20 Most Popular TechRepublic Articles in 2023
Tech Republic Security
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Here's a list of the 20 most popular articles published by TechRepublic in 2023. Read articles about ChatGPT, Google Bard, Windows 11 and more
FinOps automation: Raising the bar on lowering cloud costs
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 23, 2025
IT professionals have been striving to manage cloud costs effectively since the inception of cloud computing. Those efforts have evolved into FinOps , a business discipline and a set of best practices to optimize cloud spending. See also: Will FinOps help reduce cloud waste in organizations?
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Stop navigating the cloud, and start shaping it
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
One of the most significant enablers of digital transformation is cloud computing. Strategic options for cloud adoption When it comes to cloud adoption, organizations have several strategic options to consider. Public cloud. Private cloud. Hybrid cloud. Multi-cloud.
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Cisco puts app-performance tools in the cloud
Network World
JUNE 16, 2022
Cisco is taking aim at better controlling the performance and development of core applications with a new AppDynamics cloud service and open-source development tools. AppDynamics Cloud is a cloud-native service designed to let enterprises observe applications and take action to remediate performance problems. . [
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Cisco gains container security with Banzai Cloud buy
Network World
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
In its second cloud-native technology acquisition in as many months, Cisco is buying container security firm Banzai Cloud for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 2017, Banzai is known for developing Kubernetes-based cloud application development and security technologies.
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IBM expands the role of its hybrid-cloud security package
Network World
OCTOBER 14, 2020
IBM is expanding the role of its security-software package for hybrid-cloud deployments by improving the gathering of security data collected within customer networks and drawing on third-party threat-intelligence feeds, among other upgrades. To read this article in full, please click here To read this article in full, please click here
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IBM embraces zero trust with upgraded Cloud Pak service
Network World
MAY 5, 2021
IBM has taken the wraps off a version of its Cloud Pak for Security that aims to help customers looking to deploy zero-trust security facilities for enterprise resource protection. To read this article in full, please click here
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VMware adds more security for diverse cloud workloads
Network World
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
VMware has added more security features to its forthcoming on-demand multi-cloud networking and security service called Northstar that it previewed during its August VMware Explore 2022 conference. To read this article in full, please click here
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IBM wants drag-and-drop connectivity for hybrid cloud applications
Network World
MAY 18, 2023
The IBM Hybrid Cloud Mesh is a SaaS service that implements a virtualized Layer 3-7 environment to rapidly enable secure connectivity between users, applications, and data distributed across multiple locations and environments, according to Andrew Coward, general manager of IBM’s software defined networking group.
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Google Cloud adds networking, security features for enterprises
Network World
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Google Cloud is rolling out new network and security features, including a service that provides Layer-7 security. The new offerings announced at Google Cloud Next also include firewall and web application-protection options aimed at advancing existing cloud connectivity and ensuring the security of cloud-based resources. “We
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Why the cloud will never eat the data center
Network World
JUNE 8, 2021
So, just suppose that the cloud did what some radical thinkers say, and “absorbed the network”. That was a big step, so what could be happening to make WANs even more virtual, to the point where the cloud could subsume them? To read this article in full, please click here It would have to be a data-center change.
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Palo Alto software advances end-to-end enterprise cloud security
Network World
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
The company rolled out a new version of its core cloud-security package, Prisma Cloud 3.0, The package includes a cloud-access security broker (CASB) to control access to cloud resources. To read this article in full, please click here which includes the ability to code security directly into SaaS applications.
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Backup lessons from a cloud-storage disaster
Network World
APRIL 23, 2021
European’s largest cloud provider, OVHcloud, suffered a catastrophic fire last month that destroyed one of its data centers and smoke-damaged a neighboring one. Companies that had some type of off-site backup seemed to be up and running again, such as Centre Pompidou To read this article in full, please click here
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Gartner: IT skills shortage hobbles cloud, edge, automation growth
Network World
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Gartner says the current paucity of skilled IT worker is foiling the adoption of cloud, edge computing , and automation technologies. To read this article in full, please click here
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What is SASE? A cloud service that marries SD-WAN with security
Network World
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
Secure access service edge (SASE) is a network architecture that rolls software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN ) and security into a cloud service that promises simplified WAN deployment, improved efficiency and security, and to provide appropriate bandwidth per application. To read this article in full, please click here
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Cisco moves Catalyst, Nexus management to the cloud
Network World
JUNE 14, 2022
Cisco is taking a big step toward cloud-management of both its Catalyst campus and Nexus data-center equipment. At the Cisco Live customer event this week, the company rolled out two cloud-based management services that provide more options for enterprises to support hybrid workforces. [ Catalyst management in the cloud.
