Oracle Cloud Infrastructure options offer customers more choice and control for their cloud deployments

Oracle announced that it has been named a Leader by Gartner in the 2023 "Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure." The report evaluated Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) offerings in this area, including OCI Dedicated Region, Oracle Alloy, Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer, and Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer.

OCI's distributed cloud portfolio meets customers' diverse needs by providing flexibility and choice with a wide range of deployment models, including multicloud, hybrid, public, and dedicated cloud offerings. OCI delivers a consistent experience across its distributed cloud by offering more than 100 cloud services with the same pricing and service level agreements. This enables customers — including those in highly regulated markets such as financial services, healthcare, communications, and government — to meet practically any use case with OCI, including enterprise applications, cloud native application development, analytics, AI, IoT, and more.

"OCI's distributed cloud is designed to give customers as much choice as possible in where and how they deploy cloud services," said Karan Batta, senior vice president, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. "Customers trust OCI to run their most demanding workloads and applications, including in their own data centers. OCI has been managing distributed hybrid infrastructure at thousands of customer locations across the globe, starting with Exadata Cloud@Customer in 2016, and we've continued to innovate with OCI Dedicated Regions in production at customer locations today."

Introduced as an industry first in 2019, OCI Dedicated Region offers the full set of OCI capabilities and SaaS applications in customers' data centers, and it enables customers to customize cloud operations and connectivity to address their regulatory requirements. Oracle's Exadata Cloud@Customer and Compute Cloud@Customer offerings further extend OCI services to customers' data centers. Oracle partners can leverage Oracle Alloy, an award-winning cloud infrastructure platform, to build and deliver customized services to capitalize on the unprecedented growth opportunities of the cloud.

OCI's multicloud capabilities, including Oracle Database@Azure and MySQL HeatWave on AWS, enable customers to select the best cloud provider for their applications and databases. Via its public cloud, OCI operates 46 cloud regions across 23 countries, including an EU Sovereign Cloud to address EU data residency and data sovereignty requirements.

With up to 43% of cyberattacks targeting small businesses, the Qualys solution is a SMB- and SME-focused package offering vulnerability, patch and EDR capabilities in AWS Marketplace

Qualys, Inc., a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security, and compliance solutions, today announced the availability of its award-winning VMDR TruRisk, FixIT and ProtectIT capabilities in AWS Marketplace priced and packaged for small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs).

AWS Marketplace is a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that makes it easy to find, test, buy and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Qualys offering will help SMBs and SMEs get the most out of their cybersecurity budgets by reducing cyber risk across their infrastructure and driving business growth.

"The unified workflow of VMDR and Patch Management helps my team to detect, prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities more quickly," said Gregg Neveu, Security Program Director at Act-On Software. "With Qualys security solutions now in AWS Marketplace, I can consolidate all my security solutions in one convenient market for ease of procurement and payment."

The package includes vulnerability, patch and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) capabilities. Customers will be able to access three of Qualys' award-winning products via a single engine:

• VMDR TruRisk – Brings the power of Qualys Cloud Platform and the capabilities of VMDR to small and medium-sized businesses. With VMDR TruRisk, smaller organizations can now access enterprise-grade asset visibility, vulnerability management, risk assessment, and prioritized remediation workflows.
  
  
• VMDR TruRisk FixIT – Provides all the benefits of VMDR TruRisk as well as Qualys Patch Management for risk-based detection and remediation. With VMDR TruRisk FixIT, customers can prioritize vulnerabilities and automate patching based on business criticality.
  
  
• VMDR TruRisk ProtectIT – Delivers all the benefits of VMDR TruRisk FixIT plus additional machine learning-based anti-malware and threat protection layered with business context via Qualys Multi-Vector EDR.

"Many smaller businesses don't have the budgets or personnel necessary to support an enterprise-grade cyber risk management program," said Pinkesh Shah, Chief Product Officer, Qualys. "By working with AWS to offer Qualys TruRisk SME- and SMB-focused packages, we can help companies access the security expertise they need to combat the growing risks of ransomware and stay compliant with regulations such as PCI, HIPPA, GDPR, and more."

Additionally, Qualys leverages AWS services such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), AWS Lambda, and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to contrast and deploy its awarding-winning deep learning artificial intelligence (AI)-based threat detection platform. The Qualys deep learning AI built on AWS is the core AI platform used through the Qualys Cloud Platform. Using AWS, Qualys can scale its deep learning AI infrastructure to meet the needs of its large customer base.

