Things We Talk About: Feds Crack Down on Security OpenSSF Funds Secure Open Source Code HelpSystems Acquires Digital Guardian New Relic Acquires Codestream Splunk Expands Scope of Observability Efforts Splunk Updates Partner Program Survey Sees Remote Revaluation

Things We Talk About: MSP Deals Surge CDW Acquires Sirius Google Previews Anthos for On-Premises IT NetApp to Unify Storage New Relic Adds Open Source Observability Platform Barracuda Networks See Spikes in RCE Attacks EfficientIP Revamps Channel Program LF Networking Expands Open Source Portfolio

Things We Talk About: Decryption Tool Controversy Erupts Qualys Adds Ransomware Assessment Tool BMC Acquires Streamweaver Quantum Computing Adds Channel Program ReleaseIQ Takes on Jenkins Chaos Vertica Launches IT Incident Database

Things We Talk About: IT Spending Outlook Improves Akamai Acquires Guardicore CloudBees Acquires Neuralprints Pure Storage Adds DBaaS for Kubernetes Red Extends Ansible Reach Sumo Logic Extends Observability Reach AWS Focuses on Public Sector Google Contributes $1M to Open Source Security U.S. Treasury Discourages Ransomware Payments

Things We Talk About: MSP Survey Surfaces Challenges Druva Accelerates Ransomware Recovery OpsRamp Extends AI Reach to Incident Management Docker Inc. Delivers Faster AWS Adds Managed NetApp Service Clubhouse Becomes Shortcut Nobl9 Adds Channel Program Google Publishes DevOps Report

Things We Talk About: IT Skills Shortage Worsens Security for Remote Work Lags Palo Alto Advances SASE Platform Software Supply Chain Attacks Spike JFrog Acquires Upswift New Relic Report Sees Observability Shift CNCF Advances Crossplane PlanetOne Adds Sales BI Tools for Partners ServiceNow Looks to Boost Employee Experience

Things We Talk About: Security Survey Surfaces Lack of Remote Confidence Palo Alto Unveils Secure WiFi 6 Access Point Dell Streamlines Data Protection Firemon Acquires DisruptOps Lenovo Extends Management Reach to the Edge SPX Becomes ISO Standard for SBOM Survey Highlights Rising Storage Cost Red Hat to Build Analytics Platform for Climate Change

Things We Talk About: Mendix Report Sees Low Code Rise Windows 11 This Way Comes SlashNext Applies AI to Combat Phishing DoJ to Train Cybersecurity Lawyers LogPoint Acquires SecBI Observe.AI Acquires Scope.AI Docker Tweaks License Model CNCF Advances OpenTelemetry Initiative Cradlepoint Unveils 5G Router Salesforce Applies AI to Sales Management

Things We Talk About: Biden Promises Security Guidelines HYCU Tool Assesses Ransomware Recovery Ability Cameyo Obviates VPNs AWS Sets MSSP Competency Hunters Picks Up $30M for XDR Platform IBM Allies with Equinix IBM Unveils AI Inference Engine Chip F5 Networks Makes Open Source Commitment The Rise of WebAssembly

Things We Talk About: COVID Variants Renew WFH Focus Report Identifies Consumerization of IT Security Issues Moderne Allies with Micronaut EdgeQ Melds AI and 5G Kentik Launches Open Source Networking Projects Acronis CEO Outlines Strategy Dataops Opportunity for MSPs Reaches a Zenith

Things We Talk About: Great Resignation Wave Will Hit Channel Foundation to Advance eBPF Formed Kong Takes Aim at Load Balancers Cisco Acquires Epsagon BettyBlocks Raises $33 Million Qualys Acquires TotalCloud Report Finds Rising Threats to APIs Ransomware is Good for MSP Business IBM Refreshes z/OS

Things We Talk About: The Primary Target Cloud Wars Enter Next Phase ServiceNow Acquires Swarm64 Sophos Acquires Refactr Report Surfaces Software Supply Chain Vulnerabilities Epiphany Systems Courts MSPs Kubernetes 1.22 Arrives TriggerMesh Previews Integration Language NVIDIA Lowers Barrier to AI Edge Computing Security Becomes an Issue

