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July 14, 2021Tomasz Wachnicki

If you are looking for a cloud provider that has expertise in Power-based systems and that has datacenters in the United States, Europe, and Asia so they are local to those geographies and yet available on a truly global basis, and backed by deep experience in managed services for IBM i and AIX platforms, you have an option that you might not be aware of. The company is called Comarch, and it is taking on IBM, Google, and Microsoft/Skytap for IBM i and AIX business in the cloud.

For those of you who are unaware of Comarch, it was founded in 1993 by Janusz Filipiak, a professor at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakw, Poland. Filipiak is an expert on teleinformatics, which is concerned with managing dataflows on service provider networks, and he created Comarch to offer managed services to telecommunications companies and other suppliers in Poland and across Europe. The company was naturally headquartered in Krakw, where it remains to this day, and has 58 subsidiaries with 91 offices around the world and is active in 100 countries across six continents.

The company went public in 1999 on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, and today has a market capitalization of over $400 million. Despite the coronavirus pandemic some might say because of it Comarch increased research and development spending by 12.5 percent to $67.5 million and was still able to drive revenues up by 5.2 percent to $393.5 million while also increasing earnings before taxes by 17.7 percent to $69.6 million; the company has $114.7 million in the bank, up 36.7 percent.

Here are some of the big names in telecommunications, financial services, food and beverages, and retail that are Comarch customers:

And here are some of the companies in manufacturing, travel, oil and gas, and small and medium businesses that Comarch also counts as marquee customers:

Today, Comarch has over 6,500 employees worldwide mostly programmers, engineers, and computer scientists and has a line of ERP and BI software called Optima that it sells under a SaaS model and that it runs in datacenters around the world based on X86 server technology, which is called Comarch Infraspace Cloud.

More than a decade ago, a bunch of big insurance companies in Poland and the Netherlands ask Comarch to take over the management of their on-premises Power Systems platforms, and thus a new line of business was created for the information and communications technology, or ICT, division of Comarch.

In 2019, as IBM, Google, Microsoft, and Skytap were ramping up their Power-based clouds, Comarch launched its PowerCloud service, which is a cloud offering like those from the rivals mentioned above but one that has managed services at every level of the IT organization. Comarch manages everything but the applications, and we can work with all of the big public clouds in a hybrid fashion if that is what customers need as well as offering capacity on our own X86-based Infraspace cloud. We are also an IBM reseller, and if customers want to have a hybrid setup, mixing on-premises Power Systems servers with instances on our PowerCloud, we can do that, too.

PowerCloud is based on a fully virtualized model, which supports IBM i and AIX in logical partitions on Power Systems machines, with support for Linux coming down the road as a sufficient number of customers ask for it and therefore warrant the investment. The management portal, which is based on the in-house tools that we use to manage systems on behalf of customers, is shown below and is a key differentiator for us.

The infrastructure as a service (IaaS) offering for PowerCloud is available now, and we are working on extending this with platform as a service (PaaS) offerings, starting with disaster recovery and backup/replication services. We currently partner to be able to resell Preciselys MIMIX and Quick-EDD, IBMs PowerHA, and Maxavas Maxava HA products and plan to offer these as the basis of DR and backup services for the PowerCloud. We can also install HelpSystems Robot tools for monitoring as a service, and we are also looking at how we can implement IBMs Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes container management platform on Power instances as a PaaS service.

The map below will give you a sense of the coverage we have for our Infraspace and PowerCloud offerings:

Our facilities have a mix of scale-out and enterprise-class Power Systems machines, just like IBM is offering, and we are also installing Power AC922 machines similar to the servers used in the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Sierra supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States for helping customers support their machine learning workloads.

