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GenRocket Unveils a Single Platform for Provisioning Any Kind of Test Data

Ojai, CA, July 27, 2024 –GenRocket, the leading synthetic data generation technology provider, today announced a unified platform for meeting all test and training data requirements. GenRocket’s TDA platform is designed to address the diverse and complex test data requirements of modern organizations. By integrating traditional TDM functions—such as copying, subsetting, and masking production data—with the ability to dynamically generate synthetic data, GenRocket offers a single, unified platform that transforms how organizations handle test data.

Enhancing Security and Compliance
Executive stakeholders, including Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), and Chief Information Officers (CIOs), are acutely aware of the risks associated with using production data in software testing and other non-production environments. The introduction of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI) in testing scenarios can lead to costly data breaches and non-compliance with global data privacy laws such as GDPR and CCPA. GenRocket’s TDA platform mitigates these risks by securing and automating test data provisioning, ensuring compliance and reducing the potential for data breaches.

Empowering Agile Development and Enhancing Software Quality
GenRocket’s TDA platform supports agile development processes, enabling development and test teams to jointly develop product features, appropriate test cases and the precise data needed to fully meet testing objectives. Design-Driven Data, central to GenRocket’s approach, allows for the creation of synthetic data in any volume, variety, or format that is mapped to the needs of each test case. This methodology ensures comprehensive testing and high software quality, supporting faster release cycles and improving the overall customer experience.

A Unique Enterprise-Class Platform for Data Provisioning
Unlike traditional TDM, which relies on production data, GenRocket’s TDA platform utilizes dynamic synthetic data generation. This innovative approach eliminates the limitations of production data, such as the lack of required data variety, the need for manual data to augment production data, and the requirement for expensive storage infrastructure. GenRocket’s platform eliminates these limitations with dynamically generated synthetic data, delivering complete and accurate data for any testing or training data requirement on-demand.

Scalability and Flexibility for Global Data Provisioning
GenRocket’s TDA platform is designed for enterprise-class scalability, combining advanced data provisioning technologies with distributed self-service and seamless integration with automated release pipelines. This flexibility ensures that companies can meet diverse data provisioning requirements, whether using synthetic or production data, and supports the evolutionary adoption of synthetic data.

Driving Higher Efficiency and Cost Savings
One of the most compelling advantages of GenRocket’s TDA platform is its ability to deliver data directly into any automated test environment. By streamlining the testing process and enabling developers and testers to self-provision data, GenRocket reduces the time and effort required for software testing. This acceleration of the software development lifecycle results in significant cost savings and enhanced efficiency.

The Future of Data Provisioning with GenRocket
With over 700 data generators and support for more than 100 data formats, GenRocket’s TDA platform offers unmatched flexibility to meet any test data or training data challenge. This versatility, combined with the platform’s focus on automation, ensures that companies can achieve comprehensive and complete software testing and develop more accurate AI-based applications.

Stay ahead in the digital age with GenRocket’s TDA platform. Schedule a product demonstration today and discover how our innovative approach can enhance security, compliance, and efficiency for your organization.

LambdaTest Integrates with Netlify to Enhance Developer Workflows

July 24, 2024,Dallas, Dallas, United States & Bengaluru, Karnataka, India : LambdaTest, a leading cloud-based unified testing platform, announces its partnership with Netlify, the essential platform for businesses to build highly-performant and dynamic websites, ecommerce stores, and web apps. This collaboration aims to enhance the testing capabilities of developers, enabling them to deliver high-quality web applications more efficiently.

LambdaTest offers developers an exhaustive list of cloud-based testing solutions, including cross-browser compatibility testing, Web and App automation testing, and Real Device testing. Netlify users can easily integrate testing into their continuous deployment workflows and ensure comprehensive testing of their web applications before deployment through integration with LambdaTest.

Mayank Bhola, Co-Founder and Head of Product at LambdaTest, stated, “For developers striving to deliver stable and secure web applications, the integration between LambdaTest and Netlify represents a significant breakthrough. Leveraging this integration, developers can benefit from Netlify’s seamless deployment processes and LambdaTest’s robust testing capabilities, ensuring the reliability and quality of their apps across environments and devices.”

