Not all cloud software is created equal

By John Maddison, Senior Vice President of products and solutions, Fortinet. An assumption made by many security professionals is that any performance differences between physical security devices are eliminated when those security software images are run on identical cloud hardware. But the truth is, there are still significant performance differences between solutions, and those differences can be critical both from a processing perspective as well as cost. Because cloud performance is a baseline requirement for competing in the digital marketplace, organizations cannot afford for security to be a bottleneck. Transactions need to be inspected at digital speeds. Of course, elastic … Continue reading Not all cloud software is created equal

Latest Version of Red Hat Ansible Engine Enables New Cloud, Network, and Windows Automation

Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.6 extends automation across AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, and VMware, brings new capabilities to network and Windows environments Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the general availability of Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.6, the latest release of its simple, powerful, and agentless open source IT automation solution. Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.6 adds new content for automating across hybrid and multicloudenvironments, along with simplified connections to network APIs and updates for Ansible deployments overseeing Windows environments. When Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.6 combines with Red … Continue reading Latest Version of Red Hat Ansible Engine Enables New Cloud, Network, and Windows Automation

Patcham Limited Selects Epicor ERP to Improve Operations and Grow Business

Epicor ERP selected for strong discrete and batch manufacturing feature set, real-time, rich reporting capabilities, and ease of integration Epicor Software Corporation, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise softwareto promote business growth, has announced that Patcham Limited, a leading United Arab Emirates (UAE) manufacturer of specialty additives, has chosen the global enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution Epicor ERP to serve as a catalyst for business growth. In addition to automating processes and implementing best-practice and process improvements across departments, Epicor ERP will support business expansion for Patcham. Replacing a legacy, home-grown, modular ERP solution with Epicor ERP will allow Patcham … Continue reading Patcham Limited Selects Epicor ERP to Improve Operations and Grow Business

Navigating the ‘Cloudy’ Sky

Author: Raj Samani, Chief Scientist at McAfee   Cloud services are nearly ubiquitous, with 97% of worldwide IT professionals surveyed using some type of cloud functions in their organization, up from 93% just one year ago, according to data from a recent McAfee study. Indeed, this cloud-first strategy has driven organizations to take on many different providers in their cloud ecosystem. As organizations tackle new data use initiatives, intelligence building, new capabilities to store and execute on applications—we have seen an explosion in the number of sanctioned cloud providers that businesses are reporting, each a source of potential risk and … Continue reading Navigating the ‘Cloudy’ Sky