We currently have Power-based machines installed in our datacenters in Dresden in Germany and Krakw and Warsaw in Poland, and will have machines installed in our datacenter in Lille, France by the end of the year. As business cases warrant, we will consider adding Power instances in the United States and Asia, where we are already operating datacenters supporting X86 machinery. For the moment, we are focusing on Europe, with a push into the Middle East and Asia and plans for expansion in the United States. We are, in fact, reaching out to you in IT Jungle to start the process of entering the market in the United States and to make more people aware of our PowerCloud in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

We offer an array of services that are over and above what the other public clouds with Power instances can offer. In addition to the business continuity services that are being rolled out monitoring, backup management, disaster recovery and high availability we offer management services such as operating system administration, performance tuning, operating system and systems software upgrades, patch management, and batch job management. On the security front, we offer security monitoring and incident management, compliance and reporting, risk/threat analysis, and vulnerability scanning services.

Because we own the Power machines we build our cloud upon and because we offer a substantial array of for-fee services, we can afford to be very aggressive on pricing. Here is, very generally speaking, how PowerCloud stacks up to the Power-based cloud offerings from IBM, Google, and Microsoft/Skytap:

The basic LPAR slice on PowerCloud with 4 GB of main memory and 70 GB of storage with 25 percent of a Power9 core (or around 3,200 CPWs of performance) costs 38 cents per hour from Comarch, which works out to $280 per month. That price is before long-term reservation discounts or for higher volumes of CPWs if the project is extensive.

If you are shopping for Power on the cloud, dont forget to give Comarch a call.

This content is sponsored by Comarch ICT.

Tomasz Wachnicki is product manager in the Comarch ICT division of Comarch.

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The role technology plays in the typical advice businesshas expanded over the past decade, but alongside the opportunities for greater efficiencycomes the enhanced threat from a cyber attack damaging both the operations and the reputation of a financial adviser.

The scale of the threat from cyber criminals is starkly illustrated from data showing that 44 per cent of advisers have had some experience of cyber attack, with just over three quarters of those (77 per cent) attacks being 'phishing'via fraudulent email.

Solutions

The options available to an advice business seeking to develop a robust IT infrastructureare to deploy in-house serversor to use a cloud computing product.

Using in house servers requires physical space in a specific location, and is likely toincur significant installation and maintenance costs.

A cloud computing solution is not necessarily new, but it does offer the chance to store data remotely, and externally, which should deliver savings and efficiency for advisers. Many cloud computing options come without the bells and whistles of a traditional server, but a lot advice businesses will feel they do not need the full suite of extras offered by the old 'server room'approach.

Security concerns

Many institutions rely on the same model of security controls, but as the risks have changed, so should the approach. While everyone is shelving added cybersecurity risks, malware, and other malicious attacks under 'just what happens in the new normal', I prefer to label it as the inevitable normal.

Independent financial advisers, accounting companiesand other financial organisations that manage mass amounts of sensitive client data on an everyday basis should already be ahead of the cybersecurity curve. This is true pandemic or no pandemic, and whether digitalisation has slowed or picked up pace in your business.

In my own experience, IFAs choosing a cloud solution is not a matter of if, but when. Cloud computing is already a well-regarded, innovative way to leverage powerful systems to instantly address known threats and predict threats that seek to overwhelm security. The misconception that moving to the cloud will simply put more IFAs in harms way as compared with sending regular emails containing spreadsheets is false.

Cloud computing and accounting ensures no copies of data are kept locally on any device, and that all are stored in encrypted environments. Only those with permissions have access. It is also normal for cloud-based solution providers to employ teams of penetration testers, which work directly with your cloud providers development team to ensure no hidden loopholes are available in the system allowing hackers to take advantage.

Penetration testers, also sometimes known as ethical hackers, effectively try to disrupt the IT systems of a companyin a bid to identify where the weaknesses are, then tell the company about these weaknessesin order that they can be remedied. Penetration testers work for the cloud providerand test the security of each of the cloud provider's clients, allowing the advice companyto benefit from the scale of the cloud computing business.

