Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Quick Byte

HPE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has officially closed its $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks as of July 2, 2025, following a resolution of antitrust concerns with the U.S. Department of Justice, under which HPE agreed to divest its Instant On WLAN business and license Juniper’s Mist AI source code. The merger—first announced...
Blaize
Blaize, a leader in edge AI computing, has secured $56 million in funding to scale its AI solutions across Southeast Asia’s growing smart infrastructure landscape. The funding round was led by prominent investors including Franklin Templeton, Temasek’s Xora Innovation, Denso, Mercedes-Benz, and other strategic backers. With this capital, Blaize...
Rubrik
Rubrik, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Predibase in a strategic move designed to accelerate enterprise adoption of agentic AI by bridging the gap between pilot projects and full-scale deployment, combining Rubrik’s secure, governed data lake with Predibase’s advanced model training and serving platform. Predibase, founded in...
Gurobi
Gurobi Optimization has introduced a new AI Assistant designed to enhance user experience and support for its mathematical optimization platform. Available through the company’s website and product interface, the AI Assistant provides users—ranging from novices to experts—with immediate, 24/7 access to resources such as documentation, model guidance, and coding...
IBM
IBM has introduced an industry-first solution that fully integrates its watsonx.governance and Guardium AI Security tools to provide a unified platform for managing both governance and security of agentic AI systems at scale. As enterprises increasingly deploy autonomous AI agents, IBM’s integration offers a holistic risk-management framework combining automated...
1Password
New integration with AWS simplifies secrets management to secure sprawl, boost productivity, and reinforce cloud security. 1Password has officially signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help modern enterprises bridge the widening “Access‑Trust Gap” and enhance secure, scalable access management across complex, hybrid, AI-powered environments....
Bubble
Bubble, the leading AI-powered visual development platform, today launched Bubble for native mobile apps in public beta, enabling users to effortlessly design, build, and publish cross‑platform applications for web, iOS, and Android from a single unified environment. Addressing common pain points—such as disparate development teams, bloated costs, and lengthy...
Thales
New capability gives instant visibility to detect misuse, enforce compliance, and strengthen data protection across on-premises, hybrid, and multicloud environments. Thales, a global leader in digital security, announced the launch of Thales File Activity Monitoring (FAM), a groundbreaking enhancement to the Thales CipherTrust Data Security Platform. This new capability empowers enterprises...
Elsevier
Elsevier has unveiled a comprehensive evaluation framework designed to mitigate risks associated with generative AI in clinical decision support tools, particularly focusing on its ClinicalKey AI platform. This initiative aims to ensure the safe, responsible, and ethical application of AI in healthcare settings. The framework incorporates rigorous assessment methodologies,...
Snowflake
Empowering enterprises across industries to build and deploy secure, compliant AI agents and applications with Snowflake Postgres, powered by Crunchy Data's enterprise-grade PostgreSQL Snowflake has announced its acquisition of Crunchy Data, a leading provider of open-source PostgreSQL solutions, for approximately $250 million. This strategic move aims to integrate Crunchy Data's...