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Yahoo
18 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Cynet CEO Jason Magee Named to CRN's Top 100 Executives List for 2025
Visionary Leadership and Channel-Centric Innovation Earn Cynet CEO Spot on Prestigious Industry List BOSTON, July 29, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cynet, provider of the All-in-One Cybersecurity Platform, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Jason Magee, CEO, to its prestigious 2025 Top 100 Executives list, recognizing him specifically among the Top 25 IT Innovators of the Year. This annual ranking highlights passionate and outstanding leaders in the technology industry who are committed to driving IT channel growth through ongoing innovation and strategic, channel-focused initiatives. CRN recognized Magee for his transformative leadership and vision in redefining Cynet's channel-first strategy since taking on the CEO role in February 2025. Under his direction, Cynet has undergone a strategic realignment to strengthen its position as a trusted cybersecurity partner for MSPs and SMBs across North America and globally. His efforts have driven the company's fastest growth segment in North America, reimagined the partner experience, and catalyzed innovation through initiatives like CyAI, Cynet's proprietary AI engine that reduces false positives by 90%. "I am honored to be spotlighted among the channel's most innovative leaders on CRN's Top Executives list," said Jason Magee, CEO, Cynet. "The recognition reflects our entire team's commitment to activating managed cybersecurity as a growth engine for Cynet channel partners around the world. We remain laser-focused on delivering purpose-built protection and tailored support for the channel community to maximize protection for clients, position their teams as trusted advisors, and accelerate business growth." Magee's leadership has enabled Cynet partners to differentiate their services with the industry's only All-in-One Cybersecurity Platform to achieve 100% Protection and 100% Detection Visibility in the MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations, with no configuration changes or false positives. Through unified go-to-market execution and a commitment to simplicity, Magee continues to build Cynet into the channel's most intuitive, scalable, and partner-driven cybersecurity solution. The CRN 2025 Top 100 Executives list honors the achievements of executives across four categories: the 25 Most Influential Executives, Top 25 Channel Sales Leaders, Top 25 Innovators and Top 25 Channel Disrupters. Magee was specifically named to the Top 25 IT Innovators of 2025, which recognizes executives who are redefining the IT landscape with bold new technologies, go-to-market strategies, and partner-centric execution. These visionary leaders leverage their distinct strengths to propel the channel forward and shape the industry's direction. "Every executive on this list demonstrates exceptional leadership and channel expertise, driving success throughout the partner ecosystem," said Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content, and Executive Editor, CRN, The Channel Company. "These industry trailblazers leverage their unique talents and steadfast commitment to business growth to unlock new opportunities in IT and empower partner success." The 2025 Top 100 Executives list will be featured in the upcoming August issue of CRN Magazine, with online coverage beginning July 28 at About Cynet Cynet's All-in-One Cybersecurity Platform unifies a full suite of security capabilities on a single, simple solution, backed by 24/7 SOC support. Cynet is purpose-built to enhance protection for small-to-medium enterprises and to maximize margins for MSPs. For more information, visit About The Channel Company The Channel Company (TCC) is the global leader in channel growth for the world's top technology brands. We accelerate success across strategic channels for tech vendors, solution providers, and end users with premier media brands, integrated marketing and event services, strategic consulting, and exclusive market and audience insights. TCC is a portfolio company of investment funds managed by EagleTree Capital, a New York City-based private equity firm. For more information, visit Follow The Channel Company: X and LinkedIn © 2025. CRN is a registered trademark of The Channel Company, Inc. All rights reserved. View source version on Contacts The Channel Company Contact: Kristin DaSilvaThe Channel Companykdasilva@ Sign in to access your portfolio
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Daily Mail
Moment hero police officer commandeers bystander's bike in relentless pursuit of car thief after high speed chase
This is the moment a quick-thinking police officer caught a suspected thief by swapping his patrol car for a passerby's bike. Footage of PC Paddy Connell chasing a stolen Range Rover in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, went viral in April last year. The suspected thief first attempted to flee in reverse before he managed to speed away and hit speeds of 80mph in a 30mph zone. The driver finally crashed the £40,000 car into a row of parked cars before scrambling out and clambering over a fence. PC Connell chased on foot before being helped by a passing cyclist. The Good Samaritan pointed PC Connell in the direction of the suspect before handing over his bicycle, telling the officer: 'Go get em'. After pedalling after the suspect, PC Connell ditched the bike and followed him on foot as he jumped over a wall and headed into a back garden. The officer finally collared the man who was hiding behind a shed and ordered him to lie on the ground before handcuffing him. After pedalling after the suspect, PC Connell ditched the bike and followed him on foot as he jumped over a wall and headed into a back garden A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle. The 2.30-minute clip of the chase went viral after South Yorkshire Police released the footage. The officer was also called into action on January 28 this year when he arrested a burglar who was on the force's 'most wanted' list. PC Connell spotted a Suzuki Cross 4x4 in Penistone which failed to stop and resulted in a chase lasting almost 30 minutes. During the pursuit the suspect threw items - including a fire extinguisher - from the car. PC Connell dodged the items and was able to deploy a stinger just before a roundabout at junction 37 on the M1. The cop, who has served for 23 years, rammed the Suzuki and two men in the car were arrested. They are due in court later this year. PC Connell has now been crowned the force's Police Officer of the Year. Chief Inspector of Roads Policing Peter Spratt said: 'We are immensely proud of PC Connell, and the recognition he has received. 'He is an integral member of the team and has had so many excellent results with colleagues, bringing offenders to justice and making South Yorkshire safer as a result. 'Our officers regularly put themselves at risk to protect the public, managing these incidents to a safe conclusion through tactics that require dynamic teamwork and skilful implementation of their training. 'Well done PC Connell, you are a credit to the department.'
