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FireMon, the pioneering network security and firewall policy management company, detailed expanded support for Zero Trust microsegmentation across hybrid environments, including a deeper integration with Illumio and continued coverage for VMware NSX and Zscaler. By normalising, analysing, and continuously validating segmentation intent across network, virtual, and host enforcement points, FireMon helps security teams operationalise Zero Trust at enterprise scale. Firewall governance...

HackerOne, a pioneer in offensive security solutions, announced the appointment of Nidhi Aggarwal as Chief Product Officer (CPO) and member of the executive leadership team. Aggarwal will lead the execution of HackerOne's platform vision and product strategy, unifying the company’s product portfolio around a more integrated, AI-powered experience that seamlessly scales human security expertise through AI agents to not just find but remediate vulnerabilities. HackerOne’s product evo...

Arrow Electronics announces it has entered into a Europe-wide agreement with digital workplace platform provider Omnissa. Under the agreement, Arrow will provide resellers across Europe with access to Omnissa's AI-driven digital work platform. Omnissa, formerly VMware EUC (End User Computing), was acquired from Broadcom by private equity firm KKR in July. The company serves over 26,000 customers globally, providing unified endpoint management, virtual apps and desktops, digital employee experie...

Cloudbrink, the personal SASE provider, has named Graphene Networks as a distribution partner for North America. North Carolina-based Graphene Networks, a specialist in managed WAN edge services, will supply the Cloudbrink service to technology service distributors (TSDs) as a VPN replacement and high-performance alternative to ZTNA. Traditional SD-WAN solutions Cloudbrink provides fast, secure access to SaaS, cloud, and on-prem applications. Graphene sells managed network services and suppor...

LiveAction, a pioneering provider in end-to-end network security and performance visibility, has announced pivotal appointments to its EMEA leadership team. The strategic hires of Ian Gallagher as Regional Sales Director for Northern Europe, Guntram Allfen as Regional Sales Director for Central Europe, and Sebastien Texier as Regional Sales Director for France, underscore LiveAction's commitment to accelerating growth and customer success across the European region. Strengthening LiveAction's...

Barracuda Networks, Inc., a trusted partner and major provider of cloud-first security solutions, announced that Neal Bradbury has been elevated to the role of Chief Product Officer. In this new role, Neal will lead a unified product, engineering, and advanced technology team to steer the vision for Barracuda’s comprehensive cybersecurity platform and drive customer-centric innovation across the entire portfolio. The platform is designed to protect customers across all attack surfaces inc...

11:11 Systems, a managed infrastructure solutions provider, announced the company is now a VMware Cloud Service Provider (VCSP) Pinnacle tier partner in the Broadcom Advantage Partner Program for the global market to help mutual enterprise customers to innovate by adopting VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) as their private cloud infrastructure. 11:11 Systems delivers newly managed VMware Cloud Foundation private cloud services, including sovereign cloud services that support data residency and othe...

Rubrik, the Zero Trust Data Security™ Company announced new generative AI capabilities for VMware customers through Rubrik AI-Powered Cyber Recovery. Minimising data loss Leveraging generative AI and large language models (LLMs), this new solution is designed to help administrators navigate difficult tradeoffs in the aftermath of cyberattacks to help minimise data loss and reduce downtime.  The solution will enable backup administrators to leverage recommended task lists and guided...

VMware, Inc. has announced advancements in its Carbon Black Extended Detection and Response (XDR) strategy focused on cloud-native applications. Cloud Native Detection and Response (CNDR) provides VMware Carbon Black customers with unified visibility, security, and control in highly dynamic and complex modern application environments. Cloud-native environments Containers and Kubernetes have become synonymous with the modern application transformation, as organisations increasingly adopt multi...

Navigating security is like trying to make way through a high-stakes labyrinth. There are so many different, complicated passageways that make it hard to reach the destination. Zero Trust can help ease this journey. Zero Trust Dell is leading a paradigm shift in security, but it will take a village to bring it to life. This paradigm is Zero Trust, and it is helping pull together the village through a robust partner ecosystem. Zero Trust is a cybersecurity framework that automates an organisat...

