Tag: Cybersecurity
The new hires come as Microsoft continues to assert leadership in the growing AI space while furthering efforts to increase the security of its products. A Microsoft artificial intelligence CEO, a CTO of worldwide defense and intelligence, and a corporate vice president of core data services are among the most consequential hires at Microsoft so…
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Circana’s Mike Crosby sees several reasons for optimism when it comes to B2B spending now through the end of 2026. Below is a transcript of the above video. Jennifer Follett, vice president of U.S. content and executive editor, CRN: I am here with Mike Crosby of Circana. Mike, thank you so much for joining me.…
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The evolving threat environment and growing regulatory pressures are prompting more organizations to begin measuring their cyber risk from a financial perspective, according to Optiv’s James Turgal. Amid a convergence of factors including the intensification of both cyberthreats and regulatory pressures, more organizations are focusing on quantifying their cyber risk from a financial perspective, executives…
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CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy dives into Cortex AI and Iceberg customer momentum, the impact of Snowflake’s recent cyberattack and how AI will ‘c ontribute materially to revenue’ in 2025 . CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy was bullish about his company’s AI future during Snowflake’s Q2 earnings report on Wednesday, while also downplaying his company’s recent cyberattack and unveiling…
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‘Security continues to be our top priority,’ according to Microsoft. Microsoft will make the controversial “recall” feature for its artificial intelligence-powered Copilot+ PCs available to Windows Insiders users in October. The Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant added the new release date to a previous blog post about recall, which was billed as a way for users…
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Reported claims by Action1 that CrowdStrike was planning to acquire the patch management firm for nearly $1 billion are ‘outrageous,’ CrowdStrike’s Gur Talpaz says in a LinkedIn post. Reported claims that CrowdStrike sought to acquire patch management firm Action1 for nearly $1 billion have no basis in reality, according to a CrowdStrike executive. In a…
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Reports suggest that well-known cybersecurity vendors including Tenable, eSentire and Trend Micro are seeking to be acquired. Buyers Wanted The list of major cybersecurity vendors that are reportedly pursuing an acquisition by private equity investors—or are facing pressure to do so—is continuing to grow. Following recent reports that top security vendors including Tenable and Trend…
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‘Nothing is safe anymore. The more layers of protection we can have, the better I sleep,’ Randy Jorgensen, managing member of South Jordan, Utah-based RJNetworks, tells CRN. Microsoft will take a phased approach to its requirement that all Azure users adopt multi-factor authentication, starting with Azure portal, Microsoft Entra administration center and Intune admin center…
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The cybersecurity giant’s ‘platformization momentum accelerated sequentially and continues to drive ARR expansion,’ a TD Cowen analyst tells investors. Palo Alto Networks is finding major traction with its “platformization” strategy that debuted earlier this year, a TD Cowen analyst told investors Tuesday, following the cybersecurity giant’s latest quarterly report. In February, Palo Alto Networks CEO…
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‘Our aim is to be more valuable to our clients tomorrow than we are today,’ says Rich Falcone, president of Ahead. ‘If we can achieve that, growth will naturally follow.’ Nearly six months after Ahead acquired CDI, the combined company is ready to drive significant value for customers and reshape its go-to-market strategy. “Now that…
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