On-Ramp Provides Modern Enterprises with Additional Avenue for Connectivity to Oracle Cloud Phoenix Region

Flexential, a leading provider of secure and flexible data center solutions and a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), today announced an expansion to its robust FlexAnywhere™ Platform with an additional Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) FastConnect on-ramp for the Oracle Cloud Phoenix Region, providing direct and reliable access to OCI. This announcement follows Flexential's previous integration with OCI and the major expansion of the FlexAnywhere Platform earlier this year.

"As a member of Oracle PartnerNetwork and since the inception of Flexential Cloud Fabric in 2021, our commitment has been to expand boundaries and enable businesses to achieve more," said Ryan Mallory, chief operating officer, Flexential. "With this new on-ramp to the Oracle Cloud Phoenix Region, we are once again making it straightforward for our customers, whether they're longstanding members of our FlexAnywhere Platform across our 41 data centers or new entrants, to directly connect to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure."

As enterprises rapidly adopt multi-cloud solutions, the demand for reliable network access to cloud data and applications has skyrocketed. The Flexential Cloud Fabric, coupled with Flexential's collaboration with OCI, addresses this demand head-on. It offers businesses the ability to craft direct, private, and ultra-responsive connections to OCI.

"By coupling this with OCI FastConnect on-ramps in key regions like Ashburn, VA, San Jose, CA, and Chicago, IL – and now Phoenix, AZ – we're ensuring that Oracle customers, no matter where they are stationed, can access their vital cloud data with unparalleled reliability," Mallory added.

Flexential's Cloud Fabric solution has enabled businesses like Core Health & Fitness to rapidly scale their IT infrastructure and grow their business. "Flexential has been pivotal in our journey," said Jake Kienholz, director of IT infrastructure and cybersecurity, Core Health & Fitness. "Their Cloud Fabric solution has truly empowered us to scale our IT infrastructure, positioning us aptly for exponential growth."

A recent Gartner study forecasts that "By 2027, more than 50% of enterprises will use industry cloud platforms to expedite their business projects." In the face of such projections, Flexential's continued enhancements to its Cloud Fabric ecosystem position it as a game-changer in the industry. By harnessing the Cloud Fabric's expansive U.S. reach, businesses can notably augment application performance and user experience, aligning seamlessly with long-term business growth objectives.

As enterprises grapple with the challenges of a multi-cloud environment, solutions like Flexential's Cloud Fabric are proving indispensable. With its latest Phoenix region on-ramp expansion, Flexential reaffirms its commitment to facilitating business success across industry sectors.

Collaboration expands revolutionary way businesses buy and use network services

Lumen Technologies is accelerating its vision to cloudify traditional network services and disrupt the telecom industry by integrating its Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) platform with Equinix Fabric. This will enable Equinix's 10,000 customers to instantly buy, use, and manage Lumen® Internet On-Demand and future Lumen^® NaaS services.

"Offering businesses a quick and easy network buying experience is what makes our collaboration with Equinix so valuable," said Andrew Dugan, CTO for Lumen. "Lumen is bringing its NaaS platform to Equinix, giving their customers access to quick bandwidth boosts and personalized on-demand services. Together, we are solving business challenges so our customers can focus on innovation."

With business needs constantly changing, enterprise customers are asking for services that give them agility in how they run their networks. Lumen NaaS has that flexibility.

"Versa is dedicated to delivering top-tier Unified SASE and cybersecurity services around the clock. This NaaS solution from Lumen is a perfect fit, enabling us to achieve carrier redundancy without overpaying for circuits" says Kumar Mehta, Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer of Versa. "The ability to quickly activate connections and ramp bandwidth up or down contributes to cost reduction and directly leads to an improved customer experience due to prevention of network delays and disruptions."

How it Works

• An Equinix customer orders Lumen Internet On-Demand using Lumen's digital portal or API.
• The customer provisions a virtual connection in Equinix Fabric and connects it to the Lumen port.
• After the customer is connected to Lumen's NaaS platform, Lumen Internet On-Demand service activates in minutes, instead of months.
• Customers are in control of their service and can increase or decrease bandwidth as needed.

