Microsoft’s cloud business powers 10% growth in quarterly profits
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REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft reported a 10% increase in quarterly profits Tuesday as it tries to maintain its position as a leader in artificial intelligence technology.
The software giant said its fiscal fourth-quarter profit was $22 billion, or $2.95 per share, slightly beating analyst expectations for $2.94 per share.
It posted revenue of $64.7 billion in the April-June period, up 15% from last year. Analysts polled by FactSet Research had been looking for revenue of $64.4 billion.
Microsoft’s growth was led by its cloud computing business, where quarterly revenue rose 19% to $28.5 billion. That was still lower than what some analysts expected, leading to the stock shedding about 5% in after-hours trading Tuesday.
The Redmond, Washington-based company doesn’t report revenue specifically from AI products but says it has infused the technology into all of its business segments, particularly its Azure cloud computing contracts, but increasingly its workplace software and other products. Much of its generative AI technology has been built as part of its multibillion-dollar investments in OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT.
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Revenue from Microsoft’s productivity services – such as its Office line of products – rose 11% to $20.3 billion.
Microsoft’s personal computing business, centered on licensing its Windows operating system, made $15.9 billion for the quarter, up 14% from last year.
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Windows 11 Cheat Sheet: Everything You Need to Know
Microsoft made its newest operating system, Windows 11, publicly available on October 5, 2021 — a little more than six years after Windows 10 debuted. Windows 11 offers updates and new features, including a simpler design intended to increase productivity, ways to connect to people faster, an all-new Microsoft Store, and a more open ecosystem that unlocks new opportunities for developers and other creators.
This Microsoft Windows 11 cheat sheet details the operating system’s main features, lists system requirements, explains how and when to get it, and more.
What is Windows 11?
Windows 11 is Microsoft’s newest major release of its operating system and the successor to Windows 10. The OS features an all-new simplified yet modernized interface designed to inspire productivity and creativity.
While the March 2022 Windows 11 Patch is not classified as a “feature update” to the operating system by Microsoft, the patch did contain a few unannounced features. For example, if you run Windows 11 with Widgets turned on, you will notice a new icon in the lower left corner of the desktop that provides a summary of your local weather conditions. Microsoft also updated Notepad and rebranded the Groove media player.
As of May 2024, Windows 11 is the second most popular Windows version in use after Windows 10.
What is the Windows 11 version timeline? Version 21H2
The original version of Windows 11 was released to the public in October 2021. This version, also referred to as version 21H2 and codenamed “Sun Valley,” was made available as a preview build to Windows Insiders in the development channel in June 2021. During its approximately one year existence, Windows 11 version 21H2 was updated and patched over two dozen times.
Version 22H2
The Windows 11 2022 Update, often referred to as 22H2 and codenamed “Sun Valley 2,” was the first major update to Windows 11. The first preview of this version of Windows 11 22H2 was released to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel on September 2, 2021. The update began rolling out to the public on September 20, 2022.
The Windows 11 2022 Update included several feature updates, improvements and enhancements. These included hypervisor-protected code integrity security, sync status of OneDrive displayed in File Explorer, Windows Studio Effects, and streamlining changes for future Windows 11 updates and patches. Since its release, Windows 11 22H2 has been patched and updated numerous times.
SEE: Check out these Windows 11 22H2 enterprise features you need to know.
Version 23H2
The Windows 11 2023 Update, often referred to as 23H2, was released to the public with eligible computers on September 26, 2023. In September 2023, Microsoft began rolling out a new Windows 11 update to eligible computers. Known as Windows 11 23H2, this latest major update adds new features, applications and security protocols to the operating system, including Windows Copilot, File Explorer enhancements, Windows backup app, taskbar improvements, new volume mixer, 7-Zip and RAR support and RGB peripheral customization.
SEE: Everything you need to know about Microsoft Copilot in this TechRepublic cheat sheet.
Version 24H2
The Windows 11 24H2 Update is an upcoming update to the operating system. A preview was released through the Windows Insider Program to developers on February 8, 2024. Some notable enhancements will include HDR Backgrounds, Wi-Fi 7 support, AI Voice Clarity and AI CoWriter in Notepad.
What new features come with Windows 11? New Start layout
In Windows 11, the newly centered Start button uses the cloud and Microsoft 365 to show recent files, no matter what platform or device they were being viewed on previously, including an Android or iOS device.
Snap Layouts, Snap Groups and Desktops
A new set of features in Microsoft Windows 11 is the introduction of Snap Layouts, Snap Groups and Desktops. These offer a “powerful way to multitask and stay on top of what you need to get done,” according to Microsoft’s press release. With these Windows 11 features, users can organize windows and optimize screen real estate for a cleaner visual layout (Figure A). Users can create and customize separate Desktops for each part of their life — like one for work and one for personal use.
Figure A
The new Windows 11 Desktops feature. Image: Microsoft Chat from Microsoft Teams
In Windows 11, Microsoft integrates Chat from Microsoft Teams into the taskbar, so users can instantly connect via text, chat, voice or video with personal contacts, regardless of which platform or device is being used across Microsoft Windows, Android or iOS. Through Microsoft Teams, users can now instantly mute and unmute or start a presentation directly from the taskbar in the new OS.
Lockscreen Widgets
Windows 11’s new Widgets are a personalized feed powered by artificial intelligence and Microsoft Edge. Instead of using a phone to check news, weather or notifications, now users can open their Windows 11 desktop to see a similarly curated view (Figure B). Widgets offers new opportunities within Windows 11 to deliver personalized content for creators and publishers.
Figure B
The new Widgets feature in Windows 11. Image: Microsoft Microsoft Store overhaul
The Microsoft Store has undergone a major overhaul; users now have one safe location for apps and content to watch, create, play, work and learn. According to Microsoft, the Store “has been rebuilt for speed and with an all-new design that is beautiful and simple to use. Not only will we bring you more apps than ever before, we’re also making all content — apps, games, shows, movies — easier to search for and discover with curated stories and collections.”
Leading first- and third-party apps such as Microsoft Teams, Visual Studio, Disney+, Adobe Creative Cloud, Zoom and Canva have also been added to the Microsoft Store.
Android apps
Through its partnership with Amazon and Intel, the Microsoft Store allows users to discover Android apps, which can be downloaded via the Amazon Appstore. Microsoft is enabling developers and independent software vendors to bring apps to the Microsoft Store, no matter what app framework is used to create them.
What new features come with Windows 11 22H2?
The first major content patch, known as Windows 11 22H2, added several new features and applications to the operating system.
For enterprise users, Windows 11 22H2 improved File Explore functionality to integrate OneDrive status, which improves team collaboration and cooperation. The update also added a new feature called Windows Studio Effects, which will improve virtual meetings with AI-powered processing efficiency.
At the user level, Windows 11 22H2 added new quality-of-life features like voice activated navigation, Start Menu feature improvements, additional personalization themes and the Clipchamp app. Further, Windows 11 22H2 added new live captioning features for automatically transcribing virtual meetings.
What new features come with Windows 11 23H2?
The latest major content patch, known as Windows 11 23H2, adds several new features and applications to the operating system.
The highlight of Windows 11 23H2 Update is the addition of Windows Copilot, which integrates an on-demand generative AI feature directly into the operating system. Windows Copilot will be accessible to users as they work with Mail, Paint, Notepad and any other Windows app.
Windows 11 23H2 includes the often asked for ability to control RGB peripherals natively through Windows settings instead of relying on third-party software and utilities. The update also supports several common open-sourced archiving protocols, including 7-Zip and RAR. The 23H2 update includes quality-of-life improvements for Windows File Explorer and the taskbar.
SEE: How to Enable Windows Copilot in Windows 11 23H2
More Windows 11 news and updates
In July, Microsoft announced a new way of distributing updates, called checkpoint cumulative updates. These will roll out automatically with Windows 11 24H2 or Windows Server 2025 in late 2024 at earliest. With checkpoint cumulative updates, each update will be a smaller download, ideally saving time, bandwidth and hard drive space. Details can be found at the Microsoft Tech Community post linked above.
Around the same time, a savvy X user spotted a remarkable new look in a Windows 11 preview build: the “all apps” layout option. “All apps” groups apps by type, as opposed to alphabetically, and may be the first of a few new ways to display apps in the Start menu in the future.
What AI features have been added to Windows 11?
Microsoft has added a number of features based on artificial intelligence to Windows 11 since its initial release, including Live Captions, background noise removal in videoconferencing, webcam autoframing and the Bing Chat chatbot in the taskbar’s search field.
Copilot
In January 2024, Microsoft announced that the new Windows 11 PCs, including the Surface line coming out through Spring 2024, will include a Copilot key. The Copilot key enables easy access to Microsoft’s AI assistant, Copilot, in Windows.
