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News Detail PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, today announced that Pat Gelsinger, VMware’s chief executive officer will present as a keynote speaker at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Virtual Conference on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 10:10 a.m. PT/ 1:10 p.m. ET. A live webcast will be available on VMware’s Investor … Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:00:00 PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW),…

In our latest multi-cloud architecture podcast, Eric Nielsen (@ericnpro) and I (@davidj7494) sat down with Cody Carlson to explore concepts associated with automating the deployment of infrastructure in both the data center and the cloud.  As part of that discussion, we also looked at the role that Terraform by HashiCorp and VMware vRealize Automation play in this process. Cody is Senior Solution Architect working within VMware’s Global Customer Support Organization.  Unlike many of our prior…

Image: KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images People around the world are increasingly receiving malicious text messages designed to steal personal information or break into one of their accounts. This type of scam, called SMS phishing or smishing, has been around since cellphones became a thing, but the practice is becoming very popular among scammers at the moment. In the last few months, my wife and I have received a handful of smishing texts: one purporting to…

  From 6 January 2021 to 4 February 2021, PCI SSC stakeholders can participate in a Request for Comments (RFC) on the new SPoC Unsupported Operating Systems Annex draft.

Over the last few years, the idea of patching systems to correct flaws has graduated from an annoying business disruption to a top priority. With all of the notorious vulnerabilities that can wreak total havoc, the time it takes to patch becomes a minor inconvenience when weighed against both the technical challenges and possible regulatory penalties of not patching.  While patching is a critical component of a comprehensive security program, one area that is more challenging…

It is always unfortunate when the garage door is left open when you leave for an extended period of time. This has happened to me a couple of times. By leaving the garage door open, I was inviting unwanted guests into the garage. An unwanted guest can be animals looking for a meal and spreading trash all over. It could also be another person that sees an opened garage door as an invitation to visit….

Wait… I know what you are thinking. Not another blog telling me I need to 12 factor all my apps, microservice everything and move everything to the cloud. At the same time, I should relinquish myself from any practice deemed “monolithic” in order to survive digital transformation, crush technical debt, and remain in business for at least five more years.  Sorry to disappoint but this is not that blog. Instead, what I do want to…

XDR (eXtended Detection and Response) is a cybersecurity acronym being used by most vendors today.  It is not a new strategy. It’s been around for a while but the journey for customers and vendors has been slow for many reasons. For McAfee, XDR has been integral to our vision, strategy and design philosophy that has guided our solution development for many years. Understanding our road to XDR can help your organization map your XDR journey….