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Zoom CEO ‘deeply sorry’ after privacy issues, promises improvements
Zoom Video Communications Inc. will freeze feature development for 90 days to focus on enhancing security and privacy for users, Chief Executive Officer Eric Yuan announced in a blog post today. The move is a response to a string of privacy issues that were discovered in the popular video conferencing service recently. Yuan wrote that ...
Slack adds integration with Microsoft’s rival Teams service
Slack Technologies Inc. today released an app that allows customers to integrate its team chat service with Microsoft Corp.’s competing Microsoft Teams. Both platforms have been onboarding large numbers of new users in recent weeks as a result of the worldwide shift to remote work. Slack recently disclosed an increase of more than 9,000 customers ...
T-Mobile officially wraps up its $26.5B acquisition of Sprint
Sprint Corp. as of today is officially part of T-Mobile US Inc., two years after the carriers first announced plans to merge in a $26.5 billion deal. T-Mobile is beginning the new chapter of its corporate evolution under the direction of Chief Executive Officer Mike Sievert. Formerly the carrier’s chief operating officer, Sievert took over the ...
More privacy woes for Zoom after researchers find vulnerabilities in desktop apps
Researchers have found previously undisclosed security flaws in Zoom Video Communications Inc.’s Mac and Windows applications that could be exploited by hackers for cyberattacks. The vulnerabilities are likely to raise fresh concerns over the videoconferencing provider’s data protection practices, which are already the subject of scrutiny by the New York attorney general’s office. Patrick Wardle, the ...
Microsoft debuts Azure Edge Zones to target edge computing and 5G use cases
Microsoft Corp. today pulled back the curtains on Azure Edge Zones, a new edge computing platform aimed at latency-sensitive use cases such as robotics, mixed reality and real-time analytics. The company is taking on Amazon Web Services Inc., which introduced a competing solution called Wavelength late last year. An Azure Edge Zone is essentially a scaled-down Azure ...
Continuing acquisition spree, Palo Alto Networks buys CloudGenix for $420M
Palo Alto Networks Inc. is shelling out $420 million to buy CloudGenix Inc., a maker of network management products that help enterprises provide faster access to business applications for employees. The deal, announced today, is on track to close in Palo Alto Networks’ fourth fiscal quarter ending July 31. CloudGenix co-founders Kumar Ramachandran, Mani Ramasamy and ...
New York AG raises concerns about Zoom’s security and privacy practices
New York Attorney General Letitia James is asking Zoom Video Communications Inc. to provide details on the security and privacy of its videoconferencing platform, which has exploded in popularity since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The New York Times reported Monday that James’ office sent a letter to the company requesting clarification around how ...
Chip startup Perceive exits stealth with Ergo, a tiny AI processor for edge devices
Chip startup Perceive Corp. today emerged from stealth mode to introduce Ergo, an artificial intelligence processor for edge devices that it says is 20 to 100 times more power-efficient than competing products in the category. San Jose, California-based Perceive was incubated for two years at publicly traded semiconductor firm Xperi Corp., which is also the ...
Axonius lands $58M to shed light on hidden IT assets and vulnerabilities
Cybersecurity startup Axonius Inc. today announced that it has raised a $58 million funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, a follow-up to a year in which it claims to have seen revenues soar more than 910%. New York-based Axonius provides a software platform that helps information technology departments find insecure systems in the corporate network. ...
Commvault sharpens cloud focus with latest platform release
Commvault Systems Inc. today introduced new features for its data protection platform that should put it in a better position to address the ongoing shift of enterprise workloads to the public cloud. Publicly-traded Commvault is an established player in the enterprise backup market that traces its roots back to 1988. After a period of slowing ...