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Cloud Security Firm Lacework Raises $525 Million in VC RoundCloud Security Firm Lacework Raises $525 Million in VC Round

The startup is taking on incumbent security vendors, who "took their things that weren't designed for the cloud and called them cloud."

byBloomberg
Jan 7, 2021
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2 Min Read
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, delivering the GTC 2020 keynote from his kitchen.
Deals
Nvidia’s $40 Billion Deal for Arm Faces U.K. Merger ReviewNvidia’s $40 Billion Deal for Arm Faces U.K. Merger Review
byBloomberg
Jan 7, 2021
2 Min Read
The Diminishing Role of Operating Systems
Operations & Management
The Diminishing Role of Operating SystemsThe Diminishing Role of Operating Systems
byChristopher Tozzi
Jan 6, 2021
5 Min Read
Why Hybrid Cloud Is Central to the Colocation Industry’s Future
Colocation
Why Hybrid Cloud Is Central to the Colocation Industry’s FutureWhy Hybrid Cloud Is Central to the Colocation Industry’s Future
byChristopher Tozzi
Jan 6, 2021
5 Min Read
Tom Barrack’s Colony Capital to Relocate to Florida From California
Business
Tom Barrack’s Colony Capital to Relocate to Florida From CaliforniaTom Barrack’s Colony Capital to Relocate to Florida From California
byBloomberg
Jan 6, 2021
1 Min Read
Two pennies
Open Source Software
Two CentOS Replacements En Route After Red Hat's Unpopular Move to Drop SupportTwo CentOS Replacements En Route After Red Hat's Unpopular Move to Drop Support
byChristine Hall
Jan 6, 2021
4 Min Read
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Open Source Software
Red Hat Opens the Door for Windows Containers in OpenShift
Red Hat Opens the Door for Windows Containers in OpenShift
Jan 6, 2021
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3 Min Read
byChristine Hall
What Is Microsoft Azure Arc?
Hyperscalers
What Is Microsoft Azure Arc?
What Is Microsoft Azure Arc?
Jan 5, 2021
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5 Min Read
byChristopher Tozzi
Global Switch 2 data center in London's Canary Wharf (2009)
Investing
Data Center Provider Global Switch’s Chinese Owners Explore $11B Sale
Data Center Provider Global Switch’s Chinese Owners Explore $11B Sale
Jan 5, 2021
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2 Min Read
byBloomberg
Fiber optic cables in a data center
Data Breaches
10 Cybersecurity Threats Enterprise IT Should Watch Out for in 2021
10 Cybersecurity Threats Enterprise IT Should Watch Out for in 2021
Jan 5, 2021
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7 Min Read
byMaria Korolov
Dell Gets ‘Assertive’ About How Off-Prem Private Cloud Is Designed
Cloud
Dell Gets ‘Assertive’ About How Off-Prem Private Cloud Is Designed
Dell Gets ‘Assertive’ About How Off-Prem Private Cloud Is Designed
Jan 4, 2021
byYevgeniy Sverdlik
cloud connections over Earth
Cloud
Google Expanding Google Cloud Regions in 2021
Google Expanding Google Cloud Regions in 2021
Jan 4, 2021
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3 Min Read
bySean Michael Kerner
Slack
Uptime
Slack Service Disrupted as People Return to Work After Holidays
Slack Service Disrupted as People Return to Work After Holidays
Jan 4, 2021
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1 Min Read
byBloomberg
Servers
Data Storage
NVMe-over-TCP Pioneer Lightbits Supercharges Data Center SSD Storage
NVMe-over-TCP Pioneer Lightbits Supercharges Data Center SSD Storage
Jan 4, 2021
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7 Min Read
byWylie Wong
Data center worker
Data Breaches
The List of Known SolarWinds Breach Victims Grows, as Do Attack Vectors
The List of Known SolarWinds Breach Victims Grows, as Do Attack Vectors
Dec 23, 2020
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8 Min Read
byMaria Korolov
Woman working in a server room
Hyperscalers
Could MicroPoPs Become an Alternative to AWS Outposts and Azure Stack?
Could MicroPoPs Become an Alternative to AWS Outposts and Azure Stack?
Dec 23, 2020
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4 Min Read
byChristopher Tozzi
cloud-native world with service mesh
Cloud
A Cloud-Native World Pushed Service Meshes Forward in 2020
A Cloud-Native World Pushed Service Meshes Forward in 2020
Dec 22, 2020
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5 Min Read
byChristine Hall
Network cables
Security & Risk Management
SolarWinds Adviser Warned of Lax Security Years Before Hack
SolarWinds Adviser Warned of Lax Security Years Before Hack
Dec 22, 2020
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8 Min Read
byBloomberg
Data center electrical
Edge Data Centers
Scaling on Demand: Decentralizing Data Center Power for a World Gone Remote
