Tag: Endpoint Security
‘Everyone wants to get off of VMware and get into the cloud,’ Microsoft Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff says. Microsoft’s new fiscal year has kicked off with hundreds of millions of dollars in partner incentives around security, Copilot and more – and one Microsoft executive took time to thank virtualization and desktop-as-a-service rival VMware for…
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‘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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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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‘[AI] is going to impact more or less every technology we take to market as a channel,’ said incoming TD Synnex CEO Patrick Zammit. ‘Of course you have the software. One of the most popular applications now is Copilot from Microsoft. But AI PCs are coming, AI servers, AI switches, AI storage. That technology is…
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Data extortion and ransomware attacks have had a massive impact on businesses during the first half of 2024. Biggest Cyberattacks And Breaches If the pace of major cyberattacks during the first half of 2024 has seemed to be nonstop, that’s probably because it has been: The first six months of the year have seen organizations…
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Nvidia, Silverfort and Pax8 are among the ISVs to receive Microsoft Partner of the Year awards this year. A chip making giant. An identity protection upstart. And a disruptor to IT distribution. Nvidia, Silverfort and Pax8 are among the independent software vendors (ISVs) to receive Microsoft Partner of the Year awards this year in a…
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WinWire, Valorem Reply, PwC, Accenture and EY were among the solution providers named as a 2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year. A transformed legal eDiscovery tool. An OpenAI sentiment analysis application for emergency preparedness. And an app built in 90 days that solved a complex SAP use case. These projects by WinWire Technologies, Valorem Reply…
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Cyera, Glean and xAI are among the recently founded AI companies capturing major investor attention. A data security platform powered by artificial intelligence, a provider of AI agents and assistants founded on company data, and Elon Musk’s mysterious AI company are among the most well-funded startups so far in 2024. Cyera, Glean and xAI are…
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The U.S. did not sanction CEO and founder Eugene Kaspersky. The United States has blocked members of Russia-based cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky’s leadership from making transactions in the country a day after banning the company from making sales in the U.S. Twelve individuals associated with Kaspersky have been designated to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list…
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Starting midnight July 20, Kaspersky is barred “from entering into any new agreement with U.S. persons involving one or more” information and communications technology and services deals. The United States has taken steps to ban domestic sales and integration of products by Russia-based cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky, citing “undue and unacceptable risks to U.S. national security…
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