KPMG and Google Cloud announced a major expansion of their U.S. alliance focused on advancing generative AI, data analytics, and cybersecurity among Fortune 500 companies and global enterprises. KPMG will make a landmark $100 million investment in its Google Cloud practice, which KPMG estimates will drive $1 billion in incremental growth for the firm. Bookings for KPMG's Google Cloud practice…

IBM and Pasqal announced an update to their intended collaboration to build new, integrated frameworks for quantum-centric supercomputing with Qiskit, the world’s most performant quantum software. The two companies will soon begin developing a unified programming model to facilitate seamless interoperability across different types of quantum computing hardware. This integrated architecture will work across IBM’s next-generation and utility-scale quantum computers,…

Carahsoft Technology, The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, today announced that Forescout Technologies Inc. has been named a vendor on Carahsoft’s Department of Defense (DoD) Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) blanket purchase agreement (BPA). The BPA is signed for a five-year period of performance through April 11, 2029. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will facilitate access to cybersecurity software products, which include…

Samsung Electronics announced the enhancement of its Mobile Security Rewards Program, increasing the maximum reward amount to $1 million for eligible security vulnerability reports received from the external security community. This is part of Samsung’s ongoing efforts to foster transparency and increased collaboration in mobile security, with the criteria of the program laid out in the Samsung Mobile Security Risk…

To help students and teachers work faster and more efficiently, data and AI leader SAS has unveiled SAS Viya Workbench for Learners, a free cloud-based, on-demand compute environment that provides flexible programming environments and seamless tool integration. With support for both the SAS language and Python, users can quickly build models and analyze data, allowing students to gain valuable, real-world…

NVIDIA announced an NVIDIA Omniverse™ Blueprint that enables industry software developers to help their computer-aided engineering (CAE) customers in aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, energy and other industries create digital twins with real-time interactivity. Software developers such as Altair, Ansys, Cadence and Siemens can use the NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for real-time computer-aided engineering digital twins to help their customers drive down development…

The Capgemini Research Institute’s new report, “New defenses, new threats: What AI and Gen AI bring to cybersecurity”, published today, suggests that while new cybersecurity risks are emerging, due to the proliferation of AI and generative AI (Gen AI), these technologies represent a transformative shift in reinforcing cyber-defense strategies for the long term to predict, detect, and respond to threats.…

Yonsei University and IBM (NYSE: IBM) deployed the first IBM Quantum System One in the Republic of Korea, which is only the second such system located on a university campus in the world. The IBM Quantum System One at Yonsei’s Songdo International Campus Quantum Computing Center is intended to provide opportunities to research and utilize quantum computing for the university,…

Cognizant announced today the continuation of its relationship with Savvas Learning Company with the aim to ensure that IT functions run seamlessly for the leading K-12 learning solutions provider, supporting its mission of delivering innovative, high-quality instructional materials to the millions of educators and students it serves. A trusted Savvas partner since 2019, Cognizant has entered into a multi-year agreement…

Oracle is building on its partnership with Vodafone Business IoT to bring global IoT connectivity to Oracle’s Enterprise Communications Platform (ECP) industry applications customers. Built on the high performance and security of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, ECP uses edge architecture to give businesses the out-of-the-box connectivity and near real-time data intelligence required to power essential new services. The platform, which uses…