Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things. Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days. Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

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F5 expands application security with new platform and AI-powered automation tools

Application security firm F5 Inc. today announced several new solutions at its annual AppWorld 2025 conference, including the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform and new artificial intelligence-powered solutions. The new Application Delivery and Security Platform is the industry’s first converged application delivery and security platform for hybrid and multicloud infrastructures, F5 claims. It brings together high-performance ...

Ethos raises $6M to enhance model risk management for financial institutions

Modern model risk management startup Ethos AI Inc. announced today that it has raised $6 million in new funding to expand its engineering team, enhance its go-to-market efforts and strengthen its platform to help financial institutions manage model risk and deploy artificial intelligence-driven decision-making models. Founded in 2023, Ethos offers a platform specifically designed to ...

New NTT DATA and Palo Alto Networks offering enhances private 5G security for industry

Information technology service and consulting company NTT DATA Corp. today announced a new managed security service powered by Palo Alto Networks Inc. technologies that enhances private 5G security in industrial and operational technology environments. The new service combines Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall and OT/ IOT subscriptions with NTT DATA’s Private 5G architecture, with an aim to ...

Fortanix expands data encryption platform to address AI and quantum computing threats

Multicloud security firm Fortanix Inc. today announced new capabilities for its data encryption and key management platform that enhances protection against emerging artificial intelligence and quantum computing threats. The new capabilities seek to address advances in AI and quantum computing that will eventually render current protections obsolete. Quantum computers, when they come online, will be able to ...

Edera raises $15M to expand workload isolation technology and AI security

Workload isolation technology startup Edera Inc. announced today that it has raised $15 million in new funding to expand its workload isolation technology, enhance support for artificial intelligence infrastructure security and grow its team to accelerate adoption. Founded in 2024, Edera specializes in cloud workload isolation technology that enhances infrastructure security. The company focuses on ...

Couchbase shares rise despite mixed quarterly results and lower outlook

Shares in Couchbase Inc. rose in late trading today despite the database company reporting mixed results in its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter and falling short on revenue outlook for the year ahead. For the quarter that ended on Jan. 31, Couchbase reported an adjusted net loss per share of 30 cents, down from a loss ...

Snyk launches Secure Developer Program to strengthen open-source security

Cybersecurity company Snyk Ltd. today announced the launch of its Secure Developer Program, a new initiative designed to empower open-source software maintainers with cutting-edge, develop-friendly security solutions. Through the program, Snyk will provide qualifying open-source projects with its enterprise-grade security tools – including the Snyk Enterprise License – and application programming interface access at no cost. The ...

Zscaler launches Asset Exposure Management for enhanced cyber asset tracking

Cloud security company Zscaler Inc. today announced the introduction of Zscaler Asset Exposure Management, a new service designed to advance how organizations manage their cyber asset attack surfaces. The new service consolidates and correlates data from various sources to deliver organizations a precise inventory of assets and visibility into their security gaps, thereby mitigating cyber risk. Zscaler ...

Zoom reports earnings beat but first-quarter guidance disappoints investors

Shares in Zoom Communications Inc. were down slightly in late trading today after the online communications company fell short of expectations with its first-quarter outlook despite reporting a beat in earnings in its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter. For the quarter ended Jan. 31, Zoom reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.41, down from $1.42 in ...

RAD Security raises $14M to expand AI-driven cloud security platform

Cloud-native threat detection and response startup RAD Security Inc. announced today that it has raised $14 million in new funding to expand its platform, go-to-market efforts, partnerships and artificial intelligence security initiatives. Founded in 2021, RAD Security specializes in cloud-native threat detection and response solutions. The company’s platform is focused on securing runtime environments and ...