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Vodafone Turkey, Cisco and Qwilt to Bring the Future of Content Delivery to 25 Million Subscribers Nationwide

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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Qwilts Open Edge Cloud for Content Delivery solution features Qwilt Edge Nodes Software, Qwilt Cloud Services, and Qwilt Open APIs.

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  • Qwilts Open Edge Cloud for Content Delivery solution features Qwilt Edge Nodes Software, Qwilt Cloud Services, and Qwilt Open APIs.
  • It enhances Vodafone Turkeys services with quality content delivery by pushing content caching and delivery to the very edge of its network, delivering content closer to its subscribers than any commercial or private CDN.
  • Partnering with Cisco and Qwilt provides us with a new way to enable content delivery from within service provider networks.
  • It gives us access to a more scalable content delivery infrastructure while ensuring our customers receive the best streaming quality.

Snyk Joins Pledge 1% Movement, Commits to Continued Growth of Snyk Impact

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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With this announcement, Snyk has set aside 1% of its current equity to fund Snyk Impact initiatives long-term.

Key Points: 
  • With this announcement, Snyk has set aside 1% of its current equity to fund Snyk Impact initiatives long-term.
  • In its first year, Snyk Impact has supported a growing list of compelling nonprofits including AIEDU, CareerVillage, DevelopforGood, FastForward, LearningEquality and UPchieve.
  • By now pledging 1% of Snyks equity to Snyk Impact, Snyk is boldly reaffirming its long-term commitment to philanthropic leadership, bringing greater scale to this already successful foundational program.
  • In recognition of Snyk Impacts momentum to date, Pledge 1% has also named Snyk its 2022 Impact Award winner.

Devo’s Annual SOC Performance Report™ Reveals 71% of Security Professionals are Likely to Quit Due to a Combination of Challenges in the SOC

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022
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Devos report shows that despite agreement on the importance of the SOC to the cyber strategylines are drawn between SOC leadership and staff in terms of SOC effectiveness.

Key Points: 
  • Devos report shows that despite agreement on the importance of the SOC to the cyber strategylines are drawn between SOC leadership and staff in terms of SOC effectiveness.
  • On a 1-to-10 scale, 31% of SOC leaders rate their SOC a nine or higher, classifying it as very effective, while only 17% of staff agree.
  • The disconnect between opinions on SOC effectiveness becomes less surprising when digging deeper into responses around the pain and challenges of working in the SOC.
  • The report closely examined the source of security analysts and leaders' pain and discovered:
    78% of SOC staff work overtime, with an average of 7 overtime hours worked per week.

New Proprietary Research from Crosschq Analyzes Quality of Hire

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022
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The data scientists and I/O psychologists behind Crosschqs research used the companys proprietary methodology for measuring and predicting Quality of Hire.

Key Points: 
  • The data scientists and I/O psychologists behind Crosschqs research used the companys proprietary methodology for measuring and predicting Quality of Hire.
  • Most interviewers lack the ability to identify top talent, with only nine percent of interview scores correlated to Quality of Hire.
  • Companies that fail to leverage performance data for workforce optimization often terminate employees with a Quality of Hire score at least 15 percent higher than those retained.
  • Quality of Hire has historically been an elusive yet very critical metric and Crosschq is first-to-market with objective research based on millions of hiring decisions.

Apollo Health Ventures and Paul Scherrer Institute Launch Focal Biosciences

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022
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Apollo Health Ventures and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) launched Focal Biosciences.

Key Points: 
  • Apollo Health Ventures and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) launched Focal Biosciences.
  • Apollo Health Ventures and the Paul Scherrer Institute will join their resources together with scientific founder Prof. G.V.
  • Shivashankar, Scientific Founder of Focal Biosciences, Head of the Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology, Paul Scherrer Institute and Professor of Mechano-Genomics, ETH Zurich.
  • Apollo Health Ventures is a transatlantic venture capital firm specialized in developing and investing in data-driven biotechnology and health tech ventures.

INTERCOM BRINGS BACK EOGHAN MCCABE TO LEAD COMPANY AS CEO

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Thursday, October 6, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Intercom's Board of Directors today announced the return of founder Eoghan McCabe to lead the company as CEO.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Intercom's Board of Directors today announced the return of founder Eoghan McCabe to lead the company as CEO.
  • McCabe, 38, co-founded the company and served as CEO from 2011 to 2020.
  • Earlier today, McCabe emailed the company previewing his strategy for Intercom's future growth.
  • During his tenure as CEO, McCabe led Intercom to achieve a valuation of $1 billion, over $100 million annual revenue, and a team of 600 employees.

