Kobai, the codeless knowledge graph platform, today announced a partnership with Databricks, the data and AI company and pioneer of the data lakehouse. With the new partnership, joint customers can leverage the ease and insights of knowledge graphs with the scalability and power of the Databricks Lakehouse Platform. Kobai’s Saturn platform is embedded directly in the data layer, allowing organizations to query data without moving it from the lakehouse, with W3C and Lakehouse open standards providing complete interoperability.

“Our partners are key to unleashing new industry use cases and driving more customer value from the Databricks Lakehouse Platform,” said Shiv Trisal, Global Manufacturing Industry Leader at Databricks. “We're thrilled to partner with Kobai as part of our IoT data strategy. The direct integration with the Saturn knowledge graph platform makes it easier for companies to gain end-to-end visibility of their products, operations and customers,” says Shiv Trisal, Global Manufacturing Industry Leader at Databricks.

In the realm of manufacturing and enterprise operations, the utilization of semantic data has emerged as a transformative force, revolutionizing the way factories operate and businesses make decisions. Semantic data, which imparts meaning and context to information, plays a pivotal role in optimizing various aspects of the manufacturing process. By integrating semantic data into factory operations, enterprises can enhance their production efficiency, quality control, and predictive maintenance. This technology enables machines, sensors, and devices to communicate in a more intelligent and coherent manner, facilitating real-time monitoring and analysis of production lines. Furthermore, semantic data aids in the creation of interconnected systems that can adapt and self-optimize, leading to reduced downtime, increased productivity, and improved resource allocation. From supply chain management to product lifecycle tracking, the application of semantic data in manufacturing fosters a new era of agile, data-driven decision-making, empowering enterprises to stay competitive in an ever-evolving industrial landscape.

“By bringing lakehouse scale to graph architecture, Kobai empowers organizations to leverage knowledge graphs as a foundational piece of their semantic data layer,” said Parag Goradia, co-founder and CEO of Kobai. “Our mission is to enable business and technical users to easily answer their own questions, with their own terminology, without complex code. In partnership with Databricks, we’re helping users achieve the full value of their storage investments and address their most pressing data queries.”

Kobai’s codeless platform provides a business-first approach and collaborative environment to rapidly share insights across the entire organization, transforming the way enterprises capture and create their business logic with a whiteboard experience. The Saturn knowledge graph works directly with Kobai’s Studio framework and Tower visualization products to quickly infuse data with meaning and context, creating a semantic data fabric that grows over time.

New release emphasizes Tencent Cloud's ongoing commitment to supporting the Web3 development

Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, today announced the launch of its first Web3-native product, Tencent Cloud Blockchain RPC. Jointly developed with Ankr, this new offering aims to deliver reliable Web3 infrastructure, along with developer services to Web3 builders. By introducing Blockchain RPC, Tencent Cloud strives to provide a blockchain node infrastructure solution that is fast and robust, enabling developers to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving Web3 environment.

The newly launched RPC service, which allows developers to conveniently query data and process transactions on a variety of blockchains, was developed in collaboration with the blockchain service provider Ankr to ensure the high level of stability of the underlying node infrastructure. Through Tencent Cloud Blockchain RPC, developers can interact with blockchain networks with ultra-low latency, allowing developers to focus on decentralized application development.

In addition to easy blockchain access, Tencent Cloud Blockchain RPC also helps enterprises and Web3 projects overcome the limitations and difficulties of building their own nodes. These limitations are related to the high operational costs, manpower, and resources to deploy, maintain, and upgrade nodes as fixes are required on short notice from the blockchains themselves. Furthermore, the new product covers challenges in weak stability and availability, as nodes may encounter risks of hardware failures, network interruptions, and malicious attacks that would affect applications' performance. Additionally, the service offers a solution to the difficulty of elastic scaling, as solo nodes cannot scale flexibly during periods of high concurrency and peak requests within a short period.

Poshu Yeung, Senior Vice President, Tencent Cloud International, said, "With the launch of our first Web3-native product, Tencent Cloud Blockchain RPC, we look forward to further demonstrating our commitment to the global Web3 community with partners like Ankr. Tencent Cloud is glad to be offering unprecedented capabilities to empower developers and to support the growth of decentralized applications, and we are well prepared and equipped to continue evolving to meet market needs and provide the best Web3-related features and services."