Copilot assists with a variety of tasks, such as transforming documents into presentations, editing photos, summarizing emails and meetings, managing PC settings like enabling battery saver and accessing information from different apps and platforms.
SEE: Windows 11 Update Brings New Tricks to Microsoft Copilot
Recall
Recall, announced at Microsoft Build on May 20, 2024, is a new AI-powered feature that allows users to quickly and intuitively search through their device’s history using natural language questions. While this is included as a part of Windows 11, it will only work on Copilot+ PCs that have built in neural processing units.
Recall runs locally, logging everything the computer has done, including web browsing, file creation and voice chats, so anything the user has come across via that PC can be called upon. Recall is incorporated with Timeline — the existing Windows feature that shows running apps and past activities — to give an easy-to-use scrollable interface.
Due to security concerns, Microsoft delayed Recall’s rollout with the new Copilot+ PCs on June 18, 2024, so it can “ensure the experience meets our high standards for quality and security.”
What do developers need to know about Windows 11? PWABuilder3
Windows 11 features the new PWABuilder3, so developers can build a PWA from their web app in minutes (Figure C). WebView2 runtime is included with Windows 11, which makes it easier to take advantage of its web platform as a secure way to build hybrid web apps. Offerings like Windows Terminal and the new Microsoft Edge DevTools can still be used, as they are now included in Windows 11.
Figure C
PWA Shortcuts integrated with Windows 11. Image: Microsoft Windows App SDK
Released March 29, 2021, the Windows App SDK, previously known as Project Reunion, makes it easier to integrate Windows 11 features into apps, but it still allows developers to reach more than a billion users on Windows 10.
Windows on ARM
Developers can build apps that run natively on Windows on ARM with the new ARM64 Emulation Compatible ABI. Using the ARM64EC, native ARM and emulated x64 code can be mixed in the same process or module. This interoperability means developers can optimize apps to run on Windows on ARM — even if the app has x64 dependencies or loads x64 plugins they don’t control.
WinUI3
To rejuvenate app designs, developers can use WinUI3 in Windows 11, which offers built-in UI updates such as rounded geometry, refreshed iconography, new typography, fun micro-interactions like Lottie animation and refreshed color palette. The Snap layouts feature will help with maximum productivity in Windows 11.
Reunion Windowing
Reunion Windowing allows developers to easily manage and create app windows. The feature works with existing app codes, simplifies common operations and brings new functionality to desktop apps like Light-Dismiss Behavior, Picture-In-Picture mode and easier titlebar customization.
SEE: Learn how to install Windows 11 from Microsoft’s ISO file.
Microsoft Store commerce availability
Along with the major changes to the Microsoft Store, Microsoft is taking steps to unlock greater economic opportunity for creators and developers. Microsoft now allows developers and independent software vendors to advertise their apps on the platform regardless of whether they’re built as a Win32, Progressive Web App, Universal Windows App or any other app framework, so they can reach and engage a larger audience.
The revenue share policies have changed, too. Developers can now bring their own non-gaming apps into the Microsoft Store with their own commerce platform and keep 100% of the revenue — Microsoft takes nothing. Developers can still use Microsoft’s commerce platform, with competitive revenue share of 15% for apps and 12% for games.
Must-read Windows coverage Is Windows 11 free?
Windows 11 is available through a free upgrade for eligible Windows 10 PCs and on new PCs as of October 5, 2021. To see if your Windows 10 PC is eligible for the free upgrade to Windows 11, download the PC Health Check app.
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How do I upgrade to Windows 11?
Microsoft Windows 11 is available as a general release to the public. Assuming your personal computer meets the prerequisite requirements, including installation of Windows 10 1909 or later, you can upgrade to Windows 11 by navigating to the Update & Security settings screen.
Users may also take advantage of the Windows 11 Installation Assistant to bypass the Windows 10 Update & Security screen and upgrade to Windows 11 directly.
Can you set up Windows 11 without a Microsoft Account?
Microsoft requires the user to log in to a free Microsoft account to download and install Windows 11; however, this step can be avoided by creating a local account — i.e., one that only applies to that machine and does not involve an internet connection — during the setup process.
Follow these steps to create a local account and install Windows 11.
Follow the Windows 11 installation process until you are presented with the Let’s Connect You To A Network box. Press Shift + F10 to open command prompt, type “OOBEBYPASSNRO” and press enter. The PC will reboot. Restart the installation process. When you reach the Let’s Connect You To A Network box, click I Don’t Have Internet and then Continue With Limited Setup.
Create a local account when prompted, and then finish the installation. You can connect to the internet once the installation has completed.
Why is my PC not eligible for Windows 11?
To install Windows 11, your PC must meet system requirements that it may not currently satisfy. These requirements include:
Processor: 1GHz or faster with two or more cores on a compatible 64-bit processor or System on a Chip. RAM: 4GB. Storage: 64GB or larger storage device. System firmware: UEFI, Secure Boot capable. Graphics card: Compatible with DirectX 12 or later with WDDM 2.0 driver. Display: High-definition (720p) display that is greater than 9″ diagonally, 8 bits per color channel. Internet connection: Windows 11 Home edition requires internet connectivity and a Microsoft account to complete device setup on first use. Switching a device out of Windows 11 Home in S mode requires internet connectivity.
SEE: Here’s how to tell if your PC can run Windows 11.
What are the feature-specific requirements for Windows 11?
Some features in Windows 11 have increased requirements beyond those listed above. Here are additional details regarding requirements for key features per Microsoft.
5G support: Requires a 5G-capable modem. Auto HDR: Requires an HDR monitor. BitLocker to Go: Requires a USB flash drive (available in Windows Pro and above editions). Client Hyper-V: Requires a processor with second level address translation capabilities (available in Windows Pro and above editions). Cortana: Requires a microphone and speaker and is currently available on Windows 11 for Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S. DirectStorage: Requires an NVMe SSD to store and run games that use the Standard NVM Express Controller driver and a DirectX12 GPU with Shader Model 6.0 support. DirectX 12 Ultimate: Available with supported games and graphics chips. Presence: Requires a sensor that can detect human distance from device or intent to interact with device. Intelligent Video Conferencing: Requires video camera, microphone and speaker for audio output. Multiple Voice Assistant (MVA): Requires a microphone and speaker. Snap: Three-column layouts require a screen that is 1920 effective pixels or greater in width. Mute and Unmute from Taskbar: Requires video camera, microphone and speaker for audio output. Spatial Sound: Requires supporting hardware and software. Teams: Requires video camera, microphone and speaker for audio output. Touch: Requires a screen or monitor that supports multi-touch. Two-factor authentication: Requires use of PIN, biometric (fingerprint reader or illuminated infrared camera), or a phone with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth capabilities. Voice Typing: Requires a PC with a microphone. Wake on Voice: Requires Modern Standby power model and microphone. Wi-Fi 6E: Requires new WLAN IHV hardware and driver and a Wi-Fi 6E capable AP or router. Windows Hello: Requires a camera configured for near infrared imaging or fingerprint reader for biometric authentication. Devices without biometric sensors can use Windows Hello with a PIN or portable Microsoft compatible security key. Windows Projection: Requires a display adapter that supports Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) 2.0 and a Wi-Fi adapter that supports Wi-Fi Direct. Is Windows 11 worth it?
According to Microsoft’s current support plan, Windows 10 will lose support for future feature and security updates on October 14, 2025. After that date, any business, regardless of size, will incur a significant risk of liability for using Windows 10. With that in mind, upgrading to Windows 11 is obviously necessary and entirely worth the time and effort.
Windows 11 is designed to take advantage of the latest in both hardware and software security protocols, something Windows 10 is not able to do. These security measures help the operating system fend off various cyberattacks and malware including software viruses and ransomware. Because Windows 11 is a free upgrade to Windows 10, for most businesses and individuals there is little reason not to upgrade.
SEE: Here’s how to find and install the new Windows 11 22H2 update.
Business Intelligence and Analytics Fusion Introduces New AI-Powered Scenario Simulation and Intelligence Suite
Fusion Risk Management (Fusion), a provider of cloud-based operational resilience, business continuity, and risk management solutions, is releasing its new Scenario Simulation and Intelligence suite—enabling companies to simulate thousands of possible scenarios against their resilience plans and strategies to identify points of weakness at scale.
Posted August 14, 2024
Ridge Security Enhances Proactive Exposure Management with RidgeBot 4.3.3
Ridge Security Technology Inc. is releasing RidgeBot version 4.3.3, introducing a powerful integration that enhances proactive exposure management for organizations—combining RidgeBot’s automated vulnerability detection and validation capabilities with leading vulnerability management (VM) solutions.
