ClickUp demonstrates its commitment to the region and solidifies its position as the market-leading enterprise productivity hub

ClickUp, the productivity platform that brings work together in one place, announced today that it is expanding its investment in Europe with localised data hosting in its European data centre. ClickUp customers who are subscribed to the company's Enterprise plan will now have the option to host their data in ClickUp's European region at no additional cost.

Operated by Amazon Web Services, ClickUp's European data centre is based in Ireland. With complete ownership of their data, customers will have peace of mind that all their data will meet European data hosting requirements. In addition, they will experience increased performance and the ability to scale operations without compromising speed or efficiency. ClickUp will begin migrating eligible workspaces on July 31, 2023.

"This is a landmark moment for ClickUp as we scale to support our largest customers and their increasingly complex security and privacy compliance requirements," said Richard McGuinness, VP of EMEA Sales at ClickUp. "With localised data hosting, we are proud to deliver even more capabilities to support the largest businesses in the world and their unique needs across geographies."

This milestone comes after ClickUp announced the opening of its European HQ in Dublin in March 2023. ClickUp is further enhancing its presence in EMEA with additional local support to improve the experiences of the nearly 700,000 regional teams using ClickUp.

Survey Reveals Phishing, Missing Patches Are Top Concerns

Akamai Technologies, Inc. , the cloud company that powers and protects life online, today released the results of a new survey of application security professionals on what they view as the top security risks related to Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

The 2023 SANS Survey on API Security found that less than 50 percent of respondents have API security testing tools in place. Even fewer have API discovery tools (29 percent). What's more, the report finds that taking advantage of API security controls that are included in DDoS and load balancing services is "an underutilized area." Just 29 percent of respondents reported using these features.

Akamai partnered with the SANS Institute on the survey which was conducted in the first quarter of 2023 to determine enterprise awareness, readiness and future plans for dealing with API security risks. The 231 global respondents were primarily application security professionals.

Modern applications increasingly use APIs to capture business processes and break them into the communications required to efficiently enable business partners and customers to work with an organization. A recent State of the Internet report by Akamai noted that 2022 was a record breaking year for application and API attacks.

Survey participants ranked phishing (38.3 percent) and missing patches (24 percent) as the top two API security concerns. These were followed by exploitation of vulnerable applications/APIs (12 percent) and accidental disclosure of sensitive information (9.1 percent).

Other key findings of the survey include:

• 62 percent of respondents are using web application firewalls as part of API risk mitigation.
• Most (57.1 percent) respondents reported API inventory accuracy of between 25 percent and 75 percent.
• Most respondents cited the OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) Application Security and API Top Ten lists, and the MITRE ATT&CK Framework as the basis for defining application and API risk.
• 76 percent of survey takers reported training development staff on application security.

"This new survey offers the industry perspective on a topic which will continue to be one of the top security issues of 2023 and beyond," said Rupesh Chokshi, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Application Security at Akamai. "The results show enterprises need to place more focus on both where and how many APIs are running, because vulnerable APIs are becoming the most common access point for attacks."

"The key takeaways of this survey are that security hygiene controls like strong authentication, asset inventory, vulnerability management and change control need to address API security issues," said John Pescatore, Director of Emerging Security Trends with SANS. "Prevention and detection need to be upgraded to deal with API-centric attacks, and infrastructure services (such as content delivery networks and denial of service filtering) need to be put to work, as well."

A webinar with more details on the survey will feature John Pescatore and Akamai VP Alka Malik. The event is scheduled for July 18 at 10:30am ET and those interested can sign up here. The webinar will also spotlight several Akamai customers and include discussions around how organizations currently discover APIs in use and how to mitigate the risks posed by these vulnerabilities.

Captiv8 welcomes The Brandr Group (TBG) as their newest partner to the Captiv8 Collegiate family. Now approaching two years since NIL officially entered collegiate athletics, Captiv8 Collegiate continues to grow as it provides a platform solution, resources, consultation and opportunities for NIL service providers, universities and agencies.

