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Dell Technologies introduces AI innovations that help Dell and Microsoft customers simplify AI adoption, speed deployment and power demanding workloads in multicloud environments. Data protection, cyber resiliency and security advancements help joint customers strengthen their cybersecurity posture.  Data protection and services “Organisations modernising their IT strategies to support emerging workloads, like AI, need solutions that help them innovate faster, control costs and pro...

Rubrik, Inc., the Zero Trust Data Security™ Company, announces a new cyber resilience solution for Microsoft Azure Blob Storage. As organisations become increasingly dependent on the cloud, there is an inherent risk for security blind spots and vulnerable sensitive data. Rubrik brings cyber posture and cyber recovery to provide Microsoft Azure Blob Storage customers further visibility into their cloud data, enabling them business agility and resilience. AI training models Microsoft Azur...

Persistent cyber threats, rapidly changing technology, and the growing array of regulations have heightened the need for alignment between cybersecurity and compliance management. In its annual Digital Defence Report, Microsoft has sounded the alarm on the escalating number of cyberattacks with a 2.75-fold increase in ransomware attacks year-on-year and tech scams rising by 400% since 2022. Level of sophistication “In the world of business, you’ll inevitably hear about the many wa...

Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys, announced the launch of the Finacle Data and AI Suite, a set of solutions to empower banks to infuse AI into their digital operations and accelerate their enterprise AI journey. The suite will offer a comprehensive set of platforms that enable banks to build low-code, predictive as well as generative AI solutions from the ground up with high transparency and explainability. It will help banks scale their...

As organisations and their volume of Microsoft 365 data grow, protecting sensitive data and managing access have become even more important. The need for strong security and governance practices is only intensified as more organisations leverage powerful AI tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot. Rubrik, Inc. announces Rubrik Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) for Microsoft 365 Copilot to provide greater visibility and control of sensitive data, reduce the risk of exposure, and empower organisat...

HID®, a worldwide pioneer in trusted identity solutions announces a new integration with Microsoft Entra ID to enable employees to use their existing physical access cards as a multi-factor authentication (MFA) method to access resources such as Entra ID and Microsoft 365. This enables organisations to take the next step on their journey to passwordless by simplifying MFA deployment and enabling faster end-user adoption for Entra ID users. MFA requirements The integration significantly ex...

Commvault, a pioneering provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, announced the availability of Cloud Rewind™ on the Commvault Cloud platform. This unique offering, which integrates cloud-native distributed application recovery and rebuild capabilities from the Appranix acquisition, gives cloud-first organisations a secret weapon to transform their cyber resilience capabilities. Commvault’s latest research When organisations are attacked, res...

Pimloc a world-pioneering AI video privacy, redaction, and intelligence company announces a project pilot with Sussex Police and Microsoft. The collaboration helps to make multimedia redaction for subject access requests and digital evidence faster and more accurate through the implementation of cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies, which marks the start of an exciting business development for Pimloc. Pimloc’s advanced AI Secure Redact is the ideal key for this union, as it...

A new entry in the cyber-physical security marketplace making its first public introduction, MERON is demonstrating a groundbreaking new solution for Physical Identity and Access Management (PIAM) branded PIAM+ here at GSX 2024 in booth 1955. MERON is launched by industry veterans Sharad Shekar and Imran Rana with the mission to usher in the next generation of AI-driven PIAM and Security Incident Management that overcomes the longstanding shortfalls of legacy solutions.  Robust PIAM...

The ALSO UK Cloud Summit 2024 hosted a panel of security industry experts this month to explore the latest trends, developments and challenges in artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity for cloud resellers and British SMEs. The expert panel looked at the importance of generative AI (GenAI) in the modern cloud landscape, revealing that 87% of organisations believe AI offers a competitive edge. 2024 has been a big year for generative AI (GenAI), specifically with the launch of Microso...

Automation Anywhere, a pioneer in AI-powered automation, expanded its collaboration with Microsoft through the integration of Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service within Automation Anywhere's new AI + Automation Enterprise System, to help enterprises automate complex end-to-end processes across enterprise applications using AI Agents. This announcement expands the existing integration of Automation Anywhere's enterprise automation platform with Azure AI Document Intelligence. AI Studio solution Aut...

Less than half of businesses using 1st generation Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) do so because they believe it to be the most secure option available, new research from IDEE has revealed. The cybersecurity firm commissioned an independent survey of more than 500 IT and cybersecurity professionals within UK businesses. It found that 95% of UK businesses use 1st gen MFA solutions in some form, but just 40% of those said they used it because it was deemed to be the most secure cyber s...

The Cyber Leader Summit, held at London’s Leadenhall Building and hosted by Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., a pioneering AI-powered, cloud-delivered cyber security platform provider, served as a forum for discussing the escalating threats in the cyber landscape, with a particular focus on the alarming rise in cybercrime and the critical need for more robust defences. The one-day event brought together over 200 delegates, along with experts from Check Point, Microsoft, Om...

Illumio Inc., a Zero Trust Segmentation company, announced it has become a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), an ecosystem of independent software vendors (ISV) and managed security service providers (MSSP), who have integrated their solutions with Microsoft security technology to build a better defence against a world of increasing cybersecurity threats. The development follows the release of Illumio for Microsoft Azure Firewall, which combines the security benefi...

Next DLP, a pioneer in data loss prevention and insider threat solutions announced that their Reveal Platform is the first Insider Risk Management solution to automatically map detection events to MITRE Engenuity Centre for Threat-Informed Defense’s (Centre) expanded Insider Threat Knowledge Base (ITKB 2.0). The ITKB 2.0 is the first of its kind to offer an evidence-based, multi-organisational, and publicly-available compendium of insider threat tactics, techniques, and procedures (TT...

