5, May 2025
Productivity SaaS for education is changing: a wake-up call for schools
Rex Huang
Rex Huang, Director of Enterprise Application Group at Synology

April 5, 2025: For schools that have relied on productivity SaaS solutions for years, it’s a pivotal moment to reassess long-term needs. With providers like Google ending free unlimited storage in 2022 and Microsoft’s recent updates to their education offerings, institutions face significant challenges, including increased costs and reduced functionality. These developments underscore the importance of adopting systems that provide stability, scalability, and control.

After January 2025, Microsoft rolled out significant changes to its Microsoft 365 Education plans, including retiring the Office 365 A1 Plus plan, reducing storage pools to 100TB per tenant, and restricting some licenses to web-only applications without their counterpart desktop versions, including Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.

These adjustments may push schools toward higher-cost paid plans or force them to reallocate resources to maintain functionality, prompting many to reevaluate their reliance on SaaS solutions. Beyond financial implications, there are also rising concerns over data privacy and compliance. Educational institutions manage high loads of sensitive information such as student records, financial data, and research. This makes them prime targets of cyberattacks, which target nearly 80% of institutions annually (Netwrix, 2024). Furthermore, compliance with regulations such as FERPA and GDPR requires secure, private, and auditable data management practices, which some SaaS solutions may struggle to meet.

Shifting to an on-premise productivity solution offers educational institutions increased control over their data, cost predictability, and storage scalability. Unlike SaaS offerings, prone to subscription price hikes and unpredictable removals to their service features, on-premise solutions can provide a stable framework more suited for long-term needs. Locally stored data also ensures privacy, helping schools meet compliance requirements while protecting sensitive information.

Some on-premise productivity solutions like Synology Office Suite enhance collaboration and communication with tools for secure file storage, granular sharing permissions, real-time document editing and instant messaging, supporting both group projects for students and file management among faculty.

For IT administrators, these solutions simplify management with centralized dashboards, system health monitoring, and auditing tools for compliance. Advanced access controls also enable efficient delegation of tasks across IT teams, ensuring smoother workflows and stronger oversight of digital infrastructure.

While changes from major SaaS providers might disrupt operations in the short term, they also provide an opportunity for educational institutions to reassess the suitability of their current systems. On-premise productivity solutions provide a sustainable pathway to address cost concerns, enhance security, and build a resilient digital foundation for evolving educational needs of educators and students alike.

5, May 2025
MG Teases ADAS in Upcoming Windsor PRO

Gurugram, May 5, 2025 – JSW MG Motor India recently announced that the MG Windsor PRO will be launched soon in the Indian market.  The upcoming car will include new features that shall enhance the overall appeal of the MG Windsor for customers. In a newly released video, the company has indicated that the Windsor PRO will be equipped with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), providing additional safety with every drive.

The Windsor PRO will be offered with Level 2 ADAS, which offers 12 major features and three levels of warnings – audio, visual, and haptic–always ensuring the safety of occupants. A few examples of these features include Traffic Jam Assist, Adaptive Cruise Control, and Lane Departure Warning, among others.

The MG Windsor, India’s best-selling EV since its launch, combines a sedan’s expanse with a SUV’s versatility, making it a premium offering for discerning consumers who seek both value and class. The MG Windsor PRO will feature new tech features like Vehicle-to-Load and Vehicle-to-Vehicle, enabling customers to utilise the vehicle beyond mobility usage.

POCO BIG SAVING DAY SALE
4, May 2025
POCO Drops Mega Discounts on Best-Selling Smartphones During Flipkart’s SASA LELE Sale!

POCO Smartphones at Record-Low Prices – India’s Fastest-Growing Online Smartphone Brand Joins the Mega Sale!

