Tag: Cybersecurity
The AI-focused cybersecurity vendor is slated to join a private equity portfolio that includes numerous security industry companies. Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson says the deal will enable ‘the next stage in our growth journey.’ Thoma Bravo has reached an agreement to acquire AI-powered security trailblazer Darktrace for $5.32 billion, as the private equity firm looks…
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‘All of these tools are now available, the sophistication of how people can deploy these models across various business processes where there is data and where there is tuning of these models is also getting more widespread, even at systems integrators and other developers [that] are there to help enterprises,’ says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.…
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The data security company remains committed to driving its business through channel partners after completing the first cybersecurity IPO in more than two years, Rubrik co-founder and CTO Arvind Nithrakashyap tells CRN. Rubrik’s stock price surged Thursday following the completion of its initial public offering, another indicator that the data security company remains on track…
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AI, Azure and security are just some of the biggest topics expected to come up Thursday on the company’s third fiscal quarter earnings call. Updates on Microsoft’s artificial intelligence and Copilot offerings. Growth in the cloud and Azure business. And the tech giant’s position in the ever-competitive security market. These are some of the biggest…
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The new module quantifies the risk of ransomware and data exfiltration for third-party vendors, while combining the signals with first-party and SaaS risk, Safe Security CEO Saket Modi tells CRN. Safe Security is taking a new approach to quantifying third-party cyber risk with the debut of a new tool that represents a “massive” opportunity for…
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Part 7 of CRN’s Big Data 100 takes a look at the startup companies solution providers should know in the big data arena. Big Data, Big Plans The majority of the companies on the CRN 2024 Big Data 100 are either major IT vendors like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Oracle, or younger – albeit…
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“We believe there will be added demand because a combined portfolio is more interesting,” IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said on an earnings call. IBM executives painted the planned $6.4 billion purchase of cloud infrastructure tools vendor HashiCorp as complementary to multiple business segments – including fellow open-source tools provider Red Hat – even as IBM…
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Building on its roots as a fast-growing VAR, the company is continuing its evolution into a provider of automation-driven technologies with the launch of its security posture as a service offering, executives tell CRN. IP Pathways is continuing its evolution into a provider of automation-driven technologies with the launch of its security posture as a…
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In an interview with CRN, the industry veteran says AI platform provider Dataminr is on track for $200 million in revenue and headed for an IPO. Dataminr has poached an executive from another cybersecurity IPO candidate with the hire of industry veteran Brian Gumbel as its new president, the company told CRN exclusively. Gumbel, who’d…
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The data security firm becomes the first cybersecurity vendor to go public in more than two years. Rubrik completed its initial public offering Wednesday, becoming the first cybersecurity vendor to go public in more than two years. The offering saw high demand from investors and the data security firm priced its IPO shares at $32…
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