Cisco bought Kenna Security to integrate its data-science-driven, security risk-management technology into Cisco’s Secure X platform. Cisco continues to bulk-up its security portfolio, this week closing the deal on risk-based management company Kenna Security for an undisclosed amount. Kenna’s Risk-Based Vulnerability Management system collects and analyzes security data to provide security teams with information about … Read more
Microsoft’s new take on desktop-as-a-service is more than just a cloud-based version of Windows. It also allows the company to offer up ersatz hardware — virtual machines running on a vast cloud of Azure servers. Microsoft last week introduced Windows 365, a new service that lets the company cut partners out of the money-making loop by … Read more
Cisco’s fifth acquisition this year is Epsagon, whose application-performance technology will be integrated into Cisco’s AppDynamics performance-management platform. Cisco is looking to bolster its enterprise application management suite by buying cloud-based application-performance firm Epsagon for $500M. Founded in 2017, the Israel-based Epsagon develops cloud-based application monitoring software focused on scrutinizing cloud microservices and applications. Businesses … Read more
Microsoft’s unified endpoint management offering, Endpoint Manager, is designed to reduce the time and effort needed to manage desktop and mobile work environments. Here’s what it does. Microsoft’s Endpoint Manager combines Intune and System Center Configuration Manager to reduce the time and effort IT admins need to manage desktop and mobile work environments. As businesses look to give employees flexible work … Read more
Following Microsoft’s announcement of plans to implement passwordless user verification, we explore what this will mean for users going forward. As part of the corporation’s plans to go passwordless, Microsoft has said it will allow its users to switch to app-based authentication logins. Starting on Wednesday, according to a Microsoft blog post, users can now remove passwords from … Read more
The just-published patent describes a feature that generates an employee “anxiety score” based on data such as blood pressure and heart rate, suggesting when workers need to take a break. Microsoft has patented an employee “wellbeing” recommendation feature that uses biometric data to detect a worker’s stress levels when completing tasks such as sending emails, … Read more
The year’s first feature upgrade for Windows 10 arrived this week with little fanfare, largely because it offers little new functionality because Microsoft has abandoned its major-minor release cadence. Microsoft Tuesday issued Windows 10 21H1, officially the year’s first feature upgrade even though new functionality was largely absent because the company has abandoned its major-minor … Read more
The integration of Microsoft’s Virtual WAN Hub and VMware’s SD-WAN is aimed at making it easier for customers to deploy widely distributed business applications. Microsoft and VMware have taken their well-established relationship up a notch by tying together application and network technologies to help customers support secure WAN access to critical enterprise applications. Specifically, the … Read more
Microsoft is adding an automation tool to Windows, ready to manage our day-to-day tasks. A lot of what we do with computers is repetitive. We put files in folders, we send form replies to emails, we make commits to git when we save files, we trigger tests when we build an application. Events trigger events, … Read more
Cisco unwraps Cisco Plus, a NaaS offering focused on security and hybrid cloud for now. Cisco has taken a big step forward with its first network-as-a-service offering that ultimately will let customers buy enterprise-network hardware and software components on an as-needed basis. The company announced the service, called Cisco Plus, at its virtual Cisco Live … Read more
