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EQS-News: Siltronic ends wafer production for 'small diameters'

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Munich, March 22, 2024 – Siltronic AG (MDAX/TecDAX: WAF) plans to gradually cease production of polished and epitaxial small diameter wafers at its Burghausen site.

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  • Munich, March 22, 2024 – Siltronic AG (MDAX/TecDAX: WAF) plans to gradually cease production of polished and epitaxial small diameter wafers at its Burghausen site.
  • Siltronic currently produces wafers with a diameter of 300 mm, 200 mm and wafers with smaller diameters (SD) of up to 150 mm.
  • "SD wafer production at Siltronic originated in Burghausen in 1968.
  • As one of the leading wafer manufacturers, Siltronic is globally oriented and operates production sites in Asia, Europe, and the USA.

HAProxy Maintains Industry Leadership, Earns 97/100 Satisfaction Score in G2 Spring 2024 Grid® Reports

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

NEWTON, Mass., April 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HAProxy Technologies , the company behind the world’s fastest and most widely used software load balancer, has been named a Leader in 12 G2 Spring 2024 Reports.

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  • NEWTON, Mass., April 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HAProxy Technologies , the company behind the world’s fastest and most widely used software load balancer, has been named a Leader in 12 G2 Spring 2024 Reports.
  • Continuing to set the industry standard, HAProxy maintains overall leadership in Load Balancing as established in the previous three quarters.
  • With its highest-ever Satisfaction Score of 97, HAProxy was 40 points ahead of the second-placed leader in the Momentum Grid.
  • “We’re humbled by a near-perfect Satisfaction Score in the G2 Reports,” said Dujko Radovnikovic, CEO, HAProxy Technologies.

F5 Solutions Now Available in AWS Marketplace Through Carahsoft

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Carahsoft’s CarahCloud Marketplace Program features flexible pricing terms, simplified billing, quick deployment, and license management, making it easier to purchase software and services from AWS Marketplace vendors, such as F5.

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  • Carahsoft’s CarahCloud Marketplace Program features flexible pricing terms, simplified billing, quick deployment, and license management, making it easier to purchase software and services from AWS Marketplace vendors, such as F5.
  • Carahsoft serves as F5’s Public Sector Distributor and manages its AWS Marketplace distribution through Carahsoft’s CarahCloud Marketplace program.
  • The F5 solutions available in AWS Marketplace include:
    F5 Distributed Cloud Services enable customers to deploy, connect, secure and operate applications across public, private, network and edge clouds.
  • “Carahsoft is proud to support F5’s presence in AWS Marketplace,” said Terry Drinkwine, Vice President at Carahsoft.

F5 Recognized by KuppingerCole as a Leader in Web Application Firewall Market in 2024 Leadership Compass Report

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

To address these challenges, F5 offers the most comprehensive WAF solutions on the market and is the only solution provider that secures, delivers, and optimizes any app, any API, anywhere. F5’s WAF capabilities -- across all of its product families -- are designed to solve its customers’ most difficult hybrid and multicloud pain points.

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  • F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced that it has been positioned as an Overall Leader in the 2024 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass Report for Web Application Firewalls (WAFs).
  • The report provides an overview of the WAF market and assesses vendors based on innovation, market presence, and technology.
  • The Leadership Compass report identifies F5 as outshining competitors in multiple expanded critical areas including API security, bot management, and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) defense.
  • “We are honored to be recognized by KuppingerCole as an overall leader in the 2024 Leadership Compass Report for WAFs,” said Greg Maudsley, senior director, product marketing at F5.

Vercara Launches UltraAPI to Protect Entire API Protection Lifecycle

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Powered by Cequence Security, the world’s leading API Security and Bot Management company, UltraAPI helps organizations protect applications and APIs against cyber threats via three core offerings: UltraAPI Discover™, UltraAPI Comply™ and UltraAPI Bot Manager™.

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  • Powered by Cequence Security, the world’s leading API Security and Bot Management company, UltraAPI helps organizations protect applications and APIs against cyber threats via three core offerings: UltraAPI Discover™, UltraAPI Comply™ and UltraAPI Bot Manager™.
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    With UltraAPI, organizations can account for all phases of their API protection lifecycle – from discovering what APIs they have exposed to protecting them against attack and ensuring regulatory and best practice compliance.
  • “Organizations need a holistic security solution that addresses every phase of the API protection lifecycle – one that enables them to understand their API attack surface and risk posture and provides real-time protection to block API attacks before they reach the application.
  • As enterprise applications evolve, it’s critical that organizations deploy both application and API protection (WAAP) services to provide protection for the entire application environment.

Traefik Labs Product Updates Set New Standard in Cloud-Native API Networking and Security

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

The updates announced today include a Kubernetes-native API gateway, integration of a Web Application Firewall (WAF), and advanced API management capabilities that improve governance and security.

