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Cybersecurity Is the New ‘Great Game’

The “Great Game” now is competing for the future of cyberspace between democratic and authoritarian governments, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said. Read more.

Cisco Looks to ThousandEyes for WAN-on-Demand Strategy

Cisco's recent cloud and colocation partnerships are the foundation of a grander play leveraging ThousandEyes to shape SD-WAN routing policy. Read more.

SASE Hits Teen Years in Gartner Hype Cycle

SASE has reached 5% to 20% of market penetration among its target audience in the nearly two years since its inception. Read more.

Headcount: Firings, Hirings, and Retirings — July 2021

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. Read more.