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Large surge data streams digital shield defense cyber attacks

Cloudflare records largest DDoS attack at 7.3 Tbps in Q2 2025

Wed, 16th Jul 2025
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Cloudflare blocked a record 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack in Q2 2025 amid a 44% annual rise in attack severity, highlighting growing cyber threats to critical sectors.
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Payara & Azul partner to boost Java app performance & cloud

Thu, 10th Jul 2025
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Payara and Azul have teamed up to boost enterprise Java app performance and simplify cloud migration with a codeless, scalable joint solution.
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Portworx & Red Hat help enterprises cut virtualisation costs

Fri, 23rd May 2025
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Portworx launches Portworx for KubeVirt to cut VM workload costs by up to 50% when run on Kubernetes with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine.
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Veeam launches Kasten v8 to unify VM & Kubernetes protection

Wed, 21st May 2025
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Veeam launches Kasten for Kubernetes v8, unifying virtual machine and container data protection with enhanced security and operational features.
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VMware vulnerabilities highlight need for data protection

Sun, 16th Mar 2025
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Recent vulnerabilities in VMware software highlight an urgent need for businesses to enhance disaster recovery strategies, as threats to security intensify.
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Hitachi Vantara unveils new generation of EverFlex IaaS portfolio

Wed, 18th Sep 2024
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Hitachi Vantara unveils the latest Hitachi EverFlex IaaS portfolio, promising enhanced IT operations with advanced automation and adaptable service options.
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Pure Storage & Red Hat boost modern virtualisation with Portworx

Tue, 7th May 2024
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Pure Storage and Red Hat announce joint optimisation of Portworx to facilitate a smooth transition towards modern virtualisation, thereby streamlining integration and accelerating market entry.
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Cado Security reveals advanced P2Pinfect botnet variant targeting MIPS devices

Wed, 6th Dec 2023
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Cado Security Labs unveils a sophisticated variant of the P2Pinfect botnet, targeting MIPS-based devices, including IoT products.
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HPE extends hybrid and private cloud solutions' capabilities

Fri, 23rd Jun 2023
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HPE announced a significant expansion of its HP GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform, hybrid cloud services, private cloud portfolio, and partner ecosystem.
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Google Cloud and Polygon to develop Web3 products and dApps

Tue, 2nd May 2023
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Polygon Labs and Google Cloud join forces to provide developers with tools and enterprise infrastructure to accelerate growth on Polygon protocols.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux now on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Fri, 3rd Feb 2023
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The certified configurations of OCI Compute resources can now run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, giving customers choices in the distributed cloud environment.
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HP launches Sure Access Enterprise to protect data and systems

Wed, 2nd Nov 2022
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SAE leverages HP's task isolation technology to run each privileged access session within its hardware-enforced virtual machine (VM).
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Versa announces partnership with Nabiq to deliver 5G services

Thu, 29th Sep 2022
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Versa's VOS enables a unique approach to 5G edge solutions by combining virtual machines with SASE multi-tenancy to enable 5G UPF data plane.
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Mitiga discovers potential hidden dangers in Google Cloud Platform's (GCP) cloud control plane

Fri, 6th May 2022
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Potential risks have been found in the Cloud Control Plane, with the company warning of vulnerabilities in Google Cloud Platform.
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Who is really responsible for cloud security?

Wed, 3rd Jul 2019
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Experts at the NetEvents EMEA Press Spotlight emphasised the critical need for enterprises to understand the Shared Responsibility Model in cloud security.
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TYAN unveils new inference-optimised GPU platforms with NVIDIA T4 accelerators

Thu, 21st Mar 2019
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TYAN unveils server platforms supporting NVIDIA GPU accelerators for deep learning, inference and rendering workloads.
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Survey: Vast majority of businesses moving VMs to cloud

Thu, 23rd Aug 2018
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Today Druva released the results of its survey to determine the state of virtualisation in the cloud, with a number of interesting findings.
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How to speak like a data center geek: Software containers

Thu, 29th Jun 2017
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We'll define orchestration as the way individual containers are deployed and managed so they can function in harmony.
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Fujitsu incorporates virtual machines to up server density loads

Wed, 28th Jun 2017
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Fujitsu launches virtual machine control technology that can free data center racks from constraints such as electrical power & server load.
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The war on cloud pricing: Object storage moves into the mainstream

Mon, 24th Apr 2017
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451 Research says that virtual machines have been the traditional battleground for price cuts as providers seek to gain attention and differentiation.