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Snowflake, the data cloud company, has launched a new Cybersecurity workload that enables cybersecurity teams to better protect their enterprises with their Data Cloud . Using Snowflake’s platform and an extensive ecosystem of partners delivering security capabilities with connected applications, cybersecurity teams can quickly gain visibility and automation at cloud-scale. Source: Snowflake. The new Cybersecurity workload offers storage, compute, and software protection. The threat landscape has been evolving, with 55% of security pros reporting that their organisation experienced an incident or breach involving supply chains or third-party providers in the past 12 months, according to Forrester*.  Current security architectures built around legacy security and information management systems (SIEMs) are not designed to handle the volume and variety of data necessary to stay ahead of cyberthreats, Snowflake explained. With legacy SIEMs imposing restrictive ingest costs, limited re...

The announcement of the FlashBlade//S family of products at Pure//Accelerate techfest22 was one of the highlights of the opening keynote at the event. Pure Storage, the provider of advanced data storage technology and services, said the new platform has a modular architecture built on uniquely co-designed hardware and software.  Other feature standouts include a nearly-unlimited scalable metadata architecture, offering more than double the density, performance, and power efficiency of previous versions, as well as the ability to evolve over time in line with customer requirements.  In 2017, Pure Storage rolled out FlashBlade as a unified fast file and object platform – the first high performance storage solution for modern data. Pure also architected its software and created DirectFlash technology to anticipate the future need for flash across a wide spectrum of workloads. With this announcement, Pure is introducing a modular architecture that disaggregates compute from capaci...

Pure Storage, the advanced data storage technology and services provider, has announced AIRI//S, the next generation of its complete artificial intelligence (AI)-ready infrastructure, developed by Pure Storage and NVIDIA. Unveiled during the Pure//Accelerate techfest22 opening keynote, AIRI//S provides enterprises with a simple, on-demand infrastructure that accelerates AI initiatives at any scale. According to Pure Storage, the complexity and rigidity of legacy infrastructure technology – both on premises and in the cloud – has been a barrier for enterprises looking to achieve the promise of AI-based data science. AI applications will require a completely new infrastructure to facilitate faster innovation and obtain actionable, modern analytics, the company said. To meet this need, Pure Storage, in collaboration with NVIDIA, launched AIRI in 2018. The first AI-ready infrastructure reference architecture, purpose-built to enable organisations to achieve better utilisation and uptime...

At Pure//Accelerate techfest22 , Pure Storage, the advanced data storage technology and services provider, named KDDI its Greatest of All Time (G.O.A.T.) - APJ award winner in its 2nd annual Pure Storage Breakthrough Awards . The awards recognise Pure customers displaying extraordinary innovation, creativity, business breakthroughs and overarching success using Pure's portfolio of offerings. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, KDDI is a global Fortune 500 company and one of the largest telecommunications providers in Asia. Pure is supporting part of its always-on infrastructure with 99.999% availability. With FlashArray and FlashBlade, KDDI has succeeded in tripling input/output (I/O) performance, doubling the data efficiency, and reducing maintenance-related operational costs by 75%. "In order to support our customers' digital transformation projects, it is important to increase the value of their experience. We chose Pure Storage because I/O performance is a part that cu...

At Pure//Accelerate techfest22 , Pure Storage, which delivers advanced data storage technology and services, reaffirmed its commitment to deliver simple, reliable, and scalable storage with the introduction of Evergreen//Flex , a new fleet-level Evergreen architecture that extends the power of Pure's Evergreen technology to the full Pure portfolio. According to Pure Storage, the inflexible, labour-intensive delivery of traditional storage has long challenged organisations embarking on transformation – from high costs, short technology refresh cycles, forklift upgrades, and storage rebuys to unplanned downtime, high-risk data migration, and overall data storage complexity. Global enterprises, however, are on a path to embrace flexible, consumption-based operating models, and are increasingly investing in modern technologies and services that deliver stronger value over time. By unlocking and moving stranded storage capacity to where it is needed most, Evergreen//Flex enables ...

SentinelOne, an autonomous cybersecurity platform company, has announced SentinelOne XDR Response for Okta, enabling security teams to quickly respond to credential compromise and identity-based attacks.  The integration of SentinelOne’s XDR platform with Okta’s identity management capabilities offers a new solution to accelerate response and minimise enterprise risk, SentinelOne said. “Attackers exploit endpoint and identity security and access gaps. SentinelOne and Okta are leaders in securing both of these enterprise domains,” said Stephen Lee, VP Technical Strategy & Partnerships, Okta.  “Incorporating SentinelOne Singularity XDR into the Okta identity platform improves the contextual awareness of our solution, ensuring that every identity is verified and malicious actors cannot advance laterally in pursuit of high-value targets. With SentinelOne across enterprise attack surfaces and Okta enforcing identity policies, organisations enjoy the best of both worlds in a sin...