January 30, 2019 Off

Fortanix Raises $23M Led by Intel Capital to Meet Growing Global Demand for Runtime Encryption Solutions Protecting Cloud Data

By David
Fortanix Inc., the Runtime Encryption technology company, today announced that it has closed a $23 million Series B round of funding led by Intel Capital. Round participants included existing investors Foundation Capital and Neotribe. In addition, Sunil Kurkure, Director, Intel Capital, will join the Fortanix Board of Directors. The funding brings the company’s total funding to $31 million.

Fortanix is executing on its bold vision of helping solve today’s cloud security and data privacy problems. By helping to protect data in systems that might otherwise be experiencing vulnerabilities, Fortanix helps remove complex and intractable security challenges experienced with current solutions. Running applications in enclaves enables a new level of security on premise, in hybrid environments, and even on remote clouds, helping to protect data even when systems are compromised.

 
January 28, 2019 Off

Data Privacy Day: A Reminder to Implement a Data Protection Plan

By David
 

Data Privacy Day 

Cyberattacks, natural disasters and human error doesn’t discriminate, and they can all have catastrophic effects for any organization in any industry. Everyday there are 6,080,122 records stolen, according to Breach Level Index. Shockingly, this means that every second, there are 70 records stolen.

Ensuring data privacy should be a top priority for every organization. Data Privacy Day was established to remind organizations that sensitive personal data and company information is always at risk on the internet-and a data protection plan is no longer a luxury.

We spoke to several security experts to find out why having a data protection plan in place is more important than ever, and the steps that organizations can take to safeguard their data.

January 25, 2019 Off

Free Copy of Gartner’s Market Guide for IT Infrastructure Monitoring Tools

By David

With the onset of more modular and cloud-centric architectures, many organizations with disparate monitoring tools are reassessing their monitoring landscape. According to Gartner, "With the onset of more modular and cloud-centric architectures, many organizations with disparate monitoring tools are reassessing their monitoring landscape. I&O leaders must adopt more holistic IT infrastructure monitoring tools to gain visibility into their IT landscape."

A Gartner Market Guide defines an emerging market and explains what clients can expect it to do in the short term, outlining the attributes of representative vendor offerings and how those offerings are likely to evolve.

This free guide provides insight into the IT infrastructure monitoring tool market and providers as well as key findings and recommendations.

Get your copy of the 2018 Gartner Market Guide for IT Infrastructure Monitoring Tools to see:
 

  • The ITIM market definition, direction and analysis
  • A list of representative ITIM vendors
  • Recommendations for adoption of ITIM platforms