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…
Soracom Partners to Expand iSIM Commercial IoT Growth
Soracom, Inc., a global provider of advanced Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, announced an expanded partnership to support commercial deployment of next-generation iSIM (Integrated Subscriber Identity Module) for Soracom customers. In June 2021, Soracom announced completion of a joint iSIM Proof of Concept in collaboration with Sony Semiconductor Israel (Sony), a leading cellular IoT chipset provider, and Kigen, a global leader in secure authentication for cellular IoT devices. Today’s announcement expands this collaboration to include new iSIM-compatible modules from Quectel and Murata.
In Business Technology news this week…
UJET and Google Cloud Announce Integration with ServiceNow
UJET, Inc., the intelligent, modern contact center platform, in collaboration with Google Cloud has announced the integration of their CCaaS solutions with ServiceNow, the leading digital workflow company. This integration will enable businesses to provide a more seamless and efficient customer service experience across all channels. The integration brings together the power of UJET and Google Cloud’s Contact Center AI (CCAI) Platform with ServiceNow’s enterprise service management platform.
In Cloud Computing news this week…
Deloitte and Palo Alto Networks Expand Their Strategic Alliance With New SSDL Offering
Deloitte, a leader in global security consulting services, and Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, have announced a new product and service offering, Secure Software Development Lifecycle™ (SSDL), to help clients reduce “alert fatigue,” increase operational efficiency and decrease time to market. SSDL is a modular orchestration platform powered by Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud and Cortex XSOAR that enables shared clients to reinforce their cloud environments with enhanced security measures from code to cloud.
In Artificial Intelligence news this week…
Digitate’s New Generative AI Capability Unlocks Innovation and Delivers Greater Agility Across Enterprises
ignio™ – Digitate’s flagship AIOps product – has long been at the forefront of combining AI and automation to propel enterprises toward autonomous operations. By leveraging large language models (LLMs) to extract information from various sources, it creates a comprehensive enterprise context, gaining a deep understanding of each organization’s unique environment, challenges, and objectives. This context-aware approach allows ignio™ to optimize automation through situation and technology-specific actions, delivering tailored and efficient solutions that fuel enterprise agility, resiliency, and innovation.
In Computer Science news this week…
Qubrid Joins NVIDIA Inception to Accelerate Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing for AI
Qubrid, a leading quantum computing company solving complex real world problems using its hybrid quantum-classical computing cloud platform, algorithms, applications and research, today announced it has joined NVIDIA Inception, a program that supports companies innovating in artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, GPU computing and more. As one of its top initiatives, Qubrid is integrating the NVIDIA cuQuantum SDK, optimized libraries and tools for accelerating quantum computing workflows, and CUDA Quantum, an open-source programming model extending both C++ and Python, into Qubrid’s hybrid quantum-classical cloud platform.
In FinTech news this week….
Clearent by Xplor Launches New and Improved Automated Onboarding Solution for a Better Merchant Enrollment Experience and Faster Account Set-up
Clearent by Xplor, a leading U.S. payment processor under Xplor Technologies, announces its new and improved automated onboarding platform, designed to make account set-up faster and easier for its business partners. The application allows merchants to complete self-service enrollment and start processing payments more quickly. The new and improved platform enhances the user experience and streamlines processes, for agents, Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs), Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and referral partners.
In HealthTech news this week…
Medallion Announces Medallion for Salesforce on Salesforce AppExchange, the World’s Leading Enterprise Cloud Marketplace
Medallion, a leader in end-to-end provider network management solutions for the healthcare industry, announced the launch of ‘Medallion for Salesforce Provider Data Management, Credentialing & Monitoring’ (Medallion for Salesforce) to automate and accelerate how providers are onboarded and credentialed at healthcare organizations of all sizes. Primary source verifications are a necessary part of the provider operations workflow to pre-screen and onboard providers and facilitate the credentialing process. However, the workflow to manually verify primary sources is often manual and inefficient.
In Information and Communications news this week…
Traceable AI Introduces Revolutionary Digital Fraud Prevention
Traceable AI, the industry’s leading API security company, announced the launch of its digital fraud prevention capabilities, to deliver protection against fraudulent activities across APIs and digital interfaces. This innovation is crucial, especially in the post-COVID era, as businesses continue to grapple with the high cost of fraud, both financially and reputationally. Traceable’s unique focus on API behavioral patterns, authentication, authorization, and understanding of vulnerabilities at the identity layer, provides a robust defense, detecting cybercriminals early, based on strong signals of anomalous behavior.
Article of the Week
In today’s hyper-connected world, where cyber threats loom at every corner, cybersecurity professionals are critical to any firm’s survival. The capacity to communicate and be more productive is made possible by cloud mobility and the sophisticated devices that the majority of us carry about in our pockets. Even though this convenience makes our lives easier, it also makes it simpler for cyber criminals to access our private information. This is why the responsibilities of cybersecurity professionals weigh on the company.