Friday Tech News: 1/21/2022

I'm Phil Moroni, your Account Executive from Softchoice.

Each week, I post relevant industry updates from popular team OEM's, Publishers, and Providers. The intent of my research and newsletter is to keep you better informed about current trends and events that may affect your business and role(s) from a trusted and reputable source.

While you are likely spending your day focusing on improving your business through digital initiatives, my commitment is to keep you abreast of the changes and trends that are taking place at rapid pace.?

Key areas of focus for me are:

1. Cloud Computing
2. Security
3. Developer Tools
4. Networking & Infrastructure Tools
5. End User Tools & Workspace Tech
6. Emerging Technologies & Future Concepts

Contents of this newsletter include:

1. Tech Related Articles I liked
2. OEM News & Updates
3. Tech Funding Events

If you have any questions, would like information about any specific vendors or partners I follow, or would like to have a conversation about any topic that is challenging you I invite you to engage in conversation with me and my architects.

I appreciate you taking a moment to read my newsletter! Thank you, and stay digitally and physically safe!

Phil

FTN 1/21/2022

Articles I liked this week

Time | What Microsoft's Activision Blizzard Buy Means for Gamers

Forbes | The Quantum Threat To Cryptography: Don't Panic, But Prepare Now

CIO | 8 top priorities for CIOs in 2022

CNET | White House to beef up cyberdefenses for National Security Agency, Defense Department

Tech Xplore | Controlling complex systems with artificial intelligence

Microsoft | Power On: The Story of Xbox: New docuseries explores the origins of Xbox and its evolution over 20 years

Dark Reading | Cloud Adoption Widens the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

The Fast Mode | The Future of Network Security: Three Predictions for 2022

OEM News & Updates

Sisense | Forecast Collaborates with Sisense on Business Intelligence Platform

Box.com | Box Sign expands capabilities and developer tools to digitize agreements in the content cloud

Datto | Splunk Channel Marketing Vet Joins Datto as CMO

Sophos | Sophos Premiers Sophos Switch Series to Strengthen and Simplify Connectivity at the Access Layer

Panther Labs | Panther Labs and Snowflake Partner to Deliver Powerful

Databricks | Databricks Launches Data Lakehouse for Retail

PURE Storage | Graphcore and Pure Storage in Partnership to Optimize Storage Systems for Specific Requirements of AI

Arctic Wolf | Arctic Wolf Establishes EMEA Headquarters in Newcastle

NICE | NICE Announces NEVA for Collection Adherence, Enabling Organizations to Uphold New Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Requirements

Checkmarx | Checkmarx Joins Israeli Cyber Companies Consortium (IC3) Led by IAI to Provide Industry-leading AppSec Capabilities to National Cyber Defense Organizations

Litera | Litera to Acquire Prosperoware to Empower Team Collaboration Across Systems

Checkpoint | Check Point Software introduces the world's fastest firewall delivering 20 times better price performance

Juniper | Juniper enhances its AI-driven SD-WAN capabilities

Acquia | Acquia's Retail ML Model to Increase Customer Lifetime Value

Cybereason | Cybereason New ‘Pay As You Grow’ Program Designed to Nurture Managed Security Services Provider Partners

ScienceLogic | ScienceLogic Rides AIOps’ Surge with Banner Year, 2022 Expansion

AWS | AWS Launches a New Console Home Page to Manage Cloud Resources

Trellix | FireEye & McAfee Enterprise Renamed as Trellix

HP Inc | HP Fortis Chromebooks Launched; Designed To Withstand Accidental Damage

Cloudian | Cloudian Collaborates with WEKA to Enable Rapid Processing of Analytical Workloads

Tech Funding Events

Wayve | Wayve closes $200M for learning-based autonomous driving

Clockwise | Smart calendar tool Clockwise raises $45M to help remote teams avoid burnout using AI

Lattice | Lattice, a startup making software to help employers fight the 'big quit,' triples its valuation to $3 billion in 10 months

Personetics | Personetics, an AI-powered customer engagement and insights platform for banks, raises $85M

PlaceIQ | Precisely signs agreement to acquire PlaceIQ

1Password | 1Password raises $620 million in latest funding round

Clari | Clari scores $225 million in its second megaround since March

Island | The mysterious Israeli cybersecurity startup that has raised $100 million under the radar

SaaS Labs | SaaS Labs raises $42 million for its business automation platform, acquires CallPage and Atolia

Datto | Datto Acquires Cybersecurity Company Infocyte

Orca | Orca Security to add API protection with 1st acquisition

Anitian | Anitian Raises $55 Million Series B to Further Transform the Cloud Security and Compliance Automation Industries with Pre-Engineered, Zero Trust Cloud Platforms

Microsoft | Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across every device

Rackspace | Rackspace Technology to Acquire Just Analytics, a Leading Provider of Cloud-based Data, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence Services

Litera | Litera to Acquire Prosperoware to Empower Team Collaboration Across Systems

8x8 | 8x8 Completes $250 Million Fuze Acquisition, Increasing Global Reach

Events & Webinars

Gartner | The Gartner Top 12 Strategic Technology Trends for 2022 and Beyond

I went through and listened to this twice...lot of intel...lot of new buzzwords coming. Brace yourselves.        

Lastly, here's my favorite meme of the week.