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ITDigest’s Weekly News Roundup Featuring Datavant, Ascendion, Confluent, Samsung Electronics, Synopsys 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…

Synopsys and Samsung Electronics Collaborate to Achieve First Production Tapeout of Flagship Mobile CPU with Leading Performance on Samsung Foundry’s GAA Process

Synopsys, Inc. announced that Samsung Electronics has achieved successful production tapeout for its high-performance mobile SoC design, including flagship CPUs and GPUs, with 300MHz higher performance using Synopsys.ai™ full stack AI-driven EDA suite and a broad portfolio of Synopsys IP on Samsung Foundry’s latest Gate-All-Around (GAA) process technologies. This significant achievement underscores the close collaboration between Synopsys and Samsung to deliver exceptional performance, power and area (PPA) for mutual customers, enabling a new generation of chips with generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities on Samsung Foundry advanced process nodes.

Ascendion Receives Ally Financial Innovation Award at 2024 Supplier Symposium

Ascendion, a leading provider of AI-first software engineering services, received the Supplier Diversity: Innovation Award from Ally, a digital financial services company with the nation’s largest all-digital bank. Ascendion was recognized for demonstrating excellence in delivering industry-leading innovative solutions, fostering a strong partnership, and driving positive outcomes through software engineering work for Ally.

Confluent Announces Accelerate with Confluent, a Revamped and Services-Led Partner Program for System Integrators

With Confluent, customers can accelerate their real-time data streaming journey across any industry and use case, helping teams be more efficient and focus more on productivity. However, Confluent SI partners don’t always have the resources they need to bring data streaming to their applications and end users without direct support from Confluent. Business and technology leads at these companies encounter a wide range of challenges with building and bringing to market new data streaming capabilities that offer their customers the best experience for working with real-time data.

Orion Innovation Inks Key Deal with BNI Madagascar for Financial Services Modernization

Orion Innovation, a leading digital transformation and product development services firm, is excited to announce it has signed a deal with BNI Madagascar to revolutionize the bank’s digital banking experience for their customers. As part of the agreement, Orion will implement Temenos’ cloud-based core banking platform into BNI’s operations, modernizing its product portfolio to bring customers personalized, digital-first banking solutions.

Datavant Launches Datavant Connect as Snowflake Native App on Snowflake Marketplace, Enabling Healthcare Data Integration and Privacy Protection in the Data Cloud

Datavant, the leading health data logistics company, announced that it has launched Datavant Connect, a Snowflake Native App, on Snowflake Marketplace. Datavant Connect’s availability on Snowflake Marketplace will enable joint customers to leverage Datavant’s data connectivity capabilities in the Data Cloud. Organizations such as healthcare data sources, academic medical centers, and life sciences companies can now use Datavant to connect disparate data within their Snowflake environment.

In Information and Communications news this week…

Trellix Wise Delivers GenAI Powered Hyper Automation for Threat Detection and Response

Trellix, the cybersecurity company delivering the future of extended detection and response (XDR), announced Trellix Wise, a powerful suite of traditional and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools to drastically reduce cyber risk. Trellix Wise extends across the Trellix XDR Platform to discover and neutralize threats more efficiently while lowering security operations costs. The AI-driven platform automates workflows, delivering increased analyst efficiencies and improved threat prevention, detection, investigation, and remediation.

Cloud Security Posture ManagementCloud Security Posture ManagementWhat is Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and Why Is It Important in 2024?

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) refers to a category of IT security solutions dedicated to detecting misconfigurations and compliance vulnerabilities within cloud environments. CSPM tools play a critical role in continuously monitoring cloud infrastructure to ensure adherence to security policies. Initially coined by Gartner, CSPM encompasses security products aimed at automating security processes and guaranteeing compliance within cloud environments. These tools assess and compare cloud setups against established best practices and known security threats.