Tag: Cybersecurity
‘Microsoft achieves reach, scale and success because of you,’ says Nicole Dezen, Microsoft chief partner officer. Microsoft plans more than $150 million in pre-sales and post-sales investments for its Azure Innovate offering, an incremental $90 million “to accelerate security growth” with partners and a tenfold increase to its Copilot partner investment as part of a…
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Advance Auto Parts disclosed that data belonging to 2.3 million customers was exposed in an April attack targeting its Snowflake deployment. More details have emerged on what appears to have been another serious data breach linked to a campaign targeting Snowflake customers, with Advance Auto Parts disclosing that data belonging to more than 2 million…
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K3 Technology is rapidly evolving with the adoption of AI and is doing ‘almost everything’ differently than two years ago, Kelly Kercher, founder and CEO of K3, tells CRN. K3 Technology has acquired Dallas-based MSP OG2 Network Services, creating more opportunities for it to expand in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Kelly Kercher, founder and CEO…
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Gartner recognized nine vendors in the latest edition of its Magic Quadrant ranking for single-vendor SASE. SASE Magic Quadrant As organizations continue to prioritize providing remote access to distributed teams in 2024, demand for security and networking capabilities to enable hybrid teams continues to surge. And increasingly, customers are looking for a unified technology platform—and…
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The second year of Gartner rankings for single-vendor SASE (secure access service edge) featured nine vendors in total. Cato Networks moved up and Netskope appeared for the first time as Gartner released its latest Magic Quadrant ranking of single-vendor SASE vendors — with the two companies joining Palo Alto Networks in the sought-after “leaders” quadrant…
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The 138 new CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) is ‘just shy of the record’ for Microsoft’s monthly release of security fixes, writes Trend Micro’s Dustin Childs. Microsoft made fixes available Tuesday for five critical vulnerabilities as part of its July patch release — while disclosing fixes for a near-record number of new CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities…
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The fallout from the cyberattacks targeting Snowflake customers including Ticketmaster and Neiman Marcus Group is reportedly still growing. The fallout from the cyberattacks targeting high-profile Snowflake customers is reportedly still growing, with an expanded impact claimed in two of the major incidents. Separate reports have indicated that the theft of data from Ticketmaster and Neiman…
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John Tavares tells CRN he plans to double down on channel partners as part of a growth push at the cloud security unicorn. Cloud security unicorn Orca Security announced Tuesday it has named Dell Technologies veteran John Tavares as its new channel chief, with an aim toward doubling down on partners as part of a…
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Based on user posts to Microsoft-owned social network LinkedIn, the cuts have hit a variety of managers, engineers and other job titles in Microsoft. Microsoft’s new fiscal year has started with a round of layoffs and some changes in its partner program, especially around requirements for specializations. Layoffs aren’t unusual for Microsoft this time of…
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“The business optimization plan is intended to strategically align the company’s workforce to support its ‘growth and innovation plans,’” according to the company’s July 3 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. OpenText, a supplier of a wide range of cybersecurity, AI and other IT management solutions for MSPs, plans to lay off 1,200…
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