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Nutanix offers virtual private cloud HCI, multicloud workload management
Network World
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Nutanix is releasing enhancements to its AOS operating system and Era database-management service designed to make it easier for enterprises to manage data, workloads, and business-continuity security tools in hybrid cloud environments via software-defined networking capabilities AOS and Era are both components of the Nutanix Cloud Platform.
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About a third of cloud users need to learn resiliency lessons from Ian
Network World
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Vulnerable areas include cloud providers’ managed services that might require customers to explicitly specify they want their apps, compute, and storage housed in redundant, geographically separate availability zones. To read this article in full, please click here
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RSA: Cisco launches SASE, offers roadmap for other cloud-based services
Network World
JUNE 6, 2022
Cisco made a variety of security upgrades at the RSA Conference designed to move security operation to the cloud, improve its Secure Access Service Edge offering and offer new simplified security end point control. Cisco defines the Security Cloud as a “multi-year strategic vision for the future of security.”
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Juniper takes SASE security control to the cloud
Network World
MAY 5, 2021
Juniper Networks has laid a key part of its Secure Access Services Edge (SASE) foundation with a cloud-based security-control service that provides a central way to control and protect on-premises or cloud-based enterprise resources. To read this article in full, please click here
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IBM upgrades its Big Iron OS for better cloud, security, and AI support
Network World
JULY 27, 2021
IBM continues to fine-tune its mainframe to keep it attractive to enterprise users interested in keeping the Big Iron in their cloud and AI-application development plans. To read this article in full, please click here The company released a new version of the mainframe operating system— z/OS V2.5
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Cisco fortifies and simplifies its security portfolio with eye toward cloud, zero trust
Network World
OCTOBER 29, 2020
See related story, Cisco software upgrades to simplify hybrid-cloud management, operations ) To read this article in full, please click here Cisco is also reinforcing its key platforms, including its SecureX and zero trust packages.
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Palo Alto grows cloud security portfolio with new Prisma release, Bridgecrew buy
Network World
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
First, it rolled out a number of new features for its Prisma cloud-based security package, and then it announced plans to buy cloud security vendor Bridgecrew for about $156 million in cash. To read this article in full, please click here Palo Alto had a busy week.
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VMware bolsters cloud app security with Mesh7 buy
Network World
MARCH 18, 2021
To read this article in full, please click here
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BrandPost: 4 Risks of Waiting to Migrate to the Cloud
Network World
MARCH 30, 2020
Migrating your workloads to the cloud can help address these challenges in new, unique ways. Waiting to migrate to the cloud can create unforeseen consequences. Here are four risks of waiting to migrate to the cloud and how CIS resources can help mitigate them. . To read this article in full, please click here
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Palo Alto cloud service prevents distributed enterprise data loss
Network World
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Palo Alto is rolling out a cloud service that promises to protect the highly distributed data in contemporary enterprises. To read this article in full, please click here
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IBM z16: A mainframe designed for AI, hybrid cloud, security and open source
Network World
APRIL 4, 2022
Today’s announcement of IBM’s new z16 mainframes promises a system that caters to enterprise needs that include support for AI, security, hybrid cloud, and open source efforts well into the future. To read this article in full, please click here Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters.]
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IBM brings hybrid-cloud app services to z/OS mainframes
Network World
JUNE 30, 2022
IBM has introduced a service for its mainframe customers to create a cloud environment for developing and testing applications. To read this article in full, please click here The instances would run on Red Hat OpenShift on x86 hardware. Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters. ]
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AWS secures access to cloud apps without using VPNs
Network World
MAY 3, 2023
Amazon Web Services has launched a service that secures user access to its cloud applications without requiring a VPN. To read this article in full, please click here AWS Verified Access, which the company previewed last November, validates every application request using Zero Trust principles before granting access to applications.
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F5 integrates security for multi-cloud app protection.
