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ITDigest’s Weekly News Roundup Featuring D-Wave, Hydrolix, HPE and more

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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…

HPE Unveils Next-Gen ProLiant Servers for Security & AI

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced eight new HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers, the latest additions to a new generation of enterprise servers that introduce industry-first security capabilities, optimize performance for complex workloads and boost productivity with management features enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI). The new servers will feature upcoming Intel Xeon 6 processors for data center and edge environments.

In Business Technology news this week….

Phenom Acquires Pixentia to Boost AI and Digitalization 

Phenom Enterprise Cloud, a global leader in enterprise digital transformation, has acquired Pixentia, a leading enterprise human capital management (HCM) solutions provider. This move strengthens Phenom Cloud by providing enterprises globally with advanced digitalization solutions across business, cloud platforms, ERP, HR, data engineering, analytics, and AI.

In Cloud Computing & Mobility  news this week….

Hydrolix Earns Amazon CloudFront Ready Status

Hydrolix, the company transforming the economics of log data with its streaming data lake platform, announced that it has achieved the Amazon CloudFront Ready designation, part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Service Ready Program. This designation recognizes that Hydrolix has demonstrated successful integration with Amazon CloudFront.

D-Wave Unveils On-Premises Systems for Quantum + AI Research 

D-Wave Quantum Inc., a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, announced that it is enabling research centers, academic institutions, and governments to purchase on-premises D-Wave™ Advantage™ quantum computing systems to help customers push the boundaries of quantum-fueled experimentation, development and usage. Supported by announcement that Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) is the first high-performance computing (HPC) center in the world to purchase a D-Wave Advantage quantum system, D-Wave expects the new systems offering to drive advanced research and new discoveries in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum simulation.

In FinTech news this week….

Experian & ValidMind Partner to Revolutionize Model Risk 

Experian, a global leader in data and technology, has joined forces with ValidMind, a pioneer in model risk management solutions, to revolutionize how financial institutions handle regulatory compliance, operational risk, and model governance.

In HealthTech news this week…

Terrain Biosciences Emerges to Boost RNA-based Therapies 

Terrain Biosciences launches from stealth as the world’s first RNA design-build company, using advanced AI and its proprietary manufacturing platform to accelerate development of the next generation of programmable medicines. RNA-based modalities, including mRNA, cell & gene therapies, and emerging personalized cancer vaccines are promising and rapidly advancing, with hundreds of drug candidates in development for indications ranging from oncology to infectious disease to neurodegenerative illnesses. Despite incredible progress, innovators in the space continue to face challenges in designing, selecting, manufacturing, and delivering optimal customized RNA sequences for therapeutic benefit.

In Information and Communications news this week…

CyberArk Acquires Zilla to Transform Identity Governance

CyberArk , the global leader in identity security, announced it has acquired Zilla Security, a leader in modern Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solutions. Zilla’s innovative, AI-powered IGA capabilities will expand CyberArk’s industry-leading Identity Security Platform with scalable automation that enables accelerated identity compliance and provisioning across digital environments, while maximizing security and operational efficiency. This acquisition further advances CyberArk’s strategy to deliver the industry’s most powerful, comprehensive identity security platform to secure every identity – human and machine – with the right level of privilege controls.

Article of the Week

How AI and Machine Learning Are Rewriting the Rules of Cloud Interoperability
For years, cloud interoperability has been the elusive holy grail of enterprise xtechnology. Organizations dream of seamlessly blending public, private, and hybrid cloud environments—only to collide with the harsh reality of incompatible APIs, siloed data formats, and vendor-specific architectures. The result? A tangled web of systems that drain budgets, slow innovation, and leave IT teams firefighting integration issues. But as hybrid and multi-cloud strategies become non-negotiable, a new wave of AI and machine learning (ML) solutions is cutting through the chaos, transforming interoperability from a technical headache into a strategic advantage.