Mumbai, 4th May 2025 – If you’ve been eyeing a smartphone upgrade, the moment is NOW. POCO, India’s fastest-growing online smartphone brand, is bringing its biggest price drops yet for Flipkart’s Big Savings Days 2025 – also known as the SASA LELE Sale. Till 8th May, grab POCO’s top-selling smartphones at their lowest-ever prices.

Whether you’re chasing flagship firepower or value-packed 5G phones, this sale has something mad for everyone.

POCO’s Big Deals Line-up:

Sr No Product Variant Sale Price (with Bank Offers)
1 POCO C71 4+64 (Airtel) ₹5,799
2 POCO C71 4+64 ₹6,499
3 POCO C71 6+128 ₹7,299
4 POCO C75 4+64 ₹7,699
5 POCO C75 4+128 ₹8,499
6 POCO M7 6+128 ₹9,499
7 POCO M7 8+128 ₹10,699
8 POCO M6 Plus 6+128 ₹9,999
9 POCO M6 Plus 8+128 ₹10,999
10 POCO M7 Pro 6+128 ₹11,999
11 POCO M7 Pro 8+256 ₹13,999
12 POCO X7 5G 8+128 ₹15,999
13 POCO X7 5G 8+256 ₹17,999
14 POCO X7 Pro 8+256 ₹22,999
15 POCO X7 Pro 12+256 ₹24,999
16 POCO F6 12+256 ₹22,999

(All bank offers apply on HDFC, Axis, and ICICI CC/DC transactions via full swipe or EMI.)

Why POCO’s May 2025 Sale Is a Game-Changer:

POCO X7 Series – Power Meets Sleek

POCO X7: Segment’s toughest 1.5K AMOLED 3D Curved Display, powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Ultra, 5500mAh battery, and 50MP Sony LYT-600 camera.

POCO X7 Pro: Segment’s most powerful phone. MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra, 6550mAh battery, 50MP Sony LYT-600 camera, and HyperOS 2.0.

POCO M7 Series – All-Round 5G Champions

POCO M7: India’s fastest 5G phone under ₹10K. Snapdragon 4 Gen 2, 6.88” display, 50MP Sony camera, 5160mAh battery, and up to 12GB RAM.

POCO M7 Pro: Brightest in class with 6.67” GOLED FHD+ AMOLED (2100 nits), 50MP Sony LYT-600, 5110mAh battery, and 45W fast charging.

POCO C Series – Budget Brilliance

POCO C71: Segment’s biggest 6.88” HD+ display with 120Hz refresh, Android 15, TÜV Eye Protection, and 12GB RAM.

POCO C75: Most affordable 5G phone with Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 (4nm), 50MP Sony camera, and IP52-rated design.

Bonus Picks

POCO M6 Plus: 6.79” FHD+ 120Hz display, Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 AE, 108MP camera, HyperOS, 33W fast charging — all under ₹10K.

POCO F6: Lowest priced Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 phone with 6.67” OLED 1.5K display, 50MP dual camera, HyperOS (Android 14), and 90W charging.

POCO is rewriting the value game this summer – whether you search for best POCO phone dealsflagship killer smartphones, or budget 5G Android phones, this is where the internet stops scrolling and starts buying.

Add to cart. Grab before it’s gone. Brag later.

3, May 2025
Harnessing AI to Transform Vision Research

3 May 2025 ,Salt Lake City, Utah — Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way we comprehend, detect and treat eye conditions, bringing new hope to millions worldwide. During the upcoming week (May 4 – 8) at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) in Salt Lake City, Utah, researchers will share breakthroughs on how AI is influencing the future of eye and vision health research and patient care, from enhancing clinical decision-making to simplifying workflows to equip patients with educational tools to create personalized care plans.

Scientists at the Annual Meeting will discuss multiple uses of AI, as well as share promising future applications, such as how advanced tools can more precisely detect early signs of diseases like diabetic retinopathy (DR) and glaucoma, sometimes even before symptoms appear. Automated screening tools can support underserved areas where access to specialists may be limited.

