Friday Tech News

Good morning and Happy Friday! I’m consolidating the last two weeks worth of news into this weeks edition. I had a wonderful couple days off last week and hope you had a great weekend! Not going to be summarizing this weeks articles but there are some good ones sprinkled in throughout!

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 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 📰

AWS | Amazon DataZone enables collaboration on data across an organization

Docker | Docker with Neo4j, LangChain, and Ollama Launches New GenAI

Cloudflare | Cloudflare Collaborates with Microsoft to Enable AI Models to Run Anywhere

Panzura | Panzura Unveils Panzura Edge--Revolutionizing Secure, Remote, Unstructured Data Access and Collaboration

Cloudflare | Cloudflare Launches the Most Complete Platform to Deploy Fast, Secure, Compliant AI Inference at Scale

CrowdStrike | CrowdStrike Boosts Israeli Startup Ties With AWS Partnership

Zapier | Zapier launches Canvas, an AI-powered flowchart tool

Cisco | Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager flaw allows remote server access

Sysdig | Sysdig Launches Realtime Attack Graph for Cloud Environments

Logz.io | Uptime.com and Logz.io Announce Strategic Partnership to Offer Comprehensive Website Monitoring Solution

LogRhythm | LogRhythm Unveils Major Advancements to Cloud-Native SIEM Platform, LogRhythm Axon

LogicMonitor | LogicMonitor Launches Dexda, AI for Hybrid Observability

Rapid7 | Rapid7 Expands Endpoint Protection Capabilities

Cohesity | Cohesity Forms Industry’s Largest Alliance of DSPM Vendors

Tricentis | Tricentis Launches Mobile Application Testing Grid

BastionZero | BastionZero and Docker Unveil OpenPubkey Integration

Okta | Okta Launches Cybersecurity Workforce Development Initiative to Help Close the Tech and Cybersecurity Skills Gap

Microsoft 365 | Microsoft OneDrive 3.0 revealed with new design, new sharing features, Copilot AI, and more

Zoom | Zoom Unveils Docs, Upgrades Contact Center Offerings

Cloudflare | Cloudflare unveils 'Retro Scan' to detect and address threats in older Office 365 messages

Armis | Armis Announces Expanded Partnership with CrowdStrike

Observe | Observe Inc. Unveils Hubble - The Only Observability Platform to Deliver Real-Time Insights at Petabyte-Per-Day Scale

Veeam | Veeam moves into backup-as-a-service for Microsoft fans with Cirrus grab

Boomi | Boomi Launches Boomi GPT

Sysdig | Sysdig and Docker Announce Partnership to Accelerate and Secure Cloud-Native Application Delivery

Dataiku | Dataiku Launches LLM Mesh in Collaboration with Snowflake, Pinecone, and AI21 Labs - Database Trends and Applications

DoControl | DoControl Strengthens CrowdStrike Partnership with Availability for Purchase on the CrowdStrike Marketplace

Juniper | Juniper Networks to lay off 440 workers as part of $59M restructuring plan

Okta | Okta and Yubico team up to offer easy passwordless authentication for your firm

Nutanix | Nutanix Data Lens Strengthens Cyber Resilience Against Ransomware

Okta | Okta Launches Passkey Support to Help Enterprises Unlock a Passwordless Future

Arcserve | Arcserve and Wasabi join forces to protect mission-critical data across diverse workloads

Panzura | Panzura Edge Gateway to Secure, Remote, Unstructured Data Access and Collaboration

Akamai | Akamai Technologies Launches Client-Side Protection Product in Azure Marketplace

Fortinet | Fortinet Launches New High-Performance Switches to Securely

Microsoft 365 | Microsoft unveils a revamped Teams app with better performance

Docker | Docker launches remote container builds, new debugging tools and more

Hitachi | Hitachi Vantara Unveils Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform One, Signifying a New Hybrid Cloud Approach to Data Storage

Katalon | Katalon Launches TrueTest: AI-Driven Regression Testing That Reflects What Users Truly Do in Production

PURE | Pure introduces DRaaS, offers rebate deal

Check Point | Check Point Launches Game-Changing SASE Solution

Box | Box and CrowdStrike Partner to Combat Cyber Threats and Secure Content in the Cloud

Alation | Data catalog expert Alation unveils genAI, benchmark tools

CyberArk | CyberArk Launches New Capabilities for Securing Access to Cloud Workloads and Services as Part of Its Identity Security Platform

OpenText | OpenText's Aviator AI services 10 years in the making

Articles I Liked This Week 💡

InfoWorld | Generative AI and migrations to the public cloud

NCN Online | Gartner Poll Finds 55% of Organizations are in Piloting or Production Mode with Generative A

DevOps | Optimizing Your Approach to App Development and Management

CSO | SEC to investigate Progress Software over mass MOVEit hack

CSO | Generative AI is scaring CISOs – but adoption isn’t slowing down

CIO | The CIO at a crossroads: Evolve or become a dead-end job

CyberSecurity Dive | Most CISOs confront ransomware — and pay ransoms

CIO Dive | IT outages cost companies up to $1M per hour: report

Tech Funding & M&A 💸

Gutsy | Gutsy launches with huge $51M seed to bring process mining to security

• Gutsy is a Louisiana based cybersecurity platform that offers solutions such as identity management and incident response for CISOs and IT teams.

Observe | Observe raises $50M and integrates generative AI to simplify application observability

• Observe is a California based observability platform that offers solutions such as log analytics and application performance monitoring for businesses.

Trustwave | Chertoff Group Arm to Buy Trustwave From Singtel for $205M

• Trustwave is an Illinois based cybersecurity company that provides services including managed detection and penetration testing for businesses.

MariaDB | MariaDB plc Enters Into $26.5 Million Financing Agreement

• MariaDB is a California based cloud database company that provides solutions including serverless analytics, data warehousing and migration management for businesses.

Acceldata | Data observability startup Acceldata raises $10M more

• Acceldata is a California based data observability platform that offers solutions such as routing, performance monitoring, and spend intelligence for businesses.

Revelstoke | Arctic Wolf Announces Intent to Acquire Revelstoke

• Revelstoke is a California based SOAR platform that provides solutions such as security information, password vaulting, and case management for businesses and leaders.

Nod | AMD acquires open-source AI software pioneer Nod.ai to fortify AI capabilities

• Nod is a California based SaaS platform that enables users to train and deploy machine learning models.

Loom | Atlassian to buy video messaging provider Loom for nearly $1 billion

• Loom is a California based video messaging platform that helps users communicate through shareable videos and provides online screen recording tools for businesses.

Meme of the week 🤣

Recommendations 👉🏻

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