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 📰

Microsoft Azure | Microsoft warns some Azure usage notifications – including abnormalities – are broken

Microsoft Azure | Microsoft joins the FinOps Foundation

Harness | Harness Becomes First Comprehensive DevSecOps & CI/CD Pipeline Solution With Integrated Security Testing Orchestration, Now Available to Government Agencies on U.S. Air Force Platform One

Dynatrace | Dynatrace strengthens observability intelligence with AutomationEngine, Grail updates

Google Cloud | Google Cloud ‘Removing Barriers To Entry’ With New Pricing

Check Point | Check Point Expands its Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) with Risk Management Engine

Fortinet | Fortinet helps launch Cybercrime Atlas global knowledgebase

Fivetran | Fivetran launches Lite Connectors for Virtually Any SaaS Application

Torii | Torii Unveils Cost-Conscious, Collaboration-Focused Advancements to its SaaS Management Platform

Akamai | Akamai Unveils Akamai Connected Cloud And New Cloud Computing Services

Influxdata | Influxdata Releases Its New Database Engine in InfluxDB Cloud

Cyware | Cyware Launches Threat Intelligence Platform on the AWS Marketplace

Trend Micro | LogRhythm, Trend Micro Partner for Automated Threat Detection and Response

Commvault | Commvault Platform Release 2023: Continuing to efficiently expand secure data protection for hybrid multi-cloud environments

Nozomi Networks | Nozomi Networks Expands Strategic Partnership with Mandiant

MariaDB | MariaDB SkySQL Wins 2023 DEVIES Award for Data Storage & Management

Orca Security | Orca Launches New Capabilities to Optimize Cloud Security and Cloud Spend from a Single Platform

• this one spoke to me. This is the first time I've seen a cyber product try to blur the lines in the CCOE with supporting cost optimization techniques from a cyber security perspective. Usually, IT Ops and even Procurement are the ones concerned with cost containment / optimization. It's very cool to see from Orca and I will look for others in the space to likely add the same feature - If they're already witnessing assets in the cloud, reporting right sizing metrics is a great value add from the platform.

Smartsheet | Smartsheet cuts workforce by 2.7% - Puget Sound Business Journal

KELA | KELA launches new cyber intelligence platform

Tenable | Tenable Launches Cyber Insurance Report to Increase Insurability and Lower Premiums for Customers

CrowdStrike | CrowdStrike Ranked #1 in Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security Market Shares for Third Consecutive Time

Articles I Liked This Week 💡

Dark Reading | Reddit Hack Shows Limits of MFA, Strengths of Security Training

WSJ | How Companies Can Minimize the Cybersecurity Risk From Their Tech Vendors

SC Magazine | What to expect from the upcoming national cyber strategy

CIO Dive | IT security budgets triple as businesses confront more cyberattacks

Analyst1 | Ransomware Diaries: Volume 1

• Got this from Roger Grimes - if you don't know him, he's awesome and the content he shares is incredibly insightful and valuable. This was the most interesting thing I read on the internet this week by far.

MIT Technology Review | ChatGPT is everywhere. Here's where it came from

• Are you using GPT3 in your day-to-day operations? I know I am - it's super handy.

Tech Funding & M&A 💸

Zscaler | Zscaler announces the intent to acquire Canonic Security

• Zscaler is a California based cloud platform that offers solutions including web security, automated threat forensics, and malware protection for businesses.

Descope | Demisto founders at it again, raise $53 million in Seed for new cyber startup Descope

• Descope is a California based security platform that provides solutions including passwordless authentication, compliance, and identity management for businesses.

Oligo Security | Oligo Security raises $20 million Series A to secure open-source libraries

• Oligo is a Tel Aviv based startup that focuses on runtime application security and observability to detect and prevent open source vulnerabilities.

Deepwatch | Deepwatch Announces $180 Million in Investments

• Deepwatch is a Florida based cybersecurity platform that provides solutions such as vulnerability management and managed detection and response for enterprises.

Zylo | Zylo Raises Additional $5M in Series C Funding

• Zylo is an indiana based AI-powered platform that enables companies to discover, optimize, and manage their SaaS applications.

Pydantic | Sequoia backs open source data-validation framework Pydantic to commercialize with cloud services

• Pydantic is an England based open-source platform that enables developers to validate their python code

Meme of the week 🤣

To be 100% honest, I've been using Bing for 3 years now. I switched to Microsoft Edge a while back (due to O365 integrations - it's legit - try it) and I got the original FTN image from Bing. This made me laugh though for sure!

Recommendations 👉🏻

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