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 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 📰

Wiz | Let it snow! Wiz and Snowflake join forces to power insights with actionable intelligence

Adaptive Shield | Adaptive Shield Partners with Datadog

Microsoft Azure | Azure Synapse Analytics January Update 2023

Snyk | Snyk and Atlassian deepen partnership with Snyk security in Jira Software

Corelight | Corelight Expands Partnership with CrowdStrike to Provide Network Detection and Response Technology for CrowdStrike Services

DELL | Battered by plunging PC sales, Dell to cut nearly 6,650 jobs globally

Red Hat | Red Hat and Nutanix in Partnership

Google | Bard: Google launches ChatGPT rival

Fortinet | Fortinet launches FortiSP5 to secure distributed network edges

Sonar | SonarSource: Sonar Launches SonarQube 9.9 LTS to Help Organizations Achieve a State of Clean Code

Zoom | Zoom to shed about 1,300 jobs as pandemic-fueled demand slows

BigPanda | BigPanda Named a Winner in the 2022-2023 Cloud Awards

Knowbe4 | KnowBe4 Joins Microsoft Intelligent Security Association

Microsoft | Microsoft announces search engine Bing will use OpenAI technology

Zoho | Zoho Unveils Unified Communications Platform, Launches New Collaboration Tech

Microsoft | Microsoft and Israeli startup Classiq collaborate to bring advanced quantum software

Cohesity | New Cohesity Data Cloud Release 7.0 Expands Data Security

Imply | Imply Polaris Named Best Open-Source Cloud Solution in The Cloud Awards

Tufin | Tufin Named to G2’s 2023 Best Software Awards for Security Products

Alation | Alation, Inc.: Alation Named a Winner in the 2022 Technology Innovation Awards for Sixth Consecutive Year

Atlassian | Atlassian unveils Jira suite updates to ease collaboration for all involved in software development

GitLab | GitHub and GitLab announce job cuts

Checkpoint | Check Point Horizon XDR/XPR Launched

Articles I Liked This Week 💡

VentureBeat | The cloud's growing impact on cybersecurity

• This is a great article about the impact of cloud computing on modern business. Take a read. It leaves out SEVERAL big time vendors, so don't take it as gospel but, it does highlight the impact cloud is having on the Cyber Security market well.

Venture in Security | Explaining the complex world of channel partners in cybersecurity and looking at their past, present, and future

• I'll just leave this here. If you're a VAR, System Integrator, or someone in the channel, you'll appreciate it. Great notes on evolving to stay relevant as well.

Enterprisers Project | Cloud-native DevOps: 4 best practices

CSO | Massive ransomware attack targets VMware ESXi servers worldwide

Cyber Security Dive | CVEs expected to rise in 2023, as organizations still struggle to patch

CIO Dive | Microsoft gains ground on AWS as cloud sector slows |

Dark Reading | Why ChatGPT Isn't a Death Sentence for Cyber Defenders

Tech Funding & M&A 💸

Sumo Logic | Sumo Logic to be Acquired by Francisco Partners for $1.7

InfluxData | Time-series specialist InfluxData raises $81M to focus on real-time analytics

Acceldata | Data observability startup Acceldata raises $50M to fix enterprise data issues

MindsDB | Startup MindsDB Raises $16.5 Million To Power The AI Race In The Workplace

Lineaje | Cybersecurity Investors Back Lineaje to Deliver Supply Chain Security Solution

Skybox Security | Skybox Security Hires New CEO, Nabs $50 Million in New Financing

Meme of the week 🤣

Recommendations 👉🏻

This is a section that I intend to build out more! Know fantastic newsletter resources for information? Please let me know so I can start linking appropriate reads here!