Researchers will show also how AI-powered algorithms — sets of rules that help computers learn from data — examine risk factors, track disease progression and identify disease trends that can inform public health strategies. AI can assess patient data to aid them and their doctors in recommending appropriate, personalized treatment plans. Some AI tools can enhance eye imaging techniques, assisting ophthalmologists in identifying and classifying abnormalities faster and with greater accuracy. Beyond the clinic and labs, there will be studies presented at the Meeting on how AI has improved assistive technology for individuals with vision loss (e.g., apps and devices that can support navigation and accessibility in everyday life).

This is just a small sample of the groundbreaking new research that will be featured at the ARVO Annual Meeting, signaling a transformative era for eye and vision science. As AI continues to evolve, it will bring even more innovative solutions that can enhance vision health and positively impact lives around the world.

3, May 2025
UiPath Unveils First Enterprise-Grade Agentic Automation Platform

BANGALORE, INDIA — 3 May , 2025 — UiPath, a global leader in agentic automation, today launched its next-generation UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, a groundbreaking platform designed to unify AI agents, robots, and people on a single intelligent system. With open and secure orchestration at its core, the platform transforms workflows by enabling the creation, deployment, and management of highly reliable AI agents, robots and people with unmatched scalability, flexibility, and compliance.

The UiPath Platform for agentic automation is easily accessible through a free trial on uipath.com, enabling everyone to begin building, deploying, and managing agents. Select capabilities will remain in preview and are expected to reach general availability throughout May.

 Breaking Down the Barriers to Enterprise AI

While conversational AI and agent-based assistants have demonstrated isolated value, scaling AI across the enterprise has remained elusive. Key blockers include security and compliance risks, lack of reliability, stalled pilot programs, and fear of vendor lock-in.

The new UiPath Platform directly addresses these challenges, combining decades of leadership in automation with a new, agentic architecture that is purpose-built for business-critical workflows.

“With this launch, we fully enter our second act,” said Daniel Dines, Founder and CEO of UiPath. “We’ve built a platform that unifies AI, RPA, and human decision making so companies can deliver smarter, more resilient workflows without added complexity. As models and chips commoditize, the value of AI moves up the stack to orchestration and intelligence. That’s where UiPath leads. But we also lead in empowering people—to be more creative, more productive—and to reach their full potential. That’s where UiPath’s mission continues.”

What Is Agentic Automation?

Agentic automation brings together proven RPA, AI models, and human expertise into cohesive workflows where people, robots, and AI agents work synergistically to optimize processes and drive enterprise efficiency. These agentic workflows are intelligent, adaptive, and governed—enabling automation that is not only powerful, but trusted.

Key Capabilities of the UiPath Platform for Agentic Automation

 UiPath Maestro™—Seamless Orchestration for AI Agents, Robots, and People
UiPath Maestro is the new orchestration layer at the heart of the platform. It automates, models, and optimizes complex business processes end to end with built-in process intelligence and KPI monitoring to enable continuous optimization. Maestro provides the centralized oversight needed to safely scale AI-powered agents across systems and teams.

Agentic Workflows You Can Trust
Through a controlled agency model, UiPath ensures AI agents operate within clearly defined guardrails—ensuring security, predictability, and performance. The platform features robust governance, real-time vulnerability assessments, and stringent data access controls to protect enterprise environments.

We are targeting 95%+ agent accuracy with every launch. Reliability and trustworthiness are core to our Agent Builder roadmap, and we’re focused on delivering agents capable of human-level performance—with the right controls in place,” commented Raghu Malpani, Chief Technology Officer at UiPath.

Power for All Developers—From Low Code to Full Code
The platform empowers business technologists and seasoned developers alike with intuitive low-code tools and advanced coding environments. Developers can rapidly prototype agents in UiPath Agent Builder within UiPath Studio, while having the opportunity to customize when needed. This means both technically oriented business professionals and experienced programmers can easily create sophisticated, scalable automations that can adapt to complex business requirements and evolving enterprise needs.