TBG, a brand management, marketing and licensing agency, partners with more than 80 universities to manage, administer and create group rights opportunities on behalf of the student-athletes. With decades of collective management experience for some of the world's largest brands, TBG has previously managed group rights programs for the NFL, NBA and MLB players associations in college. This new partnership unlocks the opportunity for brands to feature student-athletes’ NIL in branded content, co-branded with the logos and marks of TBG’s partner universities.

The Brandr Group will leverage the Captiv8 platform for its discovery and reporting capabilities to gain further insight into the social media performance of student-athletes participating in group licensing opportunities. Through Captiv8’s first-party data, TBG will have access to performance metrics, audience data and robust campaign reporting to showcase the value of activating student-athletes in brand partnerships.

“Our agreement with The Brandr Group will allow us to continue to integrate student-athletes into the creator economy. Captiv8’s brand partners can now leverage group rights to develop co-branded campaigns and creative with some of the highest engaging creators on the internet, student-athletes. Content created in tandem with TBG will allow us to deepen our connection with consumers and drive them further down the funnel using organic & paid distribution,” said Vice President of Business Strategy and Success, Bryce Adams.

“Captiv8 shares our mindset of making the student-athlete our priority within Name, Image and Likeness opportunities," said Hunter Haynes of The Brandr Group. "Captiv8 brings a wealth of knowledge and connections that will help create value for both their brand partners and to the student-athletes themselves when combined with our portfolio of thousands of student-athletes who have opted- in at 80-plus schools and universities.”

Captiv8 is a leading influencer marketing platform that enables brands to connect and engage with content creators on a global scale. With its comprehensive suite of tools and advanced analytics, Captiv8 empowers businesses to create data-driven influencer strategies and drive impactful campaigns. Captiv8's commitment to innovation, efficiency, and delivering exceptional value has earned it the trust of numerous enterprise customers and industry accolades. 

The Brandr Group (TBG) is a brand management, marketing and licensing agency powered by a team with decades of collective management experience for some of the world's largest brands. TBG has emerged as the leading agency in group licensing programs, with rights to over 80 college athletic programs and their student-athletes in the Name, Image and Likeness category, including the biggest brands in college athletics. TBG partners with prominent brands, colleges, sponsors, corporate trademarks, athletes and events to cultivate, diversify and monetize intellectual property through professional brand management and licensing endeavors

Frost & Sullivan credits CDNetworks' success to forward-thinking innovation, sound investment, consistent growth, and advantages in emerging markets

CDNetworks, an APAC-leading network to deliver edge as a service, is proud to be named as a top Content Delivery Network (CDN) provider in the Frost Radar™ Global Content Delivery Network, 2023. This prestigious report, released by Frost & Sullivan, provides a benchmarking system that recognizes CDN companies for their innovative methodologies and growth.

As a leading global analytics firm, Frost & Sullivan credits CDNetworks' success to forward-thinking innovation, sound investment, and consistent growth along with advantages suited for today's emerging markets.

When it comes to innovation, CDNetworks has made significant R&D investments and innovations in cloud security and edge computing. With the introduction of its enterprise secure access cloud service (Zero Trust implementation), a low-latency streaming solution, full-platform support for the latest QUIC and HTTP/3, and a multilayered approach to web application and API protection, CDNetworks' comprehensive product portfolios continue to demonstrate our uniquely qualified position at the edge.

With years of real-world technical knowledge in edge computing, CDNetworks is not only able to leverage its robust CDN technology to help clients expand their business. CDNetworks can also assist enterprises in addressing the challenges that come with supporting edge workflows and serverless computing.

For example, CDNetworks' serverless Nginx Platform, CDN Pro, is a single edge platform designed with developers in mind for managing websites, APIs, and cloud applications. Boasting a competitive set of features, CDN Pro makes it easy to configure a variety of settings, including load balancing, staging environments prior to deployment, programmable Edge Logic interface, and built-in security.

