SHIFT attendees to hear the latest on AI-driven innovations, critical security advancements, and comprehensive partnerships that shape the future of cyber resilience

Commvault, a leading provider of data protection and cyber resilience solutions for hybrid cloud organizations, today announced the kickoff of SHIFT, a highly anticipated, worldwide set of events focused on one of the most pressing issues in the enterprise today: cyber resilience. The first event, which is invite-only, takes place in New York City on November 8, followed by a series of global simulcasts on November 9 in local time zones.

Today's landscape is rife with challenges, from ransomware and other cyber threats, to the exponential increase in data scattered across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments, to evolving threats fueled by the rise in AI. The technology world is at a turning point where the need for a new approach to data security and cyber resilience has never been clearer. SHIFT is not just an event; it's a call to action. Together, Commvault and its partners are working to redefine cyber resilience for the AI and ransomware era.

Attendees will gain insights into the complex and evolving landscape of cyber threats. They will also learn about Commvault's transformative approach to cyber resilience, bringing together the worlds of security, data protection, data intelligence, cloud, and recovery. And, they will discover modern solutions that offer enterprise-ready cyber resilience to protect their data wherever it lives and help ensure rapid, predictable recovery in the face of escalating cyber threats at the lowest TCO.

At SHIFT, Commvault will introduce and shed light on:

• A groundbreaking reveal: Commvault's most exciting announcement in its 27-year legacy.
• AI-driven cyber resilience: Strategies to harness AI's power to bolster security across hybrid infrastructures while getting greater insights from data.
• Data security innovations: Redesigned solutions that can play a critical role advancing an end-to-end security posture.
• Strategic partnerships: Extensive advancements and endorsements across the partner ecosystem, from cloud service providers and global service integrators to strategic alliance partners and AI and security collaborations.
• Real-world testimonials: Insights from customers, partners, and industry luminaries on how Commvault's innovations are reshaping their cyber resilience strategies.
• Expert panels: Engaging roundtable discussions will further enrich the event, featuring stories from customers and partners on their success and resilience journeys.

The speaker lineup boasts an impressive array of experts. A sampling of speakers includes:

• Sanjay Mirchandani, Commvault's CEO, will discuss a transformative solution for enterprise-level cyber resilience.
• Melissa Hathaway and Moriah Hara, respected cybersecurity advisors, will talk about the growing threat of cybercrime, cyber terrorism, and ransomware, and what this means for the enterprise.
• Rajiv Kottomtharayil, Commvault's Chief Product Officer, will also share perspectives on the latest cyber threats and Commvault's innovative solutions that can give customers an unfair advantage against bad actors.

Intelisys, a ScanSource company, and a leading technology services distributor of connectivity and cloud services, has named Advantix, the MCx provider™, its top mobility supplier in 2023. The annual awards honor supplier partners for consistently going above and beyond to deliver excellence, support and value to Intelisys sales partners.

"At Intelisys, we are proud to honor our supplier partners who consistently go above and beyond to deliver excellence, support and value to our Sales Partners," said Paul Constantine, Executive Vice President, Supplier Services, Intelisys, a ScanSource company. "We'd like to congratulate Advantix on their recognition as Top Mobility Provider. Their outstanding achievements throughout the year have set the standard for success by driving growth in the channel. We look forward to even greater collective success in the future."

Winners were selected based on a number of criteria that include, but are not limited to, revenue performance, year-over-year growth, and overall impact of their solutions and programs in the channel.

"We are honored to be recognized by Intelisys, an enduring and trusted Advantix partner," said Natasha Royer Coons, chief executive officer at Advantix. "Our SaaS platform and managed wireless connectivity solutions were purpose-built to provide a uniquely positive partner and customer experience. This recognition demonstrates that our formula is valued by partners, which is very gratifying. On behalf of everyone at Advantix, I'd like to thank the Intelisys team for recognizing us this year."

The awards were presented to the honorees during ScanSource Channel Connect in Orlando, Florida.

ENGLISH IS A 25+ YEAR INDUSTRY LEADER KNOWN FOR SCALING GLOBAL NETWORK AND CLOUD BUSINESSES

PacketFabric, a leading* Network as a Service (NaaS) innovator and a Digital Alpha Advisors, LLC portfolio company, today announced Vincent English has been appointed to lead the company as its Chief Executive Officer. Vincent was previously the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Megaport where, in various roles, he was instrumental to growing the company's business – from the execution of a successful initial public offering to global expansion and consistent delivery of industry transformative products and services.         

Highlights:

• English played an instrumental role in growing Megaport, an early Network as a Service provider, from an Australian-based operation to a global platform delivering more than $100M in annual revenue as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director.
  
  
• English's global leadership experience enables PacketFabric to innovate its service roadmap and transform its go to market capabilities to accelerate growth globally as a leading Network as a Service provider.
  
