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Source: The Cloudera Private Link Network ensures that data never leaves the user's secure, private network, even across multiple cloud environments. Cloudera has launched Cloudera Private Link Network , which is designed to provide seamless, private connectivity between cloud workloads and the Cloudera Control Plane . Cloudera Private Link Network ensures that data remains within a secure, private network, significantly reducing the attack surface. This is particularly crucial for highly-regulated industries. For financial institutions managing large volumes of sensitive customer and financial data, Cloudera Private Link Network enables secure connectivity while ensuring compliance with regulations and policies by keeping data off of the public Internet. The solution is also ideal for pharmaceutical companies that need to integrate sensitive data, including personally-identifiable information (PII), across the R&D pipeline. Teams can integrate and analyse sensitive info...

The Saudi Data & AI Authority (SDAIA) has integrated the latest NVIDIA technological advancements to enable developers to build and deploy AI applications with the ALLaM Arabic large language model (LLM) more easily. Leveraging NVIDIA NeMo , part of the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform for large-scale language model training and NeMo Guardrails for AI safety, the collaboration will provide developers with a faster, more accessible path to building generative AI applications with ALLaM ’s capabilities and set a new standard for AI-driven language models in the region. Additionally, companies will have access to recently-announced NVIDIA NIM Agent Blueprints to support quick and simple development of customised AI agents for any industry. SDAIA is also working closely with NVIDIA to significantly scale its supercomputing infrastructure. Plans are in place to establish one of the largest high-performance computing data centres in the MENA region by expanding SDAIA’s exist...

Source: ServiceNow website. Xanadu release logo. ServiceNow, the AI platform for business transformation, has released its most comprehensive set of new AI innovations with the Now Platform Xanadu release. The Xanadu release features hundreds of additional, new AI capabilities to boost customer agility, enhance productivity, and improve employee experiences, the company said. It also expands the ServiceNow Now Assist generative AI (gen AI) portfolio to new mission-critical enterprise functions, including security operations as well as sourcing and procurement operations. According to Gartner, US$3 T will be spent on AI between 2023 and 2027, and by 2027, gen AI will represent 36% of total AI spending.* As CEOs look for new vectors of growth, simplification, and digitisation, ServiceNow is already delivering differentiated gen AI capabilities that help streamline operations, maximise productivity, and deliver world-class experiences to customers such as American Honda Motor Company, B...

Twilio, the customer engagement platform that drives real-time, personalised experiences for today’s leading brands, has announced the global availability of Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging via its Programmable Messaging and Verify APIs.  RCS enhances traditional messaging by introducing branded sender identification in their default messages app, ensuring customers can immediately recognise and trust the source of their messages. With this update businesses will be able to send branded, verified messages that build trust and drive customer loyalty—all without the need for code changes. Specifically, Twilio RCS provides: Branded messaging Twilio’s RCS offering automatically upgrades SMS messages to RCS on capable devices at no additional cost for basic messages up to 160 characters. Features include the incorporation of business logos, tagline, business name, trusted sender verification by Google, and read receipts. This ensures that customers always know who they are c...

Oracle and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have launched Oracle Database@AWS , a new offering that allows customers to access Oracle Autonomous Database on dedicated infrastructure and Oracle Exadata Database Service within AWS . Oracle Database@AWS will provide customers with a unified experience between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and AWS , offering simplified database administration, billing, and unified customer support. In addition, customers will have the ability to seamlessly connect enterprise data in their Oracle Database to applications running on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) , AWS Analytics services, or AWS’s advanced AI and machine learning (ML) services, including Amazon Bedrock . With direct access to Oracle Exadata Database Service on AWS , including Oracle Autonomous Database on dedicated infrastructure and workloads running on Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), Oracle Database@AWS allows customers to bring together all of their enterprise data...

By Scott Hesford, Senior VP, Solutions Engineering Asia Pacific and Japan, BeyondTrust Concept artwork on cybersecurity generated by Blue Willow . News headlines have recently been dominated by incidents of data breaches and cyberattacks, highlighting the worrying dynamic cybersecurity threat landscape globally, but also within Asia. From a corporate perspective, senior business executives find themselves leading the charge in the battle against these sophisticated attacks. The solution: adopting a security-first mindset. Regardless of technical expertise, business executives have had to become champions of security within their organisations. They are tasked with fostering a strong, security-forward culture to protect against these growing threats. According to the Singapore Police Force’s (SPF) Mid-Year Scams and Cybercrime brief, alarmingly, in the 1H24, the total number of scam cases was 26,857, and a total amount of S$385.6 M was lost. Such attacks bear not only financial ...