A new cybersecurity training range with a software platform powered by Cyberoperations Enhanced Network and Training Simulators (CyberCents) has opened in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The next-gen training facility at the Alan B. Levan Center at Nova Southeastern University is aimed at filling the cybersecurity skill gaps that currently exist globally. It’s located at the NSU
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Conversational AI company LivePerson today announced that it acquired two companies for an undisclosed sum: VoiceBase and Tenfold. VoiceBase provides speech recognition and conversational analytics, while Tenfold develops a platform for integrating communication systems with customer relationship management software and support services. LivePerson CEO Rob LoCascio says that folding VoiceBase and Tenfold into its existing
Cogniac, a San Jose, California-based startup developing computer vision tech for task automation, today announced that it raised $20 million in a series B1 financing round led by National Grid Partners with participation from National Grid, Autotech Ventures, Cisco Investments, Energy Innovation Capital, London Technology Club, Vanedge Capital, and Wing Venture Capital. CEO Chuck Myers
According to a recent survey from technology intelligence platform Snow Software, 68% of IT leaders have a hybrid cloud strategy, implying that it comprises public and private clouds. Yet the management of cloud and infrastructure are not devoid of bottlenecks. The data states that the positive impacts of the cloud (as perceived by the survey
More than three-quarters of companies say that they have AI models that never come into use. For 20% of companies, the numbers look even worse, with only 10% of their models making it into production. That’s according to a new survey commissioned by Run:AI, which found that infrastructure challenges are causing resources to sit idle
BackBox, a network automation, security, and management service provider, today announced that it raised $32 million in a series A round led by venture firm Elsewhere Partners. The company says that it’ll put the capital toward increasing its market reach across Europe, the U.S., and Asia via strategic channel programs, as well as building out
According to Kasada’s “2021 State of Bot Migration report,” most companies (83%) surveyed experienced at least one bot attack in the last year, resulting in loss of revenue and increased operational costs. Of those, 77% lost 6% or more of their revenue due to bot attacks, and 39% reported a revenue loss of 10% or
Last week, Twitter shared research showing that the platform’s algorithms amplify tweets from right-of-center politicians and news outlets at the expense of left-leaning sources. Rumman Chowdhury, the head of Twitter’s machine learning, ethics, transparency, and accountability team, said in an interview with Protocol that while some of the behavior could be user-driven, the reason for
Chatbots have a checkered past of often not delivering the performance their providers have promised. This is especially true in the IT service management (ITSM) and multilingual NLP spaces, where service desks found support teams deluged with complaints — yes, about the support chatbots. Just getting English language nuance right and how enterprises communicate often
Virtru, a well-known name in data encryption and privacy, has launched an external zero-trust key-management solution expressly for admins of the Google Cloud Platform (GCPs). Virtru’s cloud-based software protects data throughout its lifecycle as it travels through email and file-sharing platforms, including SaaS solutions, cloud environments, and a diverse range of file ecosystems. It is
Gaps in Google’s cybersecurity strategy make banks, financial institutions, and larger enterprises slow to adopt the Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with deals often going to Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services instead. It also doesn’t help that GCP has long had the reputation that it is more aligned with developers and their needs than with
Only a handful of the U.K.’s scaling startups are getting the most out of their software subscriptions, according to research from SaaS management software provider Cledara. The report, which surveyed 251 finance managers, IT managers, and executive leaders at U.K. firms with 20-500 employees, revealed that just 14% of respondents think all of their SaaS
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next. Verizon Communications — ranked 20 in the Fortune 500 list with the latest reported revenue of more than $128 billion — has made its private mobile edge computing solution with AWS Outposts available for enterprise clients in
The pandemic’s work-from-home era made a lot of people rethink their careers, resulting in what’s been called the “Great Resignation.” Adopting a lean development approach can greatly benefit companies struggling to retain talent during this time, as well as make life more fulfilling for developers. A “lean” concept is all about reducing waste; when applied
To meet a coming wave of hyper-automation, IT organizations need to do a better job of partnering with professionals outside of IT to automate business processes and data integration, according to research firm Gartner. Gartner defines hyper-automation as “a business-driven, disciplined approach that organizations use to rapidly identify, vet, and automate as many businesses and
Enterprise “data observability” is a hot space right now. Over the past couple of months, investors have pumped $200 million into each of Cribl and Grafana Labs, two data observability startups, and lesser amounts into related companies like Acceldata and DeepFactor. What’s behind this frenzy? Well, enterprise data systems are like a busy family household. From room to room,
Microsoft today announced that it acquired Clear Software, a Zionsville, Indiana-based startup developing enterprise software automation technologies. In a blog post, Microsoft partner general manager Stephen Siciliano said that Clear’s solutions will “make it a more seamless experience” to use Microsoft’s Power Apps and Power Automate platforms to build automations for systems such as SAP
Quantum computing has hit the radar of technical leaders, because of the huge efficiency it offers at scale. It will take years to develop for most applications, however, even as it makes limited progress in the near term in highly specialized fields of materials science and cryptography. Quantum methods are gaining more rapid attention, however,