Five Minute Briefing - Information Management
October 20, 2025
Five Minute Briefing - Information Management: October 20, 2025. A concise weekly report with key product news, market research and insight for data management professionals and IT executives.
News Flashes
BMC announced it is delivering solutions that place AI, observability, and automation where teams already operate to fundamentally transform how teams resolve issues and manage complexity.
Amazon Web Services went down earlier today, kicking off at 3 am ET at AWS' main US-East-1 region hosted in northern Virginia—the heart of its cloud services. According to the website Downdetector, user reports indicated problems at sites including Amazon, Disney+, Lyft, the McDonald's app, The New York Times, Reddit, Ring doorbells, Robinhood, Snapchat, T-Mobile, United Airlines, Venmo, Verizon, and more.
OPSWAT, a global leader in critical infrastructure protection, is integrating its MetaDefender Storage Security with NetApp ONTAP—bringing together OPSWAT's advanced file security tools with NetApp's widely adopted storage platforms to help organizations detect and prevent hidden malware, macro threats, sensitive data leakage, and file-borne vulnerabilities.
Silverfort, a leading identity security company, is releasing two new foundational capabilities Access Intelligence and Identity Graph & Inventory, further expanding Silverfort's identity security platform.