“With Agent Builder, our developer community of more than three million professionals worldwide can build agents directly into existing workflows,” noted Graham Sheldon, Chief Product Officer at UiPath. “We’ve also unlocked more powerful customization options for full-code developers—expanding the horizon of what’s possible.”

 An Open, Multi-Agent Framework for the Enterprise
UiPath integrates with third-party agent frameworks including LangChainAnthropic, and Microsoft, supporting sophisticated multi-agent systems that work across complex, cross-functional workflows. We partnered with Google Cloud on its new, open protocol called Agent2Agent (A2A), which will allow AI agents to communicate with each other, securely exchange information, and coordinate actions on top of various enterprise platforms or applications. This open approach breaks down silos and future-proofs enterprise automation strategies.

Harrison Chase, CEO of LangChain, highlights the importance of this collaboration for the ecosystem: “We want to enable developers of all types to build agents. We’ve seen a key part of this be AI observability, and we’re excited to integrate LangSmith with UiPath to help even more builders ship agents with confidence. Additionally, our collaboration with UiPath on the Agent Protocol ensures that LangGraph agents can seamlessly participate in UiPath automations, broadening their reach and enabling developers to build more cohesive, cross-platform workflows.”

 Intelligent Document Processing at Scale
The new UiPath IXP (Intelligent Xtraction & Processing) solution introduces multi-modal, AI-based classification and extraction for unstructured data. Built for high-complexity use cases like claims adjudication, loan origination, and electronic batch records, IXP brings enterprise-grade scale to document processing.

 Innovation in Agentic UI Automation and Performance
With this latest release, UiPath has also introduced UI Agent for computer use, now in private preview—a natural language-driven agent that understands user intent, plans multi-step tasks, and executes actions across interfaces autonomously.

“By combining our deep heritage in UI Automation with the latest advances in agentic technology, we’ve built a UI Agent that doesn’t just mimic clicks—it understands intent, plans ahead, and takes action autonomously,” added Malpani. “This is a major step forward in enabling agents that can navigate real-world enterprise interfaces with precision and purpose.”

 Ecosystem Momentum

Since the private preview was launched in January 2025, the UiPath Platform for agentic automation has seen rapid traction:

  • Thousands of autonomous agents created with over 75,000 agent runs
  • 11,000+ Academy agentic developer course enrollments
  • 450+ partners that have started or completed agentic automation courses
  • 30+ Fast Track (1) agentic automation partner badges awarded
  • Hundreds of customer use cases identified and created

“Our partnership with UiPath has elevated Cathay’s digital leadership in the aviation industry by harnessing the full power of automation, AI, and generative AI,” said Lawrence Fong, Director Digital and IT at Cathay. “Agentic automation is the next big leap in AI transformation that will allow companies to rapidly scale, make smarter decisions, and quickly adapt to changing business demands. Cutting-edge technologies will empower enterprises to go beyond workflows and into the realm of intelligent orchestration — where AI doesn’t just support the way people work, but completely transforms it.”

3, May 2025
Cloudflare Helps Anthropic and Leading Tech Companies to Unlock Real AI Agent Experiences Through Claude

India, May 3, 2025Cloudflare Inc. , the leading connectivity cloud company, today announced a wave of global technology companies, including Asana, Atlassian, Block, PayPal, Sentry, Stripe, and more, are working with Cloudflare to create powerful AI experiences through Anthropic’s AI assistant, Claude. These software companies are enabling Claude and other AI assistants to securely interact with their services on behalf of users, through connections built on Cloudflare Workers. Now users can complete tasks and interact with their favorite business tools through natural conversations with Claude, rather than working directly in the application. 

