Data management startup Alation Inc. today announced that a range of data providers have joined its Open Data Quality Initiative for the modern data stack. Alation designed the Open Data Quality Initiative to accelerate data governance and access to trusted self-service analytics for the data consumers. The company describes data quality as a top priority for ...

Shares in Zoom Video Communications Inc. rose in late trading after the video conferencing company reported stronger than expected fiscal first-quarter earnings. For the quarter ended April 30, Zoom reported a profit before costs such as stock compensation of $315.8 million, or $1.03 per share, down from $402.1 million, or $1.32 per share, a year ...

Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud C7g instances, the company’s next generation of compute-optimized instances powered by Amazon’s Graviton3 processors. Designed for compute-intensive workloads such as analytics tools and scientific modeling software, the C7g instances deliver a 25% better compute performance for compute-intensive applications than current-generation C6g instances powered ...

Cybersecurity training company ThriveDX Digital Skills Training Ltd. today announced that it has acquired security education platform provider Lucy Security AG for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2015, Lucy offers software that allows companies to take on the role of an attacker and uncover and close weaknesses in their technical infrastructure and staff. The platform ...

Apple Inc.’s long-rumored mixed reality headset is getting closer to becoming a reality, with a report that company executives previewed an advanced version last week. Mark Gurman at Bloomberg reported today that Apple’s board, which consists of eight independent directors and Chief Executive Tim Cook, saw a preview of the device. Gurman also says Apple in ...

Shares in Palo Alto Networks Inc. surged in late trading after the network management and security firm beat expectations in its fiscal second quarter. For the quarter ended April 30, Palo Alto Networks reported a profit before costs such as stock compensation of $193.1 million, or $1.79 per share, up from $139.5 million or $1.38 ...

The Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center has uncovered two critical vulnerabilities in JSON that can expose data in the open-source Node.js headless content management system Strapi. The two vulnerabilities, named CVE-2022-30617 and CVE-2022-30618, are described as sensitive data exposure vulnerabilities that may lead to account compromise in the admin panel of Strapi. That’s a popular open-source headless ...

Hackers have targeted Discord Inc. groups that were discussing nonfungible tokens in an attempt to get users to click on malicious links. At a time cryptocurrency has been hit hard, but not even close to NFTs, blockchain security company PeckShield Co. Ltd. warned that “several NFT Discords were compromised.” NFTs are assets built on blockchain ...

Payments startup SpotOn Transact Inc. announced today that it has raised a $300 million late-stage funding round to develop its product offering further. The Series F round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group and included Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, Franklin Templeton, Mubadala Investment Co. and G Squared. Including the new funding, the company has raised $928 million to ...

Data-centric security startup Seclore Technology Pvt. Ltd. said today it has raised $27 million in new funding to try to become the platform of choice for enterprise data protection initiatives. Origami Capital Partners and Oquirrh Ventures led the Series C round. Including the new funding, Seclore has raised $46 million to date. Previous investors include Helion Venture Partners, ...