  
• PacketFabric's Network as a Service platform enables enterprises to connect to services and locations that power their businesses at cloud-scale and in real time. Customers can align their network architecture to optimize cost and performance for today's IT workloads and ensure they are ready for tomorrow's evolving data architectures.
  
  
• PacketFabric is designed to be a 100G capable network for the company's portfolio of services with high availability, which is critical for large enterprise customers. The company also has a growing portfolio of 400G connections that are available to customers with the most demanding enterprise workloads.
  
  
• In addition to being cloud native, PacketFabric offers a full array of enterprise services including first/last mile, AS1828 internet, and transit services that allow the company to operate as a next-generation network service provider for enterprises. A key part of the platform is a high degree of automation that eases self-service usage for customers.

Of his new role, English said, "I am thrilled to join PacketFabric at such a crucial point in the company's growth. Data consumption has continued to accelerate and has proven one of the fundamental constants in our industry. PacketFabric was built from the ground-up as a massive, cloud-scale network. With the ongoing growth of cloud services along with emerging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applications, this trend is accelerating. The PacketFabric platform has proven to be a crucial enabler for today's cloud consumption model. I am excited to support PacketFabric's go to market transformation to capture more of the cloud opportunity and deliver new services that will support our customers, partners, and enable the continued growth of intelligent IT architectures."                         

Digital Alpha Partner Karl Meyer added, "Vincent is an industry giant, and we are excited for him to build on the tremendous foundation that was established by Dave Ward who led the company to this point as its CEO. We believe that Vincent's executive leadership experience will help to guide PacketFabric in this next stage of growth, as PacketFabric continues to transform the Network as a Service industry."

English brings immense experience and valuable industry knowledge to PacketFabric. He held multiple executive roles at Megaport, including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and most recently Chief Executive Officer. Prior to his tenure at Megaport, English served as Chief Financial Officer at Digicel Group, a multi-national telecommunications company. English also held multiple financial operations roles at Alcoa and Gillette.

English's robust industry vision, strong industry expertise, and global leadership experience will provide significant upside opportunity to PacketFabric.

Alliance aims to generate efficiency for digital transformation projects

SQUADRA , a technology consultancy that supports companies' entire digital transformation journey, announces a strategic partnership with Cervello  to expand the offering of ITSM (Service Management Services) Information Technology) in the Brazilian market.

The collaboration aims to meet the growing demand for efficiency, productivity and innovation in the IT sector, and should generate mutual benefits.

For SQUADRA , it will mean a substantial increase in revenue, a notable expansion of the portfolio of products and services, the consolidation of its position in the competitive ITSM market and a considerable increase in the customer base. SQUADRA intends to expand its customer base to reach new horizons by offering the Cervello ESM Suite solution.

For Cervello , the partnership represents a significant expansion of its presence in the sector, a significant increase in its customer base and the valuable opportunity to count on a highly qualified partner to strengthen its position in the business scenario. Cervello sees the alliance with SQUADRA as an opportunity to expand the business, in addition to establishing solid and lasting roots.

This partnership will also allow SQUADRA to offer a complete and integrated ITSM solution , further enhancing its expertise in service governance based on ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library), with a focus on improving the efficiency and productivity of IT and CSC (Central of Shared Services).

SQUADRA will be responsible for marketing, implementing and sustaining the  Cervello ESM Suite solution, while Cervello will provide training, support and updates.

"This partnership with Cervello will strengthen our position in Brazil and our customers' digital transformation journey", highlights Rodrigo Dias , Head of Corporate IT at SQUADRA.

"We foresee a successful collaboration and will work together on innovation projects within the Cervello ESM Suite platform, to develop new solutions and services, providing a cutting-edge environment for our customers", adds Dias.

For Roberto Fidalgo, Commercial Director at Cervello, integrated processes, combined with a structured knowledge base, increase the quality and standardization of customer service, resulting in greater profitability, productivity and, above all, the ability to reduce operational costs , allowing investment in expansion and innovation.

"The Cervello ESM Suite is not just a technological solution; it is a way to manage companies' relationships with internal and external customers in an even more personalized way", says the executive.

With a focus on results aligned with the companies' long-term vision, both will work to meet customer needs in a sector increasingly focused on innovation and efficiency, always combined with ITIL best practices and service models with chatbot and Artificial Intelligence.

SQUADRA, renowned for its excellence in quality, processes and governance, is about to further consolidate its market presence through this strategic partnership.

The moment represents an important step towards offering high-quality ITSM solutions, demonstrating companies' commitment to meeting the constantly evolving needs of organizations .

"We will help our customers make an extremely significant technological leap", concludes the SQUADRA executive.

