AT&T Communications

Snowflake Appoints Brad Burns as Chief Communications Officer

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024
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Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the Data Cloud company, today announced that Brad Burns is joining the company as Chief Communications Officer.

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  • Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the Data Cloud company, today announced that Brad Burns is joining the company as Chief Communications Officer.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240124826696/en/
    Snowflake Appoints Brad Burns as Chief Communications Officer (Photo: Business Wire)
    “We are thrilled to welcome Brad to the Snowflake team,” said Denise Persson, Chief Marketing Officer at Snowflake.
  • His expertise will play a crucial role in elevating Snowflake communications as we scale the Data Cloud to $10 billion and beyond.”
    Burns joins Snowflake from Salesforce where he was Chief Communications Officer.
  • There, he led global communications, including public relations, employee communications, reputation management, social media, and executive communications.

Fujitsu leverages AI technology to realize energy saving in network operations

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023
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The Fujitsu rApp, uses traffic estimates powered by machine learning and artificial intelligence to switch network capacity on or off as needed, while maintaining service continuity.

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  • The Fujitsu rApp, uses traffic estimates powered by machine learning and artificial intelligence to switch network capacity on or off as needed, while maintaining service continuity.
  • Fujitsu further conducted successful interoperability tests with a third party system-level RAN emulator compliant with the O-RAN specifications provided by VIAVI Solutions (American telecommunications network measurement equipment vendor; hereinafter VIAVI).
  • Fujitsu announced the test results at "O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest (5) Fall 2023," an international event held by the O-RAN ALLIANCE (6) in November 2023.
  • Fujitsu will support telecommunication carriers in reducing operation and maintenance costs and accelerating the development of new services, with the goal of contributing to the realization of carbon-neutral network operations through power saving technologies.

The Purple Book Community Announces AppSecCon 2023

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Thursday, June 22, 2023
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PALO ALTO, Calif., June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Purple Book Community, a network of top security leaders, has announced that AppSecCon 2023 will take place on June 28th and 29th. Held virtually, the second edition of the world's leading AppSec conference is expected to host thousands of leading security professionals from around the world to discuss key issues and developments at the forefront of the software security sector.

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  • PALO ALTO, Calif., June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Purple Book Community , a network of top security leaders, has announced that AppSecCon 2023 will take place on June 28th and 29th.
  • AppSecCon 2023 will feature some of the biggest names in the industry, including speakers Sandeep Johri, CEO, Checkmarx; Lucas LaFrance, SVP and CISO, PlanetArt; Melinda Marks, Senior Analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG); and Nikhil Gupta, Co-Founder/CEO of ArmorCode and Co-Founder of the Purple Book Community.
  • Sponsors include ArmorCode, Checkmarx, Endor Labs, Cyber Future Foundation, Resilient Software Security, Safe Stack.io and We Hack Purple.
  • "It is wonderful to have such an accomplished panel of speakers scheduled to present at this year's AppSecCon event," said Nikhil Gupta, CEO of ArmorCode and co-founder of The Purple Book Community.

ArmorCode Secures $14 Million Series A Investment to Scale AppSecOps Platform

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --  ArmorCode, the leader in AppSecOps, today announced it secured a $14 million Series A investment led by Ballistic Ventures, the venture capital firm solely focused on backing cybersecurity startups, founded by Kevin Mandia, Barmak Meftah, Ted Schlein, Jake Seid, and Roger Thornton. Other investors include Sierra Ventures, Cervin, and industry luminaries such as John Donovan, the former CEO of AT&T Communications, Oliver Friedrichs, founder and former CEO of Phantom Cyber (acquired by Splunk), John M. Jack, current board member at Contrast Security and Illumio, among others, and Tom Reilly, former CEO of Cloudera and ArcSight. Founded in July 2020, ArmorCode's Series A brings its total funding to $25 million, underscoring its momentum, which includes a seven-figure annual recurring revenue within its first financial year and revenue doubling in consecutive quarters with customers that include Fortune 100 enterprises.

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  • "ArmorCode gives us immediate visibility into our application security posture, across all applications, APIs, and microservices.
  • This funding will help our business scale as we provide the industry leading AppSecOps platform and enable more organizations to secure their AppSec posture."
  • ArmorCode customers use the platform for AppSec Posture, Vulnerability and Compliance Management, and DevSecOps automation.
  • ArmorCode AppSecOps platform is delivering a 10X AppSec Force Multiplier impact to several marquee enterprises.

