Five Minute Briefing - Information Management
October 29, 2025

Five Minute Briefing - Information Management: October 29, 2025. A concise weekly report with key product news, market research and insight for data management professionals and IT executives.

News Flashes

Cequence Security Elevates its Channel Partner Program to Accelerate API Protection

Cequence Security, a pioneer in application and API security, announced the expansion and formalization of its Partner Program, further reinforcing the company's commitment to a channel-only business model. As API attacks continue to rise as the primary attack vector against enterprises, Cequence's enhanced Partner Program addresses three critical customer challenges through its trusted ecosystem of security experts, according to the company.

Palo Alto Networks Unveils Cortex Cloud to Secure Enterprises from AI-Driven Threats

Palo Alto Networks is unveiling Cortex Cloud, unifying best-in-class cloud detection and response (CDR) and industry-leading cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) capabilities on the Cortex platform to meet the new challenge of AI-driven threats.

Redpanda Combines Streaming, SQL, and Iceberg for Cloud to Air-Gapped Environments Enabling Governed Data Access

Redpanda, the real-time data platform for the agentic enterprise, is releasing the Agentic Data Plane (ADP)—a new suite for safely connecting AI Agents across the growing digital workforce.