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Palo Alto Networks doubles down on cloud security with latest product updates
Palo Alto Networks Inc. is refreshing its cybersecurity product portfolio with an array of new capabilities for protecting enterprise public cloud environments from hacking attempts. The company detailed the enhancements at its Ignite 2021 event today. Publicly traded Palo Alto Networks is one of the industry’s largest makers of enterprise cybersecurity software. The company boasts ...
AWS becomes Qualtrics’ preferred cloud provider
Business software maker Qualtrics International Inc., whose technology is used by many of the world’s largest enterprises to measure employee and customer sentiment, today named Amazon Web Services Inc. its preferred cloud provider. Qualtrics went public earlier this year in a listing that raised more than $1.5 billion. The company, led by Chief Executive Officer Zig ...
Splunk announces departure of CEO Doug Merritt, stock falls
Splunk Inc. today announced that Chief Executive Officer Doug Merritt has stepped down after leading the publicly traded data analytics giant for six years. Graham Smith, the chair of Splunk’s board, has been appointed interim CEO. Merritt (pictured) will stay on in an “advisory role” as the company begins searching for a permanent CEO. Shares ...
IBM debuts new quantum processor with 127 qubits
IBM Corp. today debuted its newest and most sophisticated quantum processor, which features 127 qubits as well as several major architectural improvements over earlier chips. The processor, dubbed Eagle, marks a new milestone in IBM’s efforts to develop large-scale quantum computers. Eagle is the first chip from the company to feature more than 100 qubits. ...
Forte raises $725M in funding for its blockchain gaming platform
Months after raising $185 million at a $1 billion valuation, blockchain startup Forte Labs Inc. today announced that it has closed an additional $725 million funding round to accelerate its growth roadmap. The newly announced round was led by Sea Capital and Kora Management. They were joined by a dozen others including Andreessen Horowitz, Warner ...
Google discovers ‘watering hole’ hacking campaign that used zero-day macOS flaw
Google LLC’s Threat Analysis Group revealed on Thursday that hackers have used a zero-day flaw in Apple Inc.’s macOS operating system to launch cyberattacks. “In late August 2021, TAG discovered watering hole attacks targeting visitors to Hong Kong websites for a media outlet and a prominent pro-democracy labor and political group,” Google researcher Erye Hernandez ...
US joins the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace
Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Wednesday following a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron that the U.S. has joined the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace, an international cybersecurity partnership that the Trump administration ignored. The Paris Call was launched in November 2018 during the Paris Peace Forum. It aims to bring the international ...
Applied Intuition raises $175M for its autonomous vehicle development tools
Startup Applied Intuition Inc. today said that it has closed a $175 million funding round to expand the feature set and adoption of its software tools, which help automakers build autonomous driving systems. The round, raised at a $3.6 billion valuation, brings Applied Intuition’s total outside funding to more than $350 million. Investor and serial ...
Informatica debuts Cloud Data Marketplace for sharing datasets and AI models
Informatica LLC today introduced the Cloud Data Marketplace, a tool through which a company’s employees can share datasets and artificial intelligence models with one another. The Cloud Data Marketplace marks Informatica’s first major product update since going public last month. In a large enterprise, it’s not always obvious where a business analyst or data scientist ...
Cerebras Systems raises $250M for the ‘fastest AI processor on Earth’
Cerebras Systems Inc., the developer of a wafer-sized artificial intelligence chip with 2.6 trillion transistors, has raised $250 million in funding to further develop its technology and expand industry adoption. The funding was provided by Alpha Wave Ventures and Abu Dhabi Growth Fund. Cerebras Systems said in its announcement of the funding round today that ...