allows companies to utilise FireEye ’ s vast expertise as a remote service , in exchange for prepaid units including training , capability development , and custom intelligence . The progression towards service-based products is something FireEye has been embracing for several years , moving from hardware appliances to a servicebased cloud model . “ We still have customers that prefer the old appliance , we have customers that are now much more software driven , and we ’ ve got a lot of customers who are migrating fully to the cloud and don ’ t want to manage anything in terms of their network . They would rather have their cloud on AWS or Azure or just want a SaaS application ,” says Carmichael .
Looking to the future , the war against cyber threats is only going to escalate , and FireEye will escalate along with it . “ We ’ ll continue to evolve our products and our business , whether that ’ s through organic growth or acquisitions ,” predicts Carmichael . “ We know we ’ ve still got areas we want to offer capabilities in and , internally , my drive is to develop systems that actually get IT out of the way of the business and allow the business to go at the speed of business .” As a veteran of IT and cybersecurity fighting on a daily basis against sophisticated and organized threats , Carmichael admits the world “ is a scary place , but an interesting one nonetheless , and one that FireEye will continue in its mission to relentlessly protect our customers .”
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