HYPER-CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE, APPLICATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Lacework | February 27, 2023
Lacework, the data-driven cloud security company, recently announced that Verifone, a global leader in FinTech and payment solution provider to the world's biggest brands, has chosen the Lacework Polygraph Data Platform to secure its cloud infrastructure as it moves to a cloud-native DevSecOps model.
Verifone processes 12+ billion transactions annually, roughly 46% of the world's non-cash payments. Due to the significant number of transactions processed, the company required a dedicated cloud-native security platform.
Luke Clinch, Global Director of Infrastructure, Verifone, said, "With Lacework's behavioral ML-led approach, we'll dramatically reduce security alerting while automating key audit data delivery so that we can focus on the secure development of new products for our customers. The Polygraph Data Platform will completely transform the way our security team works."
(Source – CISION PR Newswire)
Andreas Schneider, EMEA Field CISO, Lacework, said, "As companies modernize their infrastructure, it's imperative they have a security partner that can innovate alongside them, helping extend the capabilities of their human teams to further improve and secure their service for customers."
(Source – CISION PR Newswire)
Verifone, using the Polygraph Data Platform, will take advantage of the Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP). This will reduce several point tools and help the organization eliminate and detect vulnerabilities in multi-cloud configuration, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), containers, Kubernetes, applications, and their dependencies. To automate audit and compliance processes, the Verifone security team will use Polygraph Platform compliance assessments and continuous posture. Lacework integrates easily with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, helping Verifone make security a build-time priority and advance its DevSecOps model.
About Lacework
Lacework is a premier Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP). Lacework can gather, analyze, and reliably correlate data across an organization's Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes environments without manually creating rules and reducing them to the few security incidents that matter. DevOps teams around the globe trust Lacework to secure cloud-native applications across the lifecycle ranging from code to cloud.
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Cyxtera Technologies | March 02, 2023
On March 01, 2023, Cyxtera, a leading company in interconnection and data center colocation services, announced a strategic partnership with Dell Technologies to boost the infrastructure deployments of their customers by combining Dell's infrastructure with Cyxtera's colocation and network technologies.
Using Cyxtera's global network of colocation facilities as well as Digital Exchange network fabric, the companies will offer full stack infrastructure as a service to international enterprises of all sizes, as well as federal, local, and state government bodies. This includes server and rack unit-specific compute infrastructure, colocation space, network connectivity, and power. These capabilities enable a cloud-like deployment experience for workloads requiring performance, security, and control of dedicated infrastructure and colocation.
Within a Cyxtera data center, the Cyxtera Dell Experience Lab allows consumers to interact with Dell Technologies across various consumption models. Through Cyxtera's robust Command Center interface, participants in the Experience Lab can visualize how to construct an on-demand data center using Dell Technologies. Clients can:
Use Cyxtera's Marketplace to gain access to hundreds of providers.
Deploy and manage Dell PowerEdge servers colocated within a Cyxtera SmartCab.
Deploy Dell PowerEdge server infrastructure with Cyxtera's Enterprise Bare Metal service as needed.
Manage the Enterprise Bare Metal and colocated solutions' core networking and Layer 2 interconnections.
Establish dynamic connections to the public cloud, public internet, and enterprise WAN providers.
Chief Revenue Officer of Cyxtera, David Keasey, shared, "We're focused on providing rapid, seamless access to the technologies our customers need to support their unique business demands," He added, "By offering on-demand access to Dell infrastructure via our Enterprise Bare Metal offering, we will enable organizations of all sizes to harness the power of raw compute resources via a cloud-like delivery model across our global data center footprint."
(Source – Business Wire)
About Cyxtera Technologies
Cyxtera is a leading provider of colocation and interconnection services based in Coral Gables (Florida), offering a network of more than 60 data centers across over 30 markets. With a focus on providing customers with cloud-like infrastructure solutions that are both flexible and scalable, it can help businesses achieve their strategic objectives and maintain a competitive edge. With a customer base of over 2,300 enterprises and government organizations, the company is committed to delivering innovative technology solutions that enable customers to scale faster and achieve their financial goals.
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NetApp | February 10, 2023
On February 09, 2023, NetApp, a global cloud-led, datacentric software announced the upcoming availability of the NetApp AFF C-Series, a new line of capacity flash storage options that provides low-cost all-flash storage, and NetApp AFF A150 is a new entry-level storage system in the family of all-flash systems of AFF A-Series which is ideal for Mid-size business and Remote Office/Branch Office (ROBO).
The new NetApp AFF C-Series has flash performance while being cost-effective and efficient. This signifies that the total cost of ownership (TCO) is lower, and there is less space needed for storage. This family of capacity flash arrays is also available with ONTAP One, an all-in-one license that includes all NetApp software. ONTAP One is one of the most complete software suites on the market. Customers can modernize their data center by choosing the right storage (capacity flash, performance flash, or hybrid) for their VMware, database, and file workloads. This storage runs on NetApp ONTAP, and for a seamless hybrid cloud, the experience is managed centrally by NetApp BlueXP.
Additionally, NetApp announced its new portfolio storage program NetApp Advance, which assures best-in-class delivery for customer ownership experience and on-premises environments for future cost-effectiveness. This further gives customers flexibility and allows them to safeguard their storage investment from the C-Series, AFF A150, FAS systems, or other newly acquired AFFs. Furthermore, NetApp confirms that workload efficiency goals are fulfilled, or NetApp will fix this at no cost to the customer.
The NetApp AFF C-Series, comprised of the AFF C400, AFF C250, and AFF C800, provides guaranteed storage efficiency to improve an organization's storage, seamless scalability on-premises for performance, and best-in-class security with ransomware protection to keep critical data safe, protected, and available.
NetApp Advance is now available, and the NetApp AFF C-Series family and NetApp AFF A150 will be in March 2023. Additionally, in Q4 FY'23, NetApp, and Cisco plan to add these storage options to FlexPod, the best-integrated infrastructure solution on the market.
About NetApp
NetApp is a cloud-led and data-centric software company, it empower organizations to lead with data in the age of fast-tracked digital transformation. The company offers systems, software, and cloud services that help them run their applications well from the data center to the cloud, and if they are moving to the cloud, developing in the cloud, or making their own cloud-like experiences on the premises. In addition, NetApp helps organizations build their data fabric and securely send the correct data, services, and applications anytime, anywhere, to the right people and with solutions that work in many different environments.
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