"Our customers rely on us to offer a premier interconnection experience that's made possible with the combined capabilities of Equinix Fabric and the service providers that make up our digital ecosystem," said Arun Dev, Vice President of Digital Interconnection at Equinix. "I'm thrilled with the work our teams are doing to integrate Lumen NaaS with Equinix Fabric so that our customers can have even more choice for on-demand Internet connectivity to support their hybrid infrastructure."

The NaaS Partner Ecosystem
Lumen launched its NaaS platform in August and will align with other key partners to expand its on-demand capabilities, including cloud, technology, and managed service providers.

Looking ahead, Lumen will broaden its hyperscaler partners to deliver new services under the NaaS umbrella. Additionally, the Lumen NaaS portfolio will expand to include security services, such as DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service), SASE (Secure Access Service Edge), and Edge services. All services will be available to customers within the Lumen partner ecosystem.

KLIKA TECH announced today that the Subeca BLINC™ solution co-created with Subeca and AWS has received a 2023 IoT Edge Computing Excellence Award from IoT Evolution World, the leading web site covering the Internet of Things (IoT) marketplace.

This award recognizes the companies emerging as leaders in the growing edge computing space. Companies selected for this award have proven that their products are enabling advanced IoT deployments by offering edge solutions that bring real-time computing, data availability, analytics, AI, and machine learning to edge devices.

Klika Tech co-created Subeca BLINC, a solution offered by Subeca, that equips any new or existing water industry device with an IoT connection. This chip-down RF solution connects a cost-effective smart water device via Amazon Sidewalk, local (Bluetooth®) and long-range (LoRaWAN) connections to smartphones, tablets, and the AWS cloud. "Subeca is an excellent example of how IoT applications and AWS services can be tailored to transform legacy products into intelligent, data-driven solutions that solve real-world problems," said Gennadiy Borisov, President and Co-CEO, Klika Tech.

"The solutions selected for the IoT Evolution Edge Computing Excellence Award reflect innovation driving the fast-growing Internet of Things marketplace. It is my honor to congratulate Klika Tech for their innovative work and contribution to this rapidly evolving industry," said Carl Ford, Community Developer, IoT Evolution World.

"It is my pleasure to recognize Subeca BLINC, an innovative solution that earned Klika Tech the 2023 IoT Evolution Edge Computing Excellence Award," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "I look forward to seeing more innovation from Klika Tech in the future."

• Ericsson's Scott Poretsky has been elected to co-chair the O-RAN ALLIANCE's Security Work Group

• The appointment marks Ericsson's third co-chair position in the O-RAN ALLIANCE

• Ericsson revs up its commitment in driving open standards forward and the progression of the Open RAN market

Ericsson today announced its Director of Security for North America, Scott Poretsky, has been elected to co-chair the O-RAN ALLIANCE's Security Work Group (WG11). This builds on top of Ericsson's extensive efforts to build flexible, high performing networks of any communication service provider's choice.

The election marks Ericsson's third co-chair in the global Open RAN technical organization, with John Power, Expert Automation Cloud based Open RAN, co-chairing the Non-Real-Time RAN Intelligent Controller and A1 Interface Work Group (WG2), and Kurt Essigmann, Technical Product & Portfolio Manager, co-chairing the Open F1/W1/E1/X2/Xn Interface Work Group (WG5).

These co-chair positions demonstrate Ericsson's exceptional commitment to supporting standardization organizations by appointing volunteers to official positions. Only 15 companies out of the total 289 O-RAN ALLIANCE contributors have any co-chair positions and only one contributor, other than Ericsson, has three Work Group / Focus Group co-chair positions in the O-RAN ALLIANCE.

Scott Poretsky, Ericsson, says: "As a company, we are committed to building and delivering secure, open networks, and I look forward to laying the critical foundation of future networks alongside my peers in the O-RAN ALLIANCE Security Working Group."

"The O-RAN ALLIANCE has made excellent progress to improve the security posture of Open-RAN. With the leadership of Ericsson and other industry contributors, O-RAN ALLIANCE WG11 continues to enhance Open RAN security," he adds.

For the past 40 years, Ericsson has supported the evolution of openness and interoperability in mobile telecoms. As a technology leader with key research and development contributions in standards, patents and interoperability, Ericsson was one of the driving forces of 3GPP, a global standardization body that accounts for 8 billion mobile devices when it comes to seamless calling and connectivity over networks anywhere in the world.

