Friday Tech News

1/13/2023

Phil Moroni
January 13, 2023

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 Services 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 and procurement 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 | Amazon S3 will now encrypt all new data with AES-256 by default

CyberArk | CyberArk Audit Delivers Security Event Information to Amazon Security Lake

Knowbe4 | KnowBe4 Integrates With CrowdStrike to Help Organizations Reduce Human Risk

AWS | Announcing the general availability of Amazon Route 53 Application Recovery Controller zonal shift

Microsoft Azure | Microsoft named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Public Cloud Development and Infrastructure Platforms, 2022 | Azure Blog and Updates

Traceable AI | Traceable AI Addresses Newest FFIEC Compliance Guidelines Highlighting API Security for Financial Institutions

Salesforce | Salesforce layoffs reportedly ravage another SF tech firm

Aporia | Aporia launches Direct Data Connectors, the industry's first solution for monitoring large-scale data to ensure safe and trustworthy AI

Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 will reach end of support in October, says Microsoft

Globalgig | Globalgig Achieves SOC 2 Type II Certification through Independent Audit

Bitdefender | Bitdefender releases free decryption tool for MegaCortex ransomware

HashiCorp | HashiCorp Terraform Plugin Framework Now Generally Available

Cloudflare | Cloudflare launches 'Digital Experience Monitoring' dashboard for CIOs

Palantir | Palantir Announces Strategic Partnership with Cloudflare Focused on Cloud Cost Optimization

Verrsa Networks | Versa Networks Named 2022 CyberSecured Awards Winner

Scale AI | scale ai layoffs: Software firm Scale AI lays off 20% of workforce

Informatica | Informatica to lay off 7% of its workforce to cut costs

DataRobot | DataRobot launches Notebooks to simplify AI model development

LambdaTest | LambdaTest launches Test Analytics to enable better

42Crunch | 42Crunch Expands Collaboration with Microsoft

Cloudera | Cloudera Recognised as a Leader in 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Database Management Systems

DoControl | DoControl has been named a Sample Vendor in SaaS Security Posture Management in both reports

Palo Alto Networks | Palo Alto Networks Leader in 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant

Citrix | Thousands of Citrix, Tibco employees laid off following merger

Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Launches 365 Basic Plan For Consumers

Google Cloud | Google Cloud Marketplace Revamped: 4 Huge New Capabilities

PagerDuty | PagerDuty Launches Status Pages

Bionic | Wiz and Bionic Integrate to Offer Unified Cloud-Native Security

AWS | Changes to AWS Billing, Cost Management, and Account Consoles Permissions

Articles I Liked This Week 💡

Forbes | AI Enters The Mainstream With ChatGPT

Calcalist | Israeli cyber startups to keep an eye on in 2023

CSO | Cybersecurity startups to watch for in 2023

CIO | Top 9 challenges IT leaders will face in 2023 | CIO

Security & Cyber Security need to be first - front and center to every business. The #1 goal of the business is to make money right? So why shouldn't the #2 goal of the business be securing that and the associated components (aka, Information Technology Systems and Services). I think it's high time that CIO's and CISO's join CFO's and CEO's at the same table to discuss why IT initiatives deserve investment and what IT really means to the business. Now more than ever it's important to listen to your leaders in Information Technology in what they need to support the overall health of the business.

CIO Dive | 3 cloud trends to watch in 2023 | CIO Dive

I called out Cloud Cost Optimization and FinOps recently as a trend to watch in 2023, and, it's nice to see mainstream outlets pick up on that. Need help with FinOps? Reach out - happy to have a discussion.

CIO Dive | 3 trends shaping enterprise SaaS use in 2023

SC Magazine | What CISOs don’t know about their SOCs