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Gartner's 2019 Hype Cycle for Blockchain Business shows that blockchain will have a transformational impact across industries in 5 to 10 years.

The endpoint is increasingly the frontline in the war against cyber-threats and IT teams are overwhelmed by the volume of alerts they must manage.

This year blockchain is starting to find its feet as innovators find the use-cases that suit the specific areas in which it can provide value.

Utilities will be the highest user of IoT endpoints, totalling 1.17 billion endpoints in 2019, and increasing 17% in 2020 to reach 1.37 billion.

This is the 11th time in a row Sophos has been positioned as Leader and shaken up its APAC and ANZ channel execs.

Ping Identity named leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for access management for third consecutive year, praised for its intelligent identity solutions.

The information logistics firm was listed as one of the twelve most important providers of email security services in the world by Forrester Research.

A new Gartner study reveals over 80% of organisations face third-party risks post-due diligence, emphasising the need for ongoing risk management.

Founded in 1986, ADTRAN capitalised on AT&T's breakup to become a leader in telecommunications networking, with revenue peaking at USD $717 million in 2011.

AWS, Microsoft, Google and Alibaba continue their dominance in worldwide cloud infrastructure services market.

Amazon, Microsoft, Alibaba, Google, and IBM dominate the public cloud IaaS market, which grew by 31.3% in 2018 to USD $32.4 billion, reveals Gartner.

Gartner recognises Proofpoint as a leader in security training for the sixth year, highlighting the company's top-notch solutions in cybersecurity awareness.

Symantec was recognised as a Leader based on current offering, strategy, and market presence with the highest overall ranking for current offerings.

The Hillstone NIPS appliance operates in-line, and at wire speed, collating all network traffic and performing deep packet inspection of the traffic.

Gartner names Juniper Networks, Cisco, and Arista Networks as the top three leaders in data centre networking in its latest Magic Quadrant report.

NSS Labs testing focuses on the main differentiators for next generation firewall (NGFW) products: security, performance/functionality and cost.

Public cloud and 'as a service' cybersecurity solutions surge by 46% in Q1 2019, though traditional hardware and software still lead the market, says Canalys.

Multi cloud strategies are on the rise as one public cloud provider is unable to meet the needs of organisations, says Gartner.

The number of smart card shipments is forecast to increase from 618.8 million in 2018 to 732.7 million in 2023, according to ABI Research.

Cisco, Sophos, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and ESET have been named Champions in Canalys' 2019 Cybersecurity Leadership Matrix, leading 15 top vendors.