Topic: Cloud - Page 163

– IBM will be the first major cloud provider to launch bare metal servers powered by new Intel Xeon Scalable processors globally.

New connectivity option supports customers’ increased adoption of cloud-based business services while maintaining security, QoS, and network control

Citrix Systems, Inc. announced that its board of directors has appointed David J. Henshall, chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Citrix, as president, chief executive officer (CEO) and a member of the board, effective immediately. Mr. Henshall’s appointment follows the mutual separation decision between the Citrix board and Kirill Tatarinov, president, CEO and director of Citrix.

In an announcement timed to coincide with Microsoft’s partner conference this week, the distributor introduced new services aimed at helping resellers design, build, and manage Azure-based infrastructure solutions.

The security vendor also added SD-WAN optimization capabilities to its NextGen Firewall product family, introduced a new API for its Web Application Firewall portfolio, and announced a new alliance agreement with DevOps toolmaker Puppet Inc.

On the second day of the company’s Inspire partner conference, Microsoft’s Judson Althoff (pictured) provided a detailed look at a new organizational model aimed at delivering complete solutions in targeted markets to customers in specific industries.

The acquisition is the first step in what Arcserve describes as a 12-month process to build the industry’s first “disaster avoidance” solution for mid-market companies with both hybrid cloud and cloud-only deployment options.

The distributor will add editions of its recently introduced hosted SMB network-in-a-box that include the Microsoft 365 Business suite as soon as that freshly unveiled product enters general availability this fall.

Provides Accessible Hybrid Cloud Solution for Customers of All Sizes with Managed Azure Stack and a Proof of Concept

Named Microsoft 365 and available soon, the new offering combines Microsoft’s Office 365, Enterprise Mobility + Security, and Windows 10 products in one integrated package priced at $20 per user per month for SMBs.