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In the world of cybersecurity where information holds the keys to the kingdom, there is no shortage of data generated by numerous security tools. However, there arguably remains a lack of information. Security professionals often refer to information as ‘Actionable Intelligence’ or ‘Context’. Those engaged in the trenches of cyber warfare would appreciate a more nuanced view which states that Context is the catalyst that converts Data into Intelligence. Context helps answer important questions such…

(Enterprise Management Associates finds that enterprises are trying to improve collaboration between their network-infrastructure and operations teams and their information-security and cybersecurity teams. This article discusses challenges faced by these teams based on a survey of 366 IT and security professionals detailed in the report “NetSecOps: Aligning Networking and Security Teams to Ensure Digital Transformation”, by EMA Vice President of Research Networking Shamus McGillicuddy.) As the network engineers and architects who design, build, and manage…

The bpytop tool is similar to other performance monitoring tools available for Linux systems like top, iotop, htop, bashtop etc. It’s a terminal-based resource monitor that works efficiently and is visually appealing. The tool was ported from bashtop and rewritten in Python, so you need to have Python—version 3.6 or later—installed on your system to use it. (The “bpy” portion of the name undoubtedly stands for “bash Python”.) If you already have Python installed on…

Nvidia has announced a Zero Trust platform built around its BlueField data-processing units and Nvidia software. Zero Trust is an architecture that verifies every user and device that tries to access the network and enforces strict access control and identity management that limits authorized users to accessing only those resources they need to do their jobs. “You cannot just rely on the firewall on the outside, you have to assume that any application or any…

At Cisco Partner Summit earlier this week, we announced a new suite of CX offers and capabilities: Cisco Partner Lifecycle Services (PLS). Cisco partners can now sign up for PLS, helping you differentiate your business for faster growth and more profitability. Additionally, enhancements to our Partner Experience Cloud (PX Cloud) can simplify access to data and predictive analytics, while digital Customer Success and Renewals engagements can accelerate your customers’ time to value. Cisco’s New Partner…

Networking models evolve  You don’t have to look very far to see that a transition is underway in IT. Organizations are changing how they acquire and consume software and infrastructure. In part, this is driven by their need to deliver services that meet increasingly dynamic business needs. The network has been undergoing the same evolution. The broad-based adoption of network automation and analytics over the last few years is resulting in huge leaps in agility,…

To address the requirements of running one of the largest clouds in the world, in 2016, Microsoft announced a major innovation to operate and manage thousands of network devices using open-source software, Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC). Since then, SONiC has gained momentum as the open source operating system of choice for cloud-scale data center networks. A Key component of SONiC is the Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI) that enables ASIC and hardware…

In the not-too-distant past, everything in the application and networking stack was under IT’s control. Workloads lived securely in the on-premises data center—people sat in their campus offices connected to the secure wireless network, and an MPLS service with an SLA connected branch offices to the data center and each other. Today, workforce productivity depends on cloud and SaaS applications that often rely on the public cloud infrastructure, which in turn depends on the internet…

IBM spin-off Kyndryl has made the first of what likely will be many strategic cloud partnerships with a pact with business software giant Microsoft. Under the agreement the companies will develop new products built on Microsoft Cloud and aimed at facilitating digital transformation, Kyndryl stated. Microsoft has also become Kyndryl’s only Premier Global Alliance Partner. Microsoft will sell products developed by the two companies through its global enterprise sales force and will develop a Microsoft…

IBM spin-off Kyndryl has made the first of what likely will be many strategic cloud partnerships with a pact with business software giant Microsoft. Under the agreement the companies will develop new products built on Microsoft Cloud and aimed at facilitating digital transformation, Kyndryl stated. Microsoft has also become Kyndryl’s only Premier Global Alliance Partner. Microsoft will sell products developed by the two companies through its global enterprise sales force and will develop a Microsoft…