The Netlify ecosystem now has LambdaTest easily integrated, allowing developers access to an all-encompassing platform for testing web apps straight from their deployment pipelines. Workflows operate more efficiently, and deployments are quicker owing to this integration, eliminating the need to manage complex setups or switch between multiple tools.

Steven Larsen, VP, Partnerships and Ecosystems at Netlify, said, “We are pleased to collaborate with LambdaTest to offer our users enhanced testing solutions. With this integration, developers can significantly speed up their development cycles without sacrificing quality. This integration further supports Netlify’s mission to equip developers with the tools and support they need to develop and execute cutting-edge web applications efficiently.”

The integration between Netlify and LambdaTest is now available to all users, offering developers a comprehensive solution for testing and deploying web applications with confidence.

DCO Calls for Urgent Discussions with Member States, Digital Experts to Address Recent Global IT Outage’s Implications

July 24, 2024,Riyadh, Saudi Arabia : The Digital Cooperation Organization’s (DCO) General Secretariat said in a statement that it will hold urgent discussions with its Member States and digital economy experts to address the implications of the global IT outage that disrupted vital operations around the world, affecting critical business sectors like aviation, banking, broadcast media, software providers, and more.

The DCO General Secretariat states that “the high level of impact the world witnessed as a result of the unfortunate outage is alarming and indicates the dire need for a more effective and agile international digital cooperation.” The incident raised questions on continuity and sustainability in a world rapidly moving towards being highly dependent on digital channels and platforms. It is very crucial that the international community develops proper policies and protocols to mitigate the risks of such incidents and ensure the continuity of essential operations.

To this end, the DCO General Secretariat has called for an urgent deliberation for its Member States and digital economy experts to capture the lessons learned from this incident, assess its impact on national digital transformation plans in Member States, and plan practical steps to ensure that relevant stakeholders across sectors are aligned and ready to deal with such mishaps.

McAfee and Samsung Extend Partnership for 10th Year, Expand AI-Powered Online Protection for Samsung Customers Around the Globe via Galaxy Store

July 24, 2024,San Jose, Calif., United States : Samsung Galaxy devices now come equipped with McAfee’s patented and powerful AI-powered scam protection technology that safeguards against the surge in AI-generated phishing scams.
McAfee expands online protection for Samsung Galaxy mobile devices, including access to McAfee Security with McAfee Scam Protection™.
Decade-long partnership extended to include AI-powered McAfee Security in the Samsung Galaxy Store in 98 markets.

Today, McAfee Corp., a global leader in online protection, announced the extension of its ten-year partnership with Samsung, enabling enhanced protection for online threats to consumers’ privacy, identity and personal information.

Now, Samsung mobile devices, including the Galaxy S24 Ultra, Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, Galaxy Tab S9 series, Galaxy Z Flip6, and Galaxy Z Fold6, come with the Galaxy Store pre-installed. This is where users can download and use the McAfee Security app* that includes McAfee Scam Protection™, the company’s patented AI technology that automatically identifies and alerts you if it detects a dangerous URL in your text messages. It also proactively blocks risky sites if you accidentally click on a scam link in a text, email, social media post, and more.

In addition to being available on consumer Galaxy phones and tablets, McAfee Security is now available for purchase for existing customers in 98 markets via the Galaxy Store. Consumers can easily buy and install the app on their Samsung mobile device, ensuring uninterrupted online protection. This is particularly important at a time when, with the rise of AI, cybercriminals are creating more convincing, personalized scams at scale, making it harder than ever for consumers to know what content to trust: 50% of mobile phone users say AI has made it harder for them to spot online scams and 39% of respondents admit to having clicked on text scam messages, such as a suspicious text from an unknown number or a fake package delivery text.**

These capabilities also help address key consumer concerns: according to McAfee’s recent Mobile Threat Survey, 90% of people globally are concerned about protecting their online privacy and identity when using their mobile phone. To further combat this concern in the age of AI, the latest Galaxy devices also come equipped with Advanced Intelligence settings***, giving users full control over how much they allow their data to enhance AI experiences by disabling online data processing.