Stanley Wu, Co-Founder and CTO of Ankr, said, "The initiation of our partnership with Tencent Cloud is a pivotal moment for Ankr and indicates the leaps made by the decentralized internet in integrating with the vital infrastructure of the broader web ecosystem. It paves the way for an era of accelerated development in blockchain applications, whether from emerging Web3 initiatives or established enterprises, and creates a path for further collaboration and innovation."

What Tencent Cloud Blockchain RPC Can Do

Tencent Cloud Blockchain RPC will provide two versions – public, for free blockchain interaction with set features and rate limits; and premium, for Pay-as-you-Go blockchain interaction with increased request throughput and enhanced rate limits. Tencent Cloud Blockchain RPC will also launch an enterprise-exclusive version of the service, covering more blockchains and global regions in the near future. In addition, new supported blockchains and an advanced API service will be gradually integrated with the public and premium versions of the service.

The latest offering possesses a strong advantage in the market by offering high concurrency performance, supporting a regular request volume of up to 1,800 requests per second per chain, thanks to Ankr's node expertise. Leveraging over a decade of cloud service experience, Tencent Cloud ensures high disaster tolerance, high availability, and ultra-low latency RPC services. It also features ultra-high speed with a main interface latency of less than 5ms via the use of Tencent Cloud Performance Services. The product uses distributed architecture and efficient load balancing to ensure service stability and availability, which reduces the risk of single-point failures and improves usage resilience.

In addition, the product offers flexible, clear and straightforward billing, charged by the number of requests, with no additional fees for Archive Node requests. As it allows developers to focus on application development, the RPC service frees developers from the complex process of building, maintaining, and upgrading the nodes of different blockchain setup requirements. Tencent Cloud Blockchain RPC also provides 24/7 enterprise-level technical support, with dedicated personnel to provide exclusive services.

Tencent Cloud's inaugural Web3 product is now live in the availability zones of Hong Kong and Singapore, serving customers worldwide. It currently provides top-performing blockchain interaction capabilities to three popular blockchains, Ethereum Mainnet, BNB Smart Chain, and Polygon PoS – with more Layer-1 and Layer-2 roll-up blockchains set to be added to the list. Tencent Cloud Blockchain RPC, coupled with Tencent Cloud's user engagement tools, security products, and cloud infrastructure, strive to empower developers and projects to accelerate the development of Web3 innovations.

Planview is at the highest level of execution and furthest from vision

Planview , a leader in portfolio management and value chain management, today announced that it has been named a Leader in the September Magic Quadrant™ Gartner ^® 2023 for Adaptive Project Management and Reporting (APMR) ¹ for the second year in a row, based on its completeness of vision and ability to execute.

According to Gartner, “Leaders have a demonstrable understanding of the broad range of customer needs in the APMR market, largely responding to more advanced levels of APMR methodological maturity within their customer base. Leaders actively engage in the marketplace as thought leaders and contribute to customer success through strong project and work management capabilities coupled with well-defined implementation plans. These vendors have a complete vision demonstrated by their product, marketing and sales capabilities necessary to achieve market acceptance on a global scale. »

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“We enable organizations to shine by aligning business strategy with team-level work. This helps drive maximum efficiency and delivers results,” said Louise K. Allen, Chief Product Director at Planview. “With Planview, teams become agile and resilient in the face of ever-changing challenges, fostering collaboration and the ability to adjust plans and strategies while remaining aligned with overall business objectives. Our data-driven platform supports real-time insights, accelerating the ability to prioritize initiatives that deliver maximum business value. We equip businesses to navigate complexities and achieve sustainable innovation efforts in today's ever-changing business landscape. »

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Global market intelligence leader Sensor Tower today announced a series of leadership appointments as the company scales operations to drive future growth and innovation.

"Sensor Tower continues to be a leader in market intelligence. Witnessing consistent double-digit growth and strong profitability, our vision is clear: to be the industry standard for market intelligence," expressed Oliver Yeh, the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Sensor Tower. "To deliver on this vision, we're enhancing our leadership team."

