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Thomas Kurian’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., has $290 billion in annual revenue, and Kevin Systrom’s startup Artifact Inc. is operating on a funding round of $5 million. Despite the disparity the two firms have a common goal, shared with many a company today: …
Zero-trust concepts are the focus in Verified Access solution from AWS
Zero-trust security requires that users and systems prove their identities and trustworthiness. Amazon Web Services Inc. takes this concept a step further by embracing the idea that access to data should not be solely made based on network location. “It is not …
CrowdStrike rolls out new cybersecurity products and a competitive edge at Fal.Con
Cybersecurity solutions provider CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. unveiled new protective tools for its product lineup during its Fal.Con conference in Las Vegas today. The announcements included Foundry, a no-code application development platform specifically designed for security, which caught the attention of theCUBE’s analysts. …
Google Cloud updates its Chronicle security tool for greater visibility in attack surface management
Google Cloud announced steps this week to help security operations teams analyze the tremendous amount of data now flowing through network operations. On Monday, the cloud provider updated its Chronicle Security Operations platform to combine security information and event management, or SIEM, …
Keynotes at mWISE signal optimism for cybersecurity as social engineering attack grabs the spotlight
Social engineering as an attack vector for malicious actors gained its share of the spotlight in the past week, primarily because of the successful breach of casino systems in Las Vegas. A ransomware attack attributed to the ALPHV/BlackCat hacking group affected websites, …
Persistent Systems and Notified see value in emerging AI-specific use cases
The current wave of generative AI uses cases has created intense interest and also fueled plenty of thoughts around what will happen next. One emerging theme is that generative AI will lead toward fine-tuning and custom tailoring of models. In recent weeks, …
Splunk’s focus on unified security fuels partnership with Google Cloud and expansion into AI
Splunk Inc. built its platform around enterprise resilience, and this has provided the 20-year-old company with a perspective on how organizations are adapting to the reality of data protection in a technology world that is constantly under attack. “For the first time, …
Red Hat and Google partnership targets streamlining transition from on-premises to cloud
Red Hat Inc. and Google Cloud have been collaborating for more than 11 years in migrating customers to the cloud platform. At the heart of this partnership is Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or RHEL, which provides an operating system backbone to streamline …
AI moves by Google Cloud raise interest in what AWS will deliver next
The news from Google Cloud Next this week centered around generative AI for the enterprise. The cloud provider made a number of significant announcements in this area, yet one of the sidebar stories from the event revolved around a company that wasn’t …
Infosys’ digital transformation playbook for enterprises in 2023
The digital consulting giant Infosys Ltd. has built its global practice in over 56 countries by identifying the key drivers of digital transformation for its clients. In 2023, the primary drivers of digital transformation make for a short list. “There is AI …