Take a Network Break! Cisco puts its Tetration workload protection product into the cloud by announcing a SaaS version, and attackers target Cisco’s Smart Install feature on the IOS and IOS XE operating systems.
Juniper aims to entice service providers by integrating telemetry, AppFormix, and its NorthStar WAN SDN controller for improved remediation, HPE acquires a cloud consultancy, and Riverbed CEO and cofounder Jerry Kennelly retires.
Cradlepoint partners with Webroot for secure SD-WAN, an activist investor target MicroFocus to go private, and cryptomining attacks increasingly target the enterprise.
Last but not least, Gartner predicts explosive cloud growth, and IDC says lines of business will outspend IT departments on technology.
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Cisco Tetration Now Available As A Cloud Service And Virtual Appliance – Packet Pushers
Cyber-Espionage Groups Are Increasingly Leveraging Routers in Their Attacks – Bleeping Computer
Attackers Exploit Cisco Switch Issue as Vendor Warns of Yet Another Critical Flaw – Dark Reading
Iran hit by global cyber attack that left U.S. flag on screens – Reuters
Critical Infrastructure at Risk: Advanced Actors Target Smart Install Client – Cisco Talos
Juniper Spotlights Integration Efforts As Service Providers Chase Disaggregation – Packet Pushers
HPE Scoops Up Second Cloud Consulting Firm RedPixie – SDX Central
Riverbed Announces Retirement of Co-Founder and CEO Jerry M. Kennelly; Appoints Paul Mountford as CEO to Drive Next Phase of Growth in $30 Billion+ Market – Riverbed
Cradlepoint Showcases Webroot Partnership for Securing WAN Edge at RSA 2018 – Cradlepoint
CNBC: Elliott wants Micro Focus to go private – Micro Focus International plc ADR – Seeking Alpha
Cryptomining is here to stay in the enterprise – Zscaler
Gartner Forecasts Worldwide Public Cloud Revenue to Grow 21.4 Percent in 2018 – Gartner
Technology Purchases Funded by Line of Business Forecast to Overtake Purchases Funded by the IT Organization in 2019, According to IDC – IDC