Key leadership promotions announced by Sensor Tower today include:

• Oliver Yeh - Chief Executive Officer
• Anthony Bartolacci - Chief Strategy Officer
• Tom Cui - Chief Operating Officer
• William Merchan - Chief Revenue Officer
• Casey Ryan - Chief People Officer

"Our revamped executive lineup, with Anthony, Tom, William, and Casey in these pivotal roles, underscores our commitment to providing our customers with cutting edge and actionable insights," said Yeh.

Sensor Tower also acknowledged transitions involving other key team members, including former CEO Alex Malafeev who will now focus on Sensor Tower's AI advancements in an advisory role. Gabe Gottlieb, formerly the CSO, will be a board director for the company. CFO Sapna Kapur will transition to an advisory position within Sensor Tower to support financial execution. CMO Jeff Allen will depart the firm. In addition to the leadership changes, Sensor Tower announced a broader headcount reduction. Yeh said, “Though we are confident in the organization structure moving forward, we made the difficult decision to separate from a group of very talented individuals. We thank them for their contributions to Sensor Tower.”

Concluding, Yeh emphasized, "With these leadership enhancements, and the continued leadership from Mike Bohn as Chief Compliance Officer and Greg Rosen as Chief Product Officer, I'm confident in our capability to deliver unparalleled value to our customers and partners. The future is bright for Sensor Tower and this is just the beginning."

Automotive News has named Arjun Narang, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Gatik, a 2023 Rising Star. The prestigious award recognizes innovative and influential leaders in the automotive space who are making significant, industry-defining contributions.

Narang, a pioneer in the field of robotics and autonomous vehicles (AVs), was recognized for his leadership role in the development and commercial deployment of Gatik’s industry-leading autonomous driving technology, which has been deployed to create a more reliable and efficient supply chain for North America’s largest grocers, retailers, distributors, e-commerce platforms, and consumer packaged goods companies.

Over the past 12 months, Narang has led Gatik through a period of unparalleled success. In March of this year, Gatik announced a commercial collaboration with Kroger, America’s largest grocer. Under the agreement, Gatik’s medium-duty autonomous box trucks transport fresh, customer-favorite products from a Kroger Customer Fulfillment Center (CFC) in Dallas, Texas, to multiple retail locations. Earlier this month, Gatik announced a long-term partnership with Tyson Foods, one of the world’s largest food companies, to deploy Gatik’s autonomous refrigerated box trucks within Tyson’s Northwest Arkansas logistics network to build a more responsive and flexible supply chain. Narang’s deep technical expertise and innovative leadership approach to solving complex engineering challenges has underpinned Gatik’s remarkable progress, and seen the company expand its commercial partnerships to more than 10 Fortune 500 customers including Walmart, Pitney Bowes, Georgia-Pacific, KBX, and Loblaw.

"I am deeply honored to receive the 2023 Rising Star award during such a pivotal time in the autonomous transportation industry," said Arjun Narang, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder, Gatik. "This recognition from Automotive News is a testament to Gatik's segment-changing technology, made possible by our entire team's dedication to redefining the logistics landscape with our autonomous middle mile delivery solution. I look forward to continuing our mission to make B2B short-haul logistics safer, more reliable, and more efficient for our customers."

As CTO, Narang leads the integration of Gatik’s proprietary autonomous driving technology with the most experienced OEMs, technical and maintenance partners from across the globe to safely scale Gatik’s autonomous solution. Today, the company works with industry leaders such as Isuzu, Goodyear, Ryder, and Cummins. Earlier this year, Narang led Gatik’s partnership with Goodyear to integrate intelligent tires, powered by Goodyear SightLine technology, into Gatik’s fleet to enhance vehicle safety and performance, increasing efficiency and value for Gatik’s customers in the middle mile market.

Narang has spent over a decade working in the robotics and AV space with expertise in perception, sensor fusion-based SLAM, probabilistic modeling and multi-task learning. Prior to co-founding Gatik in 2017, he led research at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, building robots and intelligent systems that are able to operate autonomously in complex and open-ended environments. Narang has made critical research contributions in the field of autonomous systems at Waseda University (Japan), CUNY (USA), and Carnegie Robotics (USA). He earned his M.S. (with a focus on Robotics and AI) from Purdue University and B.E. from BITS Pilani, India.

