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Good morning and happy Memorial Day Weekend!
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:
Cloud Computing, Security, Trends
Developer & Security Tools
Networking & Infrastructure Tools
End User Tools & Workspace Tech
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 đź“°
This week I’m trying to add some more color into the background of the articles. What do you think of my summaries?
Cyera | Cyera Labs Introduces SafeType Data Privacy Browser Extension to Help Companies Use ChatGPT Securely
Microsoft is investing heavily in AI tools and platforms for developers, especially in the areas of Generative AI, copilots, and plugins.
Lot of amazing things released from Microsoft at #Build this week. Check out the links above for an in depth review of the articles I liked summarizing the event.
Microsoft has launched a new AI tool called Microsoft Security Copilot, which uses natural language prompts to help users get security insights from their data and collaborate with others. It’s powered by ChatGPT and Azure OpenAI Service. This could be a game changer.
Of particular note this week, NVIDIA came to win. Building this supercomputer will be a game changer. This announcement shows the commitment and vision of both companies to democratize AI and enable enterprises to train, deploy, and scale AI applications including large state-of-the-art models.
Very cool announcement. This will combine Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Purview, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Machine Learning to help customers manage, analyze and derive insights from their data across hybrid and multi-cloud deployments.
New capabilities to help Azure organizations manage costs, migrate to the cloud and monitor AI models, including a new integration with Azure Cost Management + Billing, a migration assessment tool for Azure Migrate, and a new AI model monitoring solution powered by ChatGPT.
DELL is announcing new storage software innovations to bolster cyber resilience and IT efficiency.
This is pretty cool. The partnership will enable ServiceNow customers to leverage AI models and frameworks on the ServiceNow platform to automate tasks like document understanding, conversational AI, and computer vision and NLP.
Strengthening the portfolio, ExtraHop came to win this week. With updates to the Reveal(x) 360 platform, EH now offers visibility into generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Codex. They also announced a partnership with Microsoft to provide Reveal(x) 360 as a native service on Azure.
Cockroach Labs | CockroachDB Updates: Available on Azure, Multi-Region Support, and Enhanced Migration Cap
Google Cloud | SAP and Google Cloud partner to combine AI data strategies
Celonis | Celonis Launches New Process Mining Innovations to Deliver Fast, Substantial Value to Customers
A popular product in the space, Zerto is announcing Zerto 10 for Azure, a new version of its disaster recovery and mobility solution that offers multi-region support for Azure regions across the globe. You can now replicate workloads from any source to any target Azure region to ensure your BCDR strategy is up to snuff.
Good announcements from Cohesity this week as well. This partnership will allow customers to use the COhesity DataPlatform on GCP Marketplace to backup, secure, govern, and analyze data stored in Google Cloud.
I’m sure this was a long time coming and a request from many Tenable users out there. This integration allows customers to automate vulnerability scanning and prioritization based on threat intelligence from Phantom’s SOAR platform.
Dynatrace | Dynatrace Expands Collaboration with Red Hat, Launches New Integration Capabilities for Event-Driven Ansible
Very good announcement from Dynatrace. This integration allows customers to use Dynatrace’s Davis AI engine to trigger Ansible Tower workflows based on performance anomalies or configuration changes detected by Dynatrace.
Articles I Liked This Week đź’ˇ
The Hacker News | New Phishing-as-a-Service Platform Lets Cybercriminals Generate Convincing Phishing Pages
Google Cloud | Cloud CISO Perspectives: Early May 2023
Security Info Watch | New SEC cyber rules will force businesses to think beyond IT security
CIO Dive | 3 CIOs on generative AI’s rapid spread
Cloud spending under scrutiny: IT leaders are looking for ways to optimize their cloud costs as the economy faces uncertainty and inflation. Cloud services account for nearly half of many IT budgets and customers often see price increases when renewing contracts.
FinOps and automation: Some organizations are adopting FinOps, a discipline for managing cloud expenses, and using tools from cloud providers or third parties to track and reduce cloud usage. Others are implementing automation and lean operations to improve efficiency and sustainability.
Workforce flexibility: Remote work, geolocation-based pay, dynamic sourcing models, and skills marketplaces are some of the strategies that IT leaders are using to adjust their workforce needs and save on payroll and office space costs.
I liked this article because it provides a balanced and informative overview of the current state and future prospects of Generative AI chatbots and LLMs in the Cybersecurity Domain. How are you combating things like Data leakage and malicious use of these tools by your teams today?
Tech Funding & M&A đź’¸
Sastrify | Sastrify Raises $32 Million Series B
Sastrify is germany based procurement platform that allows businesses to buy SaaS solutions.
Builder.ai | Builder.ai announces $250M Series D led by QIA to push new boundaries for its AI powered composable software platform
builder is an England based AI powered platform that provides no-code application development solutions for individuals and businesses.
Elementl is a California based open source platform that provides solutions such as data orchestration and pipeline management for businesses.
Neeva is a California based AI powered search engine that enables users to find ad-free and personal information for individuals and businesses.
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