Network World
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
F5 Networks has rolled out an integrated, cloud-based security platform and services aimed at protecting widely distributed enterprise applications. How to build a hybrid-cloud strategy. To read this article in full, please click here
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Quick Study: Security and the Cloud
Information Week
JULY 17, 2023
Cloud presents new security challenges regularly. This collection of articles from the past year includes expert advice and experiences from peers on how to create an effective enterprise cloud strategy.
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US Justice Department sues to block HPE’s $14 billion Juniper buy
Network World
JANUARY 30, 2025
*Article has ben updated to include a joint response from HP and Juniper to the U.S. As mobile technology has improved and more services have migrated to the cloud, wireless networking technology in the workplace has become even more essential, the DOJ stated. DOJ complaint* After months of speculation, the U.S.
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Palo Alto expands cloud security platform
Network World
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Palo Alto Networks has bolstered its cloud security software with features that help customers quickly spot suspicious behaviors and trace security issues to their source to better protect enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. To read this article in full, please click here
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Better student housing with a unified data platform
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
At the end of 2023, Chicago-based Article Student Living was acquired by a global real estate investment company, which allowed the business to expand, and enabled it to make key investments in the high-demand student housing market. Articles technology strategy of creating integrated, scalable systems has been key to success.
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Infrastructure teams need multi-cloud networking and security guardrails
Network World
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Public cloud migration long ago wrested control over digital infrastructure from network and security teams, but now is the time for those groups to retake the initiative. In fact, my research has found that security risk, collaboration problems, and complexity are the top pain points associated with multi-cloud networking today.
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Your Secure Web Gateway Needs a Cloud Makeover
Information Week
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
(Sponsored Article) Hardware-based web proxy appliances weren’t designed for hybrid work and cloud. It’s time for an upgrade.
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Nutanix offers virtual private cloud HCI, multicloud workload managemant
Network World
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Nutanix is releasing enhancements to its AOS operating system and Era database-management service designed to make it easier for enterprises to manage data, workloads, and business-continuity security tools in hybrid cloud environments via software-defined networking capabilities AOS and Era are both components of the Nutanix Cloud Platform.
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Seven important trends in the server sphere
Network World
MARCH 6, 2025
All the major players Nvidia, Supermicro, Google, Asus, Dell, Intel, HPE as well as smaller vendors are offering purpose-built AI hardware, according to a recent Network World article. AI edge server growth: There is also a trend towards deploying AI edge servers. The Global Edge AI Servers Market size is expected to be worth around $26.6
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Google's Cross-Cloud Network service aims to simplify multicloud networking
Network World
AUGUST 29, 2023
Google Cloud has added a new service that promises to make it easier for enterprise customers to securely network multiple cloud-based resources. They set up private data centers to connect and secure the hybrid workforce to access cloud and on-prem resources and manage multiple CDN clouds to accelerate web apps.
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Cisco software targets enterprise cloud security, risk assessment
Network World
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Cisco is adding a security module to its observability platform that promises to help enterprises assess threat risks and protect cloud-based resources. To read this article in full, please click here
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IBM X-Force: Use of compromised credentials darkens cloud security picture
Network World
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
As connectivity to cloud-based resources grows, cybercriminals are using valid, compromised credentials to access enterprise resources at an alarming rate. To read this article in full, please click here
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Learn from past cloud-first mistakes for better AI
CIO Business Intelligence
AUGUST 20, 2024
The cloud computing revolution brought with it many innovations, but also lessons about the pitfalls of rapidly adopting new technologies without a well-planned strategy. Applying shadow IT’s lessons to Generative AI As organizations build their AI strategies, the lessons from the cloud era can be particularly invaluable.
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The Top Cloud Security Threat Comes from Within
CIO Business Intelligence
DECEMBER 20, 2022
One of the biggest cloud security threats your company faces isn’t malicious. Accidental misconfigurations pose one of the leading security vulnerabilities IT organizations contend with in the cloud. This article explores some of the most common misconfiguration risks and how you can address them to tighten up cloud security.
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Salesforce adds Contact Center updates to Service Cloud
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 26, 2024
Salesforce has announced new Contact Center updates to its Service Cloud — an offering targeted at bettering customer experience and boosting the productivity of service teams. The generative AI-driven Survey Summarization feature, on the other hand, uses the Data Cloud and Einstein to identify trends.
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