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CrowdStrike and AWS Extend Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Cloud Security and AI Innovation

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today announced an expanded strategic partnership to accelerate cybersecurity consolidation and cloud transformation.

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  • Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today announced an expanded strategic partnership to accelerate cybersecurity consolidation and cloud transformation.
  • In addition, CrowdStrike is expanding its use of AWS services, including Amazon Bedrock and AWS SageMaker, to drive industry leading innovation in cloud security, SIEM transformation, and novel cybersecurity AI use cases.
  • CrowdStrike and AWS continue to bring together the best technologies to help customers build and secure business in the cloud.
  • By leveraging the rigorous security, privacy and compliance built into AWS, CrowdStrike enables organizations to responsibly adopt AI innovations with security and trust built-in natively.

Kroll Appoints Jennifer Huntington as Chief Operating Officer

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Kroll , the leading independent global risk and financial advisory solutions firm, announced today the appointment of Jennifer Huntington as Chief Operating Officer.

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  • Kroll , the leading independent global risk and financial advisory solutions firm, announced today the appointment of Jennifer Huntington as Chief Operating Officer.
  • “As we strengthen our team of global leaders, we are laying a strong foundation to ensure our organization can deliver at the highest levels for our clients and maximize results,” said Jacob Silverman, Chief Executive Officer of Kroll.
  • Prior to AWS, she served as the Chief Operating Officer for the Americas at Genpact, where she led strategy and transformation efforts for the company’s delivery operations.
  • She held the position of Chief Operating Officer for Infor Services, overseeing global business operations for Infor’s cloud, consulting and support business.

Arrow Electronics Tapped to Become Sole Global Provider of Broadcom’s CloudHealth From VMware Offering

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Global technology solutions provider Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) announced that Broadcom selected it as the sole provider for its CloudHealth from VMware offering.

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  • Global technology solutions provider Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) announced that Broadcom selected it as the sole provider for its CloudHealth from VMware offering.
  • “Arrow is pleased to build upon our strategic relationship with Broadcom by becoming the exclusive provider of the CloudHealth offering,” said Eric Nowak, president of global enterprise computing solutions at Arrow.
  • There is no planned service outage to CloudHealth, including to those customers who consume CloudHealth through the AWS marketplace.
  • Partners and customers currently using the CloudHealth offering can find more information here

Backlight Announces Availability of Zype Playout in AWS Marketplace

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Global media and entertainment technology company, Backlight, today announced that its cloud-based linear playout solution, Zype Playout is now available in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors (ISVs) that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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  • Global media and entertainment technology company, Backlight, today announced that its cloud-based linear playout solution, Zype Playout is now available in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors (ISVs) that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • With Zype Playout, AWS customers can now rapidly build and deliver streaming video channels through Backlight’s easy-to-use cloud-based platform.
  • Now that it is available in AWS Marketplace, customers will be able to easily extend their video workflows with Backlight’s robust cloud-playout solution.
  • “We are excited to be able to integrate Backlight’s solution in a deeper way via AWS Marketplace.”
    Learn more about Zype Playout in AWS Marketplace and how to deploy it, here .

Insight Acquires Infocenter, 2024 ServiceNow Partner of the Year

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ: NSIT) announced it has acquired Infocenter , a fast-growing pure-play ServiceNow Elite Partner, adding a full complement of ServiceNow consulting, implementation and managed services to its automation solutions portfolio.

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  • Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ: NSIT) announced it has acquired Infocenter , a fast-growing pure-play ServiceNow Elite Partner, adding a full complement of ServiceNow consulting, implementation and managed services to its automation solutions portfolio.
  • Infocenter , the 2024 ServiceNow Americas Consulting and Implementation Partner of the Year, works with clients around the world to implement ServiceNow capabilities and pursue aggressive digital transformation goals.
  • Infocenter CEO Michael Vadini said: “We’re excited to join Insight and augment how they architect, deliver and manage enterprise-wide transformation for clients.
  • “The ServiceNow ecosystem will be elevated with Insight and Infocenter joining forces,” said Erica Volini, SVP, global partnerships and channels at ServiceNow.

Accelerating the Future of Trust for the Enterprise: Vanta Supercharges Trust Centers with Questionnaire Automation and Vanta AI

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Vanta , the leading trust management platform, announced today the addition of Vanta AI and Questionnaire Automation in Trust Centers , enabling enterprises to proactively and reactively demonstrate their security and compliance, automatically.

