Cloud Computing, SaaS, Data centres, Cloud-based

Venafi, the provider of machine identity protection, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Jetstack, the open source machine identity protection software provider for Kubernetes and cloud native ecosystems. This acquisition is claimed to be an industry first that will transform the way modern applications required by digital transformation are secured.

Rackspace has launched strategic initiatives to meet the increasing international demand for cloud technology services. According to an IDC forecast, by 2022, over 90% of enterprises worldwide will be relying on a mix of cloud infrastructure needs, with the global COVID-19 outbreak reinforcing the critical importance of business agility and scalability.

Cloudian has announced that Central Technology Limited (CT), the UK cloud services provider and Veeam Cloud & Service Provider (VCSP), has introduced new ransomware protection and Office 365 backup services built on Veeam software and Cloudian’s HyperStore object storage platform.

Tech companies could lose an average of $174 (£141) million per day - or $37.3 (£29.9) billion per month - as a result of compromised records per data breach, new research shows.

An unplanned, widespread move to home-working would have brought businesses to a grinding halt had large investments in cloud computing not been made over the past ten years, says GlobalData, the data and analytics company.

Rackspace has been positioned by Gartner as a Leader in its 2020 Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure Professional and Managed Services, Worldwide.

The cloud plays a huge role in the modern working environment. However, one important aspect of the cloud that some organisations do not consider a priority is cloud printing.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, has announced a joint effort with Microsoft to enable access to its AI-powered, Financial Crime Mitigation (FCM) SaaS solution to allow banks to protect both their customers and their organisation from financial crime increase during the pandemic, particularly as banks have moved to remote working to protect their staff.

Netskope has announced the availability of its security controls and protection for Microsoft Teams.

Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) is often the first step organisations take on the path to cloud adoption. It is a flexible, cost-effective way to deliver essential DR capability without all the CAPEX costs and pains of managing a physical DR site. With DRaaS, businesses quickly realise the benefits of cloud services, so it’s no surprise that many will consider a more permanent move to the cloud through Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).