Today, Google announced plans to acquire Wiz, Inc. for $32B in cash. Of course, the deal is subject to “customary closing conditions including regulatory approvals.” Google said that Wiz’s products will continue to work and will be available across all major clouds, including AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud. It also… Read More »Google’s Planned Acquisition of Wiz Has The Potential to Change the Security Industry
Fortinet announced plans to acquire Lacework, a Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) company. For those who have kept up with the cybersecurity industry news, in April of this year, Lacework was an acquisition target by privately held Wiz. However, that deal, reportedly valued between $150-200M, never materialized. Lacework opens up… Read More »Fortinet’s Planned Acquisition of Lacework Expands its Opportunities Significantly
This week, along with many others, we attended the RSA Conference 2024 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. We were surprised at how few companies highlighted XDR marketing campaigns, especially compared to the activity at RSAC 2023. Unsurprisingly, Artificial Intelligence (AI) was the more prominent marketing message. We also… Read More »RSA Conference 2024: More AI, Less XDR
We attended Fortinet’s annual Accelerate conference, joining a record-setting 4,000+ attendees to learn more about the company’s latest advancements. The main message we took from Accelerate was Fortinet’s emphasis on its “platform” capabilities across its broad portfolio. Security Fabric Platform: Fortinet showcased its expansive product line. The company’s platform strategy,… Read More »Fortinet Accelerate 2024 Emphasizes the “Platform”
Last week’s RSA Conference was all about XDR (Extended Detection and Response). Compared to previous shows and marketing efforts of the past couple of years, where there was a primary focus on SASE, this year’s show saw a surge in XDR-related marketing. One could say XDR is the new SASE… Read More »RSA Conference Focuses on XDR
Fortinet’s management team spoke to a packed house at its series of customer and partner-focused keynotes and emphasized its strengths in Secure Networking and its exposure to Operational Technology (OT). The company communicated the concept of network and security convergence, that the intersection between Enterprise Networking and Cybersecurity is a… Read More »Fortinet Accelerate 2023 Conference Focuses on Secure Networking and Operational Technology
Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) and Security as a Service Trends Will Drive the Deployed SASE Market to Quadruple by 2027 INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev., March 27, 2023 – According to a new report published by 650 Group, titled Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Quarterly and Forecast Report, the market size… Read More »Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Market Surges over 40% Y/Y in 2022; According to 650 Group
5 Year Forecast Reveals SD-WAN Market to Double in Size, Exceed $6B by 2027 Incline Village, NV. March 21, 2023 — According to a newly released report issued by founding analysts of 650 Group, the SD-WAN market grew more than 30% in 4Q22 and will double in size by 2027.… Read More »SD-WAN Market Reaches New All-Time High in 4Q’22, According to 650 Group
Fortinet had its Accelerate 2022 conference today. Its executive team presented its current strategy and expectations for the future and highlighted what it thinks are its key differentiators in the marketplace. The company explained: (a) the importance of its ASIC and its software code-base called FortiOS, (b) its services bundling… Read More »Fortinet Accelerate 2022 Recap
We attended a well-organized and information-packed virtual conference hosted by Juniper Networks last week. While there were many themes (400G, telco cloud, AI, Mist), the one that really came through was how much the Mist acquisition has reinvigorated the Juniper organization. About a year ago, Juniper made its acquisition of… Read More »An Update: Juniper’s Mistification Almost Complete
