Artificial Intelligence

Auvik makes SaaS management available through Pax8

November 3, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Auvik makes SaaS management available through Pax8
The availability of Auvik SaaS management, following the initial availability of Auvik Network Management (ANM) on the Pax8 Marketplace in 2024, marks a significant milestone as the first SaaS management platform available on Pax8 with shadow IT and shadow AI discovery capabilities.

Artificial Intelligence

Flamingo targets MSP  market with AI-powered open source platform

November 3, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Flamingo targets MSP  market with AI-powered open source platform
Flamingo emerges from stealth  and at launch had already signed up over 1,000 MSPs on their waitlist, with over 150 early adopters from the Slack community actively involved in testing.

APIs

NETSCOUT expands capabilities to support enterprise compliance requirements in cloud environments

November 3, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on NETSCOUT expands capabilities to support enterprise compliance requirements in cloud environments
NETSCOUT says it has extended continuous end-through-end monitoring to enhance attribution for audit controls and incident reports, prove zero-trust network policies, and shorten time to detect, contain, and document incidents, thus delivering essential visibility for compliance evidence, data protection and secure operations.

APIs

Backblaze research notes hidden cost of cloud object storage fees

November 3, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Backblaze research notes hidden cost of cloud object storage fees
95% of organizations report surprise cloud storage fees, as rising egress costs reshape infrastructure strategies and drive demand for transparent alternatives.

Agent

Elastic introduces Streams AI-powered solution

October 31, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Elastic introduces Streams AI-powered solution
Streams presents a unified intelligence layer for extracting structure from messy, unstructured logs, enabling rapid root cause identification and remediation.

Agent

Palo Alto Networks to acquire identity security vendor CyberArk

October 31, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks to acquire identity security vendor CyberArk
Palo Alto Networks says that their acquisition of CyberArk will create the end-to-end security platform for the AI era.

Agent

Palo Alto Networks launches Cortex AgentiX as next-gen Cortex XSOAR, to build, deploy and govern the agentic workforce of the future

October 31, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks launches Cortex AgentiX as next-gen Cortex XSOAR, to build, deploy and govern the agentic workforce of the future
What Palo Alto Networks is terming the next generation of Cortex XSOAR, combines the power of agentic AI with the safety of enterprise-grade guardrails.

Agent

Dynatrace, ServiceNow launch multi-year partnership that deepens strategic collaboration

October 31, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dynatrace, ServiceNow launch multi-year partnership that deepens strategic collaboration
The multiyear partnership between the two organizations focuses on intelligent automation at scale for joint enterprise customers.

Agent

KnowBe4 research says personalized phishing emails using the company name dominate

October 31, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on KnowBe4 research says personalized phishing emails using the company name dominate
The Q3 2025 phishing simulation roundup indicates that people interacted most with emails that impersonated colleagues or referenced internal systems or topics, indicating not so much that the phishing was aimed at tricking dopey users as it is about the understanding of human behavior.

Distribution

Anti-ransomware fighter Halcyon signs North American distribution deal with Climb Channel Solutions

October 30, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Anti-ransomware fighter Halcyon signs North American distribution deal with Climb Channel Solutions
While Halcyon has worked with Carahsoft in the public sector, and has had distribution relationships in EMEA and APJ, this deal with Climb is their first in North American that handles the enterprise, commercial or SMB areas in North America.