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Zoom tops estimates with stronger enterprise sales and higher AI adoption
Shares in Zoom Communications Inc. rose nearly 4% in late trading today after the online communications company reported earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2026 third quarter. For the quarter that ended on Oct. 31, Zoom reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.52, up from $1.38 per share in the same quarter of the ...
Oligo report uncovers critical Fluent Bit flaws exposing cloud workloads
A new report out today from Oligo Cyber Security Ltd. details a new chain of five critical vulnerabilities in the widely deployed open-source logging agent Fluent Bit that exposes cloud environments to remote takeover. Fluent Bit is an open-source agent that’s used to collect, process and forward logs, metrics and traces across cloud and containerized ...
Trend Micro previews security package for full-stack AI protection
Japanese cybersecurity software company Trend Micro Inc. today gave a preview of its soon-to-be-launched Trend Vision One AI Security Package, a solution that delivers proactive, centralized exposure management with analytics for artificial intelligence-driven environments. The new offering, which is set to launch during AWS re:Invent in early December, is designed to protect the full AI application stack ...
Numeric lands $51 million to expand its AI accounting platform
Artificial intelligence accounting automation platform startup Numeric said today it has raised $51 million in new funding to expand from close management into a broader compound startup model that delivers a unified data platform for enterprise finance teams. Founded in 2020, Numeric began as an accounting-automation startup with a mission to reduce the heavy manual workload ...
Coverbase raises $16.5M to expand its AI procurement and risk platform
Artificial intelligence procurement and risk platform startup Coverbase Inc. revealed today that it has raised $16.5 million in new funding to fuel expansion into new segment and scale out its risk-aware procurement platform beyond third-party risk management into the broader procurement lifecycle. Founded in 2024, Coverbase is a San Francisco-based company that’s attempting to reimagine ...
Cisco expands secure-by-default strategy with new resilient infrastructure initiative
Cisco Systems Inc. is expanding its push into secure-by-default networking with a new initiative announced today. It’s aimed at eliminating insecure legacy features, hardening device configurations and preparing enterprise infrastructure for emerging threats such as artificial intelligence-powered attacks and post-quantum cryptography. The effort, detailed in a blog post by Anthony Grieco, Cisco’s chief security and trust ...
Adobe to acquire Semrush in $1.9B deal to boost generative engine optimization capabilities
Adobe Inc. revealed today that it plans to acquire digital marketing and search engine optimization company Semrush Holdings Inc. for $1.9 billion in an all-cash transaction. Founded in 2008, Semrush provides digital marketing and search engine optimization tools for businesses and agencies. The company’s platform is used for keyword research, competitive analysis, site audits, backlink ...
Nvidia ups spending on AI data centers with xAI Saudi project and Brookfield’s $100B infrastructure plan
The race to build new infrastructure to support the ongoing boom in artificial intelligence continued apace today with two new announcements involving deals with Nvidia Corp. Elon Musk’s xAI Inc. and Nvidia are partnering on a large data center project in Saudi Arabia, and Brookfield Asset Management is launching a program that could scale to ...
Workday to acquire Pipedream to extend AI agent integrations across enterprise apps
Enterprise resource planning software company Workday Inc. today announced that it plans to acquire Pipedream Inc., a startup that offers an integration platform for artificial intelligence agents, for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2019, Pipedream provides a low-code, event-driven environment where developers can write small amounts of production code, such as in Node.js or Python, ...
Palo Alto Networks announces $3.35B Chronosphere acquisition after beating earnings forecast
Shares in Palo Alto Networks Inc. declined more than 2% in late trading today after the company reported earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2026 first quarter and announced that it will acquire cloud-native observability company Chronosphere Inc. For the quarter that ended on Oct. 31, Palo Alto Networks reported adjusted earnings per share of ...