Posted August 14, 2024
DBTA Readers’ Choice Award Winners (2024)
With the recent AI boom, data is being created and generated at unprecedented rates. Per the latest estimates, 402.74 million terabytes of data are created each day. This increase calls for a paradigm shift in company efficiency—quickly enabling enterprises to uncover quality insights and effective organization of this data. To help organizations progress along their data-driven journeys, each year, DBTA presents the Readers’ Choice Awards, which provide the opportunity to recognize companies whose products have been selected by the experts—our readers!
Posted August 13, 2024
Rubrik and Mandiant Collaborate to Drive Robust Threat Recovery and Response
Rubrik, Inc., the Zero Trust Data Security Company, is unveiling a new partnership with Mandiant, a cyber defense provider which is now part of Google Cloud. This collaboration—which is shaped by three key pillars—serves to help enterprises quickly control their risk against diverse, rampant threats.
Posted August 13, 2024
Cribl Partners with 4 Key Players in the Security Space
Cribl, the data engine for IT and security, announced four key partnerships with Vijilan, Anvilogic, Securonix, and Anomali, to address growing enterprise IT and security data management challenges. Cribl Stream and Edge products are now integrated with Anvilogic’s innovative security information and event management (SIEM) platform, providing security operations centers (SOC) with best-in-class flexibility, cost efficiency, and control over their security data, according to the vendors.
Posted August 12, 2024
Global Edge Data Center Market Predicted to Cross $300B By 2026
Analysis by global real estate consulting firm JLL predicts edge IT infrastructure and data centers will become a $317 billion market globally by 2026, representing a 107% growth from the 2020 market valued at $153 billion. Globally, the growth of edge computing will be influenced by not only the emergence of several technology-based megatrends but also the need for faster data transfer and high computation, as well as factors such as policies and regulations.
Posted August 12, 2024
IBM Provides Generative AI-Powered Cybersecurity Assistant
IBM is adding generative AI capabilities to its managed Threat Detection and Response Services utilized by IBM Consulting analysts to advance and streamline security operations for clients. Built on IBM’s watsonx data and AI platform, the new IBM Consulting Cybersecurity Assistant is designed to accelerate and improve the identification, investigation, and response to critical security threats, according to the company.
Posted August 12, 2024
Upgrading the DBMS: Poking a House of Cards
Regular readers of this column are aware that I am a proponent of getting rid of bad database standards. But sometimes it can be difficult to determine if a particular standard is bad, or just a lot of trouble to comply with! Well, what am I getting at here? Have you ever been thwarted by a global fiat from management? Of course you have, we all have. But I’m talking about a particular type of dictum from above. Something like this: “New software installations, including updated versions and releases, must be supported by current tooling before they can be installed.”
Posted August 12, 2024
Advanced Info Service Selects Oracle Alloy to Build Thailand’s Locally Owned and Operated Hyperscale Cloud
Advanced Info Service (AIS), one of Thailand’s largest mobile network operators, announced plans to deploy Oracle Alloy and launch AIS Cloud, the country’s first locally owned and operated hyperscale cloud. Oracle Alloy will provide AIS’ customers and all enterprises in Thailand, including the public sector, access to more than 100 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services, including the latest artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
Posted August 12, 2024
Supply Wisdom and Fusion Collaborate to Enhance Third-Party Risk Management Effectiveness
Supply Wisdom, the market’s full-stack, real-time risk intelligence SaaS platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI), is partnering with Fusion Risk Management (Fusion), a leading provider of cloud-based operational resilience, business continuity, and risk management solutions—offering Fusion customers a seamless integration for enhanced third-party risk management (TPRM) and operational risk and resilience program needs.
Posted August 09, 2024
Cloudera Boosts Metadata Management with New Solution Capabilities
Cloudera, a hybrid platform for data, analytics and AI, is introducing two key enhancements to its metadata management solutions, boosting open interoperability within the open data lakehouse and addressing increasing demands for security and governance across the entire data lifecycle.
Posted August 08, 2024
Navigating The Good and Bad Of AI
Despite the overwhelming promise of AI, its rapid proliferation has been accompanied by some unwanted side effects, including a dramatic uptick in cyberattacks— particularly social engineering attacks like phishing, which have grown 1,265% since late 2022. As a result, organizations across industries are faced with an ever-evolving challenge: balancing the positive use cases associated with AI, such as automated monitoring and streamlined workflows, with its very real risks.
Posted August 08, 2024
Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Bear, Or Was He/She a Diagram?
Everyone likes a diagram. Diagrams often help make an issue clear—except when they don’t. There are plenty of diagrams that really do not convey information to the viewer, and that is a sad state for any diagram to find itself in. Maybe, just maybe, not everyone has the proper temperament to create a useful diagram? Before composing a diagram, the diagram-builder needs to be clear about what viewers of the created diagram should gain from viewing it.
Posted August 08, 2024
Generative AI: The Universal Translator
In Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, various alien races were able to communicate with each other thanks to the Babel Fish, which, when placed in one’s ear, decoded brainwave emanations from one species to provide instantaneous translation to the other. In Star Trek, a “universal translator” allowed instantaneous translation between any alien species and humans. Until recently, these universal translators have existed only in the domain of science fiction.
Posted August 08, 2024
Will AI Become Our Friend or Foe? Technology Professionals Weigh In.
Picture this: there’s a new face in the IT department, ready to step in to help tackle the increasingly complex challenges caused by modern hybrid on-prem and multi-cloud environments. Overstretched technology teams always appreciate an extra set of helping hands, but what happens when this new team member isn’t human—but artificial intelligence (AI)?
Posted August 08, 2024
Commvault Strengthens Cyber Resilience Offerings through New Integrations
Commvault, a leading provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, is continuing to advance its cyber resilience offerings with a recent expansion of its cyber and data security ecosystem. Manifesting as strategic, bi-directional integrations with Acante, Dasera, Splunk, and Wiz, Commvault works to equip its users with the robust security necessary for today’s threat landscape.
Posted August 07, 2024
Oracle and Ampere Unveil Next-Generation Arm-Based Cloud Compute
Ampere and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) are releasing second-generation Ampere-based compute instances, OCI Ampere A2 Compute, based on the AmpereOne family of processors. The new offering builds upon the success of OCI Ampere A1 Compute instances, which have been adopted by OCI customers and deployed across over 100 OCI services, including Oracle Database services like HeatWave, MySQL, as well as Oracle Cloud Applications.
Posted August 07, 2024
Oracle and NVIDIA Meet the Demands for GenAI with Latest Infrastructure Releases
Oracle and NVIDIA are expanding their partnership to meet the increased demands for generative AI, large language models (LLMs), advanced graphics, and digital twins to hasten operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and drive innovation. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) announced the release of NVIDIA L40S GPU bare-metal instances, available to order and the upcoming availability of a new virtual machine accelerated by a single NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU.
Posted August 07, 2024
Modernizing Infrastructures with Open Source Platform Engineering
Bassam Chahine, professional services consultant, Instaclustr, joined DBTA’s webinar, Enterprise Platform Engineering, the Open Source Way, to discuss the ways platform engineering can modernize application infrastructure—and do so with the multitude of advantages that open source has to offer.
Posted August 06, 2024
Polyhedra Offers Proof Cloud Open Beta, Further Supercharging Zero-Knowledge Proof Infrastructure
Polyhedra Network (Polyhedra), the team pioneering the next generation of secure and scalable zero-knowledge (ZK) proof infrastructure, announced that Proof Cloud has launched in an open beta to meet the growing demand for efficient, fast, and cost-effective ZK-proof technology. Proof Cloud was created in collaboration with Google Cloud and will be utilized by Polygon, Linea, and Lita at launch.
Posted August 06, 2024
Logz.io Offers New UI for Open 360 Observability Platform to Redefine Log Management
Logz.io, provider of Open 360, is releasing Explore, a faster, more intuitive and responsive user interface (UI) for the Logz.io Open 360 observability platform—improving the ability of users to access, query, and visualize their logs. Explore is now the default log management interface for Logz.io, replacing the previous version based on OpenSearch Dashboards (OSD).
Posted August 05, 2024
Abstract Security Operationalizes Threat Intelligence with Abstract Intelligence Gallery
Abstract Security, building the future of AI enabled security operations, is unveiling Abstract Intelligence Gallery (AIG), a solution that “puts threat intelligence to work” and unlocks new use cases for enhancing security posture. Built atop Abstract Security’s streaming analytics platform, AIG serves to boost detection and analytics workflows without requiring specialized, complex platforms.
