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DataGuard strengthens its executive team and advances product innovation with the appointment of seasoned SaaS leader Arie Teter as Chief Product & Technology Officer. DataGuard, a leading SaaS security and compliance software provider, today announced the appointment of Arie Teter as Chief Product ...

Inaugural program celebrates partners driving cloud, security and digital transformation outcomes for customers across the region 11:11 Systems (“11:11”), a leading managed infrastructure solutions provider, today announced the recipients of its 2025 Partner Awards in North America, the company’s in...

Sevaro Health, the company transforming neurological and specialty care through advanced technology, today announced the appointments of Carl Dugart as Chief Technology Officer and Vineet Agrawal as Head of Growth. These strategic hires follow Sevaro’s recent $39 million Series B funding round, whic...

New research shows phishing and fraud are shifting away from obvious impersonation toward search results, paid ads, business workflows, and marketplaces Bolster AI, a leading brand protection platform, revealed a fundamental shift in how phishing and online scams are created, distributed, and moneti...

Opportify has announced early adoption of its new “Email Insights” product, launched two months ago to help businesses detect and prevent fake sign-ups, reduce email-driven fraud, and protect deliverability at the point of entry. The solution was developed in response to a growing challenge for mode...

Miami-based cybersecurity services firm explodes in growth, quadrupling revenue in one year, expanding team, and investing in the Miami AI space. Cycore, a leading AI-powered cybersecurity and compliance services firm, announces significant growth and momentum throughout 2025. With a 4X increase in ...

How real-time content velocity and modern storage reshape intent quality, AI scalability, governance, and performance across the data lifecycle. Jeronimo, you’ve built a career at the intersection of AI and product management. What initially drew you into this space and ultimately to your role at Ba...

AI driven expertise leads to Company’s recognition as a top MSSP provider for sixth year in a row ECS, a provider of advanced technology solutions in data and AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise transformation, and one of six ASGN brands that will be unifying under the new Everforth brand (NYSE: ASGN)...

Funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners follows 900% revenue growth and 200% logo growth year-over-year as enterprises adopt runtime-powered cloud security Upwind, the runtime-first cloud security leader, today announced that it has raised $250 million in Series B funding, bringing its total fundin...

EaseUS announced the official release of EaseUS Disk Copy 7.0.0 on Jan. 7, 2026, representing a fundamental shift in how disk cloning and backup workflows are handled on Windows. The update introduces disk imaging–based backup and restore capabilities, allowing users to create disk image and restore...

First-mover MSP designation expands public-sector data protection capabilities and enhances KELYN’s datastor.io managed backup and recovery solutions KELYN Technologies today announced that it has been selected as the first Managed Service Provider (MSP) for Commvault GovCloud, simplifying the path ...

Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced that Adrian Johnson, formerly the senior vice president and general manager of the Americas and Asia Pacific, has been appointed as the company’s new chief revenue o...

FADEL®, a global leader in AI-driven brand compliance and licensing software, today announced FADEL AIVA™, its AI technology designed to transform how organizations manage end-to-end licensing and marketing compliance operations. AIVA unifies FADEL’s generative, analytical, and predictive AI capabil...

Technology partnership enables mutual customers to reduce cloud risk by validating and optimizing cloud security. Cymulate, a leader in threat exposure management, today announces its partnership with cloud security leader Wiz by joining the Wiz Integration Network (WIN). Through this partnership, C...

Research shows enterprises increasing investment while scaling cautiously until reliability can be proven in production Dynatrace (NYSE: DT), the leading AI-powered observability platform, today released The Pulse of Agentic AI 2026, an inaugural global study focused on how observability and reliabi...

Egypt is once again at the center of Africa’s AI momentum as international technology experts, influential policymakers and startups prepare to convene at Ai Everything MEA Egypt 2026, the world’s first all-AI expo and summit of the year. Announced just four months ago, the event has already mobilis...

Rocket ContentEdge launches to unlock the value of unstructured data with safety-first GenAI, automation, and analytics to deliver borderless information across hybrid environments. Rocket Software, a global technology leader in IT modernization, today announced Rocket® ContentEdge™, a solution that...

ExaGrid’s new solution offers the fastest, most scalable, and most secure backups in the industry ExaGrid®, the industry’s only Tiered Backup Storage solution with AI-Powered Retention Time-Lock (RTL) that includes a non-network-facing tier (tiered air gap), Auto Detect & Guard, delayed deletes and ...

Catchpoint’s annual report shows why speed, user experience, and business impact now define reliability in the AI era LogicMonitor, the AI-first hybrid observability platform redefining how enterprises see and run their digital operations, today released The SRE Report 2026 through Catchpoint, its I...

Milestone underscores data security, privacy, and enterprise-grade governance commitment Percipience, an insurtech data and analytics software provider, is pleased to announce the company has successfully achieved System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type I compliance, demonstrating that its int...

CareCloud, Inc. (Nasdaq: CCLD, CCLDO) (“CareCloud” or the “Company”), a leader in healthcare technology and AI-powered solutions, today announced that Black Book Research has recognized the Company’s Wellsoft Emergency Department Information System (“EDIS”) in its 2026 Emergency Medicine specialty r...

Gartner has named RXNT a 2026 best-in-class software provider, recognizing the company as a Shortlist and FrontRunner category leader in five areas. RXNT, a Maryland-based ambulatory healthcare technology company, today announced its recognition as a 2026 Gartner Digital Markets Leader. Five Shortli...

Former SentinelOne, Palo Alto Networks executive’s appointment reinforces commitment to partner-led growth, enterprise adoption Stellar Cyber, the leader in open and AI-native security operations, today announced the appointment of Eric van Sommeren as Vice President of EMEA, signalling a renewed fo...

Total Economic Impact study quantifies the ROI organizations achieve by modernizing endpoint security with CrowdStrike CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today announced the findings of a commissioned Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study, conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of CrowdStrike. The study f...