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Juniper Networks, an AI-driven network provider, has been named a Leader by Gartner in the 2019 Magic Quadrant for Data Center Networking. “It is a time of significant change in our industry, and our focus at Juniper has been helping our enterprise customers navigate the transition to multicloud and beyond,” said Manoj Leelanivas, Chief Product Officer at Juniper Networks. “For us, to once again be recognised by Gartner as a leader in the data centre space reinforces what we’re already hearing from our customers and partners – that Juniper is the best choice for enterprises looking to simplify multicloud operations. Our vision, coupled with our commitment to engineering simplicity, is the foundation of our work and what sets us apart from our competitors.” In April, Juniper also received customer recognition and was designated as a 2019 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice vendor for Data Center Networking and/or Software Solutions. Based on real feedback from 250 ratings, Jun...

While other vendors are interchangeably referring to multicloud and hybrid cloud as any combination of cloud resources, Red Hat has envisioned what cloud computing should become, calling this ideal cloud environment 'hybrid cloud'. According to Red Hat, hybrid cloud makes use of virtual resources that exist physically in public and private cloud environments. These resources are orchestrated by management and automation software that allows users to access them seamlessly and on-demand. In effect, it is a single platform. In contrast, multicloud is defined as workloads scattered across various cloud platforms, without the management and automation orchestration. Damien Wong, VP and GM, Asian Growth & Emerging Markets (GEMs), Red Hat, observed that going multicloud is the only way businesses can deliver rapid, scalable apps today. "It's not if you move to cloud-native but a question of how fast you’ll move to cloud-native," he predicted. Key characteris...

Red Hat , the provider of open source solutions, is currently conducting the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Series , an event for open hybrid cloud strategists and practitioners taking place across Asia Pacific. According to IDC*, 70% of customers already deploy multicloud environments and 64% of applications in a typical IT portfolio today are cloud-based, whether public or private. The event touches down in Beijing, mainland China; Bangkok, Thailand; Hong Kong, Jakarta, Indonesia; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Mumbai, India; Manila, the Philippines; Seoul, Korea; Singapore, Taipei in Taiwan and Tokyo, Japan. Themed Bridge Your Clouds. Build Your Future, Red Hat aims to share how enterprises can accelerate and architect a hybrid cloud strategy designed to speed innovation and give a competitive edge. The event will also focus on Red Hat’s open hybrid cloud strategy and highlights Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Red Hat OpenShift 4. Frank Feldmann, VP, APAC office of technology, Red Hat As...

- Dell’s third exclusive store in Singapore at Funan mall features a full range of consumer and commercial product portfolio and an in-store working space - Consumers looking for Dell’s small business and commercial range of products can now choose and customise the products in-store - Highlights include the Latitude 7400 2-in-1 – the world’s smallest commercial 14” 2-in-1 targeting up to 24 hours of battery life and first to feature a PC proximity sensor enabled by Intel Context Sensing Technology - New mobile workstations – the Precision 7540 and 7740 – help customers plough through complex artificial intelligence (AI) projects - New Dell Precision 5000 and 7000 series mobile workstations combine up to Intel Xeon E or 9th Gen Intel Core processors and latest professional graphics Dell opens third exclusive store in Singapore at the new Funan mall. The Funan brand is known for its IT focus. Dell has opened its third exclusive store in Singapore located at ...

By Miju Han, Director of Product Management at HackerOne There has been a dramatic shift away from the traditional cybersecurity “fortress” strategy to a new, modern approach that understands that there is no way to be 100% secure. Building a fortress has been the typical security model for years, where firewalls are expected to protect assets from outsiders and a limited number of entry points enable the tracking of data flow and access. Once inside, however, users have free access (because, presumably, they've been vetted). It essentially relies upon one hardened entry point that, if overcome, leaves everything of value unprotected. This is no longer safe because criminals have figured out how to get over these walls with social engineering, malware, and other tactics. Plus, humans tend to make mistakes and leave a known or unknown door open by placing data on a public server or failing to patch a technology gap. Today, it’s clear this fortress approach has become insufficient...

One Identity , which helps organisations with identity and access management (IAM), has announced that its Identity Manager solution has achieved two more certifications with SAP technologies.  One Identity on-prem and cloud solutions have a long history of enhancing SAP compliance and governance with a cross-platform view, while simplifying user provisioning and deprovisioning and permissions management. One Identity Manager is now certified as powered by SAP NetWeaver.  Solutions with this certification can be more quickly and easily integrated into the SAP NetWeaver solution environment. Customers can also benefit from improved interoperability with SAP applications and with the ecosystem of solutions that run on SAP NetWeaver. Choosing an SAP-certified solution can also help reduce overall IT investment costs and risks. Second, the SAP Integration and Certification Center (SAP ICC) has certified that One Identity Manager integrates with SAP S/4HANA using standard i...

By Taylor Armerding, Senior Info-Security Expert at Synopsys Software Integrity Group Insiders can easily be more of a cyber threat to organisations than outside attackers, for the obvious reason — they’re already inside. Whether malicious or simply clueless or careless, they can pose a bigger risk since they don’t have to breach external security barriers and simply being present won’t raise any red flags — they’re supposed to be there. But apparently those threats aren’t as obvious as they should be for some organisations—especially when it comes to the cloud. In the recent Threatbusters: Bitglass’ 2019 Insider Threat Report , the cloud access security broker (CASB) company found that 68% of 437 IT professionals surveyed considered their organisations to be moderately to extremely vulnerable to insider threats. Survey respondents came from Cybersecurity Insiders , a community of 400,000 information security professionals. Rising risk of insider threats in cloud Perhaps not surprisin...