AI is already transforming the way we work by helping to edit emails, generate code, and analyze data. However, it still often requires the user to switch between multiple applications, tabs, and tools to implement the actions it recommends. For truly autonomous, agentic AI experiences, AI tools should be able to act on the user’s behalf. That can only happen if AI tools can directly interact with business software tools. MCP servers allow AI platforms to connect directly to the popular tools where data resides so the user can send an email, answer a question about a marketing campaign, or create invoices–all without leaving the AI assistant. But delivering reliable, low-latency, and secure access to external tools and data is a significant technical challenge, especially at global scale.

“Cloudflare is powering how AI connects to the world,” said Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO, Cloudflare. “Whether it’s through a browser, an app, or an AI assistant like Claude, we’re the backbone making those experiences fast, secure, and reliable. As agentic AI becomes the new interface, Cloudflare is the core infrastructure companies will rely on to build and scale their AI strategies.

“AI apps are most valuable when they can connect to your data and tools, but building these connections reliably at scale is complex,” said Mahesh Murag, Product Manager at Anthropic. “Cloudflare is helping to simplify and secure how anyone can connect their apps to Claude via MCP, accelerate adoption of MCP, and kickstart an ecosystem of remote servers.”

Simplifying How Enterprises Build with MCP Standard

Cloudflare provides the only toolkit to build remote MCP servers quickly and easily – allowing developer teams to focus on building powerful AI experiences for their users rather than managing the technical challenges of MCP, the open-source standard developed by Anthropic. Cloudflare makes it easy to build secure MCP servers – simplifying complex authentication and authorization processes, providing controls to restrict agent permissions, and offering visibility into what data has been accessed and what actions were taken. Building and deploying remote MCP servers on Cloudflare takes days instead of weeks, and is supported by Cloudflare’s global network for fast, reliable, seamless AI experiences for customers anywhere.

Powering AI Experiences for Everyday Users

Today, leading companies are enabling users to interact with their services through conversation with Claude and other MCP clients, by building and deploying remote MCP servers on Cloudflare:

  • Asana: “At Asana, we’ve always focused on helping teams coordinate work effortlessly. MCP connects our Work Graph directly to AI tools like Claude, enabling AI to become a true teammate in work management. Our integration transforms natural language into structured work – creating projects from meeting notes or pulling updates into AI. Building on Cloudflare’s infrastructure allowed us to deploy quickly, handling authentication and scaling while we focused on creating the best experience for our users.” – Prashant Pandey, Chief Technology Officer
  • Atlassian: “AI is not one-size-fits-all and we believe that it needs to be embedded within a team’s jobs to be done. That’s why we’re so excited to invest in MCP and meet teams in more places where they already work. Hosting on Cloudflare infrastructure means we can bring this powerful integration to our customers faster and empower them to do more than ever with Jira and Confluence, all while keeping their enterprise data secure. Cloudflare provided everything from OAuth to out-of-the-box remote MCP support so we could quickly build, secure, and scale a fully operational setup.” – Taroon Mandhana, Head of Product Engineering
  • Block: Square’s APIs are a comprehensive set of tools that help sellers take payments, create and track orders, manage inventory, organize customers, and more. Now, with a dedicated Square MCP server, sellers can enlist the help of an AI agent to build their business on Square’s entire suite of API resources and endpoints. By integrating with AI agents like Claude and codename goose, sellers can craft sophisticated, customized use cases that fully utilize Square’s capabilities, at a lower technical barrier.
  • Intercom: “The momentum behind MCP is exciting. It’s making it easier and easier to connect assistants like Claude and agents like Fin to your systems and get real work done. Cloudflare’s toolkit is accelerating that movement even faster. Launching the Intercom MCP server was effortless. We’ll be encouraging our customers to leverage Cloudflare to build and deploy their own MCP servers to securely and reliably connect their internal systems to Fin and other clients.” – Jordan Neill, SVP Engineering
  • Linear: “We’re building on Cloudflare to take advantage of their frameworks in this fast-moving space and flexible, fast, compute at the edge. With MCP, we’re bringing Linear’s issue tracking and product development workflows directly into their AI tools of choice, eliminating context switching for teams. Our goal is simple: let developers and product teams access their work where they already are—whether refining specs in Claude, debugging in Cursor, or creating issues from conversations. This seamless integration helps our customers stay in flow and focused on building great products.” – Tom Moor, Head of US Engineering
  • PayPal: “MCPs represent a new paradigm for software development. With PayPal’s remote MCP server on Cloudflare, now developers can delegate to an agent with natural language to seamlessly integrate with PayPal’s portfolio of commerce capabilities. Whether it’s managing inventory, processing payments, tracking shipping, handling refunds, AI agents via MCP can tap into these capabilities to autonomously execute and optimize commerce workflows. This is a revolutionary development for commerce, and the best part is, developers can begin integrating with our MCP server on Cloudflare today.” – Prakhar Mehrotra, SVP of Artificial Intelligence
  • Sentry: “Sentry’s commitment has always been to the developer, and making it easier to keep production software running stable, and that’s going to be even more true in the AI era. Developers are utilizing tools like MCP to integrate their stack with AI models and data sources. We chose to build our MCP on Cloudflare because we share a vision of making it easier for developers to ship software, and are both invested in ensuring teams can build and safely run the next generation of AI agents. Debugging the complex interactions arising from these integrations is increasingly vital, and Sentry provides the essential visibility needed to rapidly diagnose and resolve issues. MCP integrates this crucial Sentry context directly into the developer workflow, empowering teams to consistently build and deploy reliable applications.” — David Cramer, CPO and Co-Founder
  • Stripe: “MCP is emerging as a new AI interface. In the near-future, MCP may become the default way, or in some cases the only way, people, businesses, and code discover and interact with services. With Stripe’s agent toolkit, developers can now monetize their MCPs with just a few lines of code.” – Jeff Weinstein, Product Lead
  • Webflow: “Since launching the Webflow MCP server, we’ve unlocked a new level of innovation as developers use AI agents and our APIs to simplify tasks that once took significant time and effort. Now, actions like managing a CMS, generating blogs at scale, improving SEO, and even getting help using Webflow can be achieved by simply prompting an AI agent. With Cloudflare’s support for remote MCP connections, we’re ensuring a seamless, secure experience while making authentication fast and easy. This partnership helps us bring development superpowers to everyone, providing the tools to build faster and smarter web experiences.” – Utkarsh Sengar, VP of Engineering

Build, Secure, and Protect with Cloudflare, Directly from Claude

Also today, Cloudflare is launching its own MCP servers that will let users more easily build applications, make websites faster, and secure networks and websites, all through conversations with Claude. For example, developers can now easily chat with Claude to analyze logs and help track and debug errors, without needing to read documentation or navigate Cloudflare’s observability tools. You can find Cloudflare’s growing list of MCP servers at https://github.com/cloudflare/mcp-server-cloudflare.

2, May 2025
UP42 and Maxar Partner to Expand Access to Advanced Geospatial Intelligence

Berlin, Germany, and Westminster, Colo.,2 May, 2025 – UP42 has partnered with Maxar, the leading provider of secure, precise geospatial insights, to make Maxar’s very high-resolution satellite UP42 has partnered with Maxar, the leading provider of secure, precise geospatial insights, to make Maxar’s very high-resolution satellite imagery and tasking products available in the UP42 platform, broadening global access to the most advanced commercial geospatial intelligence.

UP42 customers can now directly task Maxar’s very high-resolution constellation, including its WorldView Legion satellites. With Maxar’s constellation able to revisit some Earth locations up to 15 times per day, UP42 customers will be able to access this advanced geospatial intelligence in near real-time. Soon, customers will also be able to order 30 cm-class and 50 cm-class imagery from Maxar’s archive, which can be combined with advanced AI and machine learning technologies to analyze patterns of life.

