IBM and Red Hat Join Forces to Accelerate Hybrid Cloud Adoption

Companies expand collaboration to targethybrid cloud sector through technology and services integration IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Red Hat Inc. (NYSE: RHT) today announced a major expansion to their long-standing relationship, which will enable IBM and Red Hat customers to benefit from the combined power of both companies’ technologies in private and public clouds. The agreement builds on IBM’s recentmoveto re-engineer its entire software portfolio with containers, including WebSphere, MQ Series and Db2. Container technologies are fast becoming a safe and reliable way to move applications across multiple IT footprints, from existing data centers to the public cloud and vice versa. Going hand-in-hand … Continue reading IBM and Red Hat Join Forces to Accelerate Hybrid Cloud Adoption

GDPR: What to do Between Now and May 25th

By: Gregg Petersen, Regional Sales Vice President, Middle East & Africa, Veeam Software You’ve probably heard a lot about the new EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). And that’s understandable. The run up to it has been a long, drawn out process – beginning way back in 2012, when the European Commission proposed a comprehensive reform of the 1995 data protection rules. These proposals turned into plans, and now these plans are finally hurtling towards us at breakneck speeds. After all the talk, commentary, advice and debate, the grace period for the new regulations is coming to end (May 25th2018) … Continue reading GDPR: What to do Between Now and May 25th

Red Hat and Microsoft Co-Develop the First Red Hat OpenShift Jointly Managed Service on a Public Cloud

Microsoft and Red Hat expand partnership around hybrid cloud, container management and developer productivity Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT”) and Red Hat Inc. (NYSE: RHT) today expanded their alliance to empower enterprise developers to run container-based applications across Microsoft Azure and on-premises. With this collaboration, the companies will introduce the first jointly managed OpenShift offering in the public cloud, combining the power of Red Hat OpenShift, the industry’s most comprehensive enterprise Kubernetes platform, and Azure, Microsoft’s public cloud. “Gartner predicts that, by 2020, more than 50% of global organizations will be running containerized applications in production, up from less than 20% … Continue reading Red Hat and Microsoft Co-Develop the First Red Hat OpenShift Jointly Managed Service on a Public Cloud

Kodak Alaris Information Management Division Changes Name to Alaris

Kodak Alaris announced today that its Information Management division will now operate under the name “Alaris, a Kodak Alaris business.” Starting today, partners and customers will see an updated website, logo, and social media presence. The parent company remains Kodak Alaris. For decades, the global technology provider has delivered information capture solutions for businesses. “Our new name is not about reinvention. It’s about reinterpretation,” said Don Lofstrom, President and General Manager, Alaris. “The division’s shift to Alaris puts greater emphasis on the image science expertise that helps clients make sense of data and information in their work. Rebranding will also … Continue reading Kodak Alaris Information Management Division Changes Name to Alaris