Through its leadership roles in the O-RAN ALLIANCE, 3GPP, ATIS, as well as other open fora, Ericsson continues to drive specifications and the development of next-generation networks, open standards, and interfaces, together with its customers and ecosystem partners. 

Microsoft Azure customers worldwide now gain access to Delinea to take advantage of the scalability, reliability, and agility of Azure to drive application development and shape business strategies

Delinea, a leading provider of solutions that seamlessly extend Privileged Access Management (PAM), today announced the availability of Secret Server in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. Delinea customers can now take advantage of the scalability, high availability, and security of Azure, with streamlined deployment and management.

Delinea provides industry-leading Privileged Access Management solutions that are seamless to the user, reduce time-to-value, and increase return on investment. Secret Server, its award-winning vault solution, is delivered as an on-premises solution or as software-as-a-service (SaaS) via the Delinea Platform, a cloud-native foundation that empowers end-to-end visibility, dynamic privilege controls, and adaptive security. Delinea gives security and IT ops teams the agility to secure and manage all types of privileges, protecting administrator, service, application, and root accounts from cyberattacks.

"We are very proud that Delinea Secret Server is now available to be transacted on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace," said Rick Hanson, President at Delinea. "The Delinea Platform is built on Azure and is optimized to help Microsoft customers get started on their PAM journeys quickly. Secret Server on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace provides rapid access to an industry-leading security solution that is easy to deploy and is usable and seamless for the end user, delivering rapid return on investment."

Jake Zborowski, General Manager, Microsoft Azure Platform at Microsoft Corp., said, "We're pleased to welcome Delinea to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, which gives our partners great exposure to cloud customers around the globe. Azure Marketplace offers world-class quality experiences from global trusted partners with solutions tested to work seamlessly with Azure." 

The Azure Marketplace is an online market for buying and selling cloud solutions certified to run on Azure. The Azure Marketplace helps connect companies seeking innovative, cloud-based solutions with partners who have developed solutions that are ready to use.

Generative AI Solutions Corp. ("GenAI" or the "Company") is pleased to provide the following corporate update from the CEO:

The Company previously announced in its July 13, 2023 press release that its wholly owned subsidiary, MAI Cloud Solutions Inc. ("MAI Cloud"), had entered into a purchase agreement dated July 12, 2023 (the "Supply Agreement") with an arm's length third-party customer headquartered in Silicon Valley (the "Customer"), pursuant to which, among other things, MAI Cloud agreed to provide the Customer with access to approximately 350,000 hours per year of artificial intelligence ("AI") compute services (the "Services") using H100 graphics processing units (the "Equipment") for a period of up to seven years subject to the terms and conditions of the Supply Agreement.

The Equipment has now been delivered to the hosting facility and is currently being installed, tested, and verified. We expect that the Equipment will be operational on or before November 3^rd, 2023 and further expect, pursuant to the Supply Agreement, to begin providing the Services to the Customer on or before November 6^th, 2023. Within 14 days of the Equipment being made available for use by the Customer, MAI Cloud will receive a deposit of 10% of the first year's services (approximately $84,000). Additionally, upon commencement of the Services, MAI Cloud will invoice the Customer approximately $70,000 per month at an initial expected gross margin of approximately 58% for any delivered Services. If the terms of the Supply Agreement are completed in full for the seven-year term of the Supply Agreement, it is anticipated that MAI Cloud will receive an aggregate of approximately $6 million in gross revenue with a gross margin of approximately $3.5 million.

The Company previously announced in its August 15, 2023 press release that its subsidiary, 1431885 B.C. Ltd. ("Company Subco"), entered into a Purchase Agreement dated August 14, 2023 with Metachain Technologies Inc. ("Metachain") to acquire certain intellectual property assets (the "IP Assets") from Metachain, which included all intellectual property rights, source code, interface and other elements of a software package required to operate an AI asset which will function as a virtual assistant mobile application (the "AI Virtual Assistant App") expected to be marketed under the name "SpeakGPT".

The Company has now received all of the IP Assets from Metachain and is working on the continued development of the AI Virtual Assistant App with the goal of launching in Q1 of 2024. Ryan Selby, CEO of the Company, comments, "we see tremendous potential for SpeakGPT and are working diligently to deliver a functional and useful product to the market."