Maxar’s integration marks a major milestone for UP42, providing our customers with greater flexibility, scale, and precision,” said Jussi Koski, CPO at UP42. “The ability to directly task Maxar satellites, along with upcoming archive access, makes UP42 a comprehensive source for leading geospatial data.

UP42’s streamlined satellite tasking interface unlocks multi-AOI uploads, instant price estimates, and order tracking. This enables customers across civil government and a wide range of commercial industries—including oil, gas, mining and energy—to tackle some of their biggest real-world challenges, from infrastructure monitoring to environmental compliance.

“UP42 is a mission-critical partner for civil and commercial customers around the world, and by joining Maxar’s Partner Ecosystem, UP42 can give those customers access to more advanced geospatial intelligence that helps them act and decide with more confidence,” said Anders Linder, SVP and General Manager of Maxar Intelligence’s International Government business.

Customers can now task Maxar’s very high-resolution multispectral and panchromatic imagery on the UP42 platform in both mono and stereo formats.

2, May 2025
GIGABYTE Motherboards Triumph with Prestigious 2025 IF Design Awards

May 2, 2025 – GIGABYTE Technology, one of the top global manufacturers of motherboards, graphics cards, and hardware solutions, is proud to announce that its cutting-edge motherboard lineup has been honored with the coveted 2025 IF Design Awards. This recognition celebrates GIGABYTE’s commitment to exceptional design, functionality, and innovation in the competitive computing hardware landscape.

The award-winning motherboard series exemplifies GIGABYTE’s dedication to creating products that seamlessly blend technological innovation with thoughtful design principles. Each board showcases GIGABYTE’s meticulous attention to both performance and aesthetics.

The winning motherboard includes:

  • B650E AORUS STEALTH ICE delivers the world’s first pure white reverse connector motherboard, enabling a virtually cable-free desktop with faster assembly, improved airflow, and enhanced performance in an uncluttered, spacious design.
  • The Z890 AERO G, engineered specifically for content creators, delivers superior performance for demanding tasks including 3D rendering and video editing.
  • The TRX50 AI TOP workstation motherboard features an innovative design optimized for unparalleled performance and scalability, meeting the rigorous demands of AI training and high-performance computing applications.
  • The revolutionary Z890 AI TOP motherboard enables AI fine-tuning capabilities directly at your desk, exceling in scalability, next-generation connectivity, and innovative DIY-friendly designs.

This recognition reinforces GIGABYTE’s position as an industry leader committed to pushing boundaries in both technological advancement and design sophistication. GIGABYTE continues its dedication to developing motherboards that not only meet but exceed the evolving demands of modern computing environments.

30, Apr 2025
CrowdStrike Unveils Innovations to Secure Cloud Risk, from AI Models to Runtime Data

CrowdStrike announced new innovations, including AI Model Scanning and detection of Shadow AI, to secure every area of cloud risk with the CrowdStrike Falcon® cybersecurity platform. With capabilities that accelerate secure AI innovation, protect cloud data at runtime, stop SaaS threats, and secure hybrid identities, CrowdStrike expands its platform advantage, delivering unified visibility and protection across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Cloud intrusions are surging as adversaries exploit valid accounts, and the growth of AI and SaaS makes it harder to protect identities and sensitive data. Stopping cloud breaches requires unified visibility and protection across cloud infrastructure, workloads, applications, identity, data, AI models and SaaS. CrowdStrike covers every layer of cloud risk from the most comprehensive unified platform, spanning advanced cloud detection and response (CDR), AI-powered analytics, runtime protection and world-class threat intelligence to stop cloud breaches.