Posted August 05, 2024
Index Engines Adds Data Integrity Insights to its CyberSense Platform
Index Engines, a cybersecurity company, is providing new comprehensive data integrity reporting within the CyberSense product—empowering data protection and security teams to quickly understand and explain the health status of protected data to support their cyber resiliency strategies.
Posted August 02, 2024
Perforce Provides Enhanced Security and Maximum CI/CD Process Flexibility with Latest Release
Perforce Software, the DevOps company for global teams, is releasing a new version of its static analysis tools, providing enhanced security and maximum CI/CD process flexibility for safety-critical development projects. Perforce static analysis engines ensure software quality, safety and security, and offer continuous compliance throughout the development process by alerting developers to defects, vulnerabilities, and standards rule violations as the code is being written, according to the company.
Posted August 01, 2024
Weaviate Offers Suite of Solutions to Fast-Track AI Applications into Their ‘Production Era’
Weaviate, an AI-native vector database company, is releasing a developer “workbench” of tools and apps along with flexible tiered storage to help organizations put AI into production. Inspired by Weaviate’s vibrant open source community, Weaviate’s new developer offerings accelerate AI application development and provide end-to-end solutions for some of the most common AI use cases, helping organizations make the leap from AI prototypes to production, according to the company.
Posted July 31, 2024
Devo Launches Series of Enhancements for Complete Data Control
Devo Technology, the security data analytics company, is unveiling a series of data orchestration, data analytics, and security operations center (SOC) workflow enhancements designed to bring data control, cost efficiency, and automation to security teams. With data volumes increasing while team budgets remain the same, Devo’s latest offerings aim to ease the pressures of security while delivering robust data control.
Posted July 30, 2024
Census Bridges the Gap between Data and Business User with Universal Data Platform
Census, the leading data activation and reverse ETL platform, is debuting its expanded focus in data transformation and governance tooling, manifested as the Universal Data Platform (UDP). This approach is grounded in breaking down data silos that prevent effective collaboration between data and business teams, offering a centralized platform for teams to create, contribute, and validate datasets.
Posted July 29, 2024
Hitachi Vantara Announces General Availability of Hitachi iQ to Support the Most Advanced AI Workloads
Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., is releasing the general availability of the Hitachi iQ portfolio of AI-ready infrastructure, solutions, and services. Including NVIDIA DGX BasePOD certification, the first Hitachi iQ infrastructure offering meets the highest standards of performance and reliability and helps customers seamlessly power their most critical AI applications. Featuring the Hitachi Content Software for File solution, Hitachi iQ provides customers the speed, efficiency, and processing to accelerate and optimize their time to insights so that they can drive transformative outcomes for their business, according to the company.
Posted July 29, 2024
Baffle Offers Data Security for Multi-Tenant Applications on AWS
Baffle, a company that protects sensitive data, is offering new capabilities designed to secure multi-tenant applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS)—giving AWS customers the ability to secure data in databases as well as S3 object storage with simplicity and ease by protecting each tenant within the multi-tenant application.
Posted July 29, 2024
IBM Aims to Partner with Fermilab’s SQMS Center to Forward Critical Quantum Information Science Initiatives
IBM announced it is a new partner of the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center, a DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Center, hosted by Fermilab, as approved by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Science Programs. As a major national and international research center, SQMS is dedicated to advancing critical quantum technologies, with a focus on superconducting quantum systems.
Posted July 29, 2024
IBM Introduces IBM SkillsBuild Cybersecurity and Data Analytics Certificates
IBM is introducing two new IBM SkillsBuild certificates in cybersecurity and data analytics, designed and piloted with community colleges. These new IBM SkillsBuild certificates will be available to students across the Alabama Community College System, Bay Area Community College Consortium, Colorado Community College System, and Louisiana Community and Technical College System this fall.
Posted July 29, 2024
365 Data Centers Expands Partnership with Megaport
365 Data Centers (365), a leading provider of network-centric colocation, network, cloud, and other managed services, is expanding its partnership with Megaport, a global leading Network-as-a-Service provider (NaaS). Megaport has broadened its 365 footprint by adding a Point-of-Presence at 365’s Boca Raton, Florida data center, further enhancing public cloud and other connectivity solutions available to 365’s Southeast customers.
Posted July 29, 2024
Remake/Remodel
Eventually the day comes when an existing data mart or warehouse needs to be re-examined. Maybe new workloads are desired, new business models arise, a new platform is considered, or new supporting tools in the environment are wanted. Especially when a new platform is part of the equation, many in charge think first of “lift and shift” as the approach. Taking as much existing data and processes as possible and keeping them virtually unchanged as things are moved onto new foundations is almost always the cost-saving approach—for the immediate short term.
Posted July 29, 2024
Privacera Posture Manager Bridges Security and Data Access Controls for Comprehensive Protection
Privacera, the AI and data security governance company founded by the creators of Apache Ranger, is offering a private preview of Posture Manager, expanding on its ability to deliver active Data Security Posture Management (DSPM). The solution is designed to transform data security with enhanced visualization, mapping, and data risk analytical capabilities, according to the vendor.
Posted July 26, 2024
Qlik Talend Cloud Combines Advanced AI with Trusted Data Foundations
Qlik, a global leader in data integration, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), is releasing Qlik Talend Cloud, a streamlined integrated solution designed to enhance data trust and accessibility for AI value creation. Underpinned by trusted Qlik and Talend technologies, trusted by some of the world’s largest brands, Qlik Talend Cloud is designed to facilitate responsible enterprise AI adoption, according to the company.
Posted July 25, 2024
SUSE Acquires StackState to Enrich Cloud-Native Observability Capabilities
SUSE, a global leader in innovative, open and secure enterprise-grade solutions, is acquiring the full stack observability platform StackState, enabling SUSE to accelerate cloud-native observability for the enterprise by integrating the platform into Rancher Prime, its premium container management service.
Posted July 25, 2024
Kyndryl Expands Partnership with SAP to Simplify Customers’ Cloud Transformations
Kyndryl, one of the world’s largest IT infrastructure services providers, is selecting the RISE with SAP solution to accelerate its journey to the cloud, along with expanding its strategic alliance with SAP. As part of the expansion, Kyndryl will provide SAP services for the delivery of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition to help customers move to the cloud and continue solving their most complex digital transformation challenges, according to the company.
Posted July 24, 2024
Globant to Help Customers Leverage RISE with SAP to Modernize
Globant, a digitally native company focused on reinventing businesses through innovative technology solutions, announced it is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help customers leverage RISE with SAP to modernize their on-premises SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) and migrate to the cloud. Globant and AWS are helping their joint customers leverage RISE with SAP—a managed cloud offering of solutions, infrastructure, and services—to streamline migration of their legacy SAP ERP to AWS with more speed and confidence, according to the companies.
Posted July 24, 2024
Business Intelligence and Analytics Fusion Introduces New AI-Powered Scenario Simulation and Intelligence Suite
Fusion Risk Management (Fusion), a provider of cloud-based operational resilience, business continuity, and risk management solutions, is releasing its new Scenario Simulation and Intelligence suite—enabling companies to simulate thousands of possible scenarios against their resilience plans and strategies to identify points of weakness at scale.
Posted August 14, 2024
Ridge Security Enhances Proactive Exposure Management with RidgeBot 4.3.3
Ridge Security Technology Inc. is releasing RidgeBot version 4.3.3, introducing a powerful integration that enhances proactive exposure management for organizations—combining RidgeBot’s automated vulnerability detection and validation capabilities with leading vulnerability management (VM) solutions.
Posted August 14, 2024
DBTA Readers’ Choice Award Winners (2024)
With the recent AI boom, data is being created and generated at unprecedented rates. Per the latest estimates, 402.74 million terabytes of data are created each day. This increase calls for a paradigm shift in company efficiency—quickly enabling enterprises to uncover quality insights and effective organization of this data. To help organizations progress along their data-driven journeys, each year, DBTA presents the Readers’ Choice Awards, which provide the opportunity to recognize companies whose products have been selected by the experts—our readers!
Posted August 13, 2024
Rubrik and Mandiant Collaborate to Drive Robust Threat Recovery and Response
Rubrik, Inc., the Zero Trust Data Security Company, is unveiling a new partnership with Mandiant, a cyber defense provider which is now part of Google Cloud. This collaboration—which is shaped by three key pillars—serves to help enterprises quickly control their risk against diverse, rampant threats.
Posted August 13, 2024
Cribl Partners with 4 Key Players in the Security Space
Cribl, the data engine for IT and security, announced four key partnerships with Vijilan, Anvilogic, Securonix, and Anomali, to address growing enterprise IT and security data management challenges. Cribl Stream and Edge products are now integrated with Anvilogic’s innovative security information and event management (SIEM) platform, providing security operations centers (SOC) with best-in-class flexibility, cost efficiency, and control over their security data, according to the vendors.