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  • The updates announced today include a Kubernetes-native API gateway, integration of a Web Application Firewall (WAF), and advanced API management capabilities that improve governance and security.
  • "These updates help users navigate the complexities of modern cloud-native digital architectures by bridging Kubernetes and existing infrastructure, plus delivering cutting-edge security,” said Sudeep Goswami, CEO of Traefik Labs.
  • Recognizing the complementary strengths of API gateways and WAFs , Traefik Labs has taken a pioneering step towards fortifying API security with an innovative integration.
  • Traefik Labs introduced advanced API management capabilities that enhance API governance and security through precise access control mechanisms to guard against continual threats of data breaches and the potential for extended downtimes due to API misuse.

IO River exits stealth with $5.4M, launches first virtual edge platform to optimize Internet content delivery

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

TEL AVIV, Israel, March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IO River (https://www.ioriver.io) exited stealth today and announced $5.4M in funding for the first multi-CDN-as-a-Service platform on the edge. The seed round was led by S Capital with the participation of other investors, including Aryeh Mergi (co-founder of XtremIO, M-Systems and Jeeng) and Ronni Zehavi (co-founder of HiBob and Cotendo). IO River enables online services companies to operate effectively across multiple edge platforms, achieving top performance, reliability, and cost efficiency with no additional layer or latency. The platform already serves more than 100 petabytes of traffic a month.

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  • TEL AVIV, Israel, March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IO River ( https://www.ioriver.io ) exited stealth today and announced $5.4M in funding for the first multi-CDN-as-a-Service platform on the edge.
  • Today, Internet companies use a content delivery network (CDN) to ensure that users around the world can access content quickly and cheaply.
  • "The largest content providers in the world don't rely on a single content delivery network," said Michael Hakimi, co-founder and CTO of IO River.
  • IO River is the first complete, holistic platform for managing multiple edge platforms, ensuring that users get the fastest, most cost-effective content served automatically by the optimal edge locations.

Industry Veteran Tim Bertrand Joins HAProxy Technologies as President

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

NEWTON, Mass., March 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HAProxy Technologies , the company behind the world’s fastest and most widely used software load balancer, announced today that technology industry veteran Tim Bertrand has joined the company as President.

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  • NEWTON, Mass., March 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HAProxy Technologies , the company behind the world’s fastest and most widely used software load balancer, announced today that technology industry veteran Tim Bertrand has joined the company as President.
  • Bertrand joins HAProxy Technologies' executive management team to lead the global sales, marketing, and finance organizations reporting to the company's CEO, Dujko Radovnikovic.
  • “Tim brings significant experience scaling rapidly growing technology companies and a tremendous passion for open source,” said Dujko Radovnikovic, CEO, HAProxy Technologies.
  • Tim will help us accelerate the execution of our vision, which will benefit the HAProxy community and the company equally,” said Radovnikovic.

Gcore Enhances Security Portfolio with Acquisition of Industry-Leading WAAP Solution

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Gcore , the global edge AI, cloud, network, and security solutions provider, today announced the acquisition of StackPath’s web application and API protection (WAAP) solution.

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  • Gcore , the global edge AI, cloud, network, and security solutions provider, today announced the acquisition of StackPath’s web application and API protection (WAAP) solution.
  • A highly regarded security product for protecting applications, the new acquisition will provide Gcore customers with an enhanced, enterprise-grade security solution, incorporating web application firewall (WAF), API security, bot protection, and Layer-7 DDoS mitigation at the edge.
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    The acquisition marks a pivotal advancement in Gcore’s mission to deliver comprehensive, edge security services to its customers worldwide.
  • StackPath WAAP was recognised as a cloud WAF leader by independent security solutions assessor, SecureIQLab in a report comparing the security and operational efficiency of multiple cloud WAF solutions.

Web Application Attacks Intensify in Fourth Quarter of 2023, According to New Edgio Quarterly Attack Trends Report

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

Edgio (NASDAQ: EGIO), the platform of choice for speed, security, and simplicity at the edge, found that web application attacks continued to increase and evolve in the fourth quarter of 2023, as reported in its new Edgio Quarterly Attack Trends Report in which the company analyzed 5.2 billion attack requests.

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  • Edgio (NASDAQ: EGIO), the platform of choice for speed, security, and simplicity at the edge, found that web application attacks continued to increase and evolve in the fourth quarter of 2023, as reported in its new Edgio Quarterly Attack Trends Report in which the company analyzed 5.2 billion attack requests.
  • Unmitigated attacks can lead to even more serious consequences, such as the deployment of ransomware or other malicious software.
  • “As one of the leading edge-computing providers, Edgio has unparalleled visibility into the threats facing web applications today,” said Tom Gorup, Vice President of Security for Edgio.
  • “We are assembling our knowledge and expertise into a quarterly read-out to enable enterprises to better protect their web infrastructure and applications.