Tag: Cybersecurity
CrowdStrike, AI and Copilot+ PCs are expected to come up during the quarterly earnings call Tuesday. The CrowdStrike update incident. Details on the cost and revenue from artificial intelligence. And updates on the rollout of AI PCs. Microsoft executives have a lot to cover Tuesday during the Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant’s fourth fiscal quarter earnings…
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Morgan Stanley has checked with CrowdStrike partners and is now ‘slightly more’ confident in the vendor’s recovery despite short-term impacts to recurring revenue. While CrowdStrike will see an impact to new recurring revenue during the second half of the year in the wake of the historic Windows outage caused by its faulty update, the security…
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‘This incident shows clearly that Windows must prioritize change and innovation in the area of end-to-end resilience,’ a Microsoft executive says in a blog. Microsoft acknowledged that it must “prioritize change and innovation” for Windows following the massive CrowdStrike-caused outage to the operating system. The outage, which began July 19 and had lingering impacts for…
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For the week ending July 26, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including ServiceNow, Mimecast, Google Cloud, Liongard and Accenture. The Week Ending July 26 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is ServiceNow for a strategic acquisition focused on GenAI-based search technology. Also making this…
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In the wake of the CrowdStrike outage, SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten tells CRN that the frequency of updates from the vendor ‘calls into question pretty much the entire premise of next-generation protection.’ The unprecedented IT outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike update a week ago has raised questions about the frequency of the vendor’s updates…
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‘This progress is thanks to the tireless efforts of our customers, partners, and the dedication of our team at CrowdStrike,’ CEO George Kurtz says in a LinkedIn post Thursday. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz disclosed that more than 97 percent of Windows sensors have recovered as of Thursday, following the unprecedented IT outage caused by the…
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‘We are showing them how they can monetize and really be the trusted advisers around delivering managed attack surface capabilities, which are necessary to avoid problems,’ Liongard CEO Michelle Accardi tells CRN. Liongard this week unveiled its innovation road map and a build-out of its attack surface management platform to better equip MSPs to identify…
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While it may take time, CrowdStrike is likely to restore the confidence of customers, solution providers tell CRN. It won’t happen overnight, but CrowdStrike is ultimately poised to recover from the reputational damage wrought since the massive July 19 outage, solution provider executives told CRN. CrowdStrike’s acclaimed cybersecurity technology and strong response to the incident…
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New data from cloud insurance firm Parametrix sheds light on the financial cost of the massive CrowdStrike outage last week that affected millions of Microsoft devices. The massive CrowdStrike outage that affected millions of Microsoft devices is predicted to cost U.S. Fortune 500 companies $5.4 billion in total direct financial loss, with an average loss…
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‘We did send these to our teammates and partners who have been helping customers through this situation,’ according to a CrowdStrike spokesperson. CrowdStrike has confirmed to CRN that it sent partners Uber gift cards that stopped working – a gesture of appreciation mocked online as the cybersecurity vendor and solution providers deal with the fallout…
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