Here is IT Digest’s weekly roundup of the top news from global markets. In this fast-paced world, breaking down information helps readers grasp the nuances that follow the news.
In Hardware and Network news this week…
Zymbit’s New Secure Edge Fabric Transforms the IoT Experience
Zymbit, a leading provider of secure edge compute and IoT solutions, announced its new Secure Edge Fabric family of products and services, designed to deliver better business outcomes from pilot IoT deployments and beyond. The innovative hybrid architecture uniquely addresses the competing requirements of enterprise IoT for rapid innovation cycles, long-term durability, and low cost of ownership.
Eficode acquires Jodocus and reinforces Atlassian Cloud skills and Atlassian partnership in Germany
Eficode has acquired Jodocus, the first cloud-native Atlassian Platinum partner in Germany. This acquisition further reinforces Eficode’s role as an Atlassian partner in Germany and expands its skills and services in Atlassian Cloud. “Atlassian is moving to the Cloud, and the related know-how is essential to speed up this transition. Jodocus was originally the first Atlassian partner in Germany to focus fully on the Cloud. Their broad expertise in Atlassian tools and cloud migrations helps our customers in their journey to the cloud and complements our mission to build the future of software development,” says Ilari Nurmi, CEO of Eficode. “We welcome Jodocus’ employees and customers to Eficode.”
In Computer Science news this week…
IBM Expands Qiskit, World’s Most Performant Quantum Software
The latest version of Qiskit has been expanded to a comprehensive software stack to deliver even more performance. It has evolved from its beginnings as a popular quantum software development kit used to explore and run quantum computing experiments and into a stable SDK and portfolio of services, built to enable users to extract improved performance while running complex quantum circuits on 100+ qubit IBM quantum computers.
In FinTech news this week….
Treasury Prime Partners with Onboarding Identity Provider Footprint
Treasury Prime, a leading embedded banking software company, announced today its strategic partnership with Footprint, a unified onboarding platform for identity, fraud and security. The addition of Footprint to Treasury Prime’s Partner Marketplace will provide banks and their fintech clients access to Footprint’s world-class Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB) technology.
QuantHealth Hosts Inaugural AI in Clinical Development Summit, Amplifying Innovation in Drug Development
QuantHealth, an AI-powered clinical trial design company, today is welcoming over 100 attendees for their first AI in Clinical Development Summit, slated to be the cornerstone of innovation in the biotechnology industry. This Summit is set to bring together thought leaders from various sectors of the healthcare ecosystem to explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in revolutionizing drug development.
In Information and Communications news this week…
Strata Identity Wins 2024 Fortress Cybersecurity Award from Business Intelligence Group
Strata Identity, the Identity Orchestration company, announced its Maverics Identity Orchestration Platform received the prestigious 2024 Fortress Cybersecurity Award in the Authentication and Identity category. Strata’s Maverics implements an abstraction layer that bridges siloed and incompatible identity systems across multi-cloud, on-premises, and hybrid identity infrastructures, allowing organizations to enforce consistent authentication and access policies from a single control point.
Article of the Week
Today’s organizations must manage intricate applications made up of several containers, each with unique requirements and dependencies. Managing and deploying containers manually gets more difficult as their quantity rises, which might result in mistakes and inefficiencies. Here’s where container orchestration proves to be a successful solution. Organizations can handle large-scale containerized applications more effectively due to orchestration, which automates the deployment, scaling, and administration of containers. This article explains how orchestration works, its benefits, different types of tools, and more.