In terms of its growth, CDNetworks' presence has expanded to 14 global offices and 10 R&D centers that provide local and rapid professional services. Our worldwide infrastructure includes 2,800 global Points of Presence in more than 70 countries and 270 cities, more than 200,000 servers, and upwards of 200 ISP partner connections. Together, this commitment demonstrates CDNetworks' unique ability to help companies expand their global operations. At the same time, such rapid expansion is also bringing CDNetworks more tangible benefits.

As Frost & Sullivan noted, "With a focus on emerging markets in Southeast Asia, established markets such as Japan and Korea, and China proper, CDNetworks has experienced significant growth and reported an overall 52% net profit increase in 2022." In response to this impressive business growth, Frost & Sullivan further evaluated CDNetworks' business development in the APAC region, stating: "CDNetworks has been embracing the emerging market fashion faster than its Asian counterparts, building edge computing and security services into its existing CDN network."

"The evolving needs of businesses in today's digital landscape are quite different than before. CDNetworks recognizes this transformation and continues to evolve into multifaceted hybrid businesses that serve a variety of industries and use cases with a consolidated edge platform. Through CDNetworks, businesses can customize and deploy various services, including Web Performance, Media Delivery, Cloud Security, and Edge Computing, Zero Trust solution, faster and easier than ever before," said Doyle Deng, Head of Global Marketing and Product of CDNetworks. "Recognizing CDNetworks as one of the top CDN providers in Frost & Sullivan's Global Content Delivery Network Market validates our ongoing commitment to drive continuous innovation as we continue to grow our company by providing unparalleled content delivery services that remain unmatched in our industry."

Incorta, the open data delivery platform, announced a joint solution for simplifying access and delivery of data from complex business applications to Google Cloud, accelerating innovation and time-to-value for advanced analytics.

Google's Cortex Framework helps companies accelerate business insights and outcomes with less risk, complexity, and cost with reference architecture patterns, packaged solution deployment content, and integration services to kickstart your data cloud journey. 

Incorta’s open data delivery platform is purpose-built for business applications, by Oracle experts. With its flexible and scalable open architecture and ultrafast query engine, it simplifies and optimizes access, ingestion, mapping, and delivery of 100% of source data from complex business applications, expanding an organization’s access to their data and speeding up time to value. 

The joint solution will enable Incorta and Google Cloud customers to derive analytical insights in support of their Supply Chain, Financial, Sales and Marketing operations. 

In addition, customers can apply machine learning models to Cortex-based data for advanced analytics. With a native integration between Cortex and Google Cloud’s generative AI technology, customers can now expand analytical capabilities to provide seamless human interfaces for consuming business insights, reduce risks and costs, and operationalize these insights with the shortest time-to-value in the market.

The company was awarded a CRN 2023 Tech Innovator Award for Komprise Hypertransfer for Elastic Data Migration

Komprise, the leader in analytics-driven unstructured data management, today announces that CRN^®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named the company a Winner for the 2023 CRN Tech Innovator Awards. Komprise Hypertransfer for Elastic Data Migration, released in late 2022, garnered the top Data & Information Management honor by CRN.

This annual award program showcases innovative vendors in the IT channel across 37 different technology categories, in key areas ranging from cloud to storage to networking to security. To determine the 2023 winners, a panel of CRN editors reviewed hundreds of vendor entries—including solution provider testimonials—using multiple criteria, including key capabilities, uniqueness, technological ingenuity, and ability to address customer and partner needs.

Komprise Hypertransfer solves common performance issues that enterprises face when migrating data using the SMB protocol (such as Windows files) to the cloud:

• The technology optimizes the process by minimizing the WAN roundtrips, using dedicated channels to send SMB file data 25x faster compared to other alternatives.
• Komprise Hypertransfer strengthens security and defense against ransomware attacks by not accessing cloud file storage over the network during data migrations, since data transfers from source to target over private channels.

