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Palo Alto Networks Pushes SASE Security to Non-Web Apps

According to the vendor’s analysis of more than 500 enterprise customers using Prisma Access, 53% of all remote workforce threats are for non-web apps. Read more.

Palo Alto Networks Pays $156M for Bridgecrew

Palo Alto Networks said it will fold the startup’s technology, which codifies infrastructure configuration during development, into its Prisma Cloud security platform. Read more.

Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, Micron Call for Chip Subsidies

Qualcomm, Google, and Microsoft are also complaining about Nvidia's pending $40 billion purchase of Arm. Read more.

Masergy Wraps Cisco Webex Into Managed Services

The offering consolidates Masergy’s existed unified communications platform and Webex into a single application. Read more.

Money Moves: January 2021

Lacework scored $525 million to battle Palo Alto Networks; the Linux Foundation gobbled up Open19; and Cisco paid $4.5 billion for Acacia. Read more.

LF Energy, Sony Plant Open Source Microgrid Roots

Partnering with Sony CSL brings LF Energy one step closer to its goal of building the first interoperable alternating current- and direct current-ready microgrid. Read more.

Colt, ADVA Trial Quantum-Safe Network Encryption

Meanwhile, Malaysian network operator Allo Technology rolled out Infinera's 600 Gb/s GX-series appliances on its network. Read more.

Will vRAN Ever Break Into mmWave 5G Networks?

vRAN runs into a mosaic of technical limitations as it climbs into higher spectrum. Read more.