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New York, July 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Global Server Virtualization Software Industry" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p05818018/?utm_source=GNW Thanks to server virtualization, IT departments across the world are now able to record considerable cost savings by consolidating multiple servers as virtual machines into a single physical box, leading to more effective utilization of available hardware and reduction in number of physical servers that are required to be installed and supported. Therefore, by reducing physical server needs, lowering cooling and energy costs and minimizing headcount requirements, companies are able to reduce their data center footprint. In addition to high return on investments, server virtualization also allows companies save substantial costs incurred on IT manpower, hardware, software and lost productivity.

Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Server Virtualization Software estimated at US$7 Billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of US$10.4 Billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 5.8% over the analysis period. Para Virtualization, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to record a 6.7% CAGR and reach US$4 Billion by the end of the analysis period. After a thorough analysis of the business implications of the pandemic and its induced economic crisis, growth in the Full Virtualization segment is readjusted to a revised 5% CAGR for the next 7-year period.

The U.S. Market is Estimated at $2.6 Billion in 2021, While China is Forecast to Reach $997 Million by 2026

The Server Virtualization Software market in the U.S. is estimated at US$2.6 Billion in the year 2021. China, the world`s second largest economy, is forecast to reach a projected market size of US$997 Million by the year 2026 trailing a CAGR of 9% over the analysis period. Among the other noteworthy geographic markets are Japan and Canada, each forecast to grow at 3.1% and 5.3% respectively over the 2020-2027 period. Within Europe, Germany is forecast to grow at approximately 3.7% CAGR.

North America and Europe have been at the forefront of many revolutionary developments that have been associated with IT over the years, and therefore their dominance over the worldwide server virtualization market too is not surprising. Readily available IT infrastructure, already well established installed base of servers, presence of dedicated IT service vendors and keen focus on energy conservation, makes these developed markets a dominant force in server virtualization space. Such is the attraction of markets for server virtualization that majority of vendors serving this area hail from US and Europe, particularly the US which plays host to industry leaders. North America occupies the leading share of the global server virtualization software market, and is expected to retain its strong position in the coming years. The regional market is likely to be propelled by broader uptake of server virtualization, technological advances and increasing investments in cloud-based services. North America is likely to gain from the ongoing trend and need for virtualized serves and implementation of serve virtualization across organizations to mitigate cyber threats. Europe represents the second-leading server virtualization software market owing to adoption of advanced technology across large to small enterprises, most notably in the UK, Italy, Germany and France.

OS-level Virtualization Segment to Reach $2.7 Billion by 2026

In the global OS-level Virtualization segment, USA, Canada, Japan, China and Europe will drive the 5.2% CAGR estimated for this segment. These regional markets accounting for a combined market size of US$1.2 Billion in the year 2020 will reach a projected size of US$1.7 Billion by the close of the analysis period. China will remain among the fastest growing in this cluster of regional markets. Led by countries such as Australia, India, and South Korea, the market in Asia-Pacific is forecast to reach US$282.7 Million by the year 2026, while Latin America will expand at a 6.9% CAGR through the analysis period. Select Competitors (Total 48 Featured)

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I. METHODOLOGY

II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. MARKET OVERVIEW Influencer Market Insights World Market Trajectories Impact of Covid-19 and a Looming Global Recession Virtualization and Virtualization Software: A Review EXHIBIT 1: World Virtualization Software Market by Technology (2020 & 2027): Percentage Breakdown of Revenues for Network Function Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Software- defined Storage and Server Virtualization Server Virtualization Development of the Server Virtualization Market Rising Uptake and Software Maintenance Revenues Help Server Virtualization Software Market Post Decent Growth Market Drivers & Restraints North America to Retain Commanding Position in Server Virtualization Software Market EXHIBIT 2: World Server Virtualization Software Market by Region (2020 & 2027): Percentage Breakdown of Revenues for Developed and Developing Regions EXHIBIT 3: World Server Virtualization Software Market - Geographic Regions Ranked by CAGR (Revenues) for 2020-2027 Competitive Scenario Vendor Focus on Sophisticated Features Catalyzes Server Virtualization Software Market Recent Market Activity

