Tag: Managed Security
Solution providers applauded Sophos’ planned acquisition of Secureworks, an XDR specialist with 1,500 employees. Solution providers applauded the announcement Monday that cybersecurity giant Sophos plans to acquire Secureworks, a specialist in extended detection and response (XDR), for $859 million in a major industry consolidation deal. Calling the acquisition deal a “very positive” move for Sophos,…
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The two cybersecurity vendors will combine offerings including MDR and XDR, according to Sophos. Sophos announced Monday it’s looking to integrate Secureworks technology including extended detection and response (XDR) into its cybersecurity platform through its planned acquisition of the vendor for $859 million. The deal seeks to bring together publicly traded Secureworks—whose majority owner is…
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‘We tend to talk about cybersecurity and AI as two separate things. I don’t think it’s an overlapping Venn diagram. I think they are a circle together. You really can’t have these conversations separate and distinct,’ says David Powell, vice president of sales strategy Pax8, during a panel at the XChange Best of Breed conference.…
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For the week ending Oct. 18, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including Presidio, Intel, AMD, Google Cloud, Netskope, Cyera and Inforcer. The Week Ending Oct. 18 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is channel superstar Presidio for striking a strategic collaborative agreement (SCA) that…
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‘With this funding, we’re really focused on brand exposure and expansion in the U.S.,’ says Jamie Daum, Inforcer co-founder and CEO. ‘We’re attending key industry events and building relationships within the MSP communities.’ U.K.-based software company Inforcer has secured $19 million in Series A funding to support its rapid growth, product development and expansion into…
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Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins talks about having a leg-up over HPE-Juniper, cross-selling Splunk opportunities, Cisco’s bullish AI strategy and his thoughts on the U.S. economy in 2025 with the upcoming presidential election. Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins is confident that his company’s longtime networking leadership will continue regardless of new competition from HPE with its pending…
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“We do delivery through our partners,” Google Public Sector’s Troy Bertram tells CRN. The public sector holds a “significant opportunity” for Google partners, with a variety of organizations from research firms to state agencies to military branches investing in artificial intelligence and the cloud to improve operations. Troy Bertram, Google Public Sector’s executive managing director…
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These solution providers offer a wide range of IoT solutions for a variety of industries, whether those are meant to enable computer vision applications for detecting objects on railways, predictive maintenance capabilities for appliances in retail stores, or real-time monitoring and detection for cyberattacks against industrial assets. When it comes to Paul Galeski’s view of…
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Pegasystems, Nextiva, Verint, Sterling, Dewpoint and Cloud Ingenuity are among the companies to list open positions for channel-related roles. This month, Sterling, Dewpoint and Cloud Ingenuity are among the solution providers to list open positions while Pegasystems, Nextiva and Verint are among the vendors to list open positions for channel-related roles. CRN has looked at…
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‘We want to continue making technology easier and more secure for organizations,’ says JumpCloud CEO Rajat Bhargava. ‘Our focus will be on enabling passwordless access, secure use of AI and ensuring people can work seamlessly from anywhere.’ After seeing significant growth in the past year and relaunching its partner program, JumpCloud is focusing on MSPs…
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