Friday Tech News

Good morning and Happy Friday! I’m mobile this week so didn’t get a chance to do a ton of summarizing on each link. Either way, solid week in tech with SC Awards happening and some good investments in solid tech.

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 📰

Acquia | Acquia Adds Search, Share, and Analytics Capabilities

LogicMonitor | Logicmonitor Expands Observability Intelligence

Salt Security | Salt Security API Protection Platform Wins "Best API Security Solution" in Prestigious 2023 SC Awards

Dragos | Dragos Honored With Two Prestigious 2023 SC Media Awards for Best Industrial Security Solution and Most Promising Unicorn

CrowdStrike | CrowdStrike Dominates SC Awards 2023 Winning Best Enterprise Security Solution and Best Managed Detection and Response Service

Proofpoint | Proofpoint Wins Best Data Security Solution of the Year at

Knowbe4 | KnowBe4 Selected as an Excellence Award Winner for the 2023 SC Awards

Google Cloud | Contextual AI and Google Cloud Partner to Bring Generative AI to the Enterprise

Forescout | Forescout Joins MISA and Announces Integration with Microsoft Sentinel to Provide Automated Threat Management Across the Extended Enterprise

Pure Storage | Pure Storage Expands Strategic Partnership with Microsoft to Accelerate Enterprise Cloud Adoption

eSentire | eSentire Announces New Cyber Innovation Hub, eSentire Labs, and Introduces First Open-Source Project, the eSentire LLM Gateway

Rubrik | Rubrik AI-Powered Cyber Recovery Announced

Tanium | Tanium Receives Two Top Security Industry Awards

DoControl | DoControl Launches SaaS to SaaS Remediation Workflows

Bright Security | Bright Security Announces New Partnership with Salt Security to Enhance API Testing Capabilities

Talon | Talon Cyber Security Unveils Digital Experience Capabilities to Deliver Industry Leading End-User Experiences for Modern Organizations

Gurucul | Gurucul Wins 2023 Cloud Computing Security Excellence Award

Sophos | Sophos Launches Incident Response Retainer

Dazz | Cloud Security Remediation Leader Dazz Extends Partnership With Amazon Web Services

OpenAI | OpenAI now allows enterprises to fine-tune GPT-3.5 Turbo

Google Cloud | OpenText Expands Partnership with Google Cloud to Deliver Next Generation Information Management

Google Cloud | Google Cloud debuts trio of cloud storage services for data-hungry AI workloads

New Relic | New Relic Extends AI to Identify Alert Coverage Gaps

Articles I Liked This Week 💡

Cybersecurity Dive | For security to benefit from AI, companies need to shore up their data

CIO Dive | Tech tops C-suite priorities, but ROI concerns remain

DevOps | The Differences Between DevOps, DevSecOps and SRE

InfoWorld | 3 ways to upgrade continuous testing for generative AI

Tech Funding & M&A 💸

Broadcom | Broadcom Gets $28.4B Loan For Acquisition Of VMware - VMware (NYSE:VMW), Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO)

• Broadcom is a California based semiconductor firm that manufactures and supplies products and other IT services for the IT industry.

Grip Security | Grip Security raises $41 million to accelerate growth and extend its market

• Grip Security is an Israel based cybersecurity platform that offers solutions such as access control security and identity risk management for enterprises.

Smartbear | SmartBear to acquire API company Stoplight

• SmartBear is a Massachusetts based SaaS platform that offers solutions such as application performance monitoring, source code management and testing services for businesses

Arcion | Arcion Receives Funding From Hewlett Packard Pathfinder

• Arcion is a California based cloud platform that offers solutions including real time analytics and database replication for businesses.

OpenText | OpenText Announces Addition Of Automated Business Process And Project Management Solutions To The OpenText Content Business Through The Acquisition Of KineMatik; No Financial Terms Disclosed

• KineMatik is an Ireland based digital platform that provides solutions such as content management and workflow automation.

Hugging Face | Hugging Face raises $235M from investors, including Salesforce and Nvidia

• Hugging Face is a New York based open source platform that enables software engineers to build, train, and deploy AI models.

SpyCloud | SpyCloud Raises $110 Million Growth Round Led by Riverwood Capital

• SpyCloud is a Texas based cybercrime analytics platform that provides solutions such as threat attribution, fraud prevention, and penetration testing for businesses.

Malwarebytes | Malwarebytes acquires online privacy solutions provider Cyrus

• Malwarebytes is a California based cybersecurity platform that provides solutions such as malware prevention, endpoint protection, and threat detection for businesses.

Akamai | Akamai Technologies Acquires Select Enterprise Customer Contracts from StackPath

• Akamai is a Massachusetts based SaaS platform that offers solutions such as cloud computing and fraud protection for businesses.

Meme of the week 🤣

Recommendations 👉🏻

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