CloudSecure continues Illumio’s zero-trust philosophy: “It’s just applying different techniques,” CTO and co-founder PJ Kirner said.

Cohesity released services to fight sophisticated ransomware attacks; Promiso added AIOps-enhanced networking to its platform; and ESG reporting requires more regulation.

The update automates network optimization and security using machine learning and zero-trust principles, Prosimo's Mani Ganesan explained.

Carrier tech executives said more work needs to be done on 5G; Windstream added VMware's SASE to its portfolio; and data center immersion cooling is on the rise.

“We're the first vendor to integrate silicon into the device itself to perform not only Ethernet switch function, but those layer 4-7 functionalities," Aruba's John Gray said.

Pica8 raised $20 million in Series C funding; VMware remains a supporter of the O-RAN Alliance; and Telefónica expanded its relationship with Fortinet.

“Looking at our networking and data center investments alone, we have the largest network with the lowest latency of any cloud provider,” Google's Sundar Pichai said.

“This Cybersecurity Action Team marshals the experts from across Google to form the world’s premier security advisory team,” Google Cloud CISO Phil Venables said.

The vendor plans to integrate Bitglass into its fledgling SASE platform.

Akamai bought Guardicore for $600 million; Snyk's Series F funding bumped the company's valuation to $8.5 billion; and F5 acquired Threat Stack.

“We believe the future of work is definitively going to be hybrid, where people are going to work in mixed mode,” Cisco EVP Jeetu Patel said.

VMware and Nvidia partnered to deploy AI workloads on Kubernetes; VMware boosted cloud-native security; and Dell extended its cloud partnership with VMware.

The vendor's Secure Private Access provides conditional access to applications based on factors including identity, location, and device.

“We’re hopeful that it will help shape the industry’s thinking about what does it mean to be a trusted provider,” Cisco’s Chief Privacy Officer Harvey Jang said.

"We believe Akamai will be able to provide the most effective way to combat ransomware on the market today,” CEO Tom Leighton said.

Peplink, Nuage, Cradlepoint, Barracuda, FatPipe, and Riverbed ranked among the worst in Gartner’s latest WAN Edge Infrastructure report.

AT&T pushes software development; Dell Technologies is looking to bring AIOps to its portfolio; and Nutanix announced new security capabilities.

Cisco's security business grew 1% since last year; IDC expects annual cloud revenue will reach $300B in 2025; and Nokia announced FP5-based appliances.

Cisco’s security business only grew 1% compared to a year ago, and that represents much slower growth compared to its competitors like Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet.

SASE is a point of confusion for some IT decision-makers; adopting zero trust is a major way to avoid paying ransoms; and Comcast Business acquired Masergy.

“The more you can rely on not paying the ransom, the more that's going to basically take the economic incentive away” from the ransomware groups, Veritas' Simon Jelley said.

EDR “went from some distant technological thing not many folks were looking at or buying … to now being the primary tool to deal with the threats,” Gartner VP

Ciena will acquire AT&T’s Vyatta virtual routing and switching technology; HPE's Aruba grew 27% year over year; and Microsoft hired Charlie Bell.

Cisco invests in hybrid work technologies; Cisco's Q2 software sales topped $4B; and campus switching enters a new era of growth.