“Our continued partnership with Samsung helps us do what matters most: protect more people so they can live their lives online with confidence,” said Pedro Gutierrez, Senior Vice President at McAfee. “With the introduction of Samsung’s new mobile AI experience and McAfee’s continued focus on using AI to fight against AI scams, we’re thrilled to continue our partnership.”

Samsung Galaxy devices, including the Galaxy S24 series, Galaxy Tab S9 series, Galaxy Z Flip6, and Galaxy Z Fold6, now offer McAfee Security with McAfee Scam Protection™ available at a special price through the pre-installed Galaxy Store app. This wide range of available devices with McAfee online protection solutions helps give users comprehensive protection against evolving online threats.

CSC and Palo Alto Networks Join Forces to Fortify Domain Security for Cortex XSOAR, XSIAM, and XPANSE Users and CSC Domain Registrar Clients

July 24, 2024,Wilmington, Del., United States : CSC, an enterprise-class domain registrar and world leader in mitigating domain security, domain name system (DNS), and digital brand threats, today announces a technical collaboration with Palo Alto Networks to boost domain security for users of Palo Alto Network’s Cortex XSOAR, XSIAM, and XPANSE solutions and for CSC’s domain registrar clients. Under this collaboration, CSC will use domain name, DNS, and secure sockets layer (SSL) portfolio data—in conjunction with intelligence and capabilities within Cortex—to contextualize risks and facilitate the remediation of threats.

This new integration pack for our CSCDomainManager℠ application programming interface (API) is now available for download via the Cortex marketplace. As part of the relationship, joint Cortex and CSC clients can also benefit from a complimentary, defined package of domain name and URL phishing takedowns that target corporate domain name portfolios. This will help secure clients against threat vectors targeting their brands online—working to fortify their overall security posture.

“Given the increasing threats faced by organizations and their consumers due to brand impersonation and other DNS security issues, we’re excited to extend CSC’s robust data sets and solutions to our clients conveniently through their existing Cortex products. Going after malicious actors at their root via takedowns and ensuring proper DNS security to prevent hijacking and other risks are powerful proactive steps to prevent damaging security incidents,” says Andrew Scott, director of product at Palo Alto Networks.

“CSC detects domain threats, online brand and DNS abuse, and fraud to protect companies from cyberattacks caused by compromised or fraudulent domains,” says Mark Calandra, president of CSC’s Digital Brand Services division. “Our inclusion in the Cortex marketplace is a testament to our capabilities and in-depth knowledge of the domain security landscape and boosts the visibility of our services by seamlessly integrating into the workflow of users focused on optimizing their cybersecurity posture.”

“In today’s ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape, integrating robust domain security and brand protection measures is not just a necessity, but a strategic imperative. Our collaboration with Palo Alto Networks exemplifies our commitment to delivering a comprehensive security posture that address the blended threats our clients face,” says Ihab Shraim, chief technology officer at CSC’s Digital Brand Services. “By leveraging advanced intelligence and capabilities, we empower businesses to proactively defend against domain-related cyber threats and ensure the integrity of their digital brand presence.”

Key benefits of the CSC and Cortex integration include:

Cortex XSOAR: Automates threat detection and incident response, simplifying management of domain-related security.
Cortex XSIAM: Analyzes data to identify vulnerabilities and enhances proactive threat mitigation strategies.
Cortex XPANSE: Provides visibility into and secures internet-facing assets, improving detection of vulnerable domains.
CSC Enhanced Domain Registrar Security: Strengthens defenses against hijacking, phishing and cyber threats. Implements continuous monitoring to protect against evolving domain security threats.

This partnership underscores the commitment of both CSC and Palo Alto Networks to deliver state-of-the-art security solutions, ensuring the safety and integrity of digital assets for their clients.