Gatik’s approach to structured autonomy has enabled the company to achieve a 100% safety record during autonomous operations across each of its deployment sites in North America. The company focuses exclusively on facilitating frequent, point-to-point deliveries across the middle mile to maximize safety, using proprietary, commercial-grade autonomous technology that is purpose built for B2B short-haul logistics. Under Narang’s technical leadership, in 2021, Gatik became the first autonomous trucking company worldwide to remove the safety driver from a commercial delivery route on the middle mile with Walmart. In 2022, Gatik made history once again by successfully launching driverless commercial operations with Loblaw in Canada.

Arjun Narang joins his fellow Gatik co-founders as Automotive News award recipients. In 2022, Gatik’s Chief Engineer and co-founder, Apeksha Kumavat, was honored as a 2022 Rising Star by Automotive News. In 2021, Gatik’s CEO and co-founder, Gautam Narang, was named to Automotive News’ All Stars list.

Streamlined partner program emphasizes Mimecast’s commitment to enhancing the partner experience, bringing new incentives, investments, and competencies

Mimecast Limited (Mimecast), an advanced email and collaboration security company, today announced the launch of the Mimecast Partner ONE™ Program, an evolution of their industry-leading-partner program. Mimecast Partner ONE sets the foundation to simplify and scale partners’ business models and routes to market, further enhancing the partner experience while accelerating and securing the customer cybersecurity journey. 

“In today’s business landscape, cybersecurity threats are not just an IT issue, they’re a business issue that can result in significant financial and reputational losses. As companies of all sizes hunt for the right suite of products and services to defend against increasingly sophisticated attacks, we know that there is not a one-size-fits-all solution,” said Stan de Boisset, Senior Vice President of WW Partners. “Through an accelerated go-to-market (GTM) strategy, the Mimecast Partner ONE Program will help partners meet their customer needs and gain market share through enhanced programs.” 

The Mimecast Partner ONE Program enables partners to grow and scale through a network of deep GTM engagement and investment. In addition to unifying the channel foundation, the program offers new benefits such as:  

• Opportunity: Accelerate partner’s differentiated GTM strategies through performance-based programs. 
• Network: Through the power of together, it's never been easier to meet customer needs. 
• Engagement: Enablement model supported by a team committed to partners’ long-term success.   

“Balancing sales to new customers, current customer retention, and ongoing product innovation continues to be a challenge for every service provider today,” said Samantha Stevens, Business Manager, Vendor Alliances at Exclusive Networks UK. “We're excited to be part of Mimecast’s advanced partner program to amplify our value proposition in the market while better aligning with partner demands.”

Mimecast’s new reseller program—which is already available in the United States and United Kingdom, with all other markets launching in October 2023—is designed and built on the Mimecast Partner ONE foundation. Mimecast’s expansion into new markets such as France is in line with the company’s commitment to serve more organizations around the world through product innovation and dedicated partnerships.  All existing core programs, such as MSP and Technology partner programs, are expected to transition to Mimecast Partner ONE in the future. The company will continue to evolve the Mimecast Partner ONE Program and extend partners’ capabilities to amplify their value proposition and propel growth while delivering a great partner and customer experience. 

Schobeiri will oversee the continued development of Ogury's technology on a global scale

Ogury, the global leader in personified advertising, today announced the appointment of Wilfried Schobeiri as Chief Technology Officer. In this role, Schobeiri will work closely with the company's leadership team to further strengthen Ogury's unique technology platform.

Schobeiri has extensive experience in the tech industry, where he spent over 20 years leading the development of large scale, global distributed technologies and scaling high-performance product development teams. Before joining Ogury, Schobeiri was most recently Chief Technology Officer at fintech and data infrastructure company Banyan. Before that, he was SVP, Chief Product Officer at Revantage, where he led product development efforts for Blackstone's real estate data platform. Schobeiri also worked at adtech company MediaMath, where he rose to become Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer - spearheading the product development and technology strategy globally.

During his stints at prestigious companies, Schobeiri was a board member of the IAB Tech Lab, where he contributed to the creation of the IAB Europe's Transparency & Consent Framework - giving the advertising ecosystem a common language to communicate consumer choices around data processing for advertising. He has also been an advisory board member for a number of adtech and data companies. Today, he lends his expertise to Ocient, Ergatta, and Truthset, helping steer their growth and positive momentum.