2. FOCUS ON SELECT PLAYERS

3. MARKET TRENDS & DRIVERS Server Virtualization: An Important Cog in the IT Wheel Cost Benefits from Server Consolidation Drive the Business Case for Server Virtualization Server Virtualization: Enabling Green IT Strategy EXHIBIT 4: Energy Consumption in Server Rooms: Comparison of Power Consumption (in %) for IT Equipment, Air Conditioning and Distribution Losses Changing ICT Landscape to Influence Server Virtualization Software Market EXHIBIT 5: Global Shipments of Smartphones (in Million Units) for the Years 2011 through 2019 Proliferation of Cloud and OS Technologies Drive Server Virtualization EXHIBIT 6: Global Public Cloud Computing Market (in US$ Billion) by Segment for the Years 2019 and 2022 Status of Serverless Computing, Containers, and Modern Applications Data Center Virtualization Trends Select Innovations in Server Virtualization Space Challenges Facing the Server Virtualization Software Market Server Virtualization: Technology Overview Virtualization Technology: A Background Study An Introduction to Server Virtualization Software Future of Server Virtualization Software Server Virtualization Approaches Virtual Server Key Steps in Implementation of Server Virtualization Key Benefits Package Disadvantages of Virtualization Backup Issues Data Recovery

4. GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE Table 1: World Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 2: World Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 3: World 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 4: World Current & Future Analysis for Para Virtualization by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 5: World Historic Review for Para Virtualization by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 6: World 15-Year Perspective for Para Virtualization by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 7: World Current & Future Analysis for Full Virtualization by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 8: World Historic Review for Full Virtualization by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 9: World 15-Year Perspective for Full Virtualization by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 10: World Current & Future Analysis for OS-level Virtualization by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 11: World Historic Review for OS-level Virtualization by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 12: World 15-Year Perspective for OS-level Virtualization by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 13: World Current & Future Analysis for Cloud by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 14: World Historic Review for Cloud by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 15: World 15-Year Perspective for Cloud by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 16: World Current & Future Analysis for On-Premise by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 17: World Historic Review for On-Premise by Geographic Region - USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 18: World 15-Year Perspective for On-Premise by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for USA, Canada, Japan, China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

III. MARKET ANALYSIS

UNITED STATES Table 19: USA Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 20: USA Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 21: USA 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 22: USA Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 23: USA Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 24: USA 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Cloud and On-Premise for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

CANADA Table 25: Canada Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 26: Canada Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 27: Canada 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 28: Canada Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 29: Canada Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 30: Canada 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Cloud and On-Premise for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

JAPAN Table 31: Japan Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 32: Japan Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 33: Japan 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 34: Japan Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 35: Japan Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 36: Japan 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Cloud and On-Premise for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

CHINA Table 37: China Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 38: China Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 39: China 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 40: China Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 41: China Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 42: China 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Cloud and On-Premise for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

EUROPE Table 43: Europe Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Geographic Region - France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 44: Europe Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Geographic Region - France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 45: Europe 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe Markets for Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 46: Europe Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 47: Europe Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 48: Europe 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 49: Europe Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 50: Europe Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 51: Europe 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Cloud and On-Premise for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

FRANCE Table 52: France Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 53: France Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 54: France 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 55: France Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 56: France Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 57: France 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Cloud and On-Premise for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

GERMANY Table 58: Germany Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 59: Germany Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 60: Germany 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 61: Germany Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 62: Germany Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 63: Germany 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Cloud and On-Premise for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

ITALY Table 64: Italy Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 65: Italy Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 66: Italy 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 67: Italy Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 68: Italy Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 69: Italy 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Cloud and On-Premise for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

UNITED KINGDOM Table 70: UK Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 71: UK Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 72: UK 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 73: UK Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 74: UK Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 75: UK 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Cloud and On-Premise for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

