The quarterly set of security patches addresses a total of 41 vulnerabilities considered critical severity, including 5 that feature a CVSS score of 10. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could be exploited to execute code remotely within the context of the vulnerable applications, potentially resulting in full system compromise. Oracle’s E-Business Suite received patches…

Security startup Argon says it is exiting stealth mode and has announced its official launch this week. Argon is focused on securing the software delivery process through visibility into the continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline and the software development life cycle (SDLC), officials say. Argon, based in Tel Aviv, is launching with 15 employees. The…

Lookout Inc., a provider of mobile security solutions, has acquired cloud security firm CipherCloud. CipherCloud has solutions that span several categories of secure access service edge (SASE). Citing figures from Gartner that predict the SASE market will reach almost $11 billion by 2024, company officials said the deal will allow Lookout to further focus on…

A software-defined wide area network is a type of computer network that allows the bounding of multiple internet access resources, such as cables, digital subscriber lines (DSL), and cellular or any other IP transport to provide high throughput data channels. WAN solutions improve application performance, reducing costs, increasing agility, and addressing various IT challenges. Enterprises…

By now, the benefits of adopting a multicloud approach are well and truly out of the bag. By working with two or more cloud providers, companies can pick and choose offerings from each to leverage the “best of all worlds”, all the while allowing for better contingency planning, avoiding vendor lock-in, and boosting their disaster…

Welcome to the New Year, where we believe most organizations will continue to work through their digital transformation practices. These updated practices heavily impact IT and business leaders who need to expedite their migration to public clouds and in many situations minimize their physical data center footprint. With that comes numerous challenges, including data privacy…

The migration toward subscription-based services via the SaaS business model isn’t new this year — it’s part of a larger shift away from on-premises datacenters, applications, etc., that has been underway for years. The pandemic accelerated the shift, boosting SaaS subscriptions as companies looked for virtual collaboration and meeting tools. What is new on a…

Fear of the cloud has evaporated. Instead, most companies now use at least several public clouds, from AWS to Azure to Salesforce to Slack. Hence the ascendance of the term “multicloud,” which now encompasses not just the management of IaaS and SaaS clouds, but also private clouds of virtualized on-prem resources. The low barrier to…