Splunk has named Gary Steele as its new CEO, three months after the surprise resignation of longtime CEO Doug Merritt. “The board is focused on identifying a leader with a proven track record of scaling operations and growing multi-billion-dollar enterprises,” Merritt said in a statement at the time. We now know that leader is Gary Steele, who was the founding CEO of software-as-a-service (SaaS) security vendor Proofpoint, a company he led for nearly 20 years. During that time, Steele navigated both an IPO in 2012 and a private equity buyout from Thoma Bravo last year. He will start on April 1 ..read more

Driven in part by the pandemic, cloud computing adoption has reached new heights. These five articles take a close look at the implications ..read more

How can enterprises handle the complexity of multiple clouds — and reap unprecedented benefits? In a series of virtual roundtables, 30 IT leaders articulated the challenges and delivered insightful recommendations ..read more

Some industries have seen increases in cloud-related threat events rise as much as 1,350% since the COVID-19 crisis began ..read more

IBM is the latest vendor to provide a blockchain platform for coffee bean growers looking to track their product on its journey to market – and let consumers trace their java back to the farm to discover where and how it was grown. The “Thank My Farmer” app is slated to roll out in March and lets users scan a QR code on packages of coffee to trace its journey and send a contribution to support sustainable farming projects in agricultural communities on five continents. The app represents only the initial use of IBM’s distributed ledger technology (DLT) for an entire coffee ecosystem that inclu ..read more

From U.S. Customs agents to cybercriminals, everyone wants to copy the data on your phone and laptop. Here’s how to protect your rights and also avoid industrial espionage ..read more

Microsoft has integrated third-party mobile threat defense (MTD) software with its Intune unified endpoint management (UEM) platform, enabling corporate systems to detect when an employee's unenrolled, smartphone or tablet has an app potentially infected by malware. The new Intune capability is particularly useful for companies with bring-your-own device (BYOD) policies in that it can block access to enterprise systems on devices flagged by the MTD software. [ Related: How to get the most from Microsoft Intune ] The mobile threat detection feature on Intune will initially allow it to work with ..read more