The VMware Explore gathering in Las Vegas this week included discussion of how to manage the integration of data in IT infrastructure for hosting artificial intelligence-based workloads throughout the stack. This will impact operations in a number of areas, including cybersecurity. Earlier this year, IBM Corp. scientists developed new techniques for scanning and measuring the ...

The kickoff of VMware Inc.’s annual Explore gathering in Las Vegas this week was accompanied by the news that the planned $69 billion acquisition of the company by Broadcom Inc. had received approval by regulators in the United Kingdom. The U.K. greenlight lessened concerns that competition would be stifled as a result of the purchase. ...

The focus of VMware Inc. at its annual Explore conference in Las Vegas this week was on two central areas: generative artificial intelligence and multicloud. The company made several significant announcements in both during the event, including an expanded partnership with Nvidia Corp. designed to allow customers to run AI services adjacent to data with ...

The cybersecurity landscape has shifted for enterprises. What was once considered a disaster for companies that suffered a ransomware attack or data theft is now being factored in simply as the cost of doing business. “It wasn’t too long ago where a cyberattack was considered a ‘game over’ play,” said Jim Stout (pictured, left), advisory ...

At the VMware Explore conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, the focus was on what artificial intelligence can do. Today, the company turned its attention to what AI should do. Interest in the ethics of artificial intelligence is rising with the technology’s increased adoption, thanks to rapid growth in generative tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. ...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then VMware Inc.’s current narrative was written in a three-minute video that introduced the company’s keynote session during its Explore conference in Las Vegas today. The video featured brief remarks from several top enterprise company executives on the subject of generative AI, including Amazon Web Services Inc. Chief ...

There was a time when cybersecurity involved nothing more than storing sensitive data on a separate device and turning the computer off at night. Now, with increasingly more complex interconnected systems and networks, the business of data protection has evolved into the challenges of managing critical information stored in multiple platforms, mitigating threats and ensuring ...

Experienced whitewater rafting practitioners know that when they reach a bend in the river and hear the sound of crashing water but can’t see what’s ahead, it’s a good time to pull to the nearest bank and scout the course. Amid the current explosion of generative artificial intelligence use cases, the cybersecurity industry is having ...

Alphabet Inc. is the global leader in digital ad revenue and the top search engine in the world, yet its cloud division remains firmly entrenched in third place behind Amazon Web Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp. for market share. Could that picture soon change? This is one of several key questions surrounding Google Cloud Next, ...

In a multicloud world, businesses are facing multiple challenges in securing data. But there is an air of uncertainty around the effectiveness of current solutions. The Global Data Protection Index, released by Dell Technologies Inc. last year, found that 67% were concerned about coping with malware and ransomware and 70% believed there was increased risk of cyber ...