Posted August 12, 2024
Global Edge Data Center Market Predicted to Cross $300B By 2026
Analysis by global real estate consulting firm JLL predicts edge IT infrastructure and data centers will become a $317 billion market globally by 2026, representing a 107% growth from the 2020 market valued at $153 billion. Globally, the growth of edge computing will be influenced by not only the emergence of several technology-based megatrends but also the need for faster data transfer and high computation, as well as factors such as policies and regulations.
Posted August 12, 2024
IBM Provides Generative AI-Powered Cybersecurity Assistant
IBM is adding generative AI capabilities to its managed Threat Detection and Response Services utilized by IBM Consulting analysts to advance and streamline security operations for clients. Built on IBM’s watsonx data and AI platform, the new IBM Consulting Cybersecurity Assistant is designed to accelerate and improve the identification, investigation, and response to critical security threats, according to the company.
Posted August 12, 2024
Upgrading the DBMS: Poking a House of Cards
Regular readers of this column are aware that I am a proponent of getting rid of bad database standards. But sometimes it can be difficult to determine if a particular standard is bad, or just a lot of trouble to comply with! Well, what am I getting at here? Have you ever been thwarted by a global fiat from management? Of course you have, we all have. But I’m talking about a particular type of dictum from above. Something like this: “New software installations, including updated versions and releases, must be supported by current tooling before they can be installed.”
Posted August 12, 2024
Advanced Info Service Selects Oracle Alloy to Build Thailand’s Locally Owned and Operated Hyperscale Cloud
Advanced Info Service (AIS), one of Thailand’s largest mobile network operators, announced plans to deploy Oracle Alloy and launch AIS Cloud, the country’s first locally owned and operated hyperscale cloud. Oracle Alloy will provide AIS’ customers and all enterprises in Thailand, including the public sector, access to more than 100 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services, including the latest artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
Posted August 12, 2024
Supply Wisdom and Fusion Collaborate to Enhance Third-Party Risk Management Effectiveness
Supply Wisdom, the market’s full-stack, real-time risk intelligence SaaS platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI), is partnering with Fusion Risk Management (Fusion), a leading provider of cloud-based operational resilience, business continuity, and risk management solutions—offering Fusion customers a seamless integration for enhanced third-party risk management (TPRM) and operational risk and resilience program needs.
Posted August 09, 2024
Cloudera Boosts Metadata Management with New Solution Capabilities
Cloudera, a hybrid platform for data, analytics and AI, is introducing two key enhancements to its metadata management solutions, boosting open interoperability within the open data lakehouse and addressing increasing demands for security and governance across the entire data lifecycle.
Posted August 08, 2024
Navigating The Good and Bad Of AI
Despite the overwhelming promise of AI, its rapid proliferation has been accompanied by some unwanted side effects, including a dramatic uptick in cyberattacks— particularly social engineering attacks like phishing, which have grown 1,265% since late 2022. As a result, organizations across industries are faced with an ever-evolving challenge: balancing the positive use cases associated with AI, such as automated monitoring and streamlined workflows, with its very real risks.
Posted August 08, 2024
Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Bear, Or Was He/She a Diagram?
Everyone likes a diagram. Diagrams often help make an issue clear—except when they don’t. There are plenty of diagrams that really do not convey information to the viewer, and that is a sad state for any diagram to find itself in. Maybe, just maybe, not everyone has the proper temperament to create a useful diagram? Before composing a diagram, the diagram-builder needs to be clear about what viewers of the created diagram should gain from viewing it.
Posted August 08, 2024
Generative AI: The Universal Translator
In Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, various alien races were able to communicate with each other thanks to the Babel Fish, which, when placed in one’s ear, decoded brainwave emanations from one species to provide instantaneous translation to the other. In Star Trek, a “universal translator” allowed instantaneous translation between any alien species and humans. Until recently, these universal translators have existed only in the domain of science fiction.
Posted August 08, 2024
Will AI Become Our Friend or Foe? Technology Professionals Weigh In.
Picture this: there’s a new face in the IT department, ready to step in to help tackle the increasingly complex challenges caused by modern hybrid on-prem and multi-cloud environments. Overstretched technology teams always appreciate an extra set of helping hands, but what happens when this new team member isn’t human—but artificial intelligence (AI)?
Posted August 08, 2024
Commvault Strengthens Cyber Resilience Offerings through New Integrations
Commvault, a leading provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, is continuing to advance its cyber resilience offerings with a recent expansion of its cyber and data security ecosystem. Manifesting as strategic, bi-directional integrations with Acante, Dasera, Splunk, and Wiz, Commvault works to equip its users with the robust security necessary for today’s threat landscape.
Posted August 07, 2024
Oracle and Ampere Unveil Next-Generation Arm-Based Cloud Compute
Ampere and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) are releasing second-generation Ampere-based compute instances, OCI Ampere A2 Compute, based on the AmpereOne family of processors. The new offering builds upon the success of OCI Ampere A1 Compute instances, which have been adopted by OCI customers and deployed across over 100 OCI services, including Oracle Database services like HeatWave, MySQL, as well as Oracle Cloud Applications.
Posted August 07, 2024
Oracle and NVIDIA Meet the Demands for GenAI with Latest Infrastructure Releases
Oracle and NVIDIA are expanding their partnership to meet the increased demands for generative AI, large language models (LLMs), advanced graphics, and digital twins to hasten operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and drive innovation. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) announced the release of NVIDIA L40S GPU bare-metal instances, available to order and the upcoming availability of a new virtual machine accelerated by a single NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU.
Posted August 07, 2024
Modernizing Infrastructures with Open Source Platform Engineering
Bassam Chahine, professional services consultant, Instaclustr, joined DBTA’s webinar, Enterprise Platform Engineering, the Open Source Way, to discuss the ways platform engineering can modernize application infrastructure—and do so with the multitude of advantages that open source has to offer.
Posted August 06, 2024
Polyhedra Offers Proof Cloud Open Beta, Further Supercharging Zero-Knowledge Proof Infrastructure
Polyhedra Network (Polyhedra), the team pioneering the next generation of secure and scalable zero-knowledge (ZK) proof infrastructure, announced that Proof Cloud has launched in an open beta to meet the growing demand for efficient, fast, and cost-effective ZK-proof technology. Proof Cloud was created in collaboration with Google Cloud and will be utilized by Polygon, Linea, and Lita at launch.
Posted August 06, 2024
Logz.io Offers New UI for Open 360 Observability Platform to Redefine Log Management
Logz.io, provider of Open 360, is releasing Explore, a faster, more intuitive and responsive user interface (UI) for the Logz.io Open 360 observability platform—improving the ability of users to access, query, and visualize their logs. Explore is now the default log management interface for Logz.io, replacing the previous version based on OpenSearch Dashboards (OSD).
Posted August 05, 2024
Abstract Security Operationalizes Threat Intelligence with Abstract Intelligence Gallery
Abstract Security, building the future of AI enabled security operations, is unveiling Abstract Intelligence Gallery (AIG), a solution that “puts threat intelligence to work” and unlocks new use cases for enhancing security posture. Built atop Abstract Security’s streaming analytics platform, AIG serves to boost detection and analytics workflows without requiring specialized, complex platforms.
Posted August 05, 2024
Index Engines Adds Data Integrity Insights to its CyberSense Platform
Index Engines, a cybersecurity company, is providing new comprehensive data integrity reporting within the CyberSense product—empowering data protection and security teams to quickly understand and explain the health status of protected data to support their cyber resiliency strategies.
Posted August 02, 2024
Perforce Provides Enhanced Security and Maximum CI/CD Process Flexibility with Latest Release
Perforce Software, the DevOps company for global teams, is releasing a new version of its static analysis tools, providing enhanced security and maximum CI/CD process flexibility for safety-critical development projects. Perforce static analysis engines ensure software quality, safety and security, and offer continuous compliance throughout the development process by alerting developers to defects, vulnerabilities, and standards rule violations as the code is being written, according to the company.
Posted August 01, 2024
Weaviate Offers Suite of Solutions to Fast-Track AI Applications into Their ‘Production Era’
Weaviate, an AI-native vector database company, is releasing a developer “workbench” of tools and apps along with flexible tiered storage to help organizations put AI into production. Inspired by Weaviate’s vibrant open source community, Weaviate’s new developer offerings accelerate AI application development and provide end-to-end solutions for some of the most common AI use cases, helping organizations make the leap from AI prototypes to production, according to the company.
