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Alkira Ropes Cisco Into Multicloud Menagerie

Users can deploy Cisco’s Secure Firewall Threat Defense platform directly from within Alkira’s Cloud Services Exchange beginning early next year. Read more.

Log4j Update: 44% of Corporate Networks Under Siege

Cloud security unicorn Wiz says more than 89% of all IT environments have vulnerable Log4j libraries. Read more.

Sysdig Raises $350M, Rides Cloud Security Wave

“The cloud security market has taken off and this is the time to expand capacity in every aspect of our business,” CEO Suresh Vasudevan said. Read more.

AWS Outage Stresses Telco Cloud Challenges

When the world’s largest public cloud fails, major organizations that rely on it are left in limbo. Read more.

VMware Berths SD-WAN in Megaport Virtual Edge

Megaport's SDN spans more than 700 connected data centers, service providers, and cloud on ramps, enabling branch-to-branch and branch-to-cloud connectivity. Read more.