Tag: Cyber

In a pair of announcements, Pure Storage looks to help customers with AI and ransomware

Pure Storage made a couple of significant announcements last week at its annual user event, Pure Accelerate, in Las Vegas. First, the company said it had released three new advanced storage-as-a-service service level agreements for the Pure Storage platform: cyber recovery, resilience and site rebalance. The company also announced new capabilities in the Pure Storage platform aimed at helping information technology and business leaders improve artificial intelligence deployments, enhance cyber resilience and modernize their applications.

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In a pair of announcements, Pure Storage looks to help customers with AI and ransomware

Zscaler Zenith Live ‘24 touts breach predictions, zero trust and expanded partnership with Google

Zscaler Inc.‘s Las Vegas Zenith Live ‘24 event in Las Vegas last week featured a wide range of news, from zero-trust security to a new breach detector. Most of the news was unveiled during the keynotes, which featured several executives, including Chief Executive Jay Chaudhry (pictured), Deepen Desai, chief security officer and head of security and research, Senior Vice President of Product Management Dhawal Sharma, and Punit Minocha, executive vice president of business and corporate development.

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Zscaler Zenith Live ‘24 touts breach predictions, zero trust and expanded partnership with Google

Five thoughts from Cisco Live 2024

Cisco Live was held last week in what has become my second home, Las Vegas. I had dubbed this the most important Cisco Live in the Chuck Robbins era, as the company is looking to put a stake in the artificial intelligence ground. Simultaneously, Cisco Systems Inc. is integrating its Splunk acquisitions and reshaping the security business in real time. For most companies, doing one of these things would be all-encompassing, but these are not typical times.

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Five thoughts from Cisco Live 2024

CEO Anand Eswaran delivers his data resilience vision in a wide-ranging keynote at VeeamON 24

At VeeamON 24 last week in Florida, the opening general session was kicked off by Tamecka McKay, chief information officer for the City of Fort Lauderdale, who touted the city as an economic hub with industries as diverse as aviation, technology, finance, marine, and tech — and no state tax. The city is also home to soccer phenom Lionel Messi. After introducing Veeam Inc. Chief Executive Anand Eswaran (pictured), McKay discussed her current challenges and those she faced as CIO of the Broward County Public Schools — everything from 1,000-year floods to ransomware attacks.

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CEO Anand Eswaran delivers his data resilience vision in a wide-ranging keynote at VeeamON 24

Cisco Live Day 1 news brings together networking and security

The 2024 edition of Cisco Systems Inc.’s global user event Cisco Live is particularly important, as artificial intelligence has redefined networking, security, observability and collaboration. The fundamental tenet of my research is that share shifts happen when markets transition, putting the incumbent vendors at risk if they don’t evolve with the industry. In the past, Cisco has leveraged market transitions to grow its share in switching, voice-over-internet-protocol, Wi-Fi, security and other areas.

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Cisco Live Day 1 news brings together networking and security