Tag: Managed Security

‘We’ve got some of the brightest minds from Oracle, some of the brightest Microsoft SQL Server experts in the world, some of whom actually grew up in our prior company at RDX. It’s everything required in a fractionalized delivery model. We’ve got a stable of technicians and resources here on shore, primarily clustered around our…

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At Splunk .conf24, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins and Go-to-Market President Gary Steele spoke to Splunk customers about the benefits of integrating the companies’ security and observability products and highlighted the opportunities those combinations will create for partners. Cisco Systems and Splunk executives are putting on a full-court press at Splunk .conf24 this week to tout…

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With the new “Build with Confluent” program, the company looks to help systems integrators develop use-case solutions around the Confluent data streaming platform and market those solutions to potential customers. Expanding on its recent initiatives to work with the channel, Confluent today launched the Build with Confluent program through which the company is providing technical…

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‘We came into this space looking to disrupt the space and to change the status quo,’ says Juan Fernandez, SuperOps’ global channel chief. ‘Their approach to the market and how they’re going to market is very similar to the way we are. A lot of other distribution points were not looking for a similar type…

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Gary Steele, who serves as Splunk general manager in addition to his Cisco post, says in an interview with CRN that a major focus for him is not allowing the nitty-gritty of the ongoing Cisco-Splunk integration to disrupt Splunk’s track record of innovation. In mid-March Cisco Systems completed its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk in…

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The connected device security vendor is adding new certifications in cyber risk exposure and threat detection response to do more with existing and newly recruited partners, according to Channel Chief David Creed. Forescout is adding two new partner certifications as part of what the company is calling the “largest” channel program expansion in its history,…

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During a call with analysts, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz pointed toward the cybersecurity vendor’s emergence as a growing player in SIEM, with many partners and customers ‘dissatisfied with the current vendors.’ CrowdStrike beat expectations during its latest quarter even amid challenging conditions with the help of channel partners, CrowdStrike Co-founder and CEO George Kurtz said…

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‘The only way to stay ahead of the bad actors is to streamline how we monitor and manage the security tools. And when it comes to IT security, relying on too many tools can be a recipe for disaster,’ says Ameer Karim, executive vice president and general manager of cybersecurity and data protection at ConnectWise.…

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‘CISOs that have been struggling with security and compliance tell us all the time that this is exactly what they need,’ says Aqueduct Technologies CTO Shane O’Brien. ‘This is a compliance game changer for customers.’ Aqueduct Technologies Chief Technology Officer Shane O’Brien is no longer surprised by the look of amazement he gets from CISOs…

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‘No longer is a solution provider going to survive unless they have those business outcome skill sets,’ says Melillo Consulting CEO Scott Dunsire. ‘The technical talent that we have on our team allows us to deliver those business outcome solutions though MelilloSmart services to our customers.’ When Melillo Consulting was called upon by specialty retailer…

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