Stories by Michael Cooney

If anyone was still wondering how serious IBM is about being a major cloud player that question has been resoundly answered.

Cisco will offer a Kubernetes-based “container-as-a-service” for its HyperFlex hyperconverged infrastructure environment.

Cisco is looking to better protect myriad edge-attached IoT devices with new security software that promises to protect industrial assets.

Cisco software promises better end-to-end visibility of the IT infrastructure, including cloud, device, security, network, compute and apps.

Cisco and IBM have partnered to offer managed private cloud-as-a-service for VMware and IBM/RedHat OpenShift environments.

The warning about Cisco Firepower management software is rated critical among 26 other less urgent security advisories it issued.

Cisco warns of vulnerabilities that can let attackers issue arbitrary actions with administrative permissions.

Cisco, Aruba and Juniper are supporting Amazon's Outposts hybrid-cloud service supported by hardware in customers' private data centres.

Cisco took its integration with AWS to a new level by integrating its SD-WAN, network services and security with Outposts.

IBM Cloud Pak for Security features open-source Red Hat technology for hunting threats and automation to speed response to cyber attacks.

Juniper has enhanced its network and hybrid cloud management software by integrating further the AI technology it recently acquired from Mist, and adding new features to its Contrail Enterprise Multicloud software.

Forecasting long-range IT technology trends is a little herding cats – things can get a little crazy.

Gartner: Hyperautomation, AI-based security, distributed cloud computing and intelligent edge systems will be all the rage

This Cisco IOS XE REST API vulnerability could lead to attackers obtaining the token-id of an authenticated user.

Gartner’s look at the top infrastructure and operational trends reflect offshoots of technologies – such as cloud computing, automation and networking advances the company’s analysts have talked about many times before.