FlipHTML5 Launches an AI-Powered PDF Flipbook Creator for Everyone

Hong Kong, China, July 22, 2024 — In today’s fast-paced digital world, content creators require more efficient solutions to ensure the quality and engagement of digital content. To meet this demand, FlipHTML5 released a PDF flipbook creator (https://fliphtml5.com) that converts PDFs to dynamic flipbooks and helps users pump out interactive content with the power of AI.

Once users upload PDFs from local computers, iCloud, or Dropbox, FlipHTML5 automatically transforms them into appealing ebooks along with page-turning animation effects and sound. Batch conversion is supported to speed up the process. The PDF flipbook creator comes equipped with hundreds of customizable templates, facilitating users to create professional and polished flipbooks.

Instead of spending lots of time and effort writing, editing, and designing flipbooks, users not only amp up productivity but also gain inspiration with FlipHTML5. The integration with ChatGPT enables users to improve their writing, fix spelling errors, correct grammar, and shorten or lengthen sentences with a simple click. In addition, users can fine-tune the expression by simply choosing a preferred tone, such as casual, formal, professional, and friendly, thereby adapting their content to the target audience.

One of the notable features of the PDF flipbook creator is AI text-to-image. As users input the text description in a box, the AI-powered tool produces captivating images in a fraction of the time. Users have the flexibility to set the size and count of images. The generated images are added to flipbooks to enhance the visual appeal easily.

The PDF flipbook creator streamlines users’ workflow by offering ChatGPT-like interfaces. When encountering any questions during the process, users can chat with the built-in AI assistant to receive instant responses, without having to switch between different platforms. This allows users to enhance their efficiency and enjoy digital content creation.

FlipHTML5 assists users in seamlessly sharing the created flipbooks via links and through social media channels, like Facebook and Twitter. Users can download them in HTML, EXE, PDF, or JPG format for offline reading. The PDF flipbook creator ensures the flipbooks are responsive across various devices, making them accessible to the audience.

“FlipHTML5 combines AI technology into its PDF flipbook creator to help users bring their ideas to life effortlessly. Users are enabled to add multimedia elements, like videos, audio, and clickable hyperlinks to flipbooks, which capture the attention of the audience. Whether you want to create a product catalog, digital booklet, fashion lookbook, or other digital publications, FlipHTML5 empowers you to generate interactive flipbooks with ease,” said Winston Zhang, CEO of FlipHTML5.

Japan’s Premier Event for Female Tech Advancements

Tokyo, Japan, July 20, 2024 — RX Japan takes pride in presenting Fem+, a dynamic merger of last year’s Femtech Tokyo and the Women’s Wellbeing Expo. This premier event is set to take place at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan, from October 17-19, 2024. Under the tagline, “Empowering Women Through Every Stage of Life,” Fem+ aims to provide a comprehensive platform that showcases the latest products and solutions in the femtech and femcare industries.

Fem+ is committed to providing femtech companies a platform to expand their presence in the Japanese and Asian markets. The event underscores Japan’s dedication to healthcare technology and its dedication to advancing the femtech industry. At the same time, Fem+ offers a unique chance for businesses and the public to discover tailored solutions addressing the diverse needs of women across every stage of life.

Building on the success of Femtech Tokyo 2023, which attracted 11,395 visitors and featured 200 exhibitors under the theme “Spread Femtech,” Fem+ continues to highlight the unique challenges women face at every stage of their lives. Last year’s event fostered a sense of community and underscored the importance of femtech in today’s world, featuring interactive activities and 14 conference sessions that drew 2,300 attendees.

This 2024, Fem+ aims to continue its legacy of being the premier event committed to enhancing every aspect of women’s wellbeing. Its goal is to shed light on societal awareness regarding female healthcare needs and endeavor to address the challenges women encounter.

Fem+ has announced an impressive lineup of confirmed exhibitors for the upcoming event, including Bayer Yakuhin (Bayer Pharmaceuticals), Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Atsugi, and Belta. FEM+ offers femtech companies the opportunity to join this prestigious lineup by becoming exhibitors at the event.