Cloud security is about more than visibility – it’s about full protection and control across multi-cloud environments,” said Elia Zaitsev, chief technology officer, CrowdStrike. “The explosion of AI, combined with multi-cloud complexity, has outpaced patchwork tools that can’t keep up with today’s adversaries, or are limited to single cloud environments. CrowdStrike is breaking that model. These innovations deliver real-time protection, not just telemetry, across every layer of risk: data, workloads, identities, SaaS and AI. It’s what only a unified, AI-native platform can do, and is the difference between watching attacks happen and actually stopping them.”

Securing AI in the Cloud

AI innovation is happening in the cloud, and securing that innovation is critical to stopping breaches. CrowdStrike set the standard for securing AI in the cloud with Falcon Cloud Security AI-SPM and AI Red Team Services, protecting the cloud infrastructure, systems and models powering the AI revolution. Building on this leadership, CrowdStrike introduced new Falcon® Cloud Security innovations to detect and mitigate risk in AI models before they become threats, and provide visibility into overall AI security posture:

  • AI Model Scanning: Proactively scans AI models for hidden malware, trojanized models, backdoors, and adversarial manipulations in containerized environments – preventing compromised models from executing at runtime or reaching production. Powered by CrowdStrike threat intelligence and ExPRT.AI, security teams can identify and fix the most business-critical risks before deployment, block untrusted models and eliminate blind spots before threats reach production.
  • AI Security Dashboard: Provides real-time visibility and centralized control over all AI workloads in the cloud. With agentless monitoring, security teams can detect shadow AI, enforce policies and track sensitive training data to reduce exposure and maintain compliant AI adoption.

Securing Cloud Identities, Data and SaaS

CrowdStrike also introduced new innovations across the Falcon platform to protect cloud data at runtime, stop SaaS threats and secure hybrid identities – driving faster threat detection and reducing risk across cloud environments:

  • Falcon Data Protection for Cloud: Secures cloud data at runtime with real-time monitoring and enforcement powered by eBPF, stopping unauthorized access and data exposure, without slowing systems down.
  • SaaS Threat Services: Provides tailored assessments and real-time threat detection for SaaS applications, helping organizations mitigate risks and secure their cloud-native environments.
  • Falcon Privileged Access: Eliminates standing privileges and manual access requests to sensitive systems and data across hybrid environments through dynamic Just-in-Time access decisions.
  • CrowdStrike Pulse Services: To harden cloud environments, CrowdStrike Pulse Services helps organizations identify and prioritize misconfigurations, manage identities and reduce cloud attack surfaces. Delivered through modular, expert-led engagements, Pulse enables teams to detect and respond to threats faster across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
30, Apr 2025
Arkade Developers Launches “Fly to Europe” Campaign Marking 39 Glorious Years

Mumbai, 30 April, 2025 — To mark 39 years of excellence in real estate, Arkade Developers Limited, a listed company, has unveiled a unique and exciting campaign— “Fly to Europe”. This special initiative offers clients who book their homes between April 19, 2025, to June 15, 2025, the chance to celebrate Christmas 2025 in Europe, subject to terms and conditions applied.

The campaign showcases a family trip to Europe during Christmas, an amazing experience that most aspire to enjoy. By booking a house, customers can now have their two dreams come true – one of owning a home and the second a lovely international family trip to Europe.

The “Fly to Europe” campaign is valid across select high-end residential projects in Mumbai, including:

  • Arkade Nest – Mulund West
  • Arkade Rare – Bhandup West
  • Arkade Vistas – Goregaon East
  • Arkade Pearl – Vile Parle East

Speaking about the campaign, Mr. Arpit Jain, Director, Arkade Developers, said: “Through this campaign, we’re not just offering homes—we’re creating cherished memories and keeping in mind the philosophy of Family First. As Arkade Developers continues to shape urban living in Mumbai, we invite homebuyers to be a part of our legacy, where every home marks a milestone and every milestone deserves a celebration.”

The campaign is being actively promoted across all digital and online platforms. As a personalised touch, Arkade Developers has also designed a customised boarding pass for participating clients, making the journey even more memorable.