WillJam Ventures is now the majority owner of LevelBlue, with AT&T retaining a minority ownership stake and board representation in the new entity.

The new capabilities are built on technologies from Palo Alto Networks' latest acquisitions including Talon Cyber Security and Zycada Networks.

The new Tetragon open source 1.1 and Isovalent Enterprise for Tetragon 1.13 updates bring advancements in runtime security for Kubernetes environments.

Darktrace currently has more than 2,300 employees globally and over 9,400 customers including KPMG, City of Las Vegas, Aston Martin and McLaren Group.

In one of its largest acquisitions ever, IBM announced its intention to acquire HashiCorp. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year.

NetCloud SASE is a 5G-optimized platform that Cradlepoint says allows IT teams to deploy zero-trust networks at scale in as few as six minutes.

The solution combines Comcast Business’s security services with Rapid7’s security operations platform and expertise.

The updates to Red Hat Trusted Software Supply Chain improve IT teams’ ability to embed security into the application development lifecycle.

Wiz is reportedly looking to buy Lacework for just $150-$200 million, despite Lacework being valued at $8.3 billion after a recent funding round.

Gartner revised its worldwide IT spending forecast, predicting an 8% increase to $5.06 trillion in 2024 thanks, in part, to generative artificial intelligence.

The investment to expand Oracle Cloud Infrastructure across Japan is also targeted at addressing digital sovereignty requirements.

The updates are significant for VMware’s ongoing telecom aspirations that have been overshadowed by changes following the Broadcom acquisition.

“Enterprises need a data lake solution that consolidates large volumes of data from disparate sources," ESG analyst Jon Brown said.

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Zscaler plans to combine its Zero Trust SD-WAN solution with Airgap Networks’ agentless segmentation technology for zero-trust segmentation.

Cohesity also expanded its partnership with IBM for enhanced cyber resilience capabilities.

It’s also closing in on launching a long-promised VMware license portability program with the hyperscaler.

The deployments will be backed the Federal Communications Commission’s $20.4 billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund.

However, most broadband service providers and industry groups oppose the move, noting it’s illegal and will hamper further investments.

The bankruptcy filing comes just months after Casa Systems’ management told SDxCentral it was making progress toward financial stability.

Leading the first- and second-gen network security, "we also believe in the next few years, Fortinet ... will be the leader in the SASE space," said Ken Xie.

Rubrik reported a total revenue of $627.9 million in the fiscal 2024 with $354.2 million net losses.

The carrier stated “data-specific fields were contained in a data set released on the dark web approximately two weeks ago.”

The move highlights the high-stakes game being played out in the automated network and equipment testing space.