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Diliko secures ISO 27001 & 27701 for Agentic AI platform

Thu, 25th Sep 2025
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Diliko has achieved ISO 27001 and 27701 certification for its Agentic AI platform, demonstrating top-tier security and privacy protections across multi-cloud environments.
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Obsidian unveils real-time AI agent security for SaaS threats

Thu, 25th Sep 2025
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Obsidian Security launches AI agent security to monitor and control autonomous AI risks in SaaS, addressing blind spots in cloud app data access and permissions.
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Kathryn Almendarez Marsman named Senior Vice President at Pax8

Wed, 24th Sep 2025
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Kathryn Almendarez Marsman joins Pax8 as Senior Vice President, leading global vendor alliances to boost AI, security, and cloud transformation partnerships.
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Astra launches platform to combat API threats & shadow APIs

Wed, 24th Sep 2025
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Astra Security has launched a new platform to identify and secure undocumented and shadow APIs, tackling rising threats from unmonitored digital interfaces.
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FireMon adds NVIDIA Cumulus support for unified policy control

Wed, 24th Sep 2025
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FireMon now supports NVIDIA Cumulus in its Policy Manager, offering unified security policy control and compliance for AI-focused data centres using Cumulus Linux.
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DoiT named Visionary in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for FinOps

Fri, 19th Sep 2025
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DoiT has been named a Visionary in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for FinOps, lauded for its Cloud Intelligence platform with AI-driven cost optimisation.
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LogicMonitor unveils AI upgrades, new pricing & cloud support

Wed, 17th Sep 2025
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LogicMonitor upgrades its LM Envision platform with AI-driven features, expanded cloud support including Oracle Cloud, and a new flexible pricing model.
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Vultr & FluidCloud partner to boost instant multicloud migration

Wed, 17th Sep 2025
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Vultr partners with FluidCloud to enable instant cloud migration and multicloud workload portability, simplifying infrastructure modernisation for enterprises worldwide.
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LSEG & Microsoft launch blockchain platform to boost private funds

Wed, 17th Sep 2025
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London Stock Exchange Group and Microsoft have launched a blockchain platform to streamline private fund processes and boost market efficiency.
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Nutanix named Leader again in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant

Thu, 11th Sep 2025
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Nutanix has been named a Leader in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure for the second consecutive year.
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Cisco launches Data Fabric to unify machine data for AI insights

Wed, 10th Sep 2025
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Cisco launches Data Fabric platform, unifying machine data to streamline AI model training, automated workflows and real-time operational insights for enterprises.
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Dell unveils PowerProtect updates for stronger cyber resilience

Fri, 5th Sep 2025
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data analytics
Dell Technologies updates PowerProtect with a new All-Flash appliance boasting faster restores and enhanced cyber resilience to combat rising data and cyber threats.
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Veeam launches secure, hardware-agnostic appliance for fast data protection

Thu, 4th Sep 2025
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Veeam unveils its first pre-configured, hardware-agnostic software appliance for fast, secure data protection across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
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Omnissa named a leader in Gartner 2025 DaaS Magic Quadrant

Thu, 4th Sep 2025
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Omnissa has been named a Leader in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a Service for the third year running, praised for top scores in critical capabilities.
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MariaDB acquires SkySQL to boost AI cloud database

Sat, 30th Aug 2025
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MariaDB has acquired SkySQL, enhancing its cloud database services with AI-powered, serverless features to better support flexible and hybrid data management.
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DoiT deepens AWS partnership to drive GenAI & FinOps growth

Thu, 28th Aug 2025
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DoiT has expanded its partnership with AWS to boost generative AI support and FinOps solutions, enhancing cloud adoption for businesses at all AI stages.
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Dark web job posts for AI & social engineering skills surge

Wed, 27th Aug 2025
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Dark web job posts for AI, cloud, and social engineering skills have surged, doubling from 2023 to 2024 and reaching 2025's total by midyear.
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Microsoft sets 2033 deadline for post-quantum security rollout

Thu, 21st Aug 2025
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Microsoft aims to complete its quantum-safe security rollout by 2033, integrating post-quantum cryptography across Windows, Azure and Microsoft 365 to counter future threats.
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Hitachi Vantara VSP One SDS boosts Azure hybrid cloud savings

Wed, 20th Aug 2025
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Hitachi Vantara's VSP One SDS is now on Microsoft Azure Marketplace, promising up to 40% savings on hybrid cloud storage costs for enterprises.
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Ping Identity unveils just-in-time privileged access platform

Tue, 19th Aug 2025
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Ping Identity launches Just-in-time Privileged Access in its platform, enhancing cloud and on-premises security with unified access and passwordless authentication.