Amazon’s AWS cloud business increased by 46% year-on-year in its third financial quarter. It made revenues of $6.68 billion in the quarter, compared with the average estimate of $6.71 billion. AWS also netted over $2 billion in profit. Net sales for AWS for the last 12 months were $23.3 billion, and operating income for AWS […]
Archives for 2018
SD-WAN Report: It’s All About Security
News SD-WAN Report: It’s All About Security By David Ramel 10/25/2018 Organizations rolling out software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) solutions report increased network security is the main achievement of such deployments, according to survey results just published by Barracuda Networks. Security was front and center throughout the report, titled “The Challenges and Opportunities of SD-WAN” and […]
Microsoft Q1 results show cloud is still a major earner
Cloud has once again been a big earner for Microsoft, with the company posting Azure revenue growth of 76% over the last quarter. Server products and cloud services have grown by 28%, while its “intelligent cloud” division has increased revenues by a quarter compared to the second quarter of 2018. However, the growth of Microsoft’s […]
FASB Issues Hedge Accounting Guidance
FASB Issues Guidance on Interest Rates for Hedge Accounting The FASB has issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2018-16, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Inclusion of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap (OIS) Rate as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting. ASU 2018-16 expands the list of U.S. benchmark interest rates permitted […]
Remote code execution flaw found in Cisco WebEx
Security researchers have discovered a flaw in WebEx’s WebexUpdateService that allows anyone with a login to the Windows system where Cisco’s client software is installed to run system-level code remotely. The vulnerability is “pretty unique” as it is “a remote vulnerability in a client application that doesn’t even listen on a port”, according to a blog […]
Check Point acquires Dome9 to boost cloud security
Check Point has acquired Israeli security firm Dome9 to boost the company’s cloud security portfolio, helping its customers secure their Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud multi-cloud environments. Although Check Point already offers a range of cloud security solutions, taking on Dome9’s tech as well means it can bolster its Infinity architecture, designed for public […]
Cloudy with a Chance of Threats
Securing multiple clouds can be very complex. What’s needed is an integrated approach that is dynamic and flexible, and able to keep pace with cloud workloads and applications as they expand. The agility and benefits of cloud computing are undeniable. Forrester predicts that the total global public cloud market will be $178 billion in 2018, […]
The best enterprise level firewalls: Rating 10 top products
You know you need to protect your company from unauthorized or unwanted access. You need a network-security tool that examines the flow of packets in and out of the enterprise, governed by rules that decide whether that flow is safe, malicious or questionable and in need of inspection. You need a firewall. Recognizing that you […]
NetApp Announces a Handful of Cloud, Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Offerings
News NetApp Announces a Handful of Cloud, Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Offerings By Wendy A Hernandez 10/23/2018 Today at NetApp Insight, which takes place this week from Oct. 22-24 in Las Vegas, NetApp announced a handful of new cloud, multi-cloud and hybrid cloud solutions for data-driven enterprises. NetApp Cloud Insights, Azure NetApp Files, Cloud Volumes […]
Versa SD-WAN Integrates with Microsoft Virtual WAN
News Versa SD-WAN Integrates with Microsoft Virtual WAN By David Ramel 10/22/2018 Versa Networks today announced a partnership to integrate its software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) with Microsoft’s Azure Virtual WAN to improve branch connectivity. Microsoft this summer announced a public preview of Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN, which lets organizations connect their branch networks to the […]