Friday Tech News

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 📰

Descope | Descope introduces new features to enhance user onboarding and self-service

Palo Alto Networks | Palo Alto Networks Delivers the Industry's First Cloud-Optimized SOC Platform

Cado Security | Cado Security joins Wiz Integration (WIN) platform - Global Security Mag Online

Google | Exclusive: Google unveils Isolator, a secure collaboration solution for healthcare data

Arize | Arize's new monitoring tool detects when models have gone awry

Cohere | Cohere's Rerank 3 enhances enterprise search, boosting efficiency and insights

VAST Data | VAST Data Extends Global Namespace Capabilities with Google Cloud to Simplify and Secure Hybrid Cloud AI and Data Pipelines

Qumulo | Qumulo Launches Private Availability of Its Cloud Native File System on AWS

Morphisec | Morphisec Launches Anti-Ransomware Assurance Suite Powered by Automated Moving Target Defense

Akamai | Akamai unveils cloud service for video processing on Nvidia hardware

Hugging Face | Hugging Face introduces Idefics2

Tanium | New Tanium Automate offers automated insights for endpoint security

AWS | Announcing AWS Deadline Cloud, a New Service to Transform Content Rendering Pipelines

Qualys | Qualys Launches Free Service to Help Organizations De-Risk their Business to Align with UK NCSC Guidelines

Zendesk | Zendesk collaborates with Anthropic and AWS to help businesses deliver exceptional AI-powered customer experiences

Cribl | Cribl data lake unifies security, lowers storage costs

Immuta | Immuta launches Domains policy enforcement to improve security and governance for data owners

Articles I Liked This Week 💡

Security Week | Exploitation of Palo Alto Firewall Vulnerability Picking Up After PoC Release

Bloomberg | Microsoft’s AI Copilot Is Starting to Automate the Coding Industry

CSA | Cloud Security in 2024: AI, Compliance, & Advancement

Google Cloud | Google Cloud Next 2024 wrap up

DevOps | Exploring Low/No-Code Platforms, GenAI, Copilots and Code Generators

The New Stack | OpenTofu vs. HashiCorp Takes Center Stage at Open Source Summit

Tech Funding & M&A 💸

OpenAI | Cathie Wood's Ark invests in OpenAI

• OpenAI is a California based AI research company that develops and deploys AI applications including the AI bot ChatGPT.

BeyondTrust | BeyondTrust Acquires Entitle

• Entitle is a New York based SaaS platform that provides solutions such as access governance, administration, and cloud enabled permission management for IT and DevOps teams.

BMC | BMC to Acquire Netreo

• Netreo is a California based SaaS platform that provides solutions such as virtualization management, and database monitoring for businesses.

Armis | Armis Acquires Silk Security to Incorporate Best in Class Security Prioritization and Remediation into Armis Centrix™

• Silk Security is a California based cybersecurity platform that provides solutions such as cyber risk resolution and compliance for enterprise businesses.

SecureAuth | SecureAuth Acquires Cloudentity, Names New CEO

• Cloudentity is a Washington based cloud platform that offers solutions such as access management, delegated administration, and identity governance for businesses.

Vorlon | Vorlon Raises Series A from Accel with $15.7 Million Total in Funding for Proactive Third-Party API Security

• Vorlon is a California based third party API security platform that provides solutions such as risk monitoring and threat investigation enhancement for businesses.

Meme of the week 🤣

Recommendations 👉🏻

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