Businesses reduce cloud security risks with latest addition to centralized platform

Trend Micro Incorporated, a global cybersecurity leader, today announced the next evolution of its cloud container security capabilities for its flagship platform. The latest addition to the platform delivers end-to-end protection, detection, and response to drive secure digital transformation. 

The new capabilities simplify investigations by enabling analysts to prioritize incidents faster and with greater accuracy—reducing the time spent on each container security incident by up to two weeks.*

"Nothing is more important than reducing business risks, which we do through increasing the efficiency of our cyber threat detection capabilities" said Fernando Gadelha, head of cybersecurity at ZUP. "Honestly, containers are only a percentage of our efforts, but it is critical to be able to streamline any operations and manage them alongside our broader security efforts – Trend Micro makes that easiest. Big picture, that translates to less time spent on training and moving between screens, and more time and resources driving business transformation."

Kevin Simzer, chief operating officer at Trend: "We see modern enterprises increasingly turning to containers to accelerate and scale development alongside evolving market demands—but these advances can lead to missing cloud visibility and new security vulnerabilities. Our platform empowers teams to protect and respond to threats in cloud container environments, using the exact same console and user interface they rely on for managing risks across the rest of the attack surface."

The Trend Vision One™ platform is designed to deliver comprehensive, cross-layer capabilities that eliminate the cost, security gaps, and administrative overhead associated with point solutions. Trend's latest innovation in container security brings unparalleled visibility to the security operations center (SOC) to accelerate threat detection, response, and containment. Specialized cloud security teams will benefit from a tailored approach that protects containerized applications and enables organizations to leverage the full potential of cloud environments securely.

According to independent analyst firm Gartner, "Integrating previously isolated security capabilities simplifies security workflows and reduces the complexity associated with managing multiple tools, thus providing better visibility into the security landscape. A centralized platform allows for better coordination and communication between security and development teams, fostering collaboration and enabling incidents to be handled more efficiently."**

Trend Vision One™ – Container Security benefits include:

• Consolidated security: Centralizing container security within a unified platform streamlines security management while delivering unprecedented visibility through deep, correlated telemetry across more native security layers—including endpoint, server, workload, identity, email, and network. This consolidated approach enables security teams to identify threats earlier in the attack lifecycle leading to rapid and effective containment. A platform approach ensures security policies are consistently monitored and applied across the organization.
• Optimized operational efficiency: Drastically reduces the time spent by SOC teams on container security operations, saving up to two weeks per incident. This efficiency improvement can free up resources for other critical tasks, enabling organizations to operate in the cloud with less risk.
• Consistency across all cloud environments: Ensures seamless security management is in place across both Kubernetes clusters (multi-cloud and on-premises) and Amazon ECS by simplifying the management of security policies and minimizing the risk of potential security vulnerabilities.
• Enhanced security: Proactively mitigates risk by searching for bugs in Amazon ECS and Kubernetes. Supports end-to-end protection that secures containers from build to termination, ensuring seamless security across the container lifecycle.

Eviden, the Atos business leading in digital, cloud, big data and security, partners with Cryptsoft, the renowned supplier in the Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) market.

Cryptsoft, a distinguished supplier in the KMIP market, is set to play a crucial role in augmenting Eviden's existing encryption services, provided by the Trustway business unit. Cryptsoft's expertise in the key management field will be instrumental in assisting Eviden to navigate the complexities of the digital landscape with increased confidence and security.

As Eviden continues to leverage technology to create opportunities and provide secure solutions, the integration of Cryptsoft's products marks a significant step in enhancing their service offerings. This collaboration signifies a concerted effort to elevate the standards of data security in the digital era, fostering innovation and safeguarding critical information.

Philippe Duluc, Chief Technology Officer for Big Data and Security activities at Eviden, Atos Group, highlighted, "In our relentless pursuit of excellence and innovation, we recognize the value of integrating Cryptsoft's superior KMIP technologies into our solutions. Their products are pivotal in enhancing our capabilities, allowing us to further secure and protect valuable data assets. This collaboration with Cryptsoft is a clear indication of our dedication to offering secure and forward-thinking solutions to our clients."

Marc Briceno, VP Sales at Cryptsoft, expressed Cryptsoft's pride in this collaboration, noting, "We are delighted to be chosen by Eviden to support their mission of revolutionizing data security. Our KMIP technologies, aligned with Eviden's expertise and Trustway's cryptography capabilities, promise to foster a new era of digital security. We are committed to aiding Eviden in achieving their strategic objectives, contributing to a safer and more secure digital environment."

Core knowledge about your data, such as information about how to use a particular dataset, or what data to trust, is still largely trapped inside data people's brains and data systems, such as dbt projects. Until now, this information remained inaccessible to business users—leaving data people constantly answering annoying questions about data quality status and more. With Workstream.io's updated dbt-integration, it's easier than ever for data teams to effectively communicate data knowledge to business teams.

