Projects & Agreements
Cisco announces
intent to acquire
Observable
Networks
The ability to dramatically improve
visibility, security and response
capabilities across an entire IT
surface, including highly distributed
branch environments and public
cloud infrastructures, is becoming
increasingly important as companies
and organisations continue their
digital transformation.
With this in mind Cisco intends
to acquire Observable Networks,
a privately held software company
headquartered in St. Louis.
Observable Networks provides cloud-
native network forensics security
applications delivered as a service.
Observable Networks’
technology is based on dynamic
behavioural modelling of all
devices on the network. Observable
Networks’ solutions provide security
analysts with the ability to gain
real-time situational awareness
of all users, devices and traffic on
the network, whether in the data
centre or the cloud. Its cloud-native
machine learning techniques for
device modelling identifies insider
and external threats faster and more
accurately. This design supports
cloud environments and enables
turn-key activation for customers
using Amazon Web Services and
Microsoft Azure.
Together, Cisco and Observable
Networks will extend Cisco’s
Stealthwatch solution into the
cloud with highly scalable behaviour
analytics and comprehensive
visibility. On the heels of the
unveiling of our new intent-based
network, this acquisition reaffirms
Cisco’s commitment to providing
unparalleled security solutions for
our customers and partners.
For further information visit: www.
cisco.com and www.observable.net
48 | September 2017
Rackspace Teams Up with Pivotal
to Deliver Managed Pivotal Cloud
Foundry to Enterprise Customers
Rackspace has announced that it is aligning efforts with Pivotal to deliver Managed
Pivotal Cloud Foundry to enterprise customers. This new Rackspace solution will help
enterprises use Pivotal Cloud Foundry, to quickly build and deploy applications at scale.
Rackspace will manage Pivotal Cloud Foundry on any public or private cloud, as well
as on customer-owned infrastructure, backed by deep technical expertise and by the
Fanatical Support for which Rackspace is known.
‘Fortune 500 customers using Pivotal Cloud Foundry to build, deploy, and run
their legacy and cloud-native apps have experienced 2,000% increase in developer
productivity, as well as a 50% reduction in IT costs due to platform automation,’ said Bill
Cook, president and chief operating officer, Pivotal.
‘Since moving at startup speeds is on the minds of every business and government
organisation, the collaboration between Pivotal and Rackspace would provide customers
the option to manage their cloud environment, so they can focus on rapidly shipping code.’
Pivotal now works with over one-third of the Fortune 100, and a rapidly growing
portion of the Fortune 2000, who rely on Pivotal Cloud Foundry to rapidly develop and
run modern and legacy applications at startup speeds. In addition, Pivotal Cloud Foundry
is the only application development platform that runs on any cloud infrastructure –
across public, private and managed clouds.
For further information visit: www.rackspace.com and www.pivotal.io
Vapour invests £0.25m in development of
new cloud security product
Yorkshire-based technology specialist Vapour has invested more than a quarter of a
million pounds in the development of a new, secure cloud platform – Dfendr.
Likely to prove particularly popular with IT, telecoms and channel partners –
as well as end users – the robust network has been created to provide a resilient
infrastructure for organisations’ data.
Virtual servers with 99.99% uptime now promise users greater processing power,
without the usual price tag. Hosted solely in Vapour’s UK data centres, the Dfendr
cloud platform will allow businesses to manage their data safely, wherever they may
be. Security controls will also regulate user access, and, in the event of an accidental
deletion or cyber-attack, backed-up information will be recovered within one hour.
Commenting on the extensive investment in this new release, Vapour’s CEO
and joint-founder Tim Mercer said, ‘The imminent advent of GDPR plus the
mounting wave of ransomware incidents have sparked a far more detailed debate
surrounding data security. Now technology firms and end customers alike are
scrutinising the risks associated with their storage and retention strategies.
‘However, mindful of the increased adoption of cloud solutions, we actually set
to work on Dfendr long before GDPR hit the headlines. And, following extensive
beta testing with one of our largest clients, we’re now ready to take the new secure
network environment to market.’
Tim believes some of the biggest market potential for Dfendr exists within the
technology space.
For further information visit: www.vapourcloud.com