CSW reported new ransomware vulnerabilities; Microsoft, Accenture collaborate on sustainability; and AWS ruled the public cloud market again.

Google Cloud will use AI for renewable energy; VMware builds a new brain; and Ciena, Fujitsu, Infinera, and Cisco drive optical market.

HPE CFO Tarek Robbiati claimed Aruba “outperformed” the competition during the quarter.

Contexa “is that amalgamation of the four different security threat telemetry databases that we have at VMware, from the endpoint to the application,” VMware SVP Tom Gillis said.

Trellix polls cybersecurity professionals; Cisco explores why companies go hybrid; and Arista aims for extreme low-latency.

Security is a top reason that organizations are converting, but 37% of respondents said it's also a key challenge.

Fortinet confronted supply chain concerns, and OpenSSF and the Linux Foundation announced their plan to oust C and C++.

“As threats from nation-state actors and cybercriminals grow in volume and sophistication, the worldwide shortage of cybersecurity professionals grows as well,” Trellix's researchers noted.

Investors bet big on zero trust; WattIQ works to curb consumption; and webscale providers threaten telecom's hold on 5G.

Investors have bet big on zero trust, pouring nearly $3 billion in funding over the past four years into the space.

Oil and gas pledge cyber resiliency; Ericsson and DT trial a solar and wind energy site; and analysts deride Broadcom's VMware deal.

The cybersecurity unicorn closed on its then-record funding haul late last year, which pushed its valuation to $8.3 billion.

“Competition for skilled labor is very much a reality,” Tillman Infrastructure COO Christian Hillabrant said.

“When we're talking about cybersecurity, it's not just data and identity and credit cards ... but we're also talking about human life,” Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee said.

Verizon reports on soaring ransomware attacks; Fortinet implements AI in its threat detection and response; and virtual CISOs are on demand.

FortiNDR offers a Virtual Security Analyst to offload human analyst functions by analyzing code generated by malicious traffic.

The report cites a steep 13% increase in ransomware breaches in the past five years, a 25% increase in this past year alone. Human element remains dominant in ransomware

T-Mobile moves to expand its 5G network; MEF reports on the SD-WAN and SASE markets; and Oracle announced its threat intelligence service.

Dell’Oro Group doubles down on its RAN market expectations; Veeam releases a ransomware report; and Arcadia raised $200 million in funding.

“Paying cybercriminals to restore data is not a data protection strategy,” Veeam CTO Danny Allan said.

Rubrik unveiled its Security Cloud; BT announced plans to cut carbon emissions; and Intel plans a mega lab.

“We're not seeing the pressure from an inflation or reduced economic activity perspective,” CEO Nikesh Arora said.

Rubrik takes a "Microsoft first" approach but also has plans to offer workload protection for Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud, CPO Anneka Gupta said.

Palo Alto's SOAR takes on ransomware risk; AT&T evolves its SASE model; and Cisco deals with COVID-19 related supply chain issues.