Here are five technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Monday, March 21, 2022. Sip up.
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A. Today’s Technology, Channel Chief and MSP Partner Program News
1. Funding - Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Software: DataGrand, a Shangai, China-based AI and RPA vendor, has raised $90 million in Series C funding. DataGrand focuses on enterprise business automation. In stark contrast, RPA startups such as
Rewst and
ElectroNeek want to bring the power of RPA into the MSP sector.
2. Funding: Application security posture management startup
Bionic has raised
$65 million in Series B funding led by
Insight Partners. Cyberstarts and Battery Ventures also participated in the round.
3. IoT Security Partners - Asia Pacific: BlackBerry announced 13 channel partners that will offer
BlackBerry Jarvis 2.0 to companies that build secure, mission-critical systems in APAC. Key vertical market focus areas include transportation, medical equipment and factory floor automation.
4. Talent - Data Protection Software:
Arcserve has named SonicWall and Dell veteran Florian Malecki as executive vice president of global marketing, and Diebold Nixdorf veteran Patrick Tournoy as executive vice president of global operations.
5. Log4Shell Vulnerabilities: Roughly 30 percent of Log4Shell instances remain vulnerable,
Qualys research indicates. Check out
SC Media's analysis for more Log4Shell vulnerability findings from Qualys.
B. Channel Partner Summits, MSP Conferences and Virtual Events Calendar