The update features two major improvements to our dbt cloud integration: the ability to expose data status pages for your critical data assets; and, the ability to leverage your dbt project to build business-facing documentation. 

"Now when you connect your Workstream.io instance to your dbt project, core information about data outages, including failed tests and data freshness checks, become automatically communicated to users via data status pages, " says Chris Ibarra, CTO of Workstream.io.

New Status pages are automatically created and updated for each data asset in your environment with a valid dbt exposure. This includes the current status of the asset, a graph of historical up/downtime in the last 30 days, as well as a list of any current or historical data incidents, including their status and core context.

This integration also provides an unlock to dbt-based knowledge about data via end-user documentation features. When leveraging any of the documentation features, including asset content overviews, you can pull in dynamic definitions of your dbt nodes.

"These new integration points allow us to expose critical knowledge to our business teams and partners via dbt-powered documentation and automates workflow around data incidents and quality via data status pages," says Workstream.io customer Dan Antonson, Director of Marketing & Analytics Technology at Collegis Education.

This is a meaningful departure from manually building documentation in an intranet, or manually tracking data incidents in spreadsheets—and then having transactional conversations to convey temporal trust.

With this update, your investments in dbt are transformed into available data knowledge that can be easily accessed and understood by everyone in your organization.

"In our continued commitment to improve upon your investments, we acknowledge that nobody wants to buy software right now. We've heard feedback, and in addition to the new dbt-integration features, we're also announcing a new pricing structure that offers a low-commitment and fast way to get started," says Nick Freund, CEO of Workstream.io.

New data reveals the rapid adoption of AI in enablement solutions, but not without implementation and integration challenges

Seismic, the global leader in enablement, today released the findings of The State of AI in Enablement: 2023 Report. More than 600 full-time employees in a sales, enablement, or customer success role at the management level or above in the United States were surveyed, with findings indicating AI-powered enablement technology is a game changer for businesses looking to quickly and efficiently drive revenue growth as they continue to weather the economic storm.

The report found that go-to-market (GTM) leaders expect investments in AI to pay off in dividends, as 85% of respondents believe the fusion of AI and GTM strategy will lead to revenue growth for their organization. Among this group, leaders predict an average of 23% growth will be directly attributed to AI utilization over the next five years. The report also found that the majority of GTM leaders use enablement technology, and of those, 84% say that it’s mission-critical to achieving revenue goals. So it comes as no surprise that 89% of those who use the technology already have plans to further invest in 2024. These leaders anticipate enablement budgets to increase by 19% next year – a decision they largely attributed to the significant advancements in AI. What’s more: 93% agree that advancements in AI – and specifically the ways they can bolster enablement efforts – are a major driver for their company’s increasing investment in enablement technology going into next year.

However, the impact will not be immediate – overcoming challenges, driving adoption of new tech, and seeing results takes time. Over half (66%) of GTM leaders who have deployed AI tools report that they encountered initial hurdles before eventually realizing positive outcomes. Notably, 51% say that implementation and adoption are their greatest areas of concern in regards to using AI in enablement, which is why enablement tools like Seismic are critical to help facilitate seamless integration within a business’s revenue operations. But these hurdles certainly haven't prevented the march toward progress, with 83% reporting they would like to deploy more AI solutions for their team within the next 12 months.

“The past year has been wrought with market challenges, which makes AI-powered enablement technology more crucial for business success than ever before,” said Doug Winter, CEO and cofounder, Seismic. “The proof is in the pudding: When an organization's enablement efforts are streamlined with AI technology, it drives greater GTM efficiency, operational optimization, and better buyer experiences – all of which translate into a stronger bottom line. At Seismic, we are leading the charge to define the future of AI-powered enablement and look forward to working closely with our customers and partners on this endeavor.”

Additional key report findings include:

• In 2024, a significant majority (93%) of GTM leaders who intend to boost their investment in enablement technology attribute their decision to the significant advancements in AI
• In fact, over half (54%) of GTM leaders say their organization already uses AI-powered tools for sales enablement
• The three top functions that GTM leaders are leveraging AI-powered enablement tools for are:
  • 53% use it for content analytics
  • 50% use it for content distribution
  • 48% use it for learning and coaching
• And businesses are reaping the benefits: 91% of those who have implemented AI tools say that their company has noted an increase in customer satisfaction since implementing AI into their enablement processes
• However, implementation of AI technology takes time and does not come without challenges. Of those who faced challenges, 54% report integration issues, 41% report a lack of understanding, and 34% report security or privacy concerns
• That said, the data is clear: the benefits far outweigh the challenges
  • 63% of GTM leaders believe that AI is the primary force behind evolving customer experiences today
  • 73% believe that companies that fail to effectively incorporate AI into their GTM processes will fall behind their competitors within the next three years