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 📰

Microsoft | Microsoft Unveils New Hardware and Copilot Enhancements for the Enterprise

• CoPilot button on Windows PCs. We’ll see if it proves useful for innovation and saving time and resources.

ServiceNow | ServiceNow furthers generative AI leadership with new capabilities in the Washington, D.C. platform release

• Responsible, intelligent automation is now embedded within the platform and it’s essential for successful AI adoption

Google Cloud | Google Cloud Launches Security Command Center Enterprise

• Provides a multicloud risk management option for businesses

• Integrated with Mandiant SecOps

Databricks | Databricks open-sources its own large language model, DBRX

• State of the Art LLM surpassing GPT 3.5 and Gemini 1.0 Pro

• Targeted at enterprises

GoodData | GoodData Unveils Major Update to FlexQuery, the Revolutionary Analytics Engine

Bigeye | Bigeye Launches Bigeye Dependency Driven Monitoring to Ensure Reliable Analytics

Pure Storage | Pure Storage, Nvidia partner to democratize AI with new infrastructure solutions

Confluent | Confluent unveils Tableflow to unite analytics and operations with data streaming

NVIDIA | Nvidia Unveils Latest AI Chip

Snowflake | Snowflake sees surge in AI analysis in cloud data warehouse

Swimlane | Swimlane and Dragos Partner to Extend Protection for OT Infrastructure with Automation

Invicti | Invicti Launches New Integration with ServiceNow to Deliver Automated Workflows for Vulnerability Discovery through Remediation

Claroty | Claroty and Axonius Partner to Bring Enterprise Attack Surface Management to Cyber-Physical Systems

ArmorCode | ArmorCode delivers solution for managing application risks

CyberArk | CyberArk Launches Industry’s First Identity-Centric Secure Browser

Amazon | Amazon spends $2.75B on Anthropic in largest venture investment yet

Microsoft | Microsoft unveils seven new AI features to level up your meetings

Thales | Thales: launches cortAIx, its specialized AI structure

Domo | Domo Expands Native Integration Capabilities within Snowflake Data Cloud

Articles I Liked This Week 💡

CNBC | The Javers Files: Microsoft's ongoing cyberattack and Chinese disinformation threatens corporate America

Microsoft | 3 big AI trends to watch in 2024

Reuters | Apple, Google, Meta targeted in EU's first Digital Markets Act probes

American Banker | The challenges unique to managing tech teams

Tech Funding & M&A 💸

IBM | IBM acquires Bulgarian-founded software firm Pliant

• Pliant.io is a Massachusetts based network and IT infrastructure platform that provides solutions such as API driven workflow automation and task orchestration for businesses.

Observe | Observe, the data observability platform, raises $115M with Snowflake investing

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

Zafran | Zafran Emerges From Stealth With Risk and Mitigation Platform, $30M in Funding

• Zafran is a New York based risk and mitigation platform that provides solutions such as cybersecurity, runtime inspection, and data normalization for businesses.

Meme of the week 🤣

Recommendations 👉🏻

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