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Secureworks CEO Wendy Thomas Plans XDR Domination

“My primary goal is to be the XDR platform of choice, period, full stop,” said Thomas, who took the reins earlier this month following Michael Cote’s retirement. Read more.

Google Cloud Offers Data Backup for Kubernetes, Protection From Zonal Outages

“When people are modernizing their applications, they are coming to GKE,” said Guru Pangal, GM of Storage at Google Cloud. Read more.

Is Barracuda Networks ‘SASE In Name Only?’

Rather than offering its SASE platform as a cloud-delivered service, Barracuda Network's platform relies on customers to deploy their own points of presence in Microsoft Azure. Read more.

Cisco Pins Future On Subscription-Based Software, Cloud Infrastructure

Cisco’s software subscription business has grown 253% during CEO Chuck Robbins’ six-year run at the helm. Read more.

Cisco Calls On Hybrid Work to Lower Emissions, Reach Net Zero

“We think [hybrid work] is going to be a net positive” for the environment, Cisco's director of corporate affairs Mary de Wysocki said. Read more.

Wells Fargo Taps Microsoft, Google, Goes All-In on Public Cloud

“The North Star here is within a decade that we will be 100% on public cloud,” Wells Fargo's head of hybrid environments Christopher Marsh-Bourdon said. Read more.