Beyond Technology announces the expansion of its global reach into Spain and Portugal, where it will share its 30 years of industry expertise with businesses looking to modernise their company operations while strongly emphasising sustainability. Data traffic With an operation in more than 80 countries, through its global mobility company: GEMA, the company has successfully registered more than 642 implementations in sectors such as finance, retail, telecommunications, healthcare, hospitality,...

Over 30 million mobile and web app developers around the world use thousands of APIs every day. These APIs carry sensitive data of users which if leaked can cause irreparable damage to companies. Securing these APIs during the development cycle becomes paramount, especially with the movement towards a more agile and continuous release cycle. To solve this problem, Akto is building a plug-and-play API security platform and is announcing a $4.5M seed funding round led by Accel India with particip...

Cohesity, a provider of next-gen data management, announced it was named a Leader and an Outperformer in two GigaOm Radar reports: the GigaOm Radar for Hybrid Cloud Data Protection: Large Enterprises and the GigaOm Radar for Hybrid Cloud Data Protection: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. This is the third time Cohesity was named a Leader in the Large Enterprises report. Cohesity is acclaimed for offering “strongly differentiated cyber resiliency features,” “great data manag...

Quickly becoming an industry pioneer, the supply chain and Parts Management Company (AKA PCM) improved the parts supply-chain for a consistent and accurate flow of parts so shops can get customers back on the road.  This business sought to provide marketing, support and safety certification training to collision repair shops and automotive parts suppliers. Situation-Supply chain issues becoming problematic As technology in the supply-chain industry advanced and supply chain issues became...

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a global provider of high-performance computing, storage, networking solutions and green computing technology, announces the first published TPCx-HCI benchmark result, with a measured performance of 4,790.18 tpsHCI at $49.60/tpsHCI. Working with AMD and VMware, Supermicro used 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processor-based servers and VMware vSphere 7.0 Update 2, setting a world record and demonstrating the industry's foremost performance for computational-intensive...

Dahua Technology, a video-centric, provider of smart IoT solutions, is introducing version 8.0 of their DSS Video Management Software (VMS) to its North American market. The software upgrade incorporates a smaller file size for the installation package, faster startup time, and an easy-to-deploy secure design. It also boasts high scalability and performance to maximise the investment of DSS users. DSS 8.0 is designed for ease of use, efficiency, and flexibility. Multiple deployment methods allo...

Security and IT teams have recently been facing a tidal wave of highly publicised breaches stemming from unpatched vulnerabilities, such as the attacks originating from a zero-day Windows printer spooler vulnerability dubbed ‘PrintNightmare’ (CVE-2021-34527). These software vulnerabilities are a major threat vector that security teams need to address. They are excited to announce the launch of the vulnerability management module for VMware Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint. By adding vuln...

Fast-paced innovation is the order of the day. This is especially true for businesses operating in the telecom industry – an industry known for its disruptive, transformative nature.  Frequently facing issues in optimising networks and upgrading technology, telecom companies, or telcos need to continually reinvent themselves to stay ahead of the competition and provide a better experience to end-users. State-of-the-art technology Enabling business transformation for both telco...

Clavister, a globally renowned company in high-performance cyber security solutions, has announced the launch of the latest generation of Clavister NetShield Virtual, highly regarded as one of the world's fastest virtualised solution for securing 5G networks. With data rates of over 600 Gbps on a single Intel Xeon-based server, Clavister sets a new high-water mark for 5G Security capacity. Virtualised solution for 5G networks With the proliferation of virtualisation, there has been a steady i...

Super Micro Computer, Inc., a pioneer in enterprise computing, storage, networking, and green computing technology, extends its market leadership in the growing areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), High-Performance Computing (HPC), 3D-graphics visualisation, and desktop virtualisation. Supermicro has the broadest Tier 1 portfolio of systems that integrate state-of-the-art capabilities achieving 5 petaFLOPS of AI performance in a 4U form factor with the latest NVIDIA A10...