Posted July 31, 2024
Devo Launches Series of Enhancements for Complete Data Control
Devo Technology, the security data analytics company, is unveiling a series of data orchestration, data analytics, and security operations center (SOC) workflow enhancements designed to bring data control, cost efficiency, and automation to security teams. With data volumes increasing while team budgets remain the same, Devo’s latest offerings aim to ease the pressures of security while delivering robust data control.
Posted July 30, 2024
Census Bridges the Gap between Data and Business User with Universal Data Platform
Census, the leading data activation and reverse ETL platform, is debuting its expanded focus in data transformation and governance tooling, manifested as the Universal Data Platform (UDP). This approach is grounded in breaking down data silos that prevent effective collaboration between data and business teams, offering a centralized platform for teams to create, contribute, and validate datasets.
Posted July 29, 2024
Hitachi Vantara Announces General Availability of Hitachi iQ to Support the Most Advanced AI Workloads
Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., is releasing the general availability of the Hitachi iQ portfolio of AI-ready infrastructure, solutions, and services. Including NVIDIA DGX BasePOD certification, the first Hitachi iQ infrastructure offering meets the highest standards of performance and reliability and helps customers seamlessly power their most critical AI applications. Featuring the Hitachi Content Software for File solution, Hitachi iQ provides customers the speed, efficiency, and processing to accelerate and optimize their time to insights so that they can drive transformative outcomes for their business, according to the company.
Posted July 29, 2024
Baffle Offers Data Security for Multi-Tenant Applications on AWS
Baffle, a company that protects sensitive data, is offering new capabilities designed to secure multi-tenant applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS)—giving AWS customers the ability to secure data in databases as well as S3 object storage with simplicity and ease by protecting each tenant within the multi-tenant application.
Posted July 29, 2024
IBM Aims to Partner with Fermilab’s SQMS Center to Forward Critical Quantum Information Science Initiatives
IBM announced it is a new partner of the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center, a DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Center, hosted by Fermilab, as approved by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Science Programs. As a major national and international research center, SQMS is dedicated to advancing critical quantum technologies, with a focus on superconducting quantum systems.
Posted July 29, 2024
IBM Introduces IBM SkillsBuild Cybersecurity and Data Analytics Certificates
IBM is introducing two new IBM SkillsBuild certificates in cybersecurity and data analytics, designed and piloted with community colleges. These new IBM SkillsBuild certificates will be available to students across the Alabama Community College System, Bay Area Community College Consortium, Colorado Community College System, and Louisiana Community and Technical College System this fall.
Posted July 29, 2024
365 Data Centers Expands Partnership with Megaport
365 Data Centers (365), a leading provider of network-centric colocation, network, cloud, and other managed services, is expanding its partnership with Megaport, a global leading Network-as-a-Service provider (NaaS). Megaport has broadened its 365 footprint by adding a Point-of-Presence at 365’s Boca Raton, Florida data center, further enhancing public cloud and other connectivity solutions available to 365’s Southeast customers.
Posted July 29, 2024
Remake/Remodel
Eventually the day comes when an existing data mart or warehouse needs to be re-examined. Maybe new workloads are desired, new business models arise, a new platform is considered, or new supporting tools in the environment are wanted. Especially when a new platform is part of the equation, many in charge think first of “lift and shift” as the approach. Taking as much existing data and processes as possible and keeping them virtually unchanged as things are moved onto new foundations is almost always the cost-saving approach—for the immediate short term.
Posted July 29, 2024
Privacera Posture Manager Bridges Security and Data Access Controls for Comprehensive Protection
Privacera, the AI and data security governance company founded by the creators of Apache Ranger, is offering a private preview of Posture Manager, expanding on its ability to deliver active Data Security Posture Management (DSPM). The solution is designed to transform data security with enhanced visualization, mapping, and data risk analytical capabilities, according to the vendor.
Posted July 26, 2024
Qlik Talend Cloud Combines Advanced AI with Trusted Data Foundations
Qlik, a global leader in data integration, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), is releasing Qlik Talend Cloud, a streamlined integrated solution designed to enhance data trust and accessibility for AI value creation. Underpinned by trusted Qlik and Talend technologies, trusted by some of the world’s largest brands, Qlik Talend Cloud is designed to facilitate responsible enterprise AI adoption, according to the company.
Posted July 25, 2024
SUSE Acquires StackState to Enrich Cloud-Native Observability Capabilities
SUSE, a global leader in innovative, open and secure enterprise-grade solutions, is acquiring the full stack observability platform StackState, enabling SUSE to accelerate cloud-native observability for the enterprise by integrating the platform into Rancher Prime, its premium container management service.
Posted July 25, 2024
Kyndryl Expands Partnership with SAP to Simplify Customers’ Cloud Transformations
Kyndryl, one of the world’s largest IT infrastructure services providers, is selecting the RISE with SAP solution to accelerate its journey to the cloud, along with expanding its strategic alliance with SAP. As part of the expansion, Kyndryl will provide SAP services for the delivery of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition to help customers move to the cloud and continue solving their most complex digital transformation challenges, according to the company.
Posted July 24, 2024
Globant to Help Customers Leverage RISE with SAP to Modernize
Globant, a digitally native company focused on reinventing businesses through innovative technology solutions, announced it is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help customers leverage RISE with SAP to modernize their on-premises SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) and migrate to the cloud. Globant and AWS are helping their joint customers leverage RISE with SAP—a managed cloud offering of solutions, infrastructure, and services—to streamline migration of their legacy SAP ERP to AWS with more speed and confidence, according to the companies.
Posted July 24, 2024
Business Intelligence and Analytics Fusion Introduces New AI-Powered Scenario Simulation and Intelligence Suite
Fusion Risk Management (Fusion), a provider of cloud-based operational resilience, business continuity, and risk management solutions, is releasing its new Scenario Simulation and Intelligence suite—enabling companies to simulate thousands of possible scenarios against their resilience plans and strategies to identify points of weakness at scale.
Posted August 14, 2024
Ridge Security Enhances Proactive Exposure Management with RidgeBot 4.3.3
Ridge Security Technology Inc. is releasing RidgeBot version 4.3.3, introducing a powerful integration that enhances proactive exposure management for organizations—combining RidgeBot’s automated vulnerability detection and validation capabilities with leading vulnerability management (VM) solutions.
Posted August 14, 2024
DBTA Readers’ Choice Award Winners (2024)
With the recent AI boom, data is being created and generated at unprecedented rates. Per the latest estimates, 402.74 million terabytes of data are created each day. This increase calls for a paradigm shift in company efficiency—quickly enabling enterprises to uncover quality insights and effective organization of this data. To help organizations progress along their data-driven journeys, each year, DBTA presents the Readers’ Choice Awards, which provide the opportunity to recognize companies whose products have been selected by the experts—our readers!
Posted August 13, 2024
Rubrik and Mandiant Collaborate to Drive Robust Threat Recovery and Response
Rubrik, Inc., the Zero Trust Data Security Company, is unveiling a new partnership with Mandiant, a cyber defense provider which is now part of Google Cloud. This collaboration—which is shaped by three key pillars—serves to help enterprises quickly control their risk against diverse, rampant threats.
Posted August 13, 2024
Cribl Partners with 4 Key Players in the Security Space
Cribl, the data engine for IT and security, announced four key partnerships with Vijilan, Anvilogic, Securonix, and Anomali, to address growing enterprise IT and security data management challenges. Cribl Stream and Edge products are now integrated with Anvilogic’s innovative security information and event management (SIEM) platform, providing security operations centers (SOC) with best-in-class flexibility, cost efficiency, and control over their security data, according to the vendors.
Posted August 12, 2024
Global Edge Data Center Market Predicted to Cross $300B By 2026
Analysis by global real estate consulting firm JLL predicts edge IT infrastructure and data centers will become a $317 billion market globally by 2026, representing a 107% growth from the 2020 market valued at $153 billion. Globally, the growth of edge computing will be influenced by not only the emergence of several technology-based megatrends but also the need for faster data transfer and high computation, as well as factors such as policies and regulations.
Posted August 12, 2024
IBM Provides Generative AI-Powered Cybersecurity Assistant
IBM is adding generative AI capabilities to its managed Threat Detection and Response Services utilized by IBM Consulting analysts to advance and streamline security operations for clients. Built on IBM’s watsonx data and AI platform, the new IBM Consulting Cybersecurity Assistant is designed to accelerate and improve the identification, investigation, and response to critical security threats, according to the company.
