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Qpoint, the provider of comprehensive visibility and control over external service dependencies and traffic flows for modern, highly connected applications, is announcing the close of its pre-seed funding, having raised $4 million. This funding—which was led by Mango Capital with participation from Preface Ventures, Scribble Ventures, and Bloomberg Beta—will fuel Qpoint’s product development for its eBPF-based external dependency and traffic flow monitoring technology.

Sidero Labs, a leading software developer focused on providing innovative solutions to help lower the friction in managing Kubernetes and containerized applications, is announcing the completion of a recent investment round, having raised $4 million. This funding—led by Hiro Capital with participation from Sony Innovation Fund —will boost Sidero Labs’ product development, focusing on solving the operational challenges of running production Kubernetes clusters.

Flexential, a leading provider of secure and flexible data center solutions, is announcing that it has received a strategic investment from Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP), serving to accelerate Flexential's growth and go-to-market efforts.

Cofense, the leading provider of intelligence-driven phishing defense solutions, is unveiling new AI-powered capabilities for its Phishing Detection and Response (PDR) platform that work to ease SOC analyst workloads with AI spam reduction. SOC analysts, plagued by heavy workloads and alert fatigue, benefit from the ability to sort through alert noise and focus on genuine threats with Cofense’s new AI functionality.

At its latest developer conference, GitHub unveiled a series of new innovations that emphasize developer choice, control, and ease of use for the AI era. Culminating in three key announcements-the now multi-model GitHub Copilot, the introduction of GitHub Spark, and additional updates across Copilot and GitHub Models-GitHub continues to innovate, motivated by its ambition to reach 1 billion developers.

Considerations about data architecture—from its flexibility to its capacity for cost efficiency, data quality, security, and innovation—should be top of mind for technology and business leaders everywhere. After all, a robust data foundation can power even the most cutting-edge use cases dominating the realm of business. Yet, there is no silver bullet solution, and enterprises must thoroughly examine their options to successfully navigate both today and tomorrow’s needs.

AppOmni, the leader in SaaS security, is announcing a partnership with Cisco that will deliver AppOmni’s zero trust innovations to Cisco customers and partners. This collaboration—which combines the powers of AppOmni’s Zero Trust Posture Management (ZTPM) solution with Cisco’s Security Service Edge (SSE) technology suite—aims to secure cloud-based SaaS application environments from endpoint to application.

The seemingly endless list of requirements and necessities for propelling AI toward success is certainly overwhelming. Narrowing the focus onto a fundamental piece of this list—data management—and addressing it effectively can cause a domino effect of positive outcomes. However, ensuring that data is relevant, clean, accurate, well-structured, and prepared for AI is still a lofty, and often complex, task.

Kyndryl, the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, is announcing an expansive collaboration with Microsoft, paired with a portfolio of new end-to-end services for modernizing mainframe apps with Microsoft Cloud. Now recognized as a?RISE with SAP delivery partner and debuting a series of new app migration and AI-enablement services, Kyndryl solidifies both its collaboration with Microsoft and commitment toward seamless migration journeys.

Rubrik, the Zero Trust Data Security Company, is announcing a collaboration with Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, with the goal of enabling businesses to effectively secure and protect their virtualized environments. Offering support for Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization on Rubrik Security Cloud, this collaboration aims to protect virtual machines (VMs) and applications amid an evolving—and tireless—threat landscape.