AVEVA, a global pioneer in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, has chosen Hannover Messe to unveil CONNECT, the world’s fastest-growing industrial intelligence platform providing trusted and actionable insights to decision-makers in diverse sectors.  CONNECT empowers industrial pioneers with a deeper understanding of their business and an intelligent digital twin that unifies insights across their industrial ecosystem to drive performance, optimise...

Arrow Electronics is providing Copilot for Microsoft 365 via ArrowSphere Cloud, making it readily available to channel partners in EMEA. It is also delivering a dedicated program of enablement designed to help resellers accelerate the opportunity with Copilot.  Launched in the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program in January, Copilot for Microsoft 365 uses the power of generative AI and natural language processing to boost user productivity and creativity. Importance of data sec...

In a collaborative move with the W3C Consortium, Siemens and Microsoft have announced their commitment to converge the Digital Twin Definition Language (DTDL) with the Thing Description standard from the international standards organisation, W3C. Customers are offered consistent modeling experiences by unifying both languages, mitigating fragmentation in an evolving IoT landscape. With customers typically deploying a mix of vendors in their infrastructure leading to lock-in and high integration...

Production facilities are increasingly the target of cyberattacks. Industrial companies are therefore required to identify and close potential vulnerabilities in their systems. To address the need to identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities on the shop floor as quickly as possible, Siemens has launched a new cybersecurity software-as-a-service, that will be showcased for the first time at Hannover Messe 2024. Integrated task management The cloud-based SINEC Security Guard offers automated vulne...

DigiCert, Inc., a pioneering global provider of digital trust, announced accelerated adoption of its Digital Trust solutions as the company closed a record total of new bookings in Q4 of its fiscal year as well as a record number of patents filed. Product innovation and key partnerships, coupled with the increasing demand for Digital Trust, were behind the strong customer demand. As the need for Digital Trust continues to rise – from quantum computing and connected devices to content...

Global technology solutions provider Arrow Electronics, Inc. announced that it has launched an initial release of ArrowSphere Assistant, an AI-powered cloud business companion built to unearth new business opportunities, increase efficiencies and discover new revenue potential for channel partners managing their cloud business through ArrowSphere Cloud. Powered by Microsoft Azure AI, ArrowSphere Assistant streamlines workflows, enabling channel partners to make informed decisions faster, act pr...

Cohesity, a pioneer in AI-powered data security and management, announced Cohesity Gaia, a first-to-market AI-powered enterprise search assistant that brings retrieval augmented generation (RAG) AI and large language models (LLMs) to high-quality backup data within Cohesity environments. Cohesity Gaia will be made generally available on March 15. The conversational AI assistant enables users to ask questions and receive answers by accessing and analysing their vast pools of enterprise data...

Delivering highly innovative, scalable and affordable device protection in the world of IoT and AI, Device Authority’s award-winning Enterprise KeyScaler as a Service (KSaaS) is now available on Microsoft’s Azure Marketplace. The solution, which is co-sell ready, is available as a free trial on the Marketplace, with attractive, introductory pricing options also available. Built on Microsoft Azure, KSaaS offers an infrastructure-free alternative to Device Authority’s exist...

Global technology solutions provider - Arrow Electronics, Inc. (ARW) has announced it has evolved its award-winning ArrowSphere platform into a full-service digital experience for its customers in North America. Based on customer feedback, the expanded ArrowSphere platform provides channel partners and vendors access to Arrow’s services through a single interface. Containing new applications specifically requested by channel partners to help them better serve customers, the platform...

Cohesity, a pioneer in AI-powered data security and management, announces Cohesity Gaia, a first-to-market AI-powered enterprise search assistant that brings retrieval augmented generation (RAG) AI and large language models (LLMs) to high-quality backup data within Cohesity environments. Cohesity Gaia will be made generally available on March 15. The conversational AI assistant enables users to ask questions and receive answers by accessing and analysing their vast pools of enterprise data. Wh...

Exabeam, a global cybersecurity pioneer that delivers AI-driven security operations announced two pioneering cybersecurity features, Threat Center and Exabeam Copilot, to its market-pioneering AI-driven Exabeam Security Operations Platform. Threat Center A first-to-market combination, Threat Center is a unified workbench for threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR) that simplifies and centralises security analyst workflows, while Exabeam Copilot uses generative AI to help analysts...

IDEMIA Public Security, the premium provider of convenient and trusted biometric-based solutions, announced it has been recognised as a Microsoft Entra Verified ID partner for remote onboarding. This new collaboration will extend Microsoft Entra Verified ID’s capabilities to help both organisations and employees benefit from a seamless onboarding experience using IDEMIA’s liveness & document verification technology. This strategic collaboration expands the relationship between I...

Acronis, a provider of cyber protection announced it has become a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), an ecosystem of independent software vendors (ISV) and managed security service providers (MSSP). MISA members have integrated their solutions with Microsoft security technology to build a better defence against a world of increasing cybersecurity threats. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Acronis advocates for natively integrated applications and services commonly...

i-PRO Co., Ltd. (formerly Panasonic Security) a global pioneer in professional security solutions for surveillance and public safety shared tips on protecting the privacy of data captured from video surveillance systems.  According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 137 out of 194 countries have put in place legislation to secure the protection of data and privacy. This trend is expected to accelerate in 2024 as legislation is introduced around the ethical use of AI...

In the competitive world of physical access control, Big Tech companies are seeking to play a larger role. Physical access competition Apple Wallet continues to stake its claim on mobile credentialing. Amazon One Enterprise is pushing a palm-based identity service. Google/Nest offers smart locks for home access control, with identity and access management provided in the Google Cloud. The entry of these big companies in the historically fragmented physical access control market is causing di...