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Okera Works to Solve the File Data Access Management Challenge With OkeraEnsemble - Delivers ABAC and Infinite Elastic Scale Leveraging Okera nScale for Amazon EMR

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Okera, a leader in Universal Data Authorization, today announced the immediate availability of OkeraEnsemble™, a comprehensive file control solution that extends secure data access management for tabular data and multi-structured files within the same policy with native scaling on Amazon EMR. With OkeraEnsemble, analysts/engineers and business/low-code data users have swift access to tabular and file-based data at massive scale using a single coherent collaborative platform. As part of Okera's mission to democratize data for all users so they can safely and securely access data across cloud, hybrid and on-premise sources, OkeraEnsemble protects sensitive data and ensures privacy by managing data access without having to use different tools for both files and tables.

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With OkeraEnsemble, analysts/engineers and business/low-code data users have swift access to tabular and file-based data at massive scaleusing a single coherent collaborative platform.
OkeraEnsembleenables users to define attribute-based access control within the Okera Dynamic Access Platform through a single unified source and access unstructured data, such as documents, images, video, and audio files stored as files on Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) from Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Highlights and unique features of OkeraEnsemble include:
Progressive Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC): Provides better data security and faster compliance, creates massive economies of scale, and ensures consistency in policy enforcement.
Infinite nScale: Handles enormous amounts of users and supports large volumes of data access requests via Okera's pattern for tabular data access enforcement.

Voyce.Me Closes Seed Round at $2.5M, with Pre-seed Lead Investor Red Sea Ventures, Alongside Torch Capital, RiverPark Ventures, M13 Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and Clearview Media Partners

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Voyce.Me, a first-of-its-kind manga and webtoon creator platform founded by 21-year-old Dylan Telano, recently closed a seed round at $2.5M led by Torch Capital, RiverPark Ventures, M13 Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Clearview Media Partners and Red Sea Ventures. In addition to the firms, prolific executives have also contributed to this round, including former Roblox and Marvel Studios CFO Matt Finick, former co-founder and CEO of Rotten Tomatoes Patrick Lee, Chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment Jeff Gaspin, former CNN president Jon Klein, VICE board member and former SVP of Sirius XM Radio Rachna Bhasin and more.

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Voyce.Me was established because English language manga and anime webcomics creators were not being properly supported.
Creators can make money in a variety of ways, including microtransactions, IP licensing, and NFT-related exclusive assets made from their content.
Some of the well-known creators Voyce.Me has already worked with include Inspired Author , The Karrigan Taylor , Dave Arditor and Project Divider .
Since Voyce.Me is an all-in-one distribution and social media platform, creators can instantly make money off of their content while engaging with fans directly.

Research Finds Less Than a Quarter of Organizations Fully Confident Ex-Employees No Longer Have Access to Company Infrastructure

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022

OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Teleport, the leader in identity-native infrastructure access, today revealed its second annual State of Infrastructure Access and Security Report. The research seeks to uncover the specific challenges facing DevOps, security engineering and other security professionals. The survey found access built on secrets continues to represent the status quo, as 80% of respondents are still using passwords as a top security method. Concerningly, less than a quarter (24%) of respondents are fully confident that ex-employees no longer have access to company infrastructure.

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Concerningly, less than a quarter (24%) of respondents are fully confident that ex-employees no longer have access to company infrastructure.
When asked how confident they were that employees who leave the company can no longer use secrets to access company infrastructure, less than a quarter of respondents reported being 100% confident that the access had been revoked.
Strikingly, nearly half of organizations are less than 50% confident that former employees no longer have access to infrastructure.
The open source Teleport Access Platform provides a frictionless developer experience and a single source of truth for infrastructure access.

Xanadu closes $100M USD Series C to accelerate development of fault-tolerant quantum computers

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022

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Eighteen months after securing $100M in their Series B round, Xanadu raises $100M Series C, demonstrating support for their photonic technology.

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Eighteen months after securing $100M in their Series B round, Xanadu raises $100M Series C, demonstrating support for their photonic technology.
TORONTO, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Xanadu ( xanadu.ai ), the world leader in photonic quantum computing, has announced it has raised $100M USD in Series C financing.
Since its inception in 2016, Xanadu has been on a mission to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere.
Xanadu is a Canadian quantum computing company with the mission to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere.

Archy Raises $10 Million in Funding To Simplify Dental Practice Ownership

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Monday, November 7, 2022

Archy, an all-in-one payments and management platform that powers an entire dental practice, today announced it is emerging from stealth with $10 million in new funding.