Scaling on Demand: Decentralizing Data Center Power for a World Gone Remote
Dec 22, 2020
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5 Min Read
byVito Savino
Top 25 of 2020: The Year’s Biggest Data Center Stories
Uptime
Top 25 of 2020: The Year’s Biggest Data Center Stories
Top 25 of 2020: The Year’s Biggest Data Center Stories
Dec 22, 2020
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4 Min Read
byData Center Knowledge
Inside Rancher's Silicon Valley office
Deals
Rancher Acquisition May Make SUSE a Kubernetes and Hybrid Cloud Powerhouse
Rancher Acquisition May Make SUSE a Kubernetes and Hybrid Cloud Powerhouse
Dec 22, 2020
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3 Min Read
byChristine Hall
IBM
Cloud
IBM Buys Nordcloud, Advancing Hybrid Cloud Strategy in Europe
IBM Buys Nordcloud, Advancing Hybrid Cloud Strategy in Europe
Dec 21, 2020
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1 Min Read
byYevgeniy Sverdlik
mistral supercomputer hpc hamburg
Supercomputers
After Moore’s Law: How Will We Know How Much Faster Computers Can Go?
After Moore’s Law: How Will We Know How Much Faster Computers Can Go?
Dec 21, 2020
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11 Min Read
byScott Fulton III
Nasdaq MarketSite window, New York City
Networking
Nasdaq Resolves Connectivity Issue That Hit Some Customers
Nasdaq Resolves Connectivity Issue That Hit Some Customers
Dec 21, 2020
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1 Min Read
byBloomberg
Microsoft Azure hardware on display at the OCP Summit 2019
Data Center Chips
Microsoft Designing Its Own Arm Chips for Servers, Surface PCs
Microsoft Designing Its Own Arm Chips for Servers, Surface PCs
Dec 19, 2020
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3 Min Read
byBloomberg
Amazon CTO Werner Vogels
Cloud
AWS Brings Chaos Engineering to the Cloud at re:Invent 2020
AWS Brings Chaos Engineering to the Cloud at re:Invent 2020
Dec 18, 2020
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3 Min Read
bySean Michael Kerner
Microsoft logo on building.
Hyperscalers
Microsoft Says Its Systems Were Exposed to SolarWinds Hack
Microsoft Says Its Systems Were Exposed to SolarWinds Hack
Dec 18, 2020
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2 Min Read
byBloomberg
Google's data center in St. Ghislain, Belgium
Energy & Power Supply
Top 5 Data Center Stories of the Week: December 18, 2020
Top 5 Data Center Stories of the Week: December 18, 2020
Dec 18, 2020
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1 Min Read
byData Center Knowledge
Microsoft France campus
Hyperscalers
Microsoft Adds Azure Stack HCI Features to Catch Up with Nutanix, VMware
Microsoft Adds Azure Stack HCI Features to Catch Up with Nutanix, VMware
Dec 17, 2020
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4 Min Read
byWylie Wong
Google offices in New York. October 2020
AI Data Centers
Google Waives $1.5 Billion DeepMind Loan as AI Costs Mount
Google Waives $1.5 Billion DeepMind Loan as AI Costs Mount
Dec 17, 2020
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2 Min Read
byBloomberg
What Data Center IT Security Pros Must Know About the SolarWinds Vulnerability
Security & Risk Management
What Data Center IT Security Pros Must Know About the SolarWinds Vulnerability
What Data Center IT Security Pros Must Know About the SolarWinds Vulnerability
Dec 17, 2020
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8 Min Read
byMaria Korolov
Why (and How) IT Should Re-Evaluate Its Business Pandemic Planning
Data Center Site Selection
Why (and How) IT Should Re-Evaluate Its Business Pandemic Planning
Why (and How) IT Should Re-Evaluate Its Business Pandemic Planning
Dec 16, 2020
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7 Min Read
byChristopher Tozzi
Storage server
Data Breaches
FireEye Discovered SolarWinds Breach While Probing Own Hack
FireEye Discovered SolarWinds Breach While Probing Own Hack
Dec 16, 2020
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3 Min Read
byBloomberg
Google's data center in St. Ghislain, Belgium
Hyperscalers
Google Thinks Data Centers, Armed with Batteries, Should ‘Anchor’ a Carbon-Free Grid
Google Thinks Data Centers, Armed with Batteries, Should ‘Anchor’ a Carbon-Free Grid
Dec 16, 2020
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5 Min Read
byYevgeniy Sverdlik
Amsterdam subway central station. December 2020
Regulations
Amsterdam Officials Challenged as They Mull Limits On Data Centers
Amsterdam Officials Challenged as They Mull Limits On Data Centers
Dec 16, 2020
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10 Min Read
byMark Ballard

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