SPAIN Table 76: Spain Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 77: Spain Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 78: Spain 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 79: Spain Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 80: Spain Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 81: Spain 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Cloud and On-Premise for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

RUSSIA Table 82: Russia Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 83: Russia Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

Table 84: Russia 15-Year Perspective for Server Virtualization Software by Type - Percentage Breakdown of Value Sales for Para Virtualization, Full Virtualization and OS-level Virtualization for the Years 2012, 2020 & 2027

Table 85: Russia Current & Future Analysis for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for the Years 2020 through 2027 and % CAGR

Table 86: Russia Historic Review for Server Virtualization Software by Deployment - Cloud and On-Premise Markets - Independent Analysis of Annual Sales in US$ Thousand for Years 2012 through 2019 and % CAGR

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Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced that it has acquired Capsule8, a pioneer and market leader of runtime visibility, detection and response for Linux production servers and containers covering on-premise and cloud workloads. Founded in 2016, Capsule8 is privately held and headquartered in New York, NY.

Sophos already protects more than two million servers for over 85,000 customers worldwide, and the Sophos server security business is growing at more than 20% per year, said Dan Schiappa, chief product officer, Sophos. Comprehensive server protection is a crucial component of any effective cybersecurity strategy that organizations of all sizes are increasingly focused on, especially as more workloads move to the cloud. With Capsule8, Sophos is delivering advanced, differentiated solutions to protect server environments, and expanding its position as a leading global cybersecurity provider.

Capsule8 is dedicated solely to the development of Linux security and has established itself as a technology and thought leader in the market, with marquis customer wins and billings growth of 77% in the year to March 31, 2021. Driven by the dramatic growth in cloud platforms, Linux has become the dominant operating system for server workloads. Capsule8s high-performance, low-impact design is ideal for Linux servers, especially those used for high-scale workloads, production infrastructure and storing critical business data.

"The main idea behind Capsule8 is that providing enterprise-grade security for Linux systems requires deploying components that are designed specifically for that environment. These components are more adept at making the trade-offs between security and performance when needed, to achieve the desired levels of resilience and protection, said Fernando Montenegro, principal research analyst with 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, in reference to Capsule8s solutions. "As organizations move to embrace concepts such as cloud-based delivery and DevOps, the underlying compute environments shift noticeably toward Linux as a frequent execution environment. For security teams, often more familiar with Windows-centric concepts, this represents a potential challenge there are different demands, concepts and practices for Linux. This is the space that Capsule8aims to address with its endpoint security offering, combining an architecture optimized for Linux with more features aimed at enterprise security and IT operations teams."

Sophos is integrating Capsule8 technology into its recently launched Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem(ACE), providing powerful and lightweight Linux server and cloud container security within this open platform. Sophos will also feature Capsule8 technology in its Extended Detection and Response (XDR) solutions, Intercept X server protection products, and Sophos Managed Threat Response (MTR) and Rapid Response services. This will further expand and enhance Sophos data lake and deliver continuous, fresh intelligence for advanced threat hunting, security operations and customer protection practices.

Capsule8 is the premiere purpose-built detection and response platform for Linux. We provide security teams with the crucial visibility they need to protect Linux production infrastructure against unwanted behavior, while at the same time addressing cost, performance and reliability concerns, said John Viega, CEO, Capsule8. Weve innovated new approaches to deliver runtime security in a much safer and more cost-effective way than anyone else in the industry. With Capsule8s technology, organizations are no longer forced to choose between system stability and security risk. Given the growth and mission-critical nature of Linux environments, and the fast-changing, targeted threat landscape, organizations must be confident that their Linux environments are both performant and secure.

