Chris Ehrlich

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and DALLAS — Google Cloud and AT&T are expanding their work together to co-develop a set of edge computing solutions.  The solutions pull from the companies’ portfolios and include AT&T’s on-premises multi-access edge compute (MEC) solution and network edge capabilities through LTE, 5G, and wireline as well as Google Cloud’s suite, according to […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Data breaches now cost companies an average of $4.24 million per incident, according to a recent report. The finding is part of 17th-annual “Cost of Data Breach Report” by IBM Security and represents the highest-ever average cost in the global report, according to IBM last month.  The report is based on “in-depth […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Google Cloud is helping the government sector with zero trust. The set of services are designed to help U.S. federal, state, and local governments implement zero-trust architecture in accordance with President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity and in alignment with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards, […]

STAMFORD, Conn. — More CFOs are planning to increase their spending on digital more than any other part of the business in 2021. Eighty-two percent of CFOs say they intend to grow investments in digital capabilities in fiscal 2021 compared to 2020, according to a survey by Gartner. The survey also revealed that 70% of […]

WALLDORF, Germany and ARMONK, N.Y. — SAP and IBM are working together to help financial institutions accelerate cloud adoptions and “modernize operations.” SAP plans to onboard two of its finance and data management solutions to IBM Cloud for Financial Services, according to the companies this week. The collaboration is intended to help the companies address […]

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft is offering guidance to companies to develop human-centered artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Microsoft released the Human-AI eXperience (HAX) Toolkit or a set of tools to create and implement best practices when creating AI that interacts with people, according to a post last week by Leah Culler for Microsoft. AI products, such […]

SUNNYVALE, California and WALLDORF, Germany — Google Cloud and SAP are deepening their relationship to help companies tap into the cloud.  The expanded strategic partnership is intended to help companies in several ways: execute “business transformations”; migrate critical business systems to the cloud; and augment business systems with Google Cloud capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI) […]

REDMOND, Wash. — The artificial intelligence (AI) and security communities are being invited to participate in a competition to “attack” critical AI systems. The GitHub-based competition runs Aug. 6 to Sept. 17 and is being produced by Microsoft and a group of partners  — NVIDIA, CUJO AI, VM-Ray, and MRG Effitas, according to a blog […]

STAMFORD, Conn. — Global spending on IT is projected to reach $4.2 trillion in 2021 — an 8.6% increase from 2020. The forecast was made by the market research firm Gartner last month. IT spending is accelerating ahead of revenue expectations, despite many companies still suffering revenue declines, according to Gartner. Boards and CEOs are […]

BOSTON — The publicly traded cybersecurity analytics and automation company Rapid7 has acquired IntSights Cyber Intelligence for its contextualized external threat intelligence and proactive threat remediation solutions. Boston-based Rapid7 (Nasdaq: RPD) will pay about $335 million in cash and stock to acquire New York-based IntSights, according to the company last month. Rapid7’s Insight Platform features […]