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Akamai Extends Its Industry-Leading DDoS Defense with Prolexic On-Prem and Hybrid Options Powered by Corero

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Software as a service, Platform as a service, Infrastructure as a service, Partnership, Attack, Senior, Infrastructure, LON, Denial-of-service attack, Intelligence, Human, Research, TBPS, CNS, Organization, Commerce, Infrastructure security, Safety, AKAM, Automation, Arms industry, Prolexic Technologies, Civica, Akamai Technologies

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cloud company that powers and protects life online, today announced a global partnership with Corero Network Security (LON: CNS), the specialists in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection solutions. Akamai is now offering Corero's on-premises DDoS protection to extend Akamai Prolexic, Akamai's own comprehensive portfolio of DDoS security solutions.

Key Points: 
  • Akamai is now offering Corero's on-premises DDoS protection to extend Akamai Prolexic, Akamai's own comprehensive portfolio of DDoS security solutions.
  • According to Corero's threat research, DDoS carpet bombing attacks rose by 300% in 2022, and IPv6-based DDoS attacks increased by 500% during the same period.
  • Prolexic is a cloud-based DDoS protection platform designed to stop attacks before they reach applications, data centers, and internet-facing infrastructure.
  • The hybrid solution lets organizations bring DDoS defense on-premises while still getting the safety of Prolexic's massive cloud-based defense capacity to defend against large, sustained attacks.

Corero and Akamai Announce Global Partnership To Offer DDoS Defense Solutions

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Partnership, Senior, Infrastructure, LON, Denial-of-service attack, Intelligence, CNS, Organization, Akamai Technologies, Infrastructure security, Automation, Arms industry

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Corero Network Security (LON: CNS), the specialists in distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection solutions, and Akamai Technologies, Inc., the cloud company that powers and protects life online, have entered into a global partnership agreement with Akamai now offering Corero on-premises DDoS protection to extend Akamai Prolexic, Akamai's own comprehensive portfolio of DDoS security solutions.

Key Points: 
  • MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Corero Network Security (LON: CNS), the specialists in distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection solutions, and Akamai Technologies, Inc., the cloud company that powers and protects life online, have entered into a global partnership agreement with Akamai now offering Corero on-premises DDoS protection to extend Akamai Prolexic, Akamai's own comprehensive portfolio of DDoS security solutions.
  • Akamai Prolexic On-Prem, powered by Corero, will offer customers flexible, automatic DDoS protection in their own networks, datacenters, and self-hosted environments using Corero's SmartWall ONE DDoS protection solution.
  • Akamai Prolexic Hybrid will combine on-premises DDoS protection from Corero with Akamai Prolexic cloud DDoS defense into a comprehensive hybrid DDoS protection solution.
  • "This global partnership to extend Akamai Prolexic with on-premises DDoS protection powered by Corero SmartWall ONE will strategically expand Corero routes to market," said Corero Network Security's Chief Technology Officer Ashley Stephenson.

Equifax, Experian and TransUnion Support U.S. Consumers With Ongoing Availability of Free Weekly Credit Reports

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Monday, September 18, 2023
AnnualCreditReport.com, COVID-19, LON, TRU, Hardship, Equifax, NYSE, TransUnion, NCRA, Experian

ATLANTA and COSTA MESA, Calif. and CHICAGO, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The three Nationwide Credit Reporting Agencies (NCRAs) – Equifax® (NYSE: EFX), Experian (LON: EXPN) and TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) – are reinforcing their commitment to the financial health of U.S. consumers with the ongoing availability of free weekly credit reports through AnnualCreditReport.com. This free service was first introduced at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to help consumers protect their financial health during the sudden and unprecedented hardship caused by the public health emergency. It has been permanently extended by the NCRAs to empower consumers to more regularly review their credit history and better understand their financial data.