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  • Vanta , the leading trust management platform, announced today the addition of Vanta AI and Questionnaire Automation in Trust Centers , enabling enterprises to proactively and reactively demonstrate their security and compliance, automatically.
  • “Vanta Trust Centers are an enterprise's first line of defense to demonstrate their commitment to security over time — not just at a point-in-time,” said Jeremy Epling, Chief Product Officer, Vanta.
  • “Leading organizations and innovators like ZoomInfo rely on Trust Centers to proactively demonstrate their security and compliance posture to prospects and customers.
  • Available today in beta, Vanta AI-powered Trust Centers provide buyers with not only the documentation they’re looking for, but answers they need.

Confluent Unveils New Capabilities to Apache Flink Offering to Simplify AI and Bring Stream Processing to Workloads Everywhere

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Confluent introduced Confluent Platform for Apache Flink®, a Flink distribution that enables stream processing in on-premises or hybrid environments with support from the company’s Flink experts.

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  • Confluent introduced Confluent Platform for Apache Flink®, a Flink distribution that enables stream processing in on-premises or hybrid environments with support from the company’s Flink experts.
  • With AI Model Inference in Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink® , organizations can use simple SQL statements from within Apache Flink to make calls to AI engines, including OpenAI, Amazon SageMaker, GCP Vertex, and Microsoft Azure.
  • With Confluent Platform for Apache Flink®, a Flink distribution fully supported by Confluent, customers can easily leverage stream processing for on-prem or private cloud workloads with long-term expert support.
  • Apache Flink can be used in tandem with Confluent Platform with minimal changes to existing Flink jobs and architecture.

Orgill Launches B2B2C eCommerce Powered by Elastic Path

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Elastic Path, the leader of the composable commerce movement , today announced Orgill , the fastest-growing independent hardware distributor, has implemented Elastic Path Composable Commerce , hosted on AWS, to power their industry-leading B2B2C eCommerce solution.

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  • Elastic Path, the leader of the composable commerce movement , today announced Orgill , the fastest-growing independent hardware distributor, has implemented Elastic Path Composable Commerce , hosted on AWS, to power their industry-leading B2B2C eCommerce solution.
  • “We’ve wanted to pursue this B2B2C initiative for more than a decade, and our ambitions go beyond what a typical provider could support,” said Grant Morrow, Director of eCommerce at Orgill.
  • The only way to bring this program to life was with composable commerce and Elastic Path.”
    With Elastic Path, Orgill is able to centrally manage integrations and product data while enabling individual distributors to customize their stores.
  • Orgill calls this B2B2C commerce solution Impact eCommerce™.

Corent’s SaaSOps™ enables Joomla-as-a-Service allowing easy creation of websites on AWS in just minutes

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Corent Technology welcomes Maria Skampoura, founder of Developable LTD, with JaaS.space, the Joomla-as-a-Service product, to the community of SaaS entrepreneurs on AWS.

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  • Corent Technology welcomes Maria Skampoura, founder of Developable LTD, with JaaS.space, the Joomla-as-a-Service product, to the community of SaaS entrepreneurs on AWS.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240430768885/en/
    Corent’s SaaSOps™ enables Joomla-as-a-Service allowing easy creation of websites on AWS in just minutes.
  • www.corenttech.com
    Corent’s SaaSOps™ is powering this unique offering of the leading Joomla CMS (Content Management System) as a service on AWS Marketplace.
  • Skampoura brings to market a SaaS service that offers convenient, easy access to the highly capable Joomla CMS as well as associated training, consulting, and guidance that adds value.

Leostream Expands Remote Desktop Flexibility with Windows 365 Integration

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Leostream Corporation , creator of the world-leading Leostream® Remote Desktop Access Platform, today announced the full integration of the Leostream Platform with Microsoft Windows 365 to provide enhanced flexibility, scalability, and resilience to organizations incorporating cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructure.

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  • Leostream Corporation , creator of the world-leading Leostream® Remote Desktop Access Platform, today announced the full integration of the Leostream Platform with Microsoft Windows 365 to provide enhanced flexibility, scalability, and resilience to organizations incorporating cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
  • Enterprises that rely on Virtual Desktop Infrastructure contend with a myriad of challenges, including capacity limitations due to space constraints within data centers.
  • Cloud deployments also permit new flexibility for instance-size updates and nearly limitless restore points to minimize disruptions, especially in the event of VM failures.
  • Key to the Leostream Platform’s ability to streamline remote Windows 365 desktop access in heterogeneous environments is its comprehensive protocol support.