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“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. Read more.

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. Read more.

“Cybersecurity is always a risk decision and insurance is a risk decision. This really crosses that intersection,” said Ann Johnson, who leads Microsoft’s security business. Read more.

“It gives you a way to see who are the leaders and innovators in this space and who was just along for the ride,” Amazon's Adrian Cockcroft said. Read more.

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