Fortinet

Fortinet’s Planned Acquisition of Lacework Expands its Opportunities Significantly

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

Fortinet Accelerate 2024 Emphasizes the “Platform”

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”

Fortinet Accelerate 2023 Conference Focuses on Secure Networking and Operational Technology

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

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Market Surges over 40% Y/Y in 2022; According to 650 Group

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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

Fortinet Accelerate 2022 Recap

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

An Update: Juniper’s Mistification Almost Complete

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

Microsoft Acquires CyberX Labs and Enters the IoT/OT network Security Market

Microsoft acquired Israeli startup, CyberX Labs today in a move that gets Microsoft Azure into the IoT security market.  We have been tracking CyberX for a couple years and have generally categorized it as an emerging player in the Operational Technology Access Control (OTAC) market.  More recently, it has smartly… Read More »Microsoft Acquires CyberX Labs and Enters the IoT/OT network Security Market