Zscaler’s CNAPP Platform Focuses on DevOps and Security

At its recent Zenith Live conference, cloud security provider Zscaler launched its new cloud native application protection platform (CNAPP) solution, called Posture Control.

For those not familiar with CNAPP, it’s a consolidation of different point products that businesses use to achieve their cloud security objectives. CNAPP makes Information security (InfoSec) teams more efficient in public cloud risk mitigation by pulling in signals from different sources to help identify and prioritize vulnerabilities.

New CEO Alan Masarek talks the future of Avaya

Earlier this month, communications provider Avaya Holdings Corp. pre-announced a significant earnings miss. In conjunction with that news, the company announced it was changing its chief executive officer.

Out was longtime CEO Jim Chirico, who was a strong operational type of leader. In is Alan Masarek (pictured), the person who revived Vonage from the ashes and through a series of strategic acquisitions set the company up to be purchased by Ericsson.

Zscaler Uses Integrated Platform to Combat Ransomware

Ransomware is on the rise and it’s coming from multiple sources. Additionally, whether the goal is to collect ransom for data or disrupt a company’s supply chain, these attacks are growing in sophistication.

Zscaler is a security company that closely follows existing and emerging cyberthreats. Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange is a security cloud that processes more than 200 billion transactions and 150 million blocked attacks daily. This integrated platform of services protects users and workloads using zero trust, which involves applying security policies to control access.

Avaya’s Karen Hardy on AI, Cloud, and Customer Experience

The pandemic has permanently changed the way people work, as well as the role that communication and collaboration technology plays in our lives. Clearly, the hybrid work model is here to stay post-pandemic. One vendor at the heart of this digital transformation is Avaya, whose roadmap for hybrid work involves an open platform that focuses on organizations’ current and future communication and collaboration needs.

Expense Management’s Critical Role in Scaling IT

Complexity in enterprise expense streams is growing exponentially every year and much of it has to do with telecom, mobile, and cloud.

On the fixed side, going to multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) and software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) is a major transition. Applications have moved from on-prem to the cloud and workers have moved to a hybrid model, which increases the amount of broadband and mobile being consumed. The technology needs to be managed, processed, and controlled by teams with specialized skills – which adds still more costs.