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Few organizations can perform their daily tasks and operations without vendors and third-party partners. And even if they could, successful businesses understand that working with others provides a better experience than doing it alone. The vendors and partners a business associates with matter. These relationships impact security measures, revenue, and brand reputation.

30th June 2023 – Secure network transformation specialist Xalient today announced that it was ranked 92nd in The Sunday Times Hundred list thesundaytimes.co.uk/100 for 2023, which recognises Britain’s fastest-growing private companies. This is the second consecutive year that Xalient has appeared in the rankings.

You open Instagram and the first post is an ad for a smart refrigerator. What a happy coincidence; you and your partner were just discussing getting one for your new home! After you get over the initial excitement of having experienced such an unlikely event, it slowly dawns on you that there’s more at play than coincidence. In the present age, data is akin to gold, and seemingly everyone is trying to get their grubby little hands on yours.

Ever since the adage “identities are the new perimeter” came into being, companies have started to expand their capabilities and operations beyond on-premises, office-based infrastructure. The adoption of cloud-native technologies means that organizations are looking to scale up their conventional workflows without having to invest time and resources on setting up physical data centers and other hardware infrastructure.

When KnowBe4 went public in April 2021, I got to know a select group of analysts that served as co-managers on our IPO. These professionals all know our industry very well and we spoke with them quarterly during our earnings conference call where we discussed the past 3 months and expectations for the future. One of these firms was Baird Equity Research and I am still on their mailing list, even though we went private this year as a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company.