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Archy, an all-in-one payments and management platform that powers an entire dental practice, today announced it is emerging from stealth with $10 million in new funding.
The company will use the funding to continue its hiring efforts, fuel its research & development plans, and scale marketing campaigns.
We look forward to partnering with Jon and team as they make operating a dental practice a lot easier.
Archy has been invaluable for my dental practice, said Dr. Trisha Patel, owner of Signature Smiles, based in Madison, MS. With Archy, managing my practice has never been easier.

Tackle.io expands its offering to be the first and only platform to help software companies build and scale their Cloud GTM to accelerate sales growth

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Monday, November 7, 2022

BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tackle.io, the leading software company dedicated to helping software providers generate revenue through the clouds, today announced expanded offerings to its platform to help software sellers build and rapidly scale their Cloud go-to-market (Cloud GTM). These capabilities provide ISVs with actionable pipeline data, a proven co-sell methodology and operating model to improve the experience, and sales workflow automation to accelerate and drive new revenue with AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft, and IBM Red Hat.

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BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tackle.io , the leading software company dedicated to helping software providers generate revenue through the clouds, today announced expanded offerings to its platform to help software sellers build and rapidly scale their Cloud go-to-market (Cloud GTM).
"Cloud Marketplaces and co-sell have become the center of how ISVs go-to-market with the Cloud Providers," said John Jahnke, CEO of Tackle.
"We continue to innovate to help sellers build their Cloud GTM through a combination of product strategy, business strategy, people, technology, and process.
A strong co-sell strategy is becoming table stakes for anyone looking to be successful with their Cloud GTM strategy.

Sentra Joins Cloud Security Alliance

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022

NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sentra, a cloud data security company, today formally announced that it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world's leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment.

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NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sentra , a cloud data security company, today formally announced that it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) , the world's leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment.
"We're excited to welcome Sentra as a member of CSA," said Jim Reavis, co-founder and CEO of the Cloud Security Alliance.
Sentra is a cloud data security platform that helps organizations discover and remediate the top data security risks in their public cloud.
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is the world's leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment.

Reputation Appoints Liz Carter as Chief Marketing Officer

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Tuesday, November 1, 2022

SAN RAMON, Calif., Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Reputation, the global leader in reputation experience management, today welcomes Liz Carter as its new Chief Marketing Officer. In this role, Carter will draw upon her extensive experience to grow and scale Reputation's global marketing function, drive broader brand awareness and advance the organization's mission of managing consumer feedback from acquisition to loyalty.

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SAN RAMON, Calif., Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Reputation , the global leader in reputation experience management, today welcomes Liz Carter as its new Chief Marketing Officer.
"Liz is a talented leader who will help our organization continue to strengthen our brand awareness and market position.
An experienced marketing leader, Liz has built and managed high-performing teams that deliver results across demand generation, communications, corporate events, field marketing and thought leadership.
She joins Reputation from ServiceMax, where she most recently led the organization's global marketing function.

NEWTRUL RAISES $5M TO IMPROVE FREIGHT MATCHING AND CREATE MISSION- CRITICAL SOFTWARE

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Monday, October 31, 2022

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CHICAGO, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For decades, nothing has changed with how trucking companies book shipments. The industry is highly fragmented, making finding the right supplier an outdated, highly manual, time-consuming process. Historically, it has been difficult for technology companies to successfully integrate into Transportation Management Systems (TMS) to consolidate shipments, and while the concept of freight aggregation debuted about five years ago, it is in its infancy, and only about 5 percent of today's loads are booked digitally.

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Newtrul has developed a proprietary, digital freight matching platform that integrates with freight brokers to seamlessly share available loads with carriers digitally in real-time.
Think of Newtrul as the Expedia for freight booking.
"Newtrul modernizes this outdated practice with its integrated aggregation platform that lets them save both money and time on matching freight with quality carriers.
Newtrul is a technology company helping to increase efficiencies in the trucking industrywith a digital freight-aggregation platform.

Stanford Sophomores Raise $3.3 Million Seed Round for Zero-Knowledge Identity Protocol Notebook Labs

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

Notebook Labs (Notebook), a zero-knowledge identity infrastructure layer that enables Web3 protocols to create Sybil-resistant log-ins and users to enjoy anonymity and privacy, today announced the close of its $3.3 million seed round.

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Notebook Labs (Notebook), a zero-knowledge identity infrastructure layer that enables Web3 protocols to create Sybil-resistant log-ins and users to enjoy anonymity and privacy, today announced the close of its $3.3 million seed round.
Notebook uses zero-knowledge cryptography to create a new paradigm for identity verification, giving users full control of their data and allowing them to retain their privacy.
Notebook aims to help Web2 users and platforms transition to Web3 through seamless user and developer experiences, said Dhruv Mangtani, Co-Founder of Notebook Labs.
Notebook Labs is an identity infrastructure layer that allows existing identity providers to interact with Web3 while maintaining anonymity and privacy using zero knowledge proofs.