Key Points: 
  • ATLANTA and COSTA MESA, Calif. and CHICAGO, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The three Nationwide Credit Reporting Agencies (NCRAs) – Equifax® (NYSE: EFX), Experian (LON: EXPN) and TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) – are reinforcing their commitment to the financial health of U.S. consumers with the ongoing availability of free weekly credit reports through AnnualCreditReport.com .
  • It has been permanently extended by the NCRAs to empower consumers to more regularly review their credit history and better understand their financial data.
  • "The ongoing availability of free weekly credit reports is another way that our industry is supporting consumers as they make financial decisions.
  • Consumers can access their free credit reports each week from each of the three credit reporting agencies at www.AnnualCreditReport.com .

Li-Cycle and Glencore Accelerate Operational Plans for European Recycling Hub

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Monday, September 18, 2023
Technology, Automotive Manufacturing, EV, Electric Vehicles, Recycling, Manufacturing, Alternative Vehicles, Fuels, Automotive, Batteries, Alternative Energy, Energy, Machine Tools, Metalworking & Metallurgy, Environment, Sustainability, Green Technology, Spoke, Metal, LON, LFP, PAETEC Holding Corp., Nickel, Phase, Cobalt, Hub, NYSE, Lithium carbonate, Lithium, European, Glencore, Portoscuso

The previously announced Portovesme Hub project plan (now “Phase 2”) remains the same.

Key Points: 
  • The previously announced Portovesme Hub project plan (now “Phase 2”) remains the same.
  • The Portovesme Hub is being designed to be able to process all forms of lithium-ion based black mass, including lithium iron phosphate (LFP) materials.
  • “We are excited to accelerate our plans with Glencore to establish clean, post-processing refining capacity for recycled lithium-ion batteries in Europe,” said Tim Johnston, Li-Cycle’s Executive Chair and co-founder.
  • Li-Cycle and Glencore anticipate forming a 50/50 joint venture for the Portovesme Hub, which also contemplates competitive long-term financing from Glencore to fund Li-Cycle’s share of the capital investment.

Hardman & Co Q&A on Real Estate Credit Investments: Why commercial property worries do not apply to RECI

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Saturday, September 16, 2023
Hardman, LON, Probability, CRE, Hardman & Co., Security (finance), Real estate

Hardman & Co Q&A on Real Estate Credit Investments: Why commercial property worries do not apply to RECI

Key Points: 
  • Hardman & Co Q&A on Real Estate Credit Investments: Why commercial property worries do not apply to RECI
    The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
  • Real Estate Credit Investments (LON: RECI) is the topic of conversation when Mark Thomas, Analyst at Hardman & Co joins DirectorsTalk Interviews.
  • Mark gives us an overview of his report entitled, ‘ Why CRE equity worries should not apply to RECI ’, the importance of RECI being a debt provider and reducing the probability of default.
  • Real Estate Credit Investments is a specialist investor in UK and European real estate credit markets with a focus on fundamental credit and value.

Hardman & Co Q&A on H&T Group (HAT): Seizing the pawnbroking opportunity

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Saturday, September 16, 2023
Growth, LON, Hardman & Co., Security (finance)

The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

Key Points: 
  • The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
  • H&T Group Plc (LON:HAT) is the topic of conversation when Hardman & Co Analyst Mark Thomas joins DirectorsTalk Interviews.
  • H&T Group plc are the UK’s largest pawnbroker and a leading retailer of high quality new and pre-owned jewellery and watches.
  • If you are interested in meeting the company, you can register your interest here

LS Energy Solutions and Gore Street Energy Storage Fund Partner on 200 MW/400 MWh Energy Storage Project

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Thursday, September 7, 2023
Maintenance, RA, CAISO, KVA, Investment, LON, Fed, GSF, AC, Kilowatt-hour, Acquisition, ACE, Renewable energy

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LS Energy Solutions (“LS-ES”) , a leading provider of grid-connected energy storage solutions, announced today that the company is deploying 200 MW/400 MWh of energy storage to a site in Southern California.

Key Points: 
  • CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LS Energy Solutions (“LS-ES”) , a leading provider of grid-connected energy storage solutions, announced today that the company is deploying 200 MW/400 MWh of energy storage to a site in Southern California.
  • Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (LON: GSF) is developing the Imperial County project, named Big Rock, which will use 137 AiON-ESS units in the largest LS-ES installation yet.
  • “The Big Rock energy storage system is a major step forward for Gore Street Energy Storage Fund and for LS Energy Solutions.
  • Big Rock joins other energy storage investments by the Gore Street Energy Storage Fund in Texas, Ireland, Great Britain, and Germany.