Astrix Security Wins 2022 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award for Cloud Security

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Thursday, October 6, 2022
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NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Astrix Security, the industry's leading solution securing app-to-app integrations, announced today that it has been named the winner of the "PaaS Security Solution of the Year" award in the cloud security category in the sixth annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards, which recognizes the top companies, technologies, and products in the global information security market today.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Astrix Security , the industry's leading solution securing app-to-app integrations, announced today that it has been named the winner of the "PaaS Security Solution of the Year" award in the cloud security category in the sixth annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards , which recognizes the top companies, technologies, and products in the global information security market today.
  • Astrix Security ensures organizations' core systems are securely connected to third-party cloud services, allowing them to safely unleash the power of app-to-app integration and automation.
  • "We're delighted to be recognized as a cloud security leader in the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program," said Alon Jackson, CEO and Co-Founder of Astrix.
  • Powered by continuous exposure identification, Astrix provides organizations with visibility and lifecycle management to preemptively secure their most critical systems.

Nym Launches Radiology Coding Solution for Revenue Cycle Management

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Thursday, October 6, 2022
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Nym , the leader in translating clinical language into actionable information, today announced that its medical coding engine is now being offered to radiology departments across the US.

Key Points: 
  • Nym , the leader in translating clinical language into actionable information, today announced that its medical coding engine is now being offered to radiology departments across the US.
  • This expansion brings Nyms autonomous medical coding technology to a third outpatient specialty area, expanding access to the Companys industry-leading solution for revenue cycle management (RCM), which is improving payment cycles for over 150 leading emergency department (ED) and urgent care facilities in the US.
  • Unlike other autonomous coding solutions that rely heavily on machine learning, the Nym engines hybrid rules-based approach enables rapid expansion into new specialties with minimal legacy data.
  • Nym expects to achieve over 70% coverage, enabling its radiology customers to drastically reduce coding costs and reallocate strained coding resources to higher complexity workflows.

Productboard Unveils New Solutions to Help Companies Drive Growth, Improve Efficiency, and Advance their Product Portfolios

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Productboard, the customer-centric product management platform, today hosted its annual Product Excellence Summit and unveiled new solutions that empower companies to overcome market uncertainty by delivering faster product innovation. Productboard's product management platform provides more than 6,000 leading companies with a centralized hub for customer feedback, prioritization, and roadmapping, giving visibility into product development and access to the voice of the customer to the entire company. Now, with these cutting-edge features, companies can accelerate development by improving how product management teams keep a pulse on market needs, make informed product investments, and collaborate at scale.

Key Points: 
  • Now, with these cutting-edge features, companies can accelerate development by improving how product management teams keep a pulse on market needs, make informed product investments, and collaborate at scale.
  • With the rise in digitization and customer expectations, digital products and experiences have become growth and revenue drivers.
  • Productboard's new capabilities will help organizations navigate today's uncertainties, be more strategic with their product investments, and execute efficiently.
  • About Productboard - Productboard is the customer-centric product management platform that helps organizations get the right products to market, faster.

Imply CTO Gian Merlino to Keynote Current 2022: The Next Generation of Kafka Summit

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Monday, October 3, 2022
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Imply , the company founded by the original creators of Apache Druid, today announced its CTO and Co-Founder Gian Merlino will be a keynote speaker at the inaugural Current 2022 , the first-ever data streaming industry event.

Key Points: 
  • Imply , the company founded by the original creators of Apache Druid, today announced its CTO and Co-Founder Gian Merlino will be a keynote speaker at the inaugural Current 2022 , the first-ever data streaming industry event.
  • The conference takes place October 4-5, 2022 in Austin, Texas, at the Austin Convention Center and The Fairmont Austin.
  • Organized by Confluent , Current 2022 is the next generation of Kafka Summit where in-person and virtual attendees can immerse themselves in all things real-time data with peers, industry analysts, expert speakers, and more.
  • At Imply, we are on a mission to help developers become the new heroes of analytics.