VIRTUAL DESKTOP STRATEGIES, CONTAINERS
Businesswire | May 29, 2023
Kasten by Veeam®, the market leader for Kubernetes backup and disaster recovery, today announced the release of its new Kasten K10 V6.0 Kubernetes data protection platform. The new release includes features that will help customers scale their cloud native data protection more efficiently, better protect their applications and data against ransomware attacks, and increase accessibility by adding new cloud native integrations.
Kubernetes was designed to enable greater productivity – helping enterprises scale automation to manage very large deployments found within containerized environments. Kubernetes has now garnered industry-standard status as cloud native architecture fuels widespread application modernization. Now, IT budgets are tightening, and the pressure to do more with less is growing. At the same time, security issues remain top of mind across all business segments, with 85% of all organizations suffering at least one cyber-attack in the past 12 months.
Kasten K10 V6.0 bridges the need for increased operational efficiency and business resiliency in cloud native environments. The solution introduces newly enhanced capabilities to perform backup and disaster recovery with intelligent policies, extend threat detection capabilities, and uphold freedom of choice in terms of selecting best-of-breed components of the underlying infrastructure.
“Enterprises deploying cloud native applications today face two principal challenges. They need to protect their critical assets against cyberattacks while scaling applications and underlying infrastructure in the most efficient manner,” said Gaurav Rishi, Vice President of Product and Partnerships at Kasten by Veeam. “Kasten K10 V6.0 addresses these issues head on, introducing intelligence and automation at all layers of the backup and recovery process with deep ecosystem integrations including Red Hat OpenShift for enterprise grade data protection. We also remove friction from the process by aligning with the tools and processes customers already use.”
New capabilities of Kasten K10 V6.0 include:
Enterprise-Grade Ransomware Protection: Kasten K10 V6.0 enables organizations to create proactive ransomware protection strategies by improving suspicious activity detection capabilities, providing immutable backups, and elevating their capability for instant recovery. The new release extends threat detection capabilities by logging all events into Kubernetes Audit natively. The Kubernetes Audit logs can then be analyzed holistically by intelligent threat detection solutions to look for and flag patterns of abnormal, suspicious activity. The ability to interface with AWS Secrets Manager to store/retrieve passcodes allows for more flexibility in implementing a hardened, secure disaster recovery (DR) workflow for K10 itself. Also, Kasten K10’s Kubernetes native policies can be integrated into Infrastructure as Code to provide “guardrails,” allowing for risk mitigation, operational consistency, and automation.
Scalability and Efficiency Improvements: A new application fingerprinting feature enables newly deployed stateful applications to be automatically mapped to appropriate blueprints to achieve proper data consistency. This helps to reduce risk, minimize complexity, nurture operational consistency, and enforce improved compliance, paving the way for scale. Kasten K10 V6.0 also offers an improved metadata transformation experience (as typically required when restoring or migrating applications across environments), a streamlined VM restore workflow for Red Hat OpenShift virtualization and multi-cluster license management, allowing for an improved and more efficient user experience.
Cloud Native Expansion: Kasten K10 continues to add the most up-to-date cloud native integrations that facilitate new workloads and storage types, hybrid deployments and increased security capabilities. Kasten K10 V6.0 now supports Kubernetes 1.26, Red Hat OpenShift 4.12 and a new built-in blueprint for Amazon RDS, allowing for broader reach and interoperability. The platform also added additional hybrid cloud support on GCP, cross-platform restore targets for VMware Tanzu environments, and new Cisco Hybrid Cloud CVD with Red Hat OpenShift and Kasten K10. Adding new storage options for NetApp ONTAP S3 and Dell-EMC ECS S3 allows for more freedom of choice and interoperability with storage targets.
“The increasingly intricate and sophisticated nature of Kubernetes clusters makes deploying new services and ensuring adequate data protection for them a daunting task,” said Danny Allan, CTO and Senior Vice President of Product Strategy at Veeam. “With Kasten K10 V6.0 integrated into the Veeam Data Platform, customers can reduce complexity in their Kubernetes deployments, allowing their cloud native environments to reach their full potential. At the same time, the new release helps them double down on data protection and security resilience at a time when they can’t afford to compromise on either factor.”
Kasten by Veeam continues to be the acknowledged leader in the Kubernetes data backup and recovery market, as recognized by many industry accolades. One recent example is the 2023 edition of GigaOm Radar for Kubernetes Data Protection, in which Kasten by Veeam is featured as both a Leader and Outperformer, the only vendor achieving such a distinction for three years in a row since the inception of the report. This explains the considerable and accelerating momentum Kasten by Veeam is enjoying in the marketplace, yielding near triple digit, year-over-year-growth in fiscal year 2022.
General availability of the new Kasten K10 V6.0 is expected in late Q2 and will be featured during both Red Hat Summit and VeeamON 2023, the community event for data recovery experts, taking place online May 22-24 and in person in Miami, Fla. Designed by and built for the backup and recovery professional, attendees will expand their skills, learn how to protect their businesses from ransomware, and share industry knowledge with exclusive content from Microsoft, AWS, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and more. Registration for the in-person event and the virtual option is now open.
