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STG Closes $1.2B FireEye Buy, Merges It With McAfee Enterprise
by Michael Novinson
‘We need to get back to innovating, we need to get back to investing ... I think that’s going to help us get back to growth and growing much faster than we have over the last couple years,’ CEO Bryan Palma tells CRN.
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5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
by Rick Whiting
For the week ending Oct. 1, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel.
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10 Things To Know About The FireEye-McAfee Enterprise Deal
by Michael Novinson
From who will lead the company going forward to how the FireEye and McAfee Enterprise products fit together to why both businesses have struggled in recent years, here are the 10 key things to know.
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McAfee Enterprise-FireEye Products To Merge Into $2B Titan
by Michael Novinson
The combined 5,000-employee company will be led by former Blackberry President and Cisco SVP Bryan Palma, while Ian Halifax, who has served as Riverbed Technology’s chief financial officer since December 2019, will step into the CFO role.
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BlackBerry Taps Ex-McAfee President To Lead Security Practice
by Michael Novinson
BlackBerry has tasked former McAfee President John Giamatteo with spearheading strategy, engineering, and go-to-market for the company’s $500 million cybersecurity business unit when he starts Oct. 4.
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The 10 Biggest Cybersecurity Acquisitions Of 2021 (So Far)
by Michael Novinson
Private equity goliaths, SPACs, and pure-play security mainstays spent nearly $31 billion on the year‘s top cybersecurity acquisitions, placing big bets on securing networks and endpoints as well as managing employee and customer access.
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Exabeam Snags Ex-Forescout Exec Michael DeCesare As CEO
by Michael Novinson
Michael DeCesare will replace Exabeam co-founder and CEO Nir Polak, who will remain with the company as chairman of the board. Exabeam also announced $200 million of funding on a $2.4 billion valuation.
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McAfee Eyes More M&A Following Sale Of Enterprise Business
by Michael Novinson
‘We’ll continue to look at things that potentially broaden and also create an opportunity for us to bring more differentiation to the market,’ says McAfee President and CEO Peter Leav.
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McAfee Enterprise Business To Be Sold To STG For $4B
by Michael Novinson
By splitting its enterprise and consumer operations, McAfee is following in the footsteps of top rival Symantec, which sold its enterprise business to Broadcom in November 2019 for $10.7 billion.
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REvil Ransomware Attacks MSP Standley Systems, Leaks SSNs
by Michael Novinson
Notorious ransomware operator REvil boasts on its dark web leak site of having medical documents, social security numbers, personal data, and passports and licenses from MSP Standley Systems and its clients.
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10 Hot SASE Companies To Watch In 2021
by Michael Novinson
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) has taken the industry by storm as users, devices, applications, services and data rapidly shift out of the data center. Here’s a look at 10 SASE companies fighting for dominance.
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The 10 Most Valuable Cybersecurity Companies Right Now
by Michael Novinson
The 10 most valuable cybersecurity companies are worth more than $229 billion combined. Here’s a look at the big product, acquisition and channel bets they’ve made to establish and maintain their dominance.
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McAfee To Lay Off Up To 60, Close Israeli Development Center: Reports
by Michael Novinson
McAfee is expected to move its Israeli operations overseas as a cost-cutting measure, meaning that most of the 50 R&D employees and 10 salespeople at the Tel Aviv facility will be laid off, Globes reported.
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The 10 Hottest New Cloud Security Tools Of 2020
by Michael Novinson
The 10 top cloud security products to hit the market in 2020 can detect improper configurations, assess the risk around users seeking access to a cloud resource, and protect workloads in virtualized, private and hybrid environments.
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