“CRN’s annual Tech Innovator Awards acknowledge technology vendors committed to new and updated products that are creating the biggest opportunities for the solution providers and strategic service providers working on the from lines with customers. said Blaine Raddon, CEO of The Channel Company. “Congratulations to each one of this year’s CRN Tech Innovator Award winners. We are proud to recognize these best-in-class vendors that are driving transformation and innovation in the IT space.”

“Enterprise cloud data migrations are complex by nature and a large migration of small files over the WAN is even more challenging,” said Kumar Goswami, CEO of Komprise. “A cloud migration project that could take months to complete will now take days and that’s a huge cost and time savings for our customers. It’s wonderful to be recognized by CRN for our work on Hypertransfer, which we built with the goal of making life simpler for IT teams and data storage architects managing and moving petabytes of data.”

Rubrik, the Zero Trust Data Security™ Company, is announcing that CRN^®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named the company a Winner for the 2023 CRN Tech Innovator Awards. Rubrik is being recognized for its Rubrik Security Cloud in the Data Security category.

This annual award program showcases innovative vendors in the IT channel across 37 different technology categories, in key areas ranging from cloud to storage to networking to security. To determine the 2023 winners, a panel of CRN editors reviewed hundreds of vendor entries—including solution provider testimonials—using multiple criteria, including key capabilities, uniqueness, technological ingenuity, and ability to address customer and partner needs.

According to a recent Rubrik Zero Labs State of Data Security report, nearly three quarters (72%) of organizations reported paying a ransomware demand. Rubrik Security Cloud enables businesses to remain operationally resilient in the event of a cyber incident and gives companies security from the point of data. Powered by machine learning, it secures data across enterprise, cloud, and SaaS applications, delivers data availability that withstands adverse conditions, continuously monitors threats, and restores organizations with their data when attacked.

“CRN’s annual Tech Innovator Awards acknowledge technology vendors committed to new and updated products that are creating the biggest opportunities for the solution providers and strategic service providers working on the front lines with customers," said Blaine Raddon, CEO of The Channel Company. “Congratulations to each one of this year’s CRN Tech Innovator Award winners. We are proud to recognize these best-in-class vendors that are driving transformation and innovation in the IT space.”

“As cyberattacks surge in frequency and scope, it is no longer sufficient for organizations to rely on infrastructure security alone. It is more critical now than ever for solution providers and security vendors to collaborate and provide a holistic data security solution that customers can trust,” said Ghazal Asif, Vice President of Global Partners and Alliances. “We strongly value our relationships with our partner ecosystem, and are honored to be recognized by CRN for our work in helping organizations defend the crown jewel of their business: their data.”

TargetVideo, a video publishing and advertising leader, announced today the acquisition of its long-time technology partner Brid.TV. The joint mission: to meet the growing demands of the fast-paced video ecosystem and offer publishers an even better foundation for growth.

As a one-stop shop for digital publishers, TargetVideo has stood for a highly flexible, fully integrated video content monetization solution since 2014. By merging with Brid.TV, the Munich-based digital media company now enables its partners to benefit from further growth in the video advertising industry: with an all-in-one solution that enables publishers to leverage player technology, premium content, and monetization as integral drivers of revenue growth.

"We are thrilled to join forces," says Maximilian Gall, CEO and founder of TargetVideo. "This acquisition not only gives us access to the international market but also accelerates the development of our ad technology and ensures that our publisher network remains ahead of the curve.  Now, we can offer brands and media agencies an expanded range of programmatic advertising options."

Uros Jojic, founder of Brid.TV and now Co-CEO of TargetVideo, adds: "By infusing our platform with high-quality video content and a larger ad demand, we will enhance its value to the users and unlock new possibilities for publishers and ad agency partners, enabling them to optimize their business."

TargetVideo was founded in 2014 in Munich by Maximilian Gall and Marie Rechberg with the goal of developing relevant, high-quality online video content. Since then, the company has become one of the leaders in video publishing and advertising. Headquartered in Munich (Germany), the company also has offices in Belgrade (SRB) and Los Angeles (USA).