Posted August 12, 2024
Upgrading the DBMS: Poking a House of Cards
Regular readers of this column are aware that I am a proponent of getting rid of bad database standards. But sometimes it can be difficult to determine if a particular standard is bad, or just a lot of trouble to comply with! Well, what am I getting at here? Have you ever been thwarted by a global fiat from management? Of course you have, we all have. But I’m talking about a particular type of dictum from above. Something like this: “New software installations, including updated versions and releases, must be supported by current tooling before they can be installed.”
Posted August 12, 2024
Advanced Info Service Selects Oracle Alloy to Build Thailand’s Locally Owned and Operated Hyperscale Cloud
Advanced Info Service (AIS), one of Thailand’s largest mobile network operators, announced plans to deploy Oracle Alloy and launch AIS Cloud, the country’s first locally owned and operated hyperscale cloud. Oracle Alloy will provide AIS’ customers and all enterprises in Thailand, including the public sector, access to more than 100 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services, including the latest artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
Posted August 12, 2024
Supply Wisdom and Fusion Collaborate to Enhance Third-Party Risk Management Effectiveness
Supply Wisdom, the market’s full-stack, real-time risk intelligence SaaS platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI), is partnering with Fusion Risk Management (Fusion), a leading provider of cloud-based operational resilience, business continuity, and risk management solutions—offering Fusion customers a seamless integration for enhanced third-party risk management (TPRM) and operational risk and resilience program needs.
Posted August 09, 2024
Cloudera Boosts Metadata Management with New Solution Capabilities
Cloudera, a hybrid platform for data, analytics and AI, is introducing two key enhancements to its metadata management solutions, boosting open interoperability within the open data lakehouse and addressing increasing demands for security and governance across the entire data lifecycle.
Posted August 08, 2024
Navigating The Good and Bad Of AI
Despite the overwhelming promise of AI, its rapid proliferation has been accompanied by some unwanted side effects, including a dramatic uptick in cyberattacks— particularly social engineering attacks like phishing, which have grown 1,265% since late 2022. As a result, organizations across industries are faced with an ever-evolving challenge: balancing the positive use cases associated with AI, such as automated monitoring and streamlined workflows, with its very real risks.
Posted August 08, 2024
Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Bear, Or Was He/She a Diagram?
Everyone likes a diagram. Diagrams often help make an issue clear—except when they don’t. There are plenty of diagrams that really do not convey information to the viewer, and that is a sad state for any diagram to find itself in. Maybe, just maybe, not everyone has the proper temperament to create a useful diagram? Before composing a diagram, the diagram-builder needs to be clear about what viewers of the created diagram should gain from viewing it.
Posted August 08, 2024
Generative AI: The Universal Translator
In Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, various alien races were able to communicate with each other thanks to the Babel Fish, which, when placed in one’s ear, decoded brainwave emanations from one species to provide instantaneous translation to the other. In Star Trek, a “universal translator” allowed instantaneous translation between any alien species and humans. Until recently, these universal translators have existed only in the domain of science fiction.
Posted August 08, 2024
Will AI Become Our Friend or Foe? Technology Professionals Weigh In.
Picture this: there’s a new face in the IT department, ready to step in to help tackle the increasingly complex challenges caused by modern hybrid on-prem and multi-cloud environments. Overstretched technology teams always appreciate an extra set of helping hands, but what happens when this new team member isn’t human—but artificial intelligence (AI)?
Posted August 08, 2024
Commvault Strengthens Cyber Resilience Offerings through New Integrations
Commvault, a leading provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, is continuing to advance its cyber resilience offerings with a recent expansion of its cyber and data security ecosystem. Manifesting as strategic, bi-directional integrations with Acante, Dasera, Splunk, and Wiz, Commvault works to equip its users with the robust security necessary for today’s threat landscape.
Posted August 07, 2024
Oracle and Ampere Unveil Next-Generation Arm-Based Cloud Compute
Ampere and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) are releasing second-generation Ampere-based compute instances, OCI Ampere A2 Compute, based on the AmpereOne family of processors. The new offering builds upon the success of OCI Ampere A1 Compute instances, which have been adopted by OCI customers and deployed across over 100 OCI services, including Oracle Database services like HeatWave, MySQL, as well as Oracle Cloud Applications.
Posted August 07, 2024
Oracle and NVIDIA Meet the Demands for GenAI with Latest Infrastructure Releases
Oracle and NVIDIA are expanding their partnership to meet the increased demands for generative AI, large language models (LLMs), advanced graphics, and digital twins to hasten operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and drive innovation. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) announced the release of NVIDIA L40S GPU bare-metal instances, available to order and the upcoming availability of a new virtual machine accelerated by a single NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU.
Posted August 07, 2024
Modernizing Infrastructures with Open Source Platform Engineering
Bassam Chahine, professional services consultant, Instaclustr, joined DBTA’s webinar, Enterprise Platform Engineering, the Open Source Way, to discuss the ways platform engineering can modernize application infrastructure—and do so with the multitude of advantages that open source has to offer.
Posted August 06, 2024
Polyhedra Offers Proof Cloud Open Beta, Further Supercharging Zero-Knowledge Proof Infrastructure
Polyhedra Network (Polyhedra), the team pioneering the next generation of secure and scalable zero-knowledge (ZK) proof infrastructure, announced that Proof Cloud has launched in an open beta to meet the growing demand for efficient, fast, and cost-effective ZK-proof technology. Proof Cloud was created in collaboration with Google Cloud and will be utilized by Polygon, Linea, and Lita at launch.
Posted August 06, 2024
Logz.io Offers New UI for Open 360 Observability Platform to Redefine Log Management
Logz.io, provider of Open 360, is releasing Explore, a faster, more intuitive and responsive user interface (UI) for the Logz.io Open 360 observability platform—improving the ability of users to access, query, and visualize their logs. Explore is now the default log management interface for Logz.io, replacing the previous version based on OpenSearch Dashboards (OSD).
Posted August 05, 2024
Abstract Security Operationalizes Threat Intelligence with Abstract Intelligence Gallery
Abstract Security, building the future of AI enabled security operations, is unveiling Abstract Intelligence Gallery (AIG), a solution that “puts threat intelligence to work” and unlocks new use cases for enhancing security posture. Built atop Abstract Security’s streaming analytics platform, AIG serves to boost detection and analytics workflows without requiring specialized, complex platforms.
Posted August 05, 2024
Index Engines Adds Data Integrity Insights to its CyberSense Platform
Index Engines, a cybersecurity company, is providing new comprehensive data integrity reporting within the CyberSense product—empowering data protection and security teams to quickly understand and explain the health status of protected data to support their cyber resiliency strategies.
Posted August 02, 2024
Perforce Provides Enhanced Security and Maximum CI/CD Process Flexibility with Latest Release
Perforce Software, the DevOps company for global teams, is releasing a new version of its static analysis tools, providing enhanced security and maximum CI/CD process flexibility for safety-critical development projects. Perforce static analysis engines ensure software quality, safety and security, and offer continuous compliance throughout the development process by alerting developers to defects, vulnerabilities, and standards rule violations as the code is being written, according to the company.
Posted August 01, 2024
Weaviate Offers Suite of Solutions to Fast-Track AI Applications into Their ‘Production Era’
Weaviate, an AI-native vector database company, is releasing a developer “workbench” of tools and apps along with flexible tiered storage to help organizations put AI into production. Inspired by Weaviate’s vibrant open source community, Weaviate’s new developer offerings accelerate AI application development and provide end-to-end solutions for some of the most common AI use cases, helping organizations make the leap from AI prototypes to production, according to the company.
Posted July 31, 2024
Devo Launches Series of Enhancements for Complete Data Control
Devo Technology, the security data analytics company, is unveiling a series of data orchestration, data analytics, and security operations center (SOC) workflow enhancements designed to bring data control, cost efficiency, and automation to security teams. With data volumes increasing while team budgets remain the same, Devo’s latest offerings aim to ease the pressures of security while delivering robust data control.
Posted July 30, 2024
Census Bridges the Gap between Data and Business User with Universal Data Platform
Census, the leading data activation and reverse ETL platform, is debuting its expanded focus in data transformation and governance tooling, manifested as the Universal Data Platform (UDP). This approach is grounded in breaking down data silos that prevent effective collaboration between data and business teams, offering a centralized platform for teams to create, contribute, and validate datasets.
Posted July 29, 2024
Hitachi Vantara Announces General Availability of Hitachi iQ to Support the Most Advanced AI Workloads
Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., is releasing the general availability of the Hitachi iQ portfolio of AI-ready infrastructure, solutions, and services. Including NVIDIA DGX BasePOD certification, the first Hitachi iQ infrastructure offering meets the highest standards of performance and reliability and helps customers seamlessly power their most critical AI applications. Featuring the Hitachi Content Software for File solution, Hitachi iQ provides customers the speed, efficiency, and processing to accelerate and optimize their time to insights so that they can drive transformative outcomes for their business, according to the company.