The Company previously announced in its May 23, 2023 press release that it had incorporated a new subsidiary called GenAI Tobacco Inc. ("GenAI Tobacco") of which GenAI holds 80% of the equity interest. GenAI Tobacco was incorporated with the intention of building a large language model ("LLM") dedicated to harnessing the power of AI for the tobacco industry. The company intends to launch the LLM tobacco product under the brand name "Tobacco Titan". Using various proprietary and public datasets, in addition to other information, Tobacco Titan is being built with the goal of providing a multitude of AI-powered information and capabilities to companies and individuals in relation to the tobacco industry.

Ryan Selby comments, "we have created a functional beta version of the Tobacco Titan LLM. The beta version is a customizable web-based application designed to serve as a one-stop hub for all pertinent tobacco industry research. Our web-based application harnesses the power of advanced AI to transform how individuals and organizations interact with research and market intelligence within the global tobacco industry. Designed to be a powerful, user-centric tool, our application caters to entities seeking to enhance their decision-making, analyze the market, improve existing offerings, or inspire groundbreaking innovations. On September 24^th, 2023, we presented a scientific poster (Poster #86) at the 76^th annual Tobacco Science Research Conference ("TSRC"). The poster received significant interest from the large gathering of tobacco scientists and regulatory professionals who attended the TSRC. We are now continuing to develop and refine the beta product and we anticipate launching a paid version of the product in Q1 of 2024."

The Company previously announced in its May 10, 2023 press release that it had closed the acquisition of all of the outstanding securities of Global AI Billing Corp. ("Global AI Billing"). Global AI Billing's primary assets included the ownership of 10% in Remitz, Inc, ("Remitz").

Remitz is an AI based system that analyzes data from multiple sources to examine uncollectable medical billing with insurance companies in the United States and resubmit certain claims for collection based on various factors such as initial human error that resulted in an initial denial of the claim. In addition to signing several customer agreements, Remitz has been successful in partnering with various small, medium, and large medical channel partners that are assisting in identifying additional potential customers for the Remitz service. The Remitz system uses algorithmic and AI deep learning models based on GPT and natural language processing technologies, and they ensure quality control through manual reviews and audit checks. Remitz has recently filed 37 provisional patents related to its AI medical billing software. Their actively growing portfolio of 37 provisional patent applications is a testament to their commitment to innovation, from pinpointing and amending medical claim inaccuracies to employing innovative analytical models for pre-emptive discrepancy management. Coupled with an emphasis on secure data transmission and the seamless integration of pivotal medical coding standards, their strategies are further amplified by integrating innovative technologies such as quantum computing. Remitz's array of 37 patent applications are geared towards detecting and rectifying medical claim errors, proactively predicting and managing billing discrepancies using sophisticated analytical models, enhancing data transmission security, harmonizing essential medical coding standards like ICD, CPT, and SNOMED, and incorporating state-of-the-art technologies, ranging from quantum computing to genetic algorithms. Collectively, these patents signify Remitz's ambition to spearhead a transformative era in medical billing marked by intelligence, security, and optimal efficiency.

Ryan Selby, the Company's CEO, comments, "I am pleased by the operational excellence Remitz is demonstrating, and I believe in their potential for generating robust returns for the Company based on our 10% ownership interest in Remitz."

The Company previously announced in its May 5, 2023 press release that it had incorporated a new company called Global AI Newswire Inc. ("Global AI Newswire") of which the Company owns 70% of the outstanding common shares. Global AI Newswire was created with the intention of developing a newswire service for investors that uses AI to perform various functions related to press releases issued by companies listed on a public stock exchange (the "Newswire Product"). The Newswire Product is being developed to send real time press releases to users based on a condensed summarized format using artificial intelligence to predict key words that are most relevant in the news release, allowing users to more efficiently analyze press releases disseminated by the public companies they follow.

Ryan Selby comments, "the product is now capable of summarizing in real time every press release from every public company in North America, and we continue to refine the model to ensure that the summarized information is accurate, concise, and useful. We are also developing a widget which will allow the Newswire Product to be embedded on multiple news websites, greatly increasing both the functionality and potential user-base of the product. We anticipate launching a beta version of the widget product on a number of websites within the next 30 days."

Mr. Selby further comments, "we continue to develop our initial Classmate application with the goal of a Q1 2024 launch, including a full-featured application geared towards helping students with their studies."