FanDuel Selects AWS as Its Strategic Cloud Provider

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Technology, Electronic Games, Other Sports, General Sports, Entertainment, Mobile Entertainment, Artificial Intelligence, Sports, Environment, IOT (Internet of Things), Sustainability, Software, Internet, Data Management, Cloud, Carbon, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, LON, Intelligence, AMZN, FanDuel, Amazon (company), Amazon, Machine learning, FLTR, AWS, Video game, Renewable energy

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that FanDuel, the leading sports gaming company in the U.S. (LON: FLTR), has selected AWS as its strategic cloud provider, deepening its relationship with the world’s leading cloud to help power the company’s growth into new markets across the U.S. and Canada.

Key Points: 
  • Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that FanDuel, the leading sports gaming company in the U.S. (LON: FLTR), has selected AWS as its strategic cloud provider, deepening its relationship with the world’s leading cloud to help power the company’s growth into new markets across the U.S. and Canada.
  • Working with AWS, FanDuel can quickly move key workloads to the cloud from their remaining physical infrastructure.
  • FanDuel is also working alongside AWS to reduce its environmental impact and make operations more energy-efficient by using tools such as the AWS Customer Carbon Footprint Tool to benchmark its carbon footprint against sustainability goals.
  • FanDuel continues to explore new ways to innovate with AWS, including the use of machine learning and generative artificial intelligence with Amazon Bedrock to enhance its platform.

IperionX to Produce Titanium Plate for U.S. Army Testing

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Thursday, September 7, 2023
Manufacturing, Mining, Minerals, Natural Resources, Other Manufacturing, Military, Other Defense, Defense, Contracts, Engineering, Machinery, Machine Tools, Metalworking & Metallurgy, Hydrogen, United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, U.S. Department of Defense Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace, Rheinmetall, Educational Testing Service, Original equipment manufacturer, United States Department of Defense, Titanium, IPX, LON, General Dynamics Land Systems, ASX, GD, Recycling, RHM, FRA, TSA, Steel, Associate, Corrosion, HSPT, BAE Systems, BAE Systems Inc., General Dynamics, Alloy, NYSE, Fatigue, Gasoline, Arms industry, Army, United States Army

This agreement will focus on the metal characterization and ballistic testing properties of IperionX’s high-strength titanium plate components.

Key Points: 
  • This agreement will focus on the metal characterization and ballistic testing properties of IperionX’s high-strength titanium plate components.
  • The United States has very limited domestic primary titanium metal (titanium sponge) capacity and currently imports over 95% of the titanium sponge required for the U.S. defense sector.
  • IperionX plans to re-shore a fully integrated titanium supply chain to the U.S., reduce the acute reliance on titanium imports from foreign nations, and strengthen the domestic titanium supply chain for critical defence systems.
  • The potential to produce titanium plate, with all of its capabilities, that is cost-competitive with aluminium and steel only helps us improve the operational performance and readiness of Army ground systems.”
    “We are honored to collaborate with DEVCOM GVSC to evaluate our titanium products for U.S. Army ground vehicles.

KBRA Releases Surveillance Report for Barclays Bank PLC

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Thursday, August 17, 2023
Banking, Professional Services, Finance, KBRA, Outlook, LON, Barclays, BARC, Security (finance), Telescopic sight

On 8 August 2023, KBRA Europe (KBRA) upgraded the deposit and senior unsecured debt ratings to A+ from A and affirmed the short-term deposit and debt ratings of K1 for Barclays Bank PLC, a subsidiary of Barclays PLC (LON: BARC) (“Barclays”), an international financial institution.

Key Points: 
  • On 8 August 2023, KBRA Europe (KBRA) upgraded the deposit and senior unsecured debt ratings to A+ from A and affirmed the short-term deposit and debt ratings of K1 for Barclays Bank PLC, a subsidiary of Barclays PLC (LON: BARC) (“Barclays”), an international financial institution.
  • The Outlook for the long-term ratings is Stable.
  • To access rating and relevant documents, click here .
  • Click here to view the report.