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 a Digital Consultant 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 | GitHub Copilot Enterprise is now generally available

New Relic | New Relic launches live archives: Historical logs with instant access

Tenable | Tenable introduces groundbreaking visibility across IT, OT and IoT domains to fully illuminate attack vectors and Risks

UiPath | UiPath and Google Cloud expand strategic partnership to accelerate access to GenAI and Cloud-based automation

Veeam | Veeam launches Azure-based managed Data Cloud service

Cyolo | Cyolo PRO simplifies remote privileged access in OT environments

HYCU | HYCU® Becomes First Data Protection Solution to Attain

Cyware | VulnCheck and Cyware Partner to Bolster Vulnerability Management

Qumuo | Qumulo Launches a Cloud Native Solution for Cold File Data

Sumo Logic | Sumo Logic unveils Flex Licensing plan for unlimited log data analysis

Pentera | Pentera Launches First-Ever Automated Cloud Penetration Testing Product to Reduce Exposure to Cloud-Native Attacks

Box | Box Expands its Collaboration with Microsoft with New Azure OpenAI Service Integration

Snowflake | Snowflake Partners with Mistral AI to Bring Industry-Leading Language Models to Enterprises Through Snowflake Cortex

NetApp | NetApp announces simplified, secure, high-performing infrastructure in partnership with NVIDIA

Delinea | Introducing Delinea’s New Privilege Control Feature For Servers To Prevent Stolen Credentials And Lateral Movement

CrowdStrike | Dell Technologies and CrowdStrike Expand Partnership Delivering Comprehensive Managed Detection & Response

JFrog | JFrog announces new technology integration with MLOps platform Qwak

Lookout | Lookout introduces SSE solution for mid-market enterprises

Check Point | Check Point Launches New SaaS Security Solution

Cloudflare | Cloudflare, Inc. Announces the Launch of Magic Cloud Networking

Microsoft | Microsoft debuts Copilot for finance pros

Microsoft | Advancing Trust, Transparency, and Control with Copilot for Microsoft 365

Articles I Liked This Week 💡

OpenAI | OpenAI and Elon Musk

Venturebeat | A CISO's guide to AI: Embracing innovation while mitigating risk

WSJ | Companies Are Juggling More Software Vendors Than Ever. It Isn’t Easy.

InfoWorld | ServiceNow, Hugging Face, and Nvidia expand StarCoder2 coding LLM

InfoWorld | Why we need both cloud engineers and cloud architects | InfoWorld

Tech Funding & M&A 💸

Axonius | Axonius Announces $200 Million Series E Extension

• Axonius is a New York based cybersecurity platform that provides solutions such as cloud asset compliance and policy enforcement for businesses.

Vade | PE-backed Hornetsecurity Group picks up Vade

• Vade is a France based cybersecurity platform that offers solutions such as email security, incident response, and threat detection for businesses.

Cycode | Cycode Adds Exclamation Point to Its Complete ASPM Platform with Strategic Acquisition of Bearer, an AI-Powered SAST & API Discovery Company

• Bearer is a California based SaaS platform that offers solutions such as data security, cloud integrations, risk intelligence, and threat identification for businesses.

Claroty | Cyber unicorn Claroty raises $100 million, surpasses $100 million in ARR

• Claroty is an Israel based cybersecurity platform that provides solutions including threat detection and network protection for businesses, especially in industrial and healthcare sectors.

GoTo | GoTo Group, Inc. Announces Closing of Exchange Offer for 5.50% Senior Secured Notes Due 2027

• GoTo is a Massachusetts based SaaS firm that offers solutions such as collaboration and IT management tools for businesses.

Sweet Security | Former Israeli military cyber chiefs net $33 million Series A for cloud security star

• Sweet is an Israel based cybersecurity platform that provides solutions such as runtime security and threat detection and response for businesses.

Flow | CrowdStrike to Buy Israeli Data Defense Vendor Flow Security

• Flow Security is an Israel based cybersecurity platform that provides solutions such as data loss prevention and data security posture management for businesses.

Meme of the week 🤣

Recommendations 👉🏻

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