Tag: Cybersecurity
‘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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‘These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors,’ CISA says in a post online. A government agency is warning about threat actors exploiting a Java deserialization remote code execution vulnerability in SolarWinds Web Help Desk. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added the exploit to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog under the code…
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Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins cited ‘several $100 million-plus transactions in the quarter.’ Deep cuts at Cisco Systems appear aimed at readying the 40-year-old networking giant for increased customer demand to modernize technology for improved security and artificial intelligence growth – areas where Cisco partners can see business gains in the new fiscal year. These are…
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‘You need to strengthen your client relationships, your team collaboration and your service consistency. That’s going to increase your efficiency, your operational maturity and, ultimately, your sales, your revenue and your profitability,’ says Ray Mann, channel development manager at ScalePad. Ray Mann, channel development manager at ScalePad, told an audience of MSPs at XChange August…
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When tech companies look for ways to optimize operations, respond to changing market conditions, re-adjust priorities, or even shut down their operation, the impact on employee livelihood can be big. CRN looks at 10 of the most significant tech layoffs that have made their mark so far in 2024. IT Sector Layoffs Still Happening In…
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Iranian hackers tied to recent U.S. presidential campaign cyberattacks abuse services like Google Workspace, Dropbox and OneDrive, says Google in a new cybersecurity report. Google’s Theat Analysis Group found an Iranian government-backed hacking group, known as APT42, has conducted phishing cyberattacks targeting “accounts associated with the U.S. presidential election.” “In May and June, APT42 targets…
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Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins says his team is “shifting hundreds of millions of dollars into AI,” including AI networking for cloud, AI infrastructure, silicon and cybersecurity. Cisco Systems crossed $1 billion to date in AI orders with webscale customers and predicts another $1 billion in AI product orders this fiscal year. On the San Jose,…
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Cisco will spend between $700 million and $800 million in the first quarter of its 2025 fiscal year. Cisco Systems confirmed massive layoffs Wednesday with plans to cut about 7 percent of its global workforce, which should cost up to $1 billion. The San Jose, Calif.-based networking giant said in a regulatory filing that the…
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Service Express, ECS, GuidePoint Security, Autodesk, HPE and SpaceX’s Starlink business are among the companies to list open positions for channel-related roles in August. This month, Service Express, ECS and GuidePoint Security are among the solution providers to list open positions while Autodesk, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and SpaceX are among the vendors to list open…
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Major IT companies looking to expand their technology portfolios and private equity firms buying IT vendors and solution providers account for many of the biggest mergers and acquisitions this year. And AI is a factor in many acquisitions. Here’s a look at the biggest tech mergers and acquisitions that have been announced, completed or are…
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