchain craze in 2018.

"With rampant data breaches in 2017 targeting victims from consumers and enterprises to politicians and nation states, the protection of personally identifiable information has never been more important," said Patrick Harding, CTO, Ping Identity. "While new threats will continue to emerge, 2018 looks promising for advancements and innovation in cybersecurity."

The following highlights Ping Identity’s top five cybersecurity predictions for 2018:

Dell Boomi (Boomi), the leading provider of cloud integration and workflow automation software to build The Connected Business, announced continued acceleration in research and development (R&D). The acceleration includes a commitment that the coming year will be another year of growing investment in R&D by more than 50 percent and Steve Wood has been promoted to Chief Product Officer to help lead product innovation efforts.

Boomi exists to help enterprises connect everything and engage everywhere across any channel, device or platform. The Boomi platform equips enterprises to improve productivity, accountability and collaboration across business units and with customers and partners to build The Connected Business and drive digital transformation efforts. Boomi helps to transform businesses, enabling them to adopt best-of-breed cloud, while understanding the realities of the enterprise.