Tom Corn joined Open Systems as CPO; GitHub appointed Jacop DePriest as VP of security operations; and former IBM exec George Khatchadourian joined Kaloom as EVP of strategic partnerships.

CISA director Jen Easterly announced the launch of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) at Black Hat 2021.

Cisco’s current annual research and development budget is about $6 billion, and the bulk of this investment will help support hybrid work-related technologies.

Tom Corn, VMware's former SVP of security, joins Open Systems as CPO. He aims to unify the vendor's SASE and XDR product lines to better support customers.

Revenue and net income remained basically flat but were still better than what analysts expected.

Deutsche Telekom activated its “O-RAN Town;” Cisco closed its Kenna Security acquisition; and June’s hirings, firings, and retirings shook up industry exec teams.

Intel appointed Greg Lavender as CTO; Exabeam's valuation increased to $2.4 billion after hiring a new CEO; and StackPath appointed Keith Wilson as CFO.

The underlying trend and realization AT&T confronted is clear: mobile network operators, no matter how invested and talented in cloud computing, are no match for the might of hyperscalers.

“We can’t just spend all that money on detection and assume we’re gonna catch everything, because the math no longer works,” Illumio CEO Andrew Rubin said.

The FBI and ransomware gangs agree on this one point: If you don’t want to be the next Colonial Pipeline or JBS, use strong passwords.

The new Zscaler partnership fits into IBM’s zero-trust, hybrid-work blueprint, and it also marks IBM’s move into SASE.

CEO Arvind Krishna noted a strong boost from the Americas and parts of Asia that aligned with a broader economic recovery tied to the roll out of COVID-19 vaccines.

While the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly ushered in a shift to remote work, “as things set in, it was very clear that this was here to stay,” VMware’s Shankar Iyer

Verizon added AWS Outposts to its 5G and edge options; Gluware deepened its AWS and Cisco SD-WAN integrations; and Cisco, Intel, and VMware debate open versus virtual RAN.

Amazon tapped former VP Selipsky to helm AWS; Nokia slashed more than 2,000 jobs in 2020; and Hewlett Packard Enterprise is expanding its Ireland workforce.

The new positions are being focused on cybersecurity, software development, global research and development, and cloud consulting.

“Progress has been made, but as you will see from the data in our Equality in Tech Report, we must do better,” Dice CEO Art Zeile said.

“Why would anybody want to work for Microsoft if you're not world class, not just in our products and technologies … if we don't really represent the best there

Nokia planned to slash another 10,000 jobs; Juniper claimed the SolarWinds hack validated its security strategy; Rogers offered $20.8B for Shaw.

Nokia plans to reduce its workforce to a base of 80,000 to 85,000 employees by the end of 2022, effectively slashing 20% of it workforce since 2019.

Qualys is the latest Accellion breach victim; Nokia slashed more than 6,000 jobs; T-Mobile eyes 5G opportunities for enterprise.

More than 6,000 employees, or 6.4% of Nokia’s workforce at the beginning of 2020, were cut or laid off by the company during the year.

“We continue to transform the company through maintained focus on research and development,” CEO Börje Ekholm wrote in Ericsson's annual report.

The grant process is also about encouraging the cybersecurity industry to engage with these nonprofits because diversity is imperative to moving the industry forward.