About Kasten by Veeam
Kasten by Veeam is the leader in Kubernetes backup and disaster recovery. Its solution helps enterprises overcome Day 2 data management challenges to confidently run applications on Kubernetes. Kasten K10, its data protection platform purpose-built for Kubernetes, provides enterprise operations teams an easy-to-use, scalable, and secure system for backup/restore, disaster recovery, and application mobility with unparalleled operational simplicity. Kasten is an independent Kubernetes business unit within Veeam.
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VIRTUAL DESKTOP TOOLS, SERVER VIRTUALIZATION
prnewswire | May 04, 2023
NComputing, a leading provider of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions, has entered into a partnership with My Flex, an EQBR company, to develop its own Web3 ecosystem. The partnership aims to deploy the next generation payments and rewards solution for NComputing's customers and end users, making it easier for them to purchase NComputing's products and services directly or through its partners and resellers across the world while offering a flexible rewards program.
Through this partnership, NComputing plans to develop its own Web3 powered payment and rewards solution, allowing its customers to transact with ease and security. The company's goal is to provide an efficient and cost-effective payment solution for its partners and resellers to purchase their VDI solutions and create channel engagement strategies with their end customers while benefiting from the advantages of Web3 technology.
NComputing is confident that building out this ecosystem will empower its partners and resellers with Web3 technology to market and sell Ncomputing's solutions. By leveraging disruptive technology, NComputing aims to deliver a highly secure and reliable payment and rewards solution for its customers and partners around the world.
"My Flex is an innovative Web3 technology company that offers a wide range of Web3 solutions to its customers," said Young Song, Founder of NComputing. "This partnership aligns with our vision to reinvigorate Ncomputing's channels by providing innovative solutions to empower our partners and resellers with new ways to market and sell our VDI solutions to our end customers worldwide."
"We are delighted to partner with NComputing to develop a Web3 powered payment and rewards solution for its customers and partners," said Soon Kim, CEO of My Flex. "Our team of experts is dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that meet the needs of today's businesses, and we believe this partnership will help streamline their payments while providing brand new ways for their partners and resellers to market their solutions."
With this new partnership, NComputing and My Flex are poised to transform the virtual desktop solutions market, providing a secure and efficient way for their customers to purchase Ncomputing products and services. The companies are committed to delivering new and reliable payment and reward solutions that meet the needs of businesses around the world.
About NComputing
NComputing is a technology company that specializes in virtual desktop solutions. Founded in 2003, the company provides innovative and cost-effective virtualization solutions to schools, businesses, and government organizations. NComputing's products allow multiple users to share a single computer or server, enabling organizations to save on hardware and maintenance costs. Their virtual desktop solutions are designed to be easy-to-use, secure, and scalable. NComputing's goal is to help organizations optimize their IT resources and improve productivity through their innovative virtualization solutions.
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VIRTUAL DESKTOP TOOLS, SERVER , VPN
Businesswire | May 16, 2023
CBC Tech, a leading provider of next-generation Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) in more than 30 markets, today announced a partnership with Zenlayer, a leading global edge cloud services provider, to offer secure, high-speed and global-scale connectivity solutions to its customers worldwide.Leveraging Zenlayer's massively distributed infrastructure, CBC Tech will be able to extend the reach of eNet Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Connect –- from the current 25 PoPs (Points-of-Presence) to 50 worldwide over its global fabric. Its customers will not only enjoy high-speed connectivity into far-reaching locations across ASEAN, India, Middle East, and South America, but also access a suite of additional edge cloud services powered by Zenlayer, such as bare metal, virtual machine, and IP transit. CBC Tech, at the same time, will deploy security services over the Zenlayer backbone as part of the joint offering.
“We look forward to working with Zenlayer and leveraging their global infrastructure to be able to offer SASE services, integrating network and security services with deterministic and high-performance middle-mile optimization to global and China enterprises, powered by CBC’s eNet fabric. At the same time, via this collaboration, we can also enable Zenlayer to extend SASE service to their customers,” said Hoo Shu Yee, VP, Product and Solutions of CBC Tech.
Operating over 280 hyperconnected edge nodes in the fastest-growing regions in the world, Zenlayer is a leader in edge cloud and the easy-button partner for SD-WAN/SASE providers to extend their global reach in an elastic and cost-effective manner.
“The partnership combines advanced networking capabilities of both companies to drive our business forward and stay competitive in today’s market,” said David Xie, Chief Product Offer of Zenlayer. “It’s exciting to see how this strategic endeavour will enhance eNet SASE Connect’s capabilities to meet the rapidly evolving market needs.”
About Zenlayer
Zenlayer, a massively distributed edge cloud services provider, offers on-demand connectivity through its vast network of more than 280 PoPs, with expertise in fast-growing emerging markets like Southeast Asia, India, China, and South America. Businesses utilize Zenlayer’s global edge cloud platform to instantly improve digital experiences for their users with ultra-low latency and worldwide connectivity on demand.
About CBC Tech
CBC Tech is the next-gen Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) provider with our own patented SD-WAN/SASE fabrics across 50 cities in China and internationally. CBC Tech enables cloud-native network and security for enterprises over our SD-WAN fabrics integrated with our congestion-free IP and networks, mobile access, network appliance, multi-cloud connects and cloud-based security to deliver the best application performance with excellent customer experience. For more information about CBC Tech, please visit us at cbctech.com
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