Category Archives: CEO

Cloud Foundry Foundation executive director Abby Kearns steps down to pursue a new executive role elsewhere

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The Cloud Foundry Foundation (CFF), the home of the Cloud Foundry open-source developer platform, today announced that its executive director Abby Kearns is stepping down from her role to pursue an executive role elsewhere. If you’ve followed the development of the CFF for a while, it won’t come as a surprise that its current CTO, […] Continue reading Cloud Foundry Foundation executive director Abby Kearns steps down to pursue a new executive role elsewhere→

Microsoft acquires 5G specialist Affirmed Networks

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Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Affirmed Networks, a company that specializes in fully virtualized, cloud-native networking solutions for telecom operators. With its focus on 5G and edge computing, Affirmed looks like the ideal acquisition target for a large cloud provider looking to get deeper into the telco business. According to Crunchbase, Affirmed had […] Continue reading Microsoft acquires 5G specialist Affirmed Networks→

Phishing is a huge concern among security decision-makers and influencers

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A serious disconnect exists between how decision makers (i.e., CISOs, CIOs and CEOs), and security practitioners (i.e., IT managers and directors, security architects and security operations analysts) perceive phishing prevention, according to a resear… Continue reading Phishing is a huge concern among security decision-makers and influencers→

Google Cloud announces four new regions as it expands its global footprint

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Google Cloud today announced its plans to open four new data center regions. These regions will be in Delhi (India), Doha (Qatar), Melbourne (Australia) and Toronto (Canada) and bring Google Cloud’s total footprint to 26 regions. The company previously announced that it would open regions in Jakarta, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Seoul and Warsaw over the course of […] Continue reading Google Cloud announces four new regions as it expands its global footprint→

Datastax acquires The Last Pickle

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Data management company Datastax, one of the largest contributors to the Apache Cassandra project, today announced that it has acquired The Last Pickle (and no, I don’t know what’s up with that name either), a New Zealand-based Cassandra consulting and services firm that’s behind a number of popular open-source tools for the distributed NoSQL database. […] Continue reading Datastax acquires The Last Pickle→

Honeywell says it will soon launch the world’s most powerful quantum computer

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“The best-kept secret in quantum computing.” That’s what Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) CEO Ilyas Khan called Honeywell‘s efforts in building the world’s most powerful quantum computer. In a race where most of the major players are vying for attention, Honeywell has quietly worked on its efforts for the last few years (and under strict NDA’s, […] Continue reading Honeywell says it will soon launch the world’s most powerful quantum computer→

Companies risk revenue growth due to innovation achievement gap

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While a majority of CEOs express strong confidence in the effectiveness of their current IT systems, most are struggling to close the innovation achievement gap to drive growth and revenue, according to a global study by Accenture. The is based on Acce… Continue reading Companies risk revenue growth due to innovation achievement gap→

Google Cloud lands Lufthansa Group and Sabre as new customers

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Google’s strategy for bringing new customers to its cloud is to focus on the enterprise and specific verticals like healthcare, energy, financial service and retail, among others. It’s healthcare efforts recently experienced a bit of a setback, with Epic now telling its customers that it is not moving forward with its plans to support Google […] Continue reading Google Cloud lands Lufthansa Group and Sabre as new customers→

Sisense nabs $100m at a $1B+ valuation for accessible big data business analytics

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Sisense, an enterprise startup that that has built a business analytics business out of the premise of making big data as accessible as possible to users — whether it be through graphics on mobile or desktop apps, or spoken through Alexa — is announcing a big round of funding today and a large jump in […] Continue reading Sisense nabs $100m at a $1B+ valuation for accessible big data business analytics→

How enterprise risk management programs operate in organizations today

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More than half of CEOs think their enterprise risk management program (ERM) program is not as effective as it should be, a LogicGate survey reveals. Challenges for enterprise risk management programs With companies experiencing an increase in risks and… Continue reading How enterprise risk management programs operate in organizations today→