VMware, Inc. unveiled expanded cloud workload protection capabilities to deliver security for containers and Kubernetes. The new solution will help increase visibility, enable compliance and enhance security for containerized applications from build to production in the public cloud and on-premises environments. Comprehensive cloud platform “Containers and Kubernetes are enabling organisations to develop and modernize applications faster than ever, but the innovation is also expanding t...

AlgoSec, the network security management solution vendor, has introduced enhanced application visibility and auto-discovery features, and extended its integrations with SDN and SD-WAN solutions, in the new version of its core Network Security Management Suite. AlgoSec A32 version AlgoSec’s new A32 version gives IT and security experts the most comprehensive visibility and control over security across their entire hybrid environment. It enables organisations to align and manage their netw...

On December 16, 2020, Supermicro hosts a live CTO roundtable with industry experts on global cloud infrastructure. Executives from Intel, Red Hat, VMWare, and Supermicro will share insights and updates on the industry's movement to cloud-based data management and storage, and the impact of open-standard hardware and software architectures. Attendees will hear a wide range of opinions, strategies, and actions on technology innovation that data center managers can leverage to plan their next-gene...

SaaS and subscription revenue of its VMware surpassed its on-premises licence revenue for the first time in its Q3 fiscal year 2021 which ended in October 2020. According to the research data analysed and published by Comprar Acciones, VMware’s SaaS and subscription revenue for Q3 FY21 totaled $676 million. That marked an increase of 44% year-over-year (YoY) and accounted for 24% of the company’s total revenue. It is $37 million higher than the $639 million revenue of its on-premises...

Synology Inc. introduced its next-generation 8-bay NAS. The DS1821+ is a solution designed for high-capacity and high-performance data management and storage. Its application ecosystem, versatile performance capabilities, and storage expandability enable content creators and businesses to easily store and secure their files. "As data requirements grow, so do the expectations of our customers for a solution that can meet the ever increasing performance and capacity requirements," said Julien Che...

Messe Frankfurt’s ASMAG Security & IoT published its 2020 Security 50 list, naming BCD International as one of the 50 “most influential security companies in the world.” Of the 50 companies listed, six were from North America. BCD International ranked No. 3 among North American companies, and No. 28 overall. BCD International was among seven newcomers to make this year’s list, posting a 36 percent growth in revenue from 2018 to 2019. Jeff Burgess, CEO of BCD Internat...

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Supermicro), a globally renowned company in high-performance, high-efficiency server, storage technology and green computing, has announced the availability of new SAP HANA servers, certified by SAP for VMware Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI). With certification on VMware vSphere and vSAN, Supermicro servers fuelled by 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, including Intel Optane persistent memory enable the integration of mission-critical SAP HANA deployments on...

Aqua Security, the platform provider for securing cloud native applications and infrastructure, announced that its open source Trivy vulnerability scanner is now available as an integrated option in several widely deployed cloud native platforms. Trivy is a comprehensive and easy-to-use open source vulnerability scanner for container images. Since its introduction 10 months ago, the project has gained a broad following among open source community members who have tagged it with more than 3,300...

VMware, Inc., an innovator in enterprise software, announces new innovations to advance the company’s strategy to make security intrinsic to the digital enterprise. Intrinsic security makes protecting critical applications and data more automated, proactive and pervasive across the entire distributed enterprise. The announcements made at RSA Conference 2020, include: New VMware Advanced Security for Cloud Foundation, which will enable customers to replace legacy security solutions and...

Datrium, pioneer of the secure multicloud data platform for the resilient enterprise, announced that it has expanded the Datrium Global Partner Network to new regions and introduced a new tier, DRaaS Select. With DRaaS Select, partners can better aid customers in their cloud transformation and modernise disaster recovery (DR) and backup processes. The Datrium Global Partner Network has grown rapidly in North America, EMEA, ANZ and APJC, with the addition of 20 new partners in the last six months...