Things We Talk About Report: Internal IT Approaches Breaking Point Data Protection Vendors Court MSPs Red Hat Allies with Nutanix Red Hat Embraces Kafka WhiteSource Fixes Vulnerabilities in Code Shoreline Automates Repetitive Tasks Dell Makes Case for On-Premises IT

Things We Talk About: Report: Emerging Tech Makes a Mark AWS Delivers SAN via the Cloud Dremio Adds Managed Data Lake Service CloudFoundry Updates PaaS Environment Cofense Adds Cofense Protect MSP to Thwart Phishing Survey Surfaces Ransomware Damage Sysdig Acquires Apolicy Rapid7 Acquires Intsights Cyber CloudTruth Acquires Tuono Survey Sees DevOps Stagnation

Things We Talk About: IT Spending May Contract Ingram Micro Sale Closes Rapid7 Unifies Security Platform Sophos Acquires Capsule8 Zoho Launches BI Platform Microsoft Unfurls Cloud PC

Things We Talk About: Kaseya Security Nightmare Impact Barracuda Networks Acquires SKOUT HPE Acquires Zerto Cisco Updates Channel Program Gartner Estimates Cloud Provider Share Oracle Makes Cloud Case Red Hat Updates OpenShift Canonical Survey Surfaces Kubernetes Challenges

Things We Talk About: Survey Shows Remote Benefitting MSPs Splunk Unfurls Cloud Security Service Dynatrace Applies AI to Cybersecurity Cowbell Cyber Adds MSSPs to Insurance Program Intel Touts 5G Progress Salesforce Gets DevOps HPE Expands GreenLake Services PagerDuty Transforms IT Incident Management DigitalOcean Allies with MongoDB Ambassador Labs Adds Control Plane for Developers

Things We Talk About: Surveys Surface IT Mess Render Adds Autoscaling Platform Broadcom Adds VSM to Portfolio WSO2 Applies AI to API Management Red Hat Adds VM Migration Toolkit DataStax Embraces Pulsar Red Hat Survey Finds Widespread Container Security Issues Grafana Acquires k6 Survey: Partners Count More on Services Survey: Ransomware Victims Hit Again

Things We Talk About: Cisco Unfurls WebEx Suite Palo Alto Networks Discover Windows Container Attack Deloitte Acquires CloudQuest Nutanix Woos Service Providers CloudBolt Adds Cloud Cost Tool Morpheus Data Deepens Kubernetes Support HashiCorp Increases Terraform Appeal Lightbend Adds Serverless DevOps Platform Snowflake Opens Data Marketplace

We chat with Eric Tinker, newly promoted to senior vice president of commercial sales for Riverbed, about the opportunity network performance management is creating for channel partners.

We chat with Bob Lord, senior vice president for worldwide ecosystems and blockchain at IBM, about the scope of the opportunities blockchain platforms are presenting partners.

Things We Talk About: Survey Finds Few Citizen Developers FBI Investigating Hundreds of Ransomware Cases Sumo Logic Extends Reach to Security GitLab Acquires UnReview NVIDIA Lays Bare of AI Ambitions GoodData Delivers Headless BI Platform Salesforce Strengthens CDP Hand Dremio Expands Data Lake Cisco Unveils HCI Platform SAP Revamps Compensation Deepgram Deepens AI Engagement

Things We Talk About: Report Details Failures to Remediate Calamu Technologies Raises $2.4M Broadcom Revamps Channel Program Augmentt Debuts SaaS Ops Platform for MSPs Panzura Unveils Global File Systems for MSPs Oracle Adds Arm-Based Cloud Service Databricks Unifies Data Science and Engineering Microsoft Strengthens Managed DevOps Hand AWS Expands Managed ECS Service

Things We Talk About: Cloud Consumption Evolves Security Spending to Soar Rubrik to Combat Ransomware ServiceNow Taps into Microsoft Security Pulseway Gives Voice to RMM Netlify Acquires FeaturePeek AWS Delivers App Runner Nobl9 Open Sources SLO Specification MuleSoft Embraces GraphQL SAS Flexes AI Ambitions Google Makes AI Case AI.redefined Names CEO