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Good morning and Happy End of 2023!
Wow, it’s been quite a fun-filled and fast paced year. While I took last week off, I wanted to just take a moment to express my gratitude for your readership.
I started this year off on a new platform with 0 subscribers and am finishing the year off with over 400 of you who value this work. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your attention and 4 minutes of reading every Friday morning 🙂.
I spent the holidays with family and friends and got some much-needed R&R. I hope you did as well! As we look forward into next year, I wish you and your loved ones nothing but safety, success, and lots of life defining awesome moments.
Now - onto the news! Cheers to 2024!
What is this? This is a newsletter that provides updates and insights on the latest trends and developments in the technology industry. I am a professional who specializes in supporting IT leaders in evaluating, investing, and managing people, processes, and technology tools that support their businesses.
Each week, I summarize relevant industry updates from popular Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM's), software publishers, and managed providers. The goal of my research and newsletter is to keep you informed about current trends and events that may impact your business from a trusted and reputable source. It's just information I'm sharing, and I follow and work with hundreds of partners in the industry, keeping track of their growth, changes, and evolution so that you don't have to.
Bottom Line: As you focus on improving your business through digital initiatives, my commitment is to keep you informed of the fast-paced changes and trends taking place so that you can plan ahead and stay ahead of the game.
Key areas of focus for me are:
Cloud Computing, Security, Trends
Developer & Security Tools
Networking & Infrastructure Tools
End User Tools & Workspace Tech
Emerging Technologies and Future Concepts
If you have any questions, would like information about any specific vendors I follow, or would like to have a conversation about any topic that is challenging you, I invite you to engage with me! I value feedback immensely and would love to know what you find valuable about this newsletter so feel free to reach out!
Thank you for reading and stay digitally and physically safe!
Phil
OEM News & Updates 📰
AWS Security Hub has new contolrs. The new ones cover additional services such as FSx and AWS Private Certificate Authority, as well as existing services like EC2, EKS, and S3.
Both companies will collaborate to launch new AI Powered features across HashiCorp’s product line built using Vertex AI.
Volumez provides persistent block storage on AWS and Anodot provides autonomous business monitoring and analytics. It’ll provide a secure and cost effective way for storage in the cloud.
ShardSecure | ShardSecure and Wasabi Collaborate
ShardSecure and Wasabi’s partnership provides customers with a secure and cost-effective option for storing data in the cloud. It’ll also help prevent data theft, leaks, ransomware, and compliance violations.
This is about FSO from Cisco in AWS. The new metrics enable customers to connect application performance and critical business KPI’s such as customer conversion rates and revenue impact for faster and better decision making.
This provides a unified and contextual code-to-cloud application security platform (that is if you aren’t buying Dazz). Code-to-cloud was coined by Dazz and is being adopted heavily in the industry.
Foglight will help customers manage, monitor, and control their data and IT infrastructure in the cloud and in hybrid systems.
End of an era. Did anyone else see it coming? This is a massive strain and test to customers. If you need help switching your licensing model, don’t hesitate to reach out.
Cool announcement from GitLab. They’re doing browser based DAST to scan modern web apps that use JavaScript heavily.
Articles I Liked This Week 💡
Tecnopedia | Top 7 Cloud Computing Startups to Watch in 2024
If you’re paying attention, I’ve mentioned each one of these companies and focused in on them in 2023. Wiz & Dazz are my favorites for what they’re doing in innovation, followed closely by Chronosphere from an observability perspective with Kubecost.
Microsoft | Year in review: How Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Teams, and our partners built a stronger ecosystem
Tech Funding & M&A 💸
StreamSets is a California based DataOps platform that provides solutions such as cloud data warehouse integration and agile reporting for businesses.
Samooha is a California based SaaS platform that enables developers to build data collaboration analysis templates for sectors such as healthcare and finance.
UltimateSuite | ServiceNow to Acquire Task Mining Company UltimateSuite to Enhance Process Mining and Intelligent Automation on the Now Platform
UltimateSuite is a Czech Republic based AI powered platform that provides solutions such as task mining and productivity optimization for enterprises.
Spiff is a Utah-based sales commission platform that provides solutions including incentive compensation and team management for businesses.
Spera is a California based cybersecurity platform that offers solutions such as continuous protection, security posture management, and threat detection for businesses.
Mozaic Data | Qlik buys data-as-a-product startup Mozaic Data
Mozaic Data is a California based SaaS platform that enables users to build, deploy, and manage domain-centric cloud data.
CalypsoAI is a Washington DC based GenAI platform that offers LLM-powered solutions such as data loss prevention and malicious code detection for businesses.
Isovalent | Cisco to acquire open cloud expert Isovalent
Isovalent is a California based networking platform that provides solutions such as application monitoring, SIEM integration, and latency optimization for enterprises.
Atom Security | Mend.io acquires cyber startup Atom Security
Atom Security is an Israel based security platform that provides cyber risk assessment solutions for businesses.
Meme of the week 🤣
Recommendations 👉🏻
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