FTN: 8/5/2022

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Thanks so much for making this a part of your Friday Morning. I'm Phil Moroni, and I'm your Account Executive here with this week's Friday Tech News (#FTN ).

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Each week, I summarize 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 from a trusted and reputable source.

Bottom line: I follow and work with hundreds of partners in industry and keep apprised of how they're growing, changing, and evolving so you don't have to.

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 so you can plan ahead and in time.

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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. OEM News & Updates
2. Tech Related Articles I liked
3. Tech M&A & Funding events
4. Tech You Oughta Know (every so often)
5. Meme of the Week
6. $.02 Observations (every so often)

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OEM News & Updates ??

HashiCorp | CDK for Terraform Is Now Generally Available

NetApp | NetApp Identifies and Assesses Cloud Security Posture Risks with the Release of Spot Security - Database Trends and Applications

PURE Storage | Model9 Integrated with Pure Storage to Modernize Mainframes

SysDig | Sysdig Becomes AWS Security Competency Partner

Veracode | Veracode Launches Enhanced Cloud Platform for EU

Snyk | Snyk Unveils the Snyk Cloud, Focusing on Developer Security - Database Trends and Applications

Amazon Web Services (AWS) | AWS Week in Review

iboss | iboss Achieves FedRAMP Authorization for its Zero Trust Edge Cloud Security Solution

UiPath | UiPath Acquires Re:infer Bringing Natural Language Processing to Enhance Everyday Customer Conversations Through Automation

Zscaler | Zscaler Achieves Zero Trust Security-as-a-Service FedRAMP High Authorization

Cohesity | Cohesity Named a Leader for the Third Consecutive Time in the 2022 Gartner? Magic Quadrant? for Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software Solutions

Rafay Systems | Rafay Systems Launches New Capabilities to Power Developer Self-Service for the Modern Enterprise

Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services Launches New Cloud Computing Training Courses

Ivanti | Ivanti and SentinelOne Partner to Revolutionize Patch Management and Deliver Autonomous Vulnerability Assessment, Prioritization, and Remediation

RingCentral | RingCentral Launches New Advanced Cloud Phone and Platform Capabilities

Github | GitHub launches Projects, ratcheting up dev ecosystem battle

SentinelOne | SentinelOne and Cribl Partner to Deliver Data Flexibility Across Cybersecurity and Observability

CrashPlan | CrashPlan Receives Investment from Mill Point Capital

Lumen | Lumen Looks for Speed Advantage with 8 Gbps Quantum Fiber Launch

Microsoft | Announcing Microsoft Teams optimized for Apple silicon

Code 42 | Code42 to Accelerate Insider Risk Management Solutions with CrashPlan Spin-Off

Microsoft | Microsoft announces new solutions for threat intelligence and attack surface management - Microsoft Security Blog

Microsoft | What's new for Microsoft Graph connectors, August 2022 Update - Microsoft Tech Community

Datadog | Datadog acquires Seekret for making API observability accessible

ActZero | ActZero announces launch of Blueprint for Ransomware Defense

Seemplicity | Seemplicity and Checkmarx Partner to Streamline the Discover-to-Remediation Lifecycle

ArmorCode | Inspira and ArmorCode Partner to Provide "Threat and Vulnerability Management in the Box"

Articles I liked This Week ??

SiliconANGLE | What recession? Tech spending stays robust as digital transformation plans forge ahead

WSJ | Slowing Economy Forcing CIOs to Rethink Priorities

DevOps.com | How to Calculate ROI on Infrastructure Automation?

SC Magazine | A majority of companies have raised prices because of a data breach

Information Age | Implementing serverless architecture from the transformation outset

Dark Reading | Security Teams Overwhelmed With Bugs, Bitten by Patch Prioritization

CIO | The CIO’s guide to mastering IT trends

Dark Reading | 8 Hot Summer Fiction Reads for Cybersecurity Pros ?

Tech M&A & Funding Events ??

Arista | Arista buys software-defined networking pioneer Pluribus

Cybrary | Cybrary confronts the cyberskills gap head on; raises $25M?

Ping Identity | Ping Identity to be Acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2.8 Billion

Talon | Secure Enterprise Browser Startup Talon Raises $100 Million

Acronis | Cybersecurity unicorn Acronis raises another $250m at $3.5b valuation

Netskope | Netskope Acquires Infiot, Will Deliver Fully Integrated, Single-Vendor SASE Platform

Meme of the Week ??