At Ogury, Schobeiri will spearhead and execute the company's strategic vision for its technology, further developing its cookieless and ID-less solution at a pivotal time for the industry. Based in Paris, he will report to Geoffroy Martin, CEO at Ogury, and be a member of the company's executive committee.

"I'm excited to join Ogury because we are one of the few adtech companies that have fully embraced the technical shifts in the privacy landscape," shared Wilfried Schobeiri, CTO, Ogury. "A true precursor of change, Ogury anticipated market needs to provide advertisers with performance and relevance without collecting personal data, and I'm proud to be a part of that."

"We are thrilled to welcome a prominent industry and technology expert such as Wil to Ogury," said Geoffroy Martin, CEO, Ogury. "His experience and knowledge, which lie at the intersection of RTB and privacy while also building and scaling high-performing teams, make him the perfect fit for us."

News Summary

• Deployment utilizes joint solution from Qwilt and Cisco, integrating Qwilt’s Open Edge Cloud for Content Delivery platform, based on Open Caching, with Cisco’s edge compute and networking infrastructure

• New partnership enables Link Net to enhance the quality of streaming video for millions of households across Indonesia

• Link Net has already onboarded several content publishers, ensuring high-quality digital experiences for their end users in the future

one of the leading providers of fixed broadband internet and cable TV in Indonesia with the brand First Media, is working with Qwilt and Cisco to deploy their Content Delivery Network (CDN) solution, elevating the quality and delivery capacity of Link Net’s streaming applications to more than 3 million homes across Indonesia. The deployment brings Link Net actively into the content delivery value chain while enabling content publishers across the region to deliver their content in the quality it was imagined.

Link Net will embed Qwilt’s Open Caching-based architecture deeply into its network edge, supporting increased data volumes across its network and considerably improving streaming experiences for subscribers. The partnership enables Link Net to enhance its content delivery infrastructure and provides open API (Application Programming Interface) to content publishers seeking to ensure delivery of their content in the highest quality. The deployment will initially reach 27 cities across Indonesia, marking further momentum as Qwilt and Cisco work with service providers to create the world’s largest federated CDN, benefiting content publishers, service providers, and consumers globally.

Marlo Budiman, President Director & CEO of PT Link Net Tbk said, “Our partnership with Qwilt and Cisco enables us to deliver on our top priority to deliver a superior quality of experience to our customers. Deploying Qwilt’s Open Edge solution propels us on our roadmap to create an open network that benefits our customers across Indonesia. We have already partnered with several content publishers, including OTT streaming platforms such as CATCHPLAY+, CinemaWorld On Demand, HBO GO, Lionsgate Play, MOLA, Viu, and Vision+. We will continue to develop and expand these partnerships through the use of our CDN solution. By partnering with content publishers, we can help to address the soaring demands for live streaming, video-on-demand, and application services and ensure the delivery of a consistently superior quality of experience.”

“Together with Qwilt and Link Net, we are delivering an innovative platform that will meet the requirements for high-quality streaming experiences and serve as a foundation for future edge computing use cases,” said Theodore Tzevelekis, Vice President, Cisco Networking. “Whether it's today's streaming content or tomorrow's transformative use cases, we are committed to enabling exceptional digital experiences for every Link Net customer.”

“We’re delighted to have Link Net join our global federation of service providers with the deployment of our Open Edge solution. By harnessing the power of Open Caching, Link Net is enabling the next generation of content experiences across Indonesia and immediately taking an active role in the content delivery value chain while expanding monetization opportunities for content delivery. This significant deployment brings us one step closer to our goal of building the world’s highest-performing edge delivery network,” said Alon Maor, CEO and Co-Founder, Qwilt.

Today, over 150 service providers have partnered with Qwilt to enable the open edge in their networks, serving over one billion unique subscribers globally. They include Verizon in North America; BT in the UK; TIM Brazil and Telecom Argentina in Latin America; Airtel in India; J:COM in Asia-Pacific; as well as Telefónica and Vodafone Turkey in EMEA.