Scroll.in
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Scroll.in
Book excerpt: How Anupam Kher overcame the odds to make his passion project ‘Tanvi the Great'
January is the month for the unboxing of the New Year. Everyone, with renewed excitement, is in the mood to make resolutions, ranging from the most mundane to the most monumental ones. I had already made mine more than a year back, and now I was all set to live up to it in the year 2024. This is why, to me, this New Year looked newer than any of the New Years I had welcomed in the last two decades, at least. Of course, I had a great reason to be partial towards this New Year—because the shooting of my dream, Tanvi the Great, was about to commence in the next month! 2024 was indeed a leap year for me, in more ways than one. I returned from Delhi on New Year's Eve with the script draft file saved as 'TTG-Final-Final' on my iPad. And that file name pretty much said it all! Once in Mumbai, I was in marathon meetings with my direction team associates and other department heads, while typing or recording some three to four thousand 'Same to you' New Year messages on the side. There was more exuberance than blood in my veins. Prep work was going on with the greatest possible intensity. I wanted everything to be well-planned and well-managed so that everyone had the best and most memorable experience while making this film. After all, we were creating the blissful, utopian world of Tanvi. So, the real life ought to match the reel life somewhere. A few days later, we had made our travel agent busy too. We were ready with a long list of about 250 names. These were the names of the crew members – across departments – who were going to travel with us to Lansdowne, a small town in the state of Uttarakhand, at a height of 1,780 metres above sea level. Being the headquarters of the valiant Garhwal Rifles, the administration of this little-more-than a-century-old town is also looked after by the Cantonment Board. Therefore, we prepared ID cards for each and every member of the crew. One afternoon, Pranit Kher, the director's assistant on this film and coincidentally my nephew, walked in with the samples of ID cards printed for the crew members. The designs looked really nice and elegant, and he wanted my approval. 'Hotels have been booked,' he informed further. 'We now only need to make a list of who is staying where – the room allocation, basically.' I nodded, smiled, and gave a go-ahead look. This somewhat measured response from me betrayed the enthusiasm I had been wearing on my sleeve by that point. I don't think Pranit noticed it; only I knew the reason for this. I had been trying to reach out to the gentleman who had agreed to come on board as our chief financier and co-producer of the film. For the last few weeks, for reasons best known to him, he was being evasive – or so I felt. A lot of my calls were not being answered promptly, and the replies to my messages were also getting terser by the day. And yes, we did exchange the mandatory, saccharine-sweet New Year wishes a few days back, but now was the time to discuss something far more urgent –the transfer of funds. I had been following up with him, reminding him about our agreement for a few months. I could sense that things were moving at a pace slower than expected. And one expected a lot more curiosity, involvement, and participation from someone who had expressed great interest and passion in the story. I assumed that being a busy and successful businessman, he must be really hard-pressed for time. But now it was our turn to be hard-pressed for time. We were travelling to a location where no film crew had ever shot anything before. We were going to be the first ones to shoot a full-fledged movie there. We, as producers of the film, were responsible for the safety and comfort of these 250 people who had come together to make a dream come true. In the midst of all this logistical madness and excitement, I was still chasing down our main financier, hoping everything would come together soon. Finally, after much relentless persuasion on my part, our chief financier responded, and he refused to transfer the money at that juncture – just 25 days away from the shoot. Yes, he had pulled out of the project! Think about my plight as the producer-director! Two hundred and fifty people were waiting for the shoot to begin, and dozens of invoices from technicians were piling up in the inbox of Herman D'Souza. Meanwhile, I sat in my cabin, staring blankly at a map of Lansdowne on my laptop screen. To me, the height of Lansdowne looked way higher than 1,780 metres above sea level, as mentioned on the screen. We had everything and everyone geared up for the shoot, except the money and the co-producer, who now said that his board of directors did not agree to spare funds as they were hesitant to invest money in a film venture. He sounded like a scratch card saying, 'Better luck next time.' The journey to make Tanvi the Great had become an uphill one indeed. Suddenly, I noticed something I had scribbled long ago on a piece of paper on my desk. I pushed it to Herman. He read it: 'Life likes surprises. But it loves the stubborn.' If his silence didn't, the look on Herman's face said it aloud – this was the time for action, not philosophical reflection! After that pregnant pause, he suggested we postpone the shoot. Much to my disappointment, I had to bury the moment loaded with great cinematic poignancy and explain to him what I had on my mind. After being on the roller coaster of life for more than six decades, I knew that throwing surprises was life's favourite pastime. It really likes to do so with everyone – only the frequency and intensity vary. But what it truly loves is the stubbornness of those who do not give up easily. After all, like all of us, life too doesn't enjoy one-sided matches. It exults when someone is ready to give good competition as a worthy opponent, even with their back to the wall! And hence, I decided to pull out my old pair of boxing gloves— metaphorically, of course.