Perygee Raises $4.75M Seed Round to Secure the Supply Chain’s Most Vulnerable IoT and OT Devices

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022
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However, mid-market enterprises within these supply chains often struggle with implementing optimal security for these devices, when existing tools are expensive and require additional resources to maintain.

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  • However, mid-market enterprises within these supply chains often struggle with implementing optimal security for these devices, when existing tools are expensive and require additional resources to maintain.
  • Perygee solves for this gap, serving the market in a holistic and affordable way.
  • Perygee is well-positioned to become the leading cybersecurity platform for the combined IoT/OT world.
  • Angel investor John Donovan, CEO of Qudit Investments and former CEO of AT&T Communications, will join as a board advisor to Perygee.

Omneky Expands Growing List of Investors

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Tuesday, July 19, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Omneky, an AI-driven marketing platform, today announced that John Donovan, former CEO of AT&T Communications, has joined as an investor.

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  • With the new partnership, Omneky is equipped to scale midmarket and enterprise AI content generation for personalized images and videos.
  • Omneky taps into audience demographics and consumer insights to generate thousands of tailored ads formatted for each platform using existing design assets.
  • "We are honored to have the support of John Donovan among our growing list of strategic investors as we work towards our goal of being a category-defining AI company," said Hikari Senju, Founder and CEO of Omneky.
  • To learn more, visit www.omneky.com or follow us on social media @omneky.

AT&T, the University of North Texas and Bigbelly team-up to Enhance Campus Connectivity

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022
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NEEDHAM, Mass., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The University of North Texas, AT&T, and Bigbelly have teamed up to enhance the campus community wireless experience using the innovative multi-purpose Telebelly offering.

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  • NEEDHAM, Mass., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The University of North Texas, AT&T, and Bigbelly have teamed up to enhance the campus community wireless experience using the innovative multi-purpose Telebelly offering.
  • "The University of North Texas has long enjoyed the benefits from the Bigbelly Smart Waste and Recycling system located throughout the Denton campus, said Chad Crocker, UNT Senior Director of Maintenance.
  • "With the University of North Texas, Bigbelly and AT&T, the possibilities are as exciting as they are limitless.
  • Alex Gamota, Bigbelly Senior Vice President of ICT, stated: "Bigbelly is thrilled to enable robust wireless connectivity for the University of North Texas community and AT&T.

The Ad Council Appoints 21 New Members to its Board of Directors

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Friday, April 29, 2022
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Throughout the organization's 80-year history, the Ad Council has been at the forefront of driving the communications industry's social impact efforts.

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  • Throughout the organization's 80-year history, the Ad Council has been at the forefront of driving the communications industry's social impact efforts.
  • Most recently, the Ad Council's Board of Directors led the industry's response to COVID-19 and the launch of the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative's COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative, the most significant public education effort in U.S. history.
  • The Ad Council also added a new member to its Leadership Council, Chris Kelly, CEO of Upwave.
  • A complete list of the Ad Council Board of Directors and Leadership Council is available on the organization's website.

Humantic AI Announces $1.5M in First-Round Funding

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Monday, April 25, 2022
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PALO ALTO, Calif., April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Humantic AI, a new startup providing personality AI to revenue and sales teams, announced today its first round of $1.5 million in funding from a group of highly regarded angel investors.

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  • In addition, investor Sharath Keshava Narayana, Co-Founder of Observe AI (YC W18), has joined Humantic AI's Board of Directors.
  • Based in Palo Alto and Bangalore, Humantic AI provides prospect intelligence to revenue teams, helping salespeople engage more customers, build trustworthy relationships, and close more deals.
  • That is why we are building Humantic AI, to give salespeople a competitive advantage in understanding their prospects."
  • Founded in 2021 and used by more than 100 organizations worldwide, Humantic AI provides prospect intelligence to revenue teams.

AT&T Releases March 2022 ESG Summary and Related Reporting

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022
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AT&T Inc. * ( NYSE:T ) has released its March 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Summary and supporting materials , including 22 issue briefs outlining its approach to leading ESG topics identified as most important by our stakeholders.

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  • AT&T Inc. * ( NYSE:T ) has released its March 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Summary and supporting materials , including 22 issue briefs outlining its approach to leading ESG topics identified as most important by our stakeholders.
  • AT&Ts March 2022 ESG Summary builds upon more than 15 years of detailed disclosure aligning to leading ESG reporting standards and frameworks, such as the Global Reporting Initiative, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures and others.
  • Highlights from the March 2022 ESG Summary include:
    Addressing the Digital Divide.
  • As a result, the company significantly expanded its discussion of board and executive oversight for leading ESG issues and reporting in its 2022 proxy statement .