Exhibiting at FEM+ provides numerous advantages. The event draws a high concentration of potential customers ready to engage and invest, facilitating lead generation and create opportunities for networking and business development. Exhibitors can showcase their femtech and femcare products, allowing visitors to experience their offerings firsthand. Most importantly, the event serves as a hub for market demands, product developments, advertising strategies, offering valuable insights for industry players. For companies interested in exhibiting at Fem+, registration is now open. Don’t miss this opportunity to position your business at the forefront of the femtech and femcare industries by joining us as an exhibitor.

Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery Can Improve Cyber Resiliency & Protect Data from Ransomware Threats Using an AI-Based ML Analytics Software and More

Durham, NC, July 20, 2024 — Data protection and recovery are two critical issues for many, if not all, enterprise-level organizations. Choosing the right data management, protection, and recovery solution could make a significant difference in preventing critical downtime and data loss due to cyber attacks, such as ransomware. PT recently conducted a deep dive into the Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery solution with CyberSense, an AI-based machine learning (ML) analytics software platform. PT research highlighted many data protection and recovery tools Cyber Recovery utilizes to help prevent devastating data loss, while hands-on testing showed CyberSense can detect database infections in deep levels of infrastructure better than a key competitor.

As the report notes, “PowerProtect Cyber Recovery helps organizations mitigate cyberattacks, enhance data resilience with multiple copies of data backups from separate locations, reduce downtime, and maintain business continuity.”

Indy Autonomous Challenge AI Racecar Presented by Bridgestone Sets Autonomous Hillclimb Record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

July 18,2024, Goodwood, England : On a busy Sunday afternoon, in front of a global audience of motorsport enthusiasts, The Indy Autonomous Challenge’s (IAC) self-driving AV-24 racecar set the record for the fastest autonomous Hillclimb at the Festival of Speed. The AV-24 is piloted by an AI Driver developed by Team PoliMOVE-MSU (Politecnico di Milano and Michigan State University).

The AV-24 performed a series of three runs during the iconic festival. The record was broken during their third and final run up the Goodwood Hill where the racecar reached a top speed of 111.2 mph (179 kph)and a finish time of 66.37 secs. The record-setting run can be watched here. The previous record has been held by Roborace since 2019 when their “DevBot 2.0” autonomous car clocked a 66.96 sec time at a top speed of 101.16 mph (162.8 kph).

Goodwood is known for its unforgiving narrow course, lined with hay bells and limited run-off space. Attempting an autonomous hill climb at the Festival of Speed required absolute control of grip and slippage from the AV-24’s Bridgestone racing tires as well as precision mapping and localization in a GPS limited environment resulting in a higher than usual reliance on the AV-24’s Luminar Iris lidars.

The IAC and PoliMOVE-MSU teams worked closely with Bridgestone’s tire engineers to optimize performance ahead of the Hillclimb including traveling to Bridgestone’s European Technical Center and European Proving Grounds in Rome. The team also had the unique chance to explore each step of tire production and test how impactful tire performance is on track.

Paul Mitchell, Chairman and President of the IAC: “For three years, the IAC has been pushing the boundaries of high-speed autonomy and setting new records along the way. The Goodwood Hillclimb is a historic backdrop with huge crowds and a global audience that is now aware of the potential of self-driving vehicles to be safely deployed on roads in the future.”

Professor Sergio Savaresi, PoliMOVE-MSU Team Principal: “This challenge represents an important milestone for autonomous mobility. This weekend we overcame significant challenges posed by a complicated track and temperamental weather patterns. Thanks to the exceptional work and skills implemented by our engineering team and tire performance ensured by our Bridgestone racing tires, we made history by showing the public that safe and high-speed vehicular autonomy is possible even in adverse conditions. Our record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed will inspire confidence in future autonomous driving applications.”

Sara Correa, Chief Marketing Officer for Bridgestone in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) added, “Bridgestone is proud to support the PoliMOVE-MSU team in this incredible achievement at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2024. We are committed to partnering with the IAC and its inspiring student engineers to continue testing and improving autonomous technologies in record-setting runs like this and beyond. Motorsports are part of Bridgestone’s DNA, always have been and always will be. And what really matters is that we take the learnings from experiences like this and apply them to the sustainable mobility solutions we develop for society and our customers.”