Tag: Security operations
Channel Chief Kate Woodley takes a deep dive with CRN on IBM’s partner strategy, its new MSP program and why IBM is pushing the channel to become Palo Alto Networks partners following the sale of QRadar. Kate Woolley, IBM’s global channel chief, sat down with CRN at IBM Think 2024 to discuss the company’s upcoming…
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‘Security is a team sport,’ Microsoft CVP Vasu Jakkal said on a panel this week. Microsoft solution providers are “critical” to the vendor’s plans for achieving and maintaining responsible artificial intelligence and security, Microsoft executives told CRN this week. During a panel on responsible AI and security held the week of Microsoft Build 2024, CRN…
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“So once the acquisition closes, our partners will have the opportunity to join Palo Alto Networks’ partner program, if they’re not already part of that, so they will be able to then sell Palo Alto’s Cortex XSIAM,” IBM’s Channel Chief Kate Woolley tells CRN. IBM and Palo Alto Networks are working together to make sure…
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Experts at Lexmark, Sharp, Canon, Brother, Epson, HP and Xerox talk to CRN about six big trends in the printer industry in 2024, from the impact of hybrid work and a growing push for digitization to a lack of awareness around security issues and disruptions among vendors. There have been predictions for decades that offices…
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The arrival of new AI-powered capabilities and technologies such as XDR have the potential to enable faster detection of threats than was previously possible, according to executives from both companies. Cisco and Palo Alto Networks may have an intensifying rivalry in the market for security operations tools, but executives from both companies agree on this:…
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Despite being one of the top SIEM tools for years, IBM QRadar is ‘basically surrendering—in the transition to the cloud—to another vendor,’ a Forrester analyst tells me. The deal was announced the same day as another surprise move in the market, in a sign of the fading fortunes of traditional SIEM vendors. If last week’s…
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“We’re going to have a big refresh moment,” Microsoft VP Mark Linton tells CRN in an interview. Copilot+ PCs, which Microsoft bills as “the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever built,” carry a massive partner opportunity as Windows 10 end of support spurs customers into looking at buying new devices. “We’re going to have a…
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News around Microsoft Copilot in Azure, Team Copilot and Defender for Cloud are some of the most exciting updates to come out of Build 2024. An upcoming preview for Microsoft Copilot in Azure. Team Copilot’s ability to bring generative artificial intelligence to entire organizations and departments. And upgrades to Defender for Cloud to better protect…
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The agreement to acquire IBM’s QRadar SaaS assets also opens the door for Palo Alto Networks to pursue the ‘much larger prize’ of migrating on-premises QRadar customers to XSIAM, CEO Nikesh Arora said Monday. Palo Alto Networks’ agreement to acquire IBM’s QRadar SaaS assets is poised to rapidly elevate the cybersecurity vendor’s position in the…
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Long View Systems, T-Rex Solutions, NexusTek, Secureworks, Deepwatch and Five9 are among the companies to list open positions for channel-related roles. This month, Long View Systems, T-Rex Solutions and NexusTek are among the solution providers to list open positions while Secureworks, Deepwatch and Five9 are among the vendors to list open positions for channel-related roles.…
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