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Feb 2024 Cohesity acquires Veritas! (Veritas sold again) - Cohesity adds itself to the list of major vendor acquisitions with its takeover of Veritas. SoftBank-backed Cohesity to buy Veritas data security unit, create $7 billion firm Cohesity's takeover of the Veritas unit values the business at over $3 billion including debt, one of the sources said, requesting anonymity. Veritas is majority-owned by private equity firm Carlyle Group (CG.O), opens new tab, which acquired the company from Symantec in 2016. Carlyle has rolled over its stake in the unit and will join the board of the newly merged company. Veritas CEO Greg Hughes will also join the board. The latter portion of 2023 saw two paramount deals with Broadcom's $61bn buy of VMware and Cisco's $28bn acquisition of observability platform developer Splunk. Who's next?

As solution providers and organizations are exploring multi-cloud, they must ensure their Solution Architects and IT staff have the skills to manage multiple cloud platforms and ensure operational continuity. In this environment, it behooves cloud architects to maintain expertise across at least two of the big three platforms to ensure they have the requisite proficiency. Some of the more relevant areas of expertise include: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional Google Professional Cloud Architect Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert Red Hat CloudForms Hybrid Cloud Management Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration VMware Certified Associate – Hybrid Cloud Fundamentals

I'm always pleasantly surprised (pleased?) by how easy Ubuntu upgrades have gone for me! (Knock on my wood table!) Open Source is Awesome! Ubuntu 18.04 'Bionic Beaver' ReleaseNotes @  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes You can find out more about Ubuntu on their website, IRC channel and wiki. If you're new to Ubuntu, please visit: http://www.ubuntu.com/ To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu's very low volume announcement list @ http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce A few of the products I'm working with in my home lab and cloud environments: The best open source software 2020: free, open software for home or business - https://www.techradar.com/best/best-open-source-software

Software Asset Management is a valuable business PROGRAM when developed and implemented correctly. Aspera recently posted this great "Guide" to Software Asset Management (SAM).  Every IT professional should read and incorporate SAM into their bag of skills.  The more you know about SAM the better you can help guide your company through the years to come.  Software, Cloud, and Hardware ALL require tracking and management.  The more aware you are of how to incorporate SAM into your business the more efficient your company will operate, the more up to date your IT assets will be, and the more accurate your budgeting process will be!  More is good! What is Software Asset Management & How to Get Started: https://www.aspera.com/en/software-asset-management/introduction/ Table of contents The Drivers of Software Asset Management 3 Key Areas to Succeed at SAM The SAM prime directive SAM Savings in Numbers Is Software Asset Management worth the time an...

Check out this post over on ZDnet! Great resources to help get you started. Microsoft: We want you to learn Python programming language for free Microsoft's new free video course helps aspiring programmers learn Python... and then build AI apps on Azure. By Liam Tung | September 20, 2019 -- 11:12 GMT (04:12 PDT) | Topic: Enterprise Software https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-we-want-you-to-learn-python-programming-language-for-free/ There are tons of reasons why Microsoft wants more people to know Python, which is hugely popular because it's easy to learn. It also has plenty of libraries, allowing developers to interface with machine-learning frameworks like Google-developed TensorFlow, and the Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit (CNTK). Check it out and Get Started Programming! Additional Links and Resources: Get started with a Raspberry Pi https://www.zdnet.com/article/raspberry-pi-gets-mits-scratch-3-programming-language-for-raspbian/ Python for Beginners: ...

TOP of TODAYS NEWS!  Flexera Acquires Top Multi-Cloud Management Provider, RightScale; Strengthens Total IT Asset Optimization Suite Combined offering brings leading spend optimization for software, hardware, SaaS, PaaS and IaaS under Flexera roof Itasca, IL - Sep 26, 2018 - Flexera announced today it has acquired RightScale, the recognized industry leader in multi-cloud management and cost optimization.  This gives Flexera the top technology asset management offering across software, hardware, SaaS and cloud services.  By adding RightScale’s proven products to its portfolio, Flexera takes a big leap forward in helping solve the critical problem of cloud services overspend and control. Details @ https://www.flexera.com/company/news/press-releases/Flexera-Acquires-Top-Multi-Cloud-Management-Provider-RightScale.html