Friday Tech News: 1/28/2022

Hello & happy Friday! I'm Phil Moroni, and I'm your Account Executive.

My passion is to help people in whatever way I'm able. I enjoy supporting IT and Procurement leaders in evaluating, investing, and managing tools that support their businesses in IT Operations, Service Management, and Security. So, what is this newsletter all about?

What is this?

Each week, I post relevant industry updates from popular 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. I follow and work with hundreds of partners in industry and keep apprised of how they're growing, changing, and evolving.

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, Security, Trends
2. Developer Tools & Security Tools
3. Networking & Infrastructure Tools
4. End User Tools & Workspace Tech
5. Emerging Technologies & Future Concepts

Contents of this newsletter include:

1. Tech Related Articles I liked
2. OEM News & Updates
3. Tech Funding events
4. Tech You Oughta Know
5. Meme of the Week

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 1/28/2022

OEM News & Updates

Microsoft | Updates to the Azure Pricing Calculator for Azure Virtual Desktop

AWS | Introducing the AWS Cloud Map Multicluster Service Controller for K8s for Kubernetes Multicluster Service Discovery

GoodData | GoodData Rebrands to Reflect Its Forward-Looking Strategic

Datameer | Datameer announces partnership with Snowflake

PURE Storage | Pure Storage partners with Meta on AI Research SuperCluster

Appian | SD Times news digest: Appian Process Mining now available

Exagrid | ESG says Commvault + ExaGrid gets up to 15:1 dedupe ratio

CallTower | CallTower Now Offers InformaCast

Microsoft | FedEx extends Microsoft partnership to build “logistics as a service” product

Schneider Electric | Schneider Electric launches green-focused business software suite

Dovetail | Dovetail Valued North of $700 Mn Following $63 Mn by Accel

Yealink | Yealink Reveals Latest BH7X Bluetooth Headsets Designed for the Hybrid Generation

Noname Security | Noname Security appoints Strategic Advisory Board

Druva | IT Leaders Select Druva as Best SaaS Platform for Data Resiliency

Microsoft | Microsoft earnings press release available on Investor Relations website

Google | Google launched a new top level domain yesterday

Whitesource | WhiteSource Launches Azure Repository Integration

Solarwinds | SolarWinds garners awards for IT operations management products in second half of 2021

Github | GitHub Mobile now offers secure 2FA to protect your GitHub account

Apple | Apple releases iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3 to fix widely exploited Safari bug that leaked personal data

Armorcode | Announcing the ArmorCode AppSecOps Platform - What is AppSecOps?

SAS | SAS Viya is living large on Azure

Noname Security | Noname Security appoints Strategic Advisory Board

Google | Google Forms Blockchain Group Under Newly Appointed Executive

Microsoft | Introducing Device Trade-In for Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Tech Community

Atlassian | Atlassian acquires Percept.AI | TechCrunch

Extrahop | What is Network Detection & Response (NDR)? (extrahop.com)

Zoom | Zoom Launches Expo from Zoom Events - UC Today

Articles I Liked This Week

The White House | Office of Management and Budget Releases Federal Strategy to Move the U.S. Government Towards a Zero Trust Architecture

SC Magazine | DoD, Booz Allen Hamilton to develop a new zero trust security model

CIO.com | Business leaders take aim at the CIO role | CIO

WSJ | Push to Explain What Software Contains Gains Steam After Log4j Flaw

CSO | Security hygiene and posture management: A 2022 priority | CSO Online

Security Boulevard | API Security, Ransomware Top 2022 Threats - Security Boulevard

Medium | Scaling Kubernetes to Over 4k Nodes and 200k Pods

CIO | 8 enterprise cloud strategy trends for 2022

Tech Funding Events

Dremio | Dremio Raises $160M in Series E; Doubles Valuation to $2 Billion

Hunters | Hunters lands $68M for cloud-driven security operations platform

Medallia | Medallia to Acquire Thunderhead

Sibros | Sibros Closes $70M Series B Funding Round

Firebolt | Firebolt, a data warehouse startup, raises $100M at a $1.4B valuation for faster, cheaper analytics on large data sets

Vectra.ai | Vectra Acquires Siriux Security Technologies to Extend Leadership in Identity and SaaS Threat Management

Dovetail | Dovetail Valued North of $700 Mn Following $63 Mn by Accel

Veriff | Video selfie biometrics growth carries Veriff to $1.5B valuation in $100M funding round

Armorcode | ArmorCode Closes $11 Million Seed Funding Round

Virtana | Virtana bags $73M to build its hybrid cloud observability business

CoinTracker | CoinTracker, which helps cryptocurrency traders calculate their taxes, raised a $100M Series A

Events & Webinars

Microsoft | Microsoft Zero Trust Summit | Rubrik

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

Tech You Ought To Know

If you know me, you know I love coffee. If you don't, now you do. Either way, most days of the week you'll find me in a coffee shop meeting with members of the local technology community and with clients.

I've decided to start featuring a technology vendor / platform in as many of these newsletters as I'm able to. So! This week, I sat down with the one and only Brian Cesca. If you live anywhere near the Charlotte area, you know Brian and the amazing work he's done over the years. I caught up with him and learned some cool details about his new company, Automox, which I've summarized below. If you're experiencing a challenge with Patch Management, this may be something you should be evaluating and looking into.

Meme of the week