LG AI Research and FriendliAI announced a strategic partnership to make LG’s advanced new AI models EXAONE 4.0 publicly available, for the first time, through FriendliAI’s serverless inference infrastructure. FriendliAI is an AI inference provider for open source LLMs. The collaboration brings EXAONE 4.0 to developers and enterprises worldwide through a simple API interface. EXAONE 4.0 is LG AI Research’s…

Cognizant announced the launch of Cognizant Agent Foundry, an offering designed to help enterprises design, deploy and orchestrate autonomous AI agents at scale. The offering comprises a framework along with reusable assets, leveraging Cognizant and third-party IP, and implementation services. Built to enable continuous, agent-driven transformation, Cognizant Agent Foundry supports adaptive operations, real-time decision-making, and personalized customer experiences, empowering organizations…

Pillar Security revealed a novel attack vector that embeds malicious instructions in GGUF model templates, bypassing standard AI security controls. » @pillar_security @huggingface » Pillar Security, a leading company in AI security, discovered a novel supply chain attack vector that targets the AI inference pipeline. This novel technique, termed "Poisoned GGUF Templates," allows attackers to embed malicious instructions that are…

Huntress announced a collaboration with Microsoft to enhance cybersecurity tools for businesses using Microsoft 365 and Defender solutions. The integration unlocks advanced protection for endpoints and identities. » @HuntressLabs @Microsoft » Cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated every day, with hackers targeting businesses that lack the time, resources, and expertise to defend themselves. Today, Huntress announced a collaboration with Microsoft to…

Platform9 announced a partnership with Commvault to integrate advanced data protection into its Private Cloud Director for enhanced resilience and recovery. » @platform9sys @Commvault » Platform9, the enterprise private cloud company, announced a partnership with Commvault, a leading provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, that includes full integration of Commvault with Platform9 Private Cloud…

AvePoint’s data resilience solutions are now available through Carahsoft’s Microsoft Azure Marketplace to streamline procurement for Public Sector agencies. » @AvePoint @Carahsoft » Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, today announced that AvePoint, the global leader in data security, governance and resilience, now has products available in Carahsoft’s Microsoft Azure Marketplace. The Azure Marketplace offers thousands of…

SUSE announced Sovereign Premium Support, a new support offering designed to meet digital sovereignty and regulatory requirements across the EU. » @SUSE » SUSEⓇ, a global leader in enterprise open source solutions, announced SUSE Sovereign Premium Support, its most comprehensive sovereign support service for customers and partners looking for a support offering that is sovereign in the European Union. It…

IBM announced Power11, its latest AI-ready enterprise server designed for zero planned downtime, enhanced resiliency, and hybrid cloud deployment. » @IBM » Today, IBM revealed IBM Power11, the next generation of IBM® Power® servers. Redesigned with innovations across its processor, hardware architecture, and virtualization software stack, Power11 is designed to deliver the availability, resiliency, performance, and scalability enterprises demand, for…

Oracle and AWS announced the general availability of Oracle Database@AWS, offering AI-enhanced, zero-ETL integration on OCI infrastructure in AWS Regions. » @oracle @awscloud » Oracle and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) today announced the general availability of Oracle Database@AWS. Customers can now run Oracle Exadata Database Service and Oracle Autonomous Database on dedicated infrastructure on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) within…

Syncfusion announced Essential Studio 2025 Volume 2, introducing new components for React, .NET MAUI, and Blazor with notable performance upgrades. » @Syncfusion » Syncfusion, the enterprise technology partner of choice, announced the release of Essential Studio 2025 Volume 2. This release introduces two new controls for .NET MAUI, a Block Editor control for the JS 2 suites like React, a…