Tag: Managed Security
‘For Google, this would be a shot across the bow at Microsoft and Amazon, making a major bet on the cybersecurity space to complement its flagship GCP offering in the cloud,’ says Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives. Here are five key things to know about Google’s potential $23 billion bid for red-hot security startup Wiz.…
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As part of the annual Tech Innovator Awards evaluation process CRN selects a number of the applicants as finalists. Here’s a look at the innovative products that have made the first round of the judging. Innovation Surge The wave of development around artificial intelligence and generative AI in the last two years has shaken up…
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‘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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“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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‘[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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‘The company is in great shape,’ says TD Synnex CEO Rich Hume, who turns 65 in August and will retire effective September 1. ‘We’ve got a great leader in Patrick (Zammit) that’ll come to the forefront. And I’ve completed my work.’ Architected A Distribution Powerhouse TD Synnex CEO Rich Hume, the architect behind the Tech…
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‘The technical side is easy, it’s the business side that gets complicated. It’s managing employees that gets complicated, so it’s taking that as seriously as they take their technology stack,’ Strety CEO Brian Dosal tells CRN about the goal of the company’s new platform. BrightGauge founders Larry Garcia and Brian Dosal have partnered again to…
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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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