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Blog Roundup: A Stronger Security Posture

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How can your customers strengthen security in the data center? And what can deception systems do as part of a security strategy? Read all about it here.

MERIDIAN: Achieving security in today's data center

A new security model and architecture are needed for true security in today's IT world of the software-defined data center and cloud computing, this post argues.

Palo Alto Networks CEO: Here's What Leads An SMB To Buy A Security Platform

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(NOTE: This story was originally posted to CRN.com Nov. 1.)

Headlines about security hacks may be enough to scare a business executive into calling his IT service provder, but the head of Palo Alto Networks suggests that you shouldn't ignore  what might be happening inside his company's own systems.

The Value Beyond the Hype: Applying Machine Learning in APT Detection

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Advanced Persistent Threats are the plague of enterprise security, crippling businesses and IT careers through costly data breaches and massive losses. They routinely evade traditional security systems and steal confidential corporate information without a trace.

Palo Alto Networks CEO: Platform Security Is The Future, But Not Every Vendor Will Succeed

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The age of the point solution is over, and a new era of platform security players has emerged to change the way companies protect themselves from cyber threats, Palo Alto Networks CEO Mark McLaughlin said.

However, not every security company that claims to have a platform will succeed, McLaughlin said Tuesday morning in an on-stage interview with The Channel Company CEO Robert Faletra at the 2016 Best of Breed Conference in Atlanta.

HPE Cloud Guru: We Can Beat AWS on Price, Services for Larger Workloads

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise's private cloud offering is cheaper and creates more than Amazon Web Services for workloads of 200 or more virtual machines, according to an HPE leader.

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based vendor said the 36-month total cost of ownership for 256 virtual machines is 42 percent less with HPE than with AWS after factoring in commonly used extras and services, according to Geoffrey Tudor, HPE's chief cloud strategist for the Americas. 

Best Of Breed Conference Preview: Palo Alto's Mark McLaughlin On Security

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In the new world of information security, Palo Alto Networks has stood out with its Next-Generation Security Platform, and it appears to be the fuel that helped drive "unprecedented" growth in its most recent quarter, according to CEO Mark McLaughlin.

Palo Alto ended its 2016 fiscal year with a 49 percent year-over-year revenue jump with $1.4 billion in sales, while its fourth-quarter margins alone grew a whopping 79.4 percent, to $46.2 million.

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