SophosLabs threat intelligence reveals that adversaries are designing tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) aimed specifically at Linux systems, often exploiting server software as an initial entry point. After gaining a foothold, attackers commonly deploy scripts to perform further automated actions. These could include:

Adversaries use compromised Linux servers as cryptomining botnets or as a high-end infrastructure for launching attacks on other platforms, such as hosting malicious websites or sending malicious emails. Given that Linux servers often hold valuable data, attackers also target them for data theft and ransomware.

Attackers today are incredibly aggressive and nimble as they adapt their TTPs to focus on the easiest, largest or fastest-growing opportunities. As more organizations shift to Linux servers, adversaries have noticed, and they are adapting and customizing their approaches to attack these systems. To stay protected, organizations must factor in a strong, but lightweight layer of Linux security that automatically integrates and shares intelligence with endpoint, network and other security layers and platforms within an estate, said Schiappa. We will provide this industry-leading capability and strategically important visibility and detection by combining Capsule8 with our Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem products and services, greatly enhancing the ability to find and eliminate suspicious activity before it becomes malicious.

Sophos expects to begin early access programs with its products and services leveraging the Capsule8 technology later this fiscal year.

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GigaOm has developed a diagrammatic lens and research document, through which to look at emerging startup technologies with few suppliers but much promise: the Sonar diagram in Emerging Technology Insight reports

Its first Sonar report looks at decentralised storage with peer-to-peer technology, and uses a three-axis triangle scheme rating companies positioning in terms of their roadmap, technology and strategy. There are two concentric triangles, the outer one being for Challenger suppliers, and the inner one for Leaders. In general, suppliers have higher overall value the closer to the centre of this triple-axis space they are located.

Each vendors position has an arrow attached showing its expected direction of travel over the next 12 to 18 months.

Analyst Enrico Signoretti writes that the reports analysis is focused on highlighting core technology, use cases, and differentiating features, rather than drawing feature comparisons. He argues: The goal is to define the basic features the user should expect from products that correctly implement the technology, while keeping an eye on characteristics that will have a role in building the differentiating value over time.

The emerging technologies covered may stay niche, or develop and become mainstream. In that case they could be covered by GigaOms Radar reports. A chart shows the technology evolution involved:

Distributed storage using a peer-to-peer scheme has multiple storage nodes hundreds if not thousands of servers or PCs, storing redundant chunks of files using some error-correcting and/or erasure coding scheme, in order to reconstruct the original data if one or more nodes fail.

A central management system controls and manages the whole network, maintaining and updating metadata to detail which nodes store which chunks of which original data. This system accepts incoming data, processes it and deploys it across the network, and also retrieves data upon request.

Client systems export data to be stored and also request data retrieval, using APIs or protocols such as S3. Blockchain technology may be used as a data integrity and security system, and also to underpin a payment system. Data storage providers can be paid in Bitcoin and storage consumers can be billed in Bitcoin.

Example use cases for technology like this with indeterminate network access speed include archives, backup, content distribution, video storage, secure collaboration and private data sharing. Mobile and cloud-native app developers may find such distributed storage attractive because it is generally much less expensive than a mainstream public cloud.

Five suppliers are covered: OChain, Filebase, Protocol (with Filecoin product), Sia Foundation and Storj. We have mentioned Storj and its Tardigrade technology in several storage round-up articles, as well as Filecoin.

In November last year we wrote Peer-to-peer based cloud storage provider Filecoin says its mainnet blockchain-based public storage cloud has reached 1.2EB (1 exabyte) of capacity and claims to offer a hyper-competitive alternative to AWS, Azure and Google. The service is priced in Bitcoin and the capacity is available across thousands of servers and PCs worldwide who assign spare capacity to Filecoin.

We have covered a sixth one, Cubbit, only recently. Its so new its not yet in the Sonar report.

The GigaOm report describes each vendor and its product, analyses the technology as a whole, and reviews considerations for adoption by enterprises. Signoretti writes: It helps organisations of all sizes to understand a technology, its strengths and weaknesses, and its fit within an overall IT strategy. Read it to keep an eye on newly emergent storage technologies.

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