For the last several years, and really ever since public repositories and storage were first used, API and other confidential data has been leaking. The treasure trove as the start of an attack is now becoming common place (most recently from Accenture, DXC Technology, and now the drone maker DJI). The treasure troves are either …
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VMworld 2017 Las Vegas: Days Two and Three
Are your feet sore still? Did you remember to bring the good shoes? Well, day one was a blinder. Let’s see what happened on days two and three at VMworld. Traditionally, day one is about strategy and vision, and Pat scored well with a cogent keynote. Day two’s keynote started with VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger …
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VMworld 2017 Las Vegas
The great and the good of the virtualization world have once again descended on the City of Sin to worship at the altar of VMware. Yes, VMworld is behind us again. TVP Strategy is well represented there this year by our CEO, Edward Haletky, and our analyst Stephen Beaver. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond my …
GDPR: What Is It, and Why Should I Care?
GDPR is a new set of European regulations that, in a nutshell, set out to codify how a data holder should secure and protect any personal data that they hold. Further, it also codifies the rights of the individual regarding any data held about them. Of course, it being a European regulation, it is obviously a …
Do We Control Our Data?
Data management is a must as we move up the stack. Data management includes data locality, integrity, confidentiality, availability, and protection. In other words, the old concepts of data security, protection, and classification still apply. However, with the advent of virtualization, our data sources changed. As we moved into the cloud, they changed once more. …
Taking Another Look at VMware’s First-Quarter Financials
Based on VMware’s first-quarter financials, this year is shaping up to be quite a year for the company. It should not only be a year of change, but also one of anticipation regarding the results of a recent partnership as it starts to come to fruition.