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Good morning and Happy Friday!

Thank you so much for making this a part of your Friday morning coffee time. I'm Phil Moroni, and I'm an Account Executive in the Information Technology industry here with another edition of Friday Tech News!

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:

1. Cloud Computing, Security, Trends

2. Developer & Security Tools

3. Networking & Infrastructure Tools

4. End User Tools & Workspace Tech

5. 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 📰

Satori | Satori and Collibra Expand Integration Partnership to Offer a Unified Governance Experience

JFrog | JFrog Integrates with DataBricks-Developed MLflow to Provide Streamlined Machine Learning Lifecycle

New Relic | New Relic Unveils AI Monitoring Suite for Enhanced Performance

Cloudflare | Cloudflare powers one-click, simple global deployment for AI applications with Hugging Face

OpenText | OpenText releases new browser extension that verifies if open source libraries meet company security policies

Akamai | Akamai launches Guardicore Platform to enhance zero-trust security for hybrid environments

Aqua Security | Aqua Security and Orca Security Partner to Address Joint

Palo Alto Networks | Palo Alto Networks launches Prisma SASE 3.0 for enhanced device security

Arista | Arista Launches Next Generation Multi-Domain Segmentation for Zero Trust Networking

JupiterOne | JupiterOne and watchTowr announce partnership to protect business critical assets with broad exposure management capabilities, spearheaded by new CEO, Paul Forte

Delinea | Delinea Launches CIEM and ITDR, Enabling Organizations to Meet the Identity Security Needs of Modern Enterprises More Easily

Upbound | Announcing Upbound is Now Everywhere, Accelerating Crossplane Control Planes for Enterprises

AWS | Amazon Q Is an AI Tool That Handles Workplace Queries and Writes Code

Adaptive Shield | Adaptive Shield unveils SaaS security for AI

Sysdig | Sysdig Launches AI Workload Security To Mitigate Active AI Risk

Wiz | Illumio and Wiz Join Forces to Reduce Cloud Risk and

Anthropic | Anthropic introduces Team subscription tier for Claude 3, iOS app

Deep Instinct | Deep Instinct Launches Advanced, GenAI-Based Security Analysis Assistant for Unknown Threats

Appdome | Appdome launches MobileEDR, merging MTD and EDR to protect enterprise mobile apps

Atlassian | Atlassian Rovo is an AI knowledge discovery tool for the enterprise

Confluent | Confluent Unveils New Capabilities to Apache Flink Offering to Simplify AI and Bring Stream Processing to Workloads Everywhere

Lacework | Lacework Reduces Security Friction for Developers, Introduces Smart Fix Automated Remediation

Zenity | Zenity Introduces Cutting-Edge Security Measures for Copilot for Microsoft 365

Snyk | Snyk Adds Second ASPM Tool to Portfolio

Commvault | Commvault Turns the Concept of Cleanrooms on Its Head: Democratizing the Technology and Giving CISOs / CIOs Confidence They Can Recover When Attacked 

Sysdig | Sysdig Launches Runtime Insights Partner Ecosystem to Combat Active Cloud Risk and Stop Attacks

Atlassian | New Relic and Atlassian Deliver the First Observability Integration for Incidents Tab in Jira

Binary Defense | Binary Defense Unveils New Portal for a Unified Managed Detection and Response Experience

Dasera | Dasera Announces Integrations with Cisco, Cohesity, & Intuitive Cloud To Extend Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Offering

Trellix | Trellix Wise Delivers GenAI Powered Hyper Automation for Threat Detection and Response

Gurucul | Gurucul Disrupts the SIEM Market, Launches REVEAL, the Only Cost-Optimized Unified Security Analytics Platform Providing Full Visibility and Real-time Threat Detection and Response

Portkey.ai | Portkey.ai Partners with F5 to Deliver Reliable, Secure Enterprise AI Applications

RSA | RSA Partners with Microsoft to Secure Environments through New External Authentication Methods Capability

Articles I Liked This Week 💡

Cyber Security Dive | CISA warned 1,750 organizations of ransomware vulnerabilities last year. Only half took action.

CSO Online | Most interesting products to see at RSAC 2024

Forrester | 2024 RSA Conference Prediction: Proactive Security Dominates

Bleeping Computer | CISA says GitLab account takeover bug is actively exploited in attacks

SC Magazine | More than 450K hit by JPMorgan breach

Bleeping Computer | Okta warns of "unprecedented" credential stuffing attacks on customers

Medium | How an empty S3 bucket can make your AWS bill explode

Tech Funding & M&A 💸

Island | Cyber startup Island doubles valuation to $3 billion in $175 million Series D

• Island is a Texas based cybersecurity platform that provides solutions such as user account management, browser security, and automated phishing protection for enterprise businesses.

Corelight | Corelight Secures $150 Million in Series E Funding Led by Accel, with participation from Cisco Investments and CrowdStrike

• Corelight is a California based cybersecurity platform that offers solutions such as open network detection and response for businesses.

SafeBase | Trust Center Platform startup SafeBase raises $33M for platform development

• SafeBase is a California based AI-powered questionnaire assistance platform that provides solutions such as access management and security reviews for GRC and revenue teams.

Traceable | Traceable AI Secures $30M Strategic Investment Round

• Traceable is a California based API security platform that offers solutions including threat detection and attack protection for businesses.

Oasis | Oasis Security Raises $35 Million to Tackle Non-Human Identity Management

• Oasis is an Israel based identity management platform that offers solutions such as automated inventory and lifecycle management for businesses.

LayerX | LayerX Security Raises $26M in Series A Funding

• LayerX is an Israel based cybersecurity platform that offers solutions such as threat monitoring, third party access management, and browser security for businesses.

Mimic | Ransomware defense company Mimic emerges from stealth, announces $27M seed round from Ballistic, Menlo, Team8, Wing, and Shield

• Mimic is a California based ransomware defense company that enables enterprises to detect, defect, and recover from cyber attacks.

StrongDM | StrongDM Secures $34 Million Series C Funding to Expand into Europe and Asia, and Establish Zero Trust PAM for Enterprise Security

• StrongDM is a New York based cybersecurity platform that offers solutions such as privileged session management, reporting, and policy enforcement for businesses.

CoreWeave | Nvidia-backed GPU cloud provider CoreWeave is worth $19 billion

• CoreWeave is a New Jersey based GPU accelerated cloud platform that offers solutions such as VFX rendering and pixel streaming for businesses.

Apex | Apex Raises $7M In Seed Funding

• Apex is an Israel based AI powered security platform that provides solutions such as data leakage, policy enforcement, risk mitigation, and threat detection for businesses.

Oak9 | Drata Acquires oak9 and Announces New Compliance as Code Capabilities

• Oak9 is an Illinois based IaC platform that helps developers to build security and compliance into cloud native applications.

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