Tag: Security operations
Presidio makes its second acquisition in one month with the purchase of ServiceNow Elite partner Contender Solutions. Channel powerhouse Presidio has acquired a majority stake in one of ServiceNow’s top partners to boost the $6 billion company’s ServiceNow business, specifically around software management services and implementation. Presidio CEO Bob Cagnazzi (pictured) said the acquisition of…
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For the week ending Nov. 8, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including Ingram Micro, CrowdStrike, Accenture, Cynomi and Nerdio. The Week Ending Nov. 8 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is distributor Ingram Micro for its latest steps to help solution providers work with…
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From AI governance platforms and polyfunctional robots to energy-efficient and spatial computing, here are the top 10 technology trends and use cases for 2025, according to Gartner’s new report. IT research firm Gartner predicts the 10 biggest technology trends of 2025, which includes the rise of agentic AI technology, demand for disinformation cybersecurity solutions and…
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‘Our acquisition of Adaptive Shield takes us another step forward in giving our customers the best possible protection against modern cyberattacks with the Falcon platform,’ said CrowdStrike President Michael Sentonas. Cybersecurity all-star CrowdStrike is significantly boosting its Falcon platform with the acquisition of SaaS security startup Adaptive Shield. CrowdStrike President Michael Sentonas said the purchase…
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Marks, who was most recently vice president of global channels at SentinelOne, tells CRN that he sees a ‘tremendous’ opportunity ahead for MSP and MSSP partners working with the cybersecurity vendor. Cynomi, an MSP-focused startup whose vCISO platform is tailored toward securing small and medium-sized enterprises, announced Tuesday it has hired a veteran of the…
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The $859 million deal seeks to enable MSPs to deliver improved detection and response to smaller customers, which are relentlessly targeted by cyberattacks, according to Levy and Secureworks CEO Wendy Thomas. The planned acquisition by Sophos of extended detection and response specialist Secureworks will accelerate the cybersecurity giant’s effort to bring improved XDR capabilities to…
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CRN staff compiled the top partner-friendly products that launched or were significantly updated over the last year. Now it’s up to solution providers to choose the winners. Application Performance and Observability As more applications run in hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud environments, maintaining application performance has becoming a more complex task. Application performance management and observability tools…
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‘They have vulnerabilities that have been announced with security notices and patches that have been released, but customers haven’t updated. And the adversaries around the world are taking advantage of it—whether it’s critical infrastructure or the carrier networks or whatever,’ says Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins. Cisco Systems Chair and CEO Chuck Robbins says there is…
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When it comes to the channel, ‘I think even our relationships with our partners are stronger because of this,’ Kurtz says during a CRN interview Tuesday. The massive global outage in July caused by a CrowdStrike update has ultimately “helped transform” the company, which should put the cybersecurity vendor in an even better position to…
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In an interview, Kurtz also discusses the major opportunities for solution and service providers in working with GenAI-powered security. Kurtz On The Record For CrowdStrike co-founder and CEO George Kurtz, the massive IT outage caused by the cybersecurity vendor’s faulty update in July has revealed just how essential the solution and service provider community really…
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