Network Break 273: Fortinet Pits Deep Learning Appliance Against Malware; Nokia ‘Reviews Options’ As Earnings Struggle
Take a Network Break! Fortinet announces a new appliance that uses deep learning to spot malware on premises, VMware bundles a software security suite and announces a new beta security feature in its Secure State software, and Nokia looks to buy time while it gets its 5G house in order.
Let’s Encrypt reaches a one-billion milestone of certificates issued, VMware tops $10 billion in revenue for the first time, and Nutanix announces Q2 2020 financial results.
Cisco announces a new rounds of layoffs, and Palo Alto pledges $1 billion to buy back shares after a quarter that saw $73.7 million in net losses.
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Fortinet Introduces Self-Learning Artificial Intelligence Appliance for Sub-Second Threat Detection – Fortinet
VMware Makes Comprehensive Workload and Network Security More Economical and Easier to Operate Inside Data Centers and Clouds – VMware
Winning The Cloud Security Race: Remediate Misconfigurations At Scale With VMware Secure State – VMware
Nokia Said to Weigh Strategic Options as Profit Pressure Mounts – Bloomberg
Really? Is the White House Proposing to Buy Ericsson or Nokia? – NY Times
Let’s Encrypt Has Issued a Billion Certificates – Let’s Encrypt
VMware Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 20202 Results – VMware
Nutanix, Inc’s (NTNX) CEO Dheeraj Pandey on Q2 2020 Results – Earnings Call Transcript – Seeking Alpha
Nutanix Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2020 Financial Results – Nutanix