Five Minute Briefing - Information Management
January 3, 2024
Five Minute Briefing - Information Management: January 3, 2024. A concise weekly report with key product news, market research and insight for data management professionals and IT executives.
News Flashes
Armada, an edge computing pioneer redefining the future of connectivity, compute, and AI, has recently exited from stealth backed by over $55 million in funding. This funding will aid Armada in achieving its company mission: bridging the global digital divide while empowering enterprises to use all of their data, wherever it's generated, with the most advanced AI technology available today.
Astronomer, the leader in modern data orchestration, is debuting the latest iteration of the Astro platform which enhances the data pipeline journey through improvements to security, connectivity, and holistic data usage. This release consists of four key capabilities: the Connection Management system, Deployment Rollbacks, Upgrade Utilities, and Scale-to-Zero Development Deployments.
Intel Corp. and DigitalBridge Group, Inc., a global investment firm, are creating an independent company offering enterprise customers a full-stack, vertically-optimized and secure generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software platform. The company, Articul8 AI, Inc. (Articul8), delivers AI capabilities that keep customer data, training, and inference within the enterprise security perimeter. The platform also provides customers the choice of cloud, on-prem, or hybrid deployment, according to Intel and DigitalBridge.
Splunk, the cybersecurity and observability provider, is announcing that its seamless and customizable security analyst experience—introduced in the Splunk Enterprise Security 7.2 release—will now be turned on by default in Splunk Enterprise