Economic Times
3 days ago
- Business
- Economic Times
Lenskart secures shareholder nod to raise Rs 2,150 crore via IPO
Shareholders of omnichannel eyewear brand Lenskart have approved its initial public offering (IPO) plans, according to regulatory filings sourced from the Registrar of Companies (RoC).At its annual general meeting on Saturday, Lenskart's shareholders cleared the proposal to raise Rs 2,150 crore ($250 million) through the IPO. The total issue size is likely to be as much as $1 billion, according to people aware of the matter. One of the sources said the company is set to file its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in the coming days. With this, Lenskart will join other large new-age firms like Groww, Meesho, PhysicsWallah, and Pine Labs that are filing IPO documents this year. In total, nearly 14 venture-backed new-age companies are aiming to raise over Rs 20,000 crore from the public markets in 2025. Filings also showed that Lenskart's shareholders, including SoftBank, Kedaara Capital, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Fidelity and Temasek, have approved a new employee stock option plan, Esop 2025, comprising 7.2 million shares. Data from Tracxn shows that about 19% of Lenskart's shares are currently earmarked for its Esop pool. ET had reported on July 10 that Lenskart plans to issue additional shares to founder and CEO Peyush Bansal through a structured payout, which may increase his holding by 1.5-2%. Bansal and his sister Neha Bansal, also a cofounder, together own 14-15% of the company. Lenskart, which won The ET Startup Awards 2024 in the Startup of the Year category, operates in India and other markets such as the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, Japan and South Korea. In FY24, Lenskart's operating revenue grew 43% year-on-year to Rs 5,428 crore, while its net loss narrowed to Rs 10 crore from Rs 64 crore in FY23. In an October interview with ET, Peyush Bansal said the company is investing $200 million in a new manufacturing plant in southern India. Currently, Lenskart makes frames and lenses at its facility in Rajasthan. Lenskart's last round of funding in June 2024 valued the company at $5 billion. US-based Fidelity marked up the valuation of the omnichannel eyewear retailer by more than a fifth to $6.1 billion at the end of April. The company's omnichannel strategy, combining its website with more than 2,500 retail outlets, has been a major growth driver. While online sales have outpaced store sales growth in the past two to three years, Lenskart continues to expand its offline footprint also showed that Lenskart has appointed PaySense cofounder Sayali Karanjkar and IndMoney founder Ashish Kashyap as independent directors on its Bansal has been named chairman, managing director and CEO of Lenskart, while Neha Bansal has been appointed executive director. Cofounder Amit Chaudhary has been named an executive director on the board.
Time of India
5 days ago
- General
- Time of India
Rotary Club of Nagpur Downtown installs new team for 2025–26
1 2 3 Nagpur: The Rotary Club of Nagpur Downtown held the installation ceremony of its 29th president Chandrakant Arya and secretary Prathamesh Chakradeo. Chief guest Dnyaneshwar Shewale, district governor RID 3030, lauded the club's service spirit. The outgoing team led by Dr Pratiksha Mayee handed over responsibilities. The 2025–26 team includes treasurer and vice-president Jagdish Lanjewar, vice-president 2 Mrudula Sudame, president-elect Prajakta Mangrulkar, club trainer PP Narendra Jog, sergeant-at-arms Sameer Sahastrabudhe, IPP Dr Pratiksha Mayee and directors and committee chairs: Anant Shahane, Ashish Fule, Bhushan Banhatti, Deepali Dodke, Mandar Joshi, Manish Shah, Monili Darhvekar, Nitin Sudame, Padmashree Deshpande, Renuka Chakradeo, Sanket Dharashivkar, Sucheta Ingale, Vikrant Darvhekar, Outstanding contributions in 2024–25 were recognised. Nitin Sudame was named Rotarian of the Year; Dr Vikas and Dr Suchita Ingale, Best Couple; Bhavana Deshpande, Best Ann; and Renuka Chakradeo, Best Lady Rotarian. Deepali Dodke won Best Director. 'Pillar of Strength' Awards were given to Mrudula Sudame, Prathamesh Chakradeo, and PP Nishikant Kashikar.