Posted July 29, 2024
Baffle Offers Data Security for Multi-Tenant Applications on AWS
Baffle, a company that protects sensitive data, is offering new capabilities designed to secure multi-tenant applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS)—giving AWS customers the ability to secure data in databases as well as S3 object storage with simplicity and ease by protecting each tenant within the multi-tenant application.
Posted July 29, 2024
IBM Aims to Partner with Fermilab’s SQMS Center to Forward Critical Quantum Information Science Initiatives
IBM announced it is a new partner of the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center, a DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Center, hosted by Fermilab, as approved by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Science Programs. As a major national and international research center, SQMS is dedicated to advancing critical quantum technologies, with a focus on superconducting quantum systems.
Posted July 29, 2024
IBM Introduces IBM SkillsBuild Cybersecurity and Data Analytics Certificates
IBM is introducing two new IBM SkillsBuild certificates in cybersecurity and data analytics, designed and piloted with community colleges. These new IBM SkillsBuild certificates will be available to students across the Alabama Community College System, Bay Area Community College Consortium, Colorado Community College System, and Louisiana Community and Technical College System this fall.
Posted July 29, 2024
365 Data Centers Expands Partnership with Megaport
365 Data Centers (365), a leading provider of network-centric colocation, network, cloud, and other managed services, is expanding its partnership with Megaport, a global leading Network-as-a-Service provider (NaaS). Megaport has broadened its 365 footprint by adding a Point-of-Presence at 365’s Boca Raton, Florida data center, further enhancing public cloud and other connectivity solutions available to 365’s Southeast customers.
Posted July 29, 2024
Remake/Remodel
Eventually the day comes when an existing data mart or warehouse needs to be re-examined. Maybe new workloads are desired, new business models arise, a new platform is considered, or new supporting tools in the environment are wanted. Especially when a new platform is part of the equation, many in charge think first of “lift and shift” as the approach. Taking as much existing data and processes as possible and keeping them virtually unchanged as things are moved onto new foundations is almost always the cost-saving approach—for the immediate short term.
Posted July 29, 2024
Privacera Posture Manager Bridges Security and Data Access Controls for Comprehensive Protection
Privacera, the AI and data security governance company founded by the creators of Apache Ranger, is offering a private preview of Posture Manager, expanding on its ability to deliver active Data Security Posture Management (DSPM). The solution is designed to transform data security with enhanced visualization, mapping, and data risk analytical capabilities, according to the vendor.
Posted July 26, 2024
Qlik Talend Cloud Combines Advanced AI with Trusted Data Foundations
Qlik, a global leader in data integration, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), is releasing Qlik Talend Cloud, a streamlined integrated solution designed to enhance data trust and accessibility for AI value creation. Underpinned by trusted Qlik and Talend technologies, trusted by some of the world’s largest brands, Qlik Talend Cloud is designed to facilitate responsible enterprise AI adoption, according to the company.
Posted July 25, 2024
SUSE Acquires StackState to Enrich Cloud-Native Observability Capabilities
SUSE, a global leader in innovative, open and secure enterprise-grade solutions, is acquiring the full stack observability platform StackState, enabling SUSE to accelerate cloud-native observability for the enterprise by integrating the platform into Rancher Prime, its premium container management service.
Posted July 25, 2024
Kyndryl Expands Partnership with SAP to Simplify Customers’ Cloud Transformations
Kyndryl, one of the world’s largest IT infrastructure services providers, is selecting the RISE with SAP solution to accelerate its journey to the cloud, along with expanding its strategic alliance with SAP. As part of the expansion, Kyndryl will provide SAP services for the delivery of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition to help customers move to the cloud and continue solving their most complex digital transformation challenges, according to the company.
Posted July 24, 2024
Globant to Help Customers Leverage RISE with SAP to Modernize
Globant, a digitally native company focused on reinventing businesses through innovative technology solutions, announced it is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help customers leverage RISE with SAP to modernize their on-premises SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) and migrate to the cloud. Globant and AWS are helping their joint customers leverage RISE with SAP—a managed cloud offering of solutions, infrastructure, and services—to streamline migration of their legacy SAP ERP to AWS with more speed and confidence, according to the companies.
Posted July 24, 2024
Microsoft’s Secret Weapon: This AI Power Move Is Promising for MSFT Stock
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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will sharply capitalize on its partnership with Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR). This collaboration will let the tech giant to boost Microsoft’s progressive cloud and AI services.
The partnership focuses on delivering advanced analytics and AI capabilities to the U.S. Defense and Intelligence Community. As a result, this collaboration will considerably boost Microsoft’s market valuation due to the synergetic integration of sharp tech and secure cloud environments.
Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform has seen high growth. The business generated revenue surpassing $135 billion, a 23% annual increase. Moreover, this growth is emerging from the increasing demand for secure and scalable cloud solutions, particularly in government and classified environments. Integrating Palantir’s suite of products, such as Foundry, Gotham, Apollo and AIP into Azure’s government cloud environments will further accelerate this growth.
This partnership enables Microsoft to offer a first-of-its-kind, integrated tech suite that meets the critical needs of national security missions. Further, expanding Azure’s capabilities through this partnership will likely derive long-term top-line growth, solidifying Microsoft stock’s strong buy rating.
Microsoft’s Edge On Advanced Cloud and Government Market Growth
The partnership with Palantir enhances Microsoft’s AI capabilities, particularly in secure and classified environments. Azure OpenAI Service, which provides access to large language models like GPT-4, will be deployed within Palantir’s AI Platforms in Microsoft’s government clouds. This integration allows operators to build AI-driven operational workloads safely and responsibly across various defense and intelligence verticals.
Additionally, leveraging AI for critical tasks such as logistics, contracting and action planning is a considerable value proposition. The growing importance of AI in government operations presents a substantial revenue opportunity for Microsoft, further supporting its high valuation.
Further, security and compliance are critical factors in cloud services, especially in government and classified environments. Microsoft’s Azure Government and Azure Government Secret clouds are among the most secure cloud environments available. The partnership with Palantir includes deploying Palantir’s products in these secure environments, enhancing Microsoft’s position as a trusted provider of secure cloud services.
However, the availability of these integrated solutions is subject to government authorization and accreditation, ensuring that the highest security standards are met. This focus on security and compliance is expected to increase the adoption of Microsoft’s cloud services, contributing to sustained top-line growth. Hence, these growth fundamentals make Microsoft stock a solid buy in the tech sector.
Increased Adoption of AI and Enhanced Data Integration
Microsoft has already made considerable investments in expanding its AI capabilities. These include the addition of AI accelerators from Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD), Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) and its first-party silicon, Azure Maia. Introducing new AI models and services (such as Cobalt 100) provides best-in-class performance across various industries.
With over 60,000 Azure AI clients, up 60% annually, Microsoft will capitalize on the growing demand for AI-driven solutions. The partnership with Palantir will further boost the demand for Microsoft’s AI offerings, making them more attractive to government and enterprise clients. This expansion of AI capabilities is a key driver of Microsoft’s high valuation.
Overall, the partnership with Palantir will increase Microsoft’s adoption of AI and analytics tools, particularly in the government sector. Palantir’s Federal Cloud Service, which includes products like Gotham, Foundry, AIP and Apollo, is authorized to deploy on Microsoft Azure. This authorization opens up new opportunities for Microsoft to provide secure, AI-driven solutions to government agencies.
Fundamentally, the growing importance of AI and analytics in government operations presents a considerable revenue opportunity for the tech giant. Microsoft stock will hit higher market valuations as more government agencies adopt these tools. This value growth will align with the increasing revenue from AI and analytics.
Expanding Growth in Government and Defense Sectors
Moving forward, the partnership with Palantir positions Microsoft to seize a larger share of the booming government and defense sectors. These sectors increasingly shift to AI and advanced analytics to derive an operational edge and global lead.
In short, Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and Palantir’s AI and data integration tools yield differentiated solutions for critical missions. The ability to provide secure, scalable and AI-driven solutions is a considerable edge in the government sector.
Finally, this growth in the government and defense sectors is expected to derive long-term revenue and value growth that supports the potential of high valuation for Microsoft stock.
On the date of publication, Yiannis Zourmpanos did not hold (either directly or indirectly) any positions in the securities mentioned in this article. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the writer, subject to the InvestorPlace.com Publishing Guidelines.
On the date of publication, the responsible editor did not have (either directly or indirectly) any positions in the securities mentioned in this article.
Yiannis Zourmpanos is the founder of Yiazou Capital Research, a stock-market research platform designed to elevate the due diligence process through in-depth business analysis.
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