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…
Adtran expands ALM with deep PON assurance for FTTX network monitoring
Adtran announced the extension of its ALM infrastructure assurance solution, enabling simple and cost-efficient fiber monitoring of passive optical networks (PON). Already widely deployed in other types of network architecture, the technology now provides deep PON assurance, enabling communication service providers (CSPs) to monitor their entire PON infrastructure for any faults or degradation.
In Business Technology news this week…
Trianz Launches Extrica Data Mesh Platform on AWS Marketplace, Accelerating Governed Data Access and Usage of Analytics & AI for Global Enterprises
Digital transformation software and technology services firm Trianz is thrilled to announce the launch of its configurable data mesh platform Extrica on the AWS Marketplace, offering global enterprises advanced data management capabilities.
The platform revolutionizes data management by enabling businesses to easily create, maintain, and share data products across their ecosystem, regardless of data location or technology. What sets Extrica apart is that it takes a business approach rather than a technical approach enabling non-technical users – all business roles and personas, human or automated – to have different conversations with the organization’s data.
In Cloud Computing news this week…
Rambus Delivers Quantum Safe IP Solutions with Next-Generation Root of Trust for Data Center Security
Rambus Inc, a premier chip and silicon IP provider making data faster and safer, announced the first in a family of Quantum Safe security IP products with its next-generation Root of Trust for data center and communications security. Quantum computers will be able to rapidly break current asymmetric encryption, placing important data and assets at risk. The Rambus Root of Trust IP offers customers a complete Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) hardware security solution that protects valuable data center and AI/ML assets and systems.
In Computer Science news this week…
ChaosSearch Unveils Chaos AI Assistant: Introducing Conversational AI for Log and Event Data Analytics
ChaosSearch, an industry pioneer in cost effective and performant data analytics, has announced the early access availability of its breakthrough tool, the Chaos AI Assistant. Powered by OpenAI and integrated into the ChaosSearch Platform, this revolutionary assistant is set to redefine the way businesses interact with their data, making log and event data analytics a seamless, conversational experience.
In FinTech news this week….
Extraco Banks Partners with Teslar Software to Modernize Commercial Lending
Extraco Banks is the largest and most comprehensive independent financial institution headquartered in central Texas with more than $2 billion in assets. They’ve recently set a goal to modernize commercial lending, leaving behind paper-intensive processes in favor of greater automation and digital tools. To help achieve this goal, the bank will leverage Teslar’s pipeline, workflow and exceptions modules as well as annual loan review and construction management to bring more efficiency, transparency and accuracy into the commercial lending process.
In HealthTech news this week…
Forcura Launches Enhanced Referral Technology Designed to Improve Patient Care Transitions Into Home-based Care
Forcura, a healthcare workflow management company, announced significant product enhancements to its referral workflow technology, which will enable home-based care providers to improve their patient admission rates and intake processes.
Through enhanced AI and machine learning technology, providers can now prioritize referrals to accept into care patients who best fit the practice’s care team and capabilities. Forcura’s technology makes this possible by automatically identifying more patient demographics and data points – including location, referral source and primary and secondary payers, then allowing intake teams to prioritize that data based on a practice’s business rules.
In Information and Communications news this week…
Fidelis Cybersecurity Delivers Groundbreaking Active Directory Intercept for Fidelis Elevate Customers
Fidelis Cybersecurity, a global leader in advanced cybersecurity solutions, released the new Fidelis Active Directory Intercept, a unique capability that combines network detection and response, deception technology, and Active Directory (AD) security, as part of their Fidelis Network and Deception 9.6.1 product release. Active Directory Intercept is the latest in groundbreaking cyber defenses delivered by Fidelis Cybersecurity that keeps customers ahead of adversaries.
Article of the Week
Disaster Recovery Magic: Can Data Center Virtualization Save the Day?
By heavily utilizing virtualization across all crucial resource components of the data center, namely computing, storage, and networking, data center virtualization is a technique that allows you to transform your data center into a highly agile, available, scalable, secure, and efficient IT infrastructure.
It can be viewed as a development of the more well-known idea of server virtualization. In server virtualization, a hypervisor separates the software running on top of the underlying physical resources, such as the CPU, memory, storage device(s), and network, and pools them. In data center virtualization, network and storage infrastructures are also virtualized in addition to servers.