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Kong rides the API wave to surpass $100 million in annual revenue as co-founder’s prediction comes true
In December 2010, Augusto Marietti (pictured) wrote a guest post for SiliconANGLE Media that predicted open application programming interfaces in the cloud would reach “every corner of the internet.” Thirteen years later, time has proven Marietti right. On Wednesday, cloud API technology developer Kong Inc., announced it had surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue. The ...
Forrester analysts explore generative AI’s influence on data security
A potent combination of vulnerabilities in cloud frameworks and the potential for threat actors to use readily available artificial intelligence tools to breach systems is raising awareness among enterprise IT organizations in data protection and cyber resiliency. “Everyone is afraid that people are going to use generative AI to automate existing attacks,” said Brent Ellis ...
Rapid AI evolution drives demand for dependable security: Insights from theCUBE analysts
The road to cyber resiliency will now follow a course through generative artificial intelligence. That was one of the conclusions drawn from sessions during the Cyber Resiliency Summit, an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio, today. While the explosion of interest in generative AI may be new, the issues surrounding enterprise security are ...
MasterCard extends its fraud detection capabilities through partnership with Persistent Systems and AWS
Credit card companies have been using artificial intelligence for quite some time, and one major provider is now looking at generative AI for additional solutions. MasterCard International Inc. is the second largest credit card network by purchasing volume, and each transaction is scored at lightning-fast speed to determine the probability of fraud using AI. MasterCard’s ...
Toyota’s software engineering hub helps drive automotive safety in the ‘golden hour’
Cars are getting smarter, to the point where an accident can trigger an automatic alert that could save lives. This service is currently available through Toyota Safety Connect, a system designed to connect drivers with the Toyota Response Center around the clock in the event of an emergency. “Did the vehicle roll over, where did ...
Three insights you might have missed from the ‘Supercloud 5: The Battle for AI Supremacy’ event
Major cloud players are moving swiftly to take control of the generative AI narrative. This dynamic could be seen in November when Microsoft Corp. acted rapidly to assist OpenAI in getting back on track following days of boardroom turmoil. It was also reinforced last week at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas as the cloud giant ...
Kubernetes and Amazon’s EKS solution points users toward a front door to the cloud
It is no coincidence that the rise of Kubernetes paralleled the growth of the cloud. The container orchestration tool has reached a point in its maturity where major cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services Inc. view the technology as a central gateway into a public cloud platform. “It’s gone to a level of maturity ...
Former Amazon executive pursues cloud initiatives in renewable energy and net-zero emissions
Which companies are the most active buyers of renewable energy? The answer might be a surprise, since these major firms are also some of the biggest energy users in the world. Renewable energy, often referred to as clean energy, comes from a variety of natural sources, such as solar, geothermal, wind and hydropower, and major ...
Cloudbrink’s co-founder takes his company to court over allegations of financial fraud
A simmering dispute between the co-founder of Silicon Valley startup Cloudbrink Inc. and the executive brought in to run the company became public knowledge on Wednesday with the filing of a lawsuit. In a complaint filed in Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California, Subbu Ponnuswamy, co-founder and former chief technology officer of Cloudbrink and ...
VMware teams with AWS for optimizing instances and offering more flexible storage
VMware Inc. is boosting support for one of the latest bare-metal instances on the Amazon Web Services Inc. platform. On Tuesday, VMware unveiled an enhanced version of VMware Cloud on AWS that will facilitate the running of specific instances on the AWS cloud to realize economies of scale and provide more options for additional storage. ...