Security

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SolarWinds MSP lays out monitoring, data protection and security product roadmap at online partner event

December 11, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on SolarWinds MSP lays out monitoring, data protection and security product roadmap at online partner event
The company’s product roadmap, unsurprisingly, is consistent with the broader corporate strategy of increasing automation, and moving towards more product innovation.

Backup

Arcserve expands Sophos partnership with X Series appliances for bigger data needs

December 9, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Arcserve expands Sophos partnership with X Series appliances for bigger data needs

The X Series Appliances Secured by Sophos covers customer needs up to the 3PB range, significantly higher than the successful 9000 series introduced a year ago, which was the first joint collaborative product of Arcserve and Sophos.

Computers

Dell focuses on protecting supply chain with new security enhancements

December 8, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell focuses on protecting supply chain with new security enhancements
Dell has unveiled multiple security enhancements which the company is stressing continues improvements being embedded into their technology, with an emphasis here on validating security throughout the supply chain.

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Security

Cybersecurity Trends 2021: Staying secure in uncertain times

December 4, 2020 ESET Guest Blog Comments Off on Cybersecurity Trends 2021: Staying secure in uncertain times
It’s been a year full of surprises, but the increase in variety and ferocity of attacks on security online shouldn’t be one of them. ESET offers some thoughts on the security trends to keep an eye on as we head into 2021.

Artificial Intelligence

NetEnrich announces availability of Intelligent SOC service

December 3, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetEnrich announces availability of Intelligent SOC service
The Intelligent SOC offering, which is fully available to NetEnrich partners, both lets customers pick and choose the specific security services they want, while also driving higher levels of automation to minimize noise and reduce mundane workloads.

Internet of Things

Fortinet combines SD-WAN with rugged firewalls in appliances for OT environments

December 2, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Fortinet combines SD-WAN with rugged firewalls in appliances for OT environments
The FortiGate Rugged 60F next-generation firewalls are the first to integrate SD-WAN to provide a complete and cost-effective solution for OT networks.

Cloud

Most organizations use Kubernetes and microservices but challenges keep that use limited

December 2, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Most organizations use Kubernetes and microservices but challenges keep that use limited
A new survey sponsored by Volterra finds while almost 9 in 10 organizations use cloud-native apps, the vast majority don’t run many business apps on Kubernetes or on microservices.

Mobility

Wandera unveils Wandera Private Access Zero Trust security solution

December 1, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Wandera unveils Wandera Private Access Zero Trust security solution
Wandera enters the hot Zero Trust Network Access market with its new offering, but it also sees Private Access as highly complementary to its existing Mobile Threat Defense offering.

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Quest makes major business unit organization to improve focus and synergy

November 24, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Quest makes major business unit organization to improve focus and synergy
Heath Thompson, who joined Quest a month ago, takes over a new Information Systems Management business unit that consolidates three of the five former ones, and emphasizes that the channel will play a more significant role as Quest drives forward in its new strategy.

Networking

Palo Alto Networks lays out blueprint for 5G native security offerings

November 23, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks lays out blueprint for 5G native security offerings
At this stage, the offering is a set of concepts which are being realized into existing products, and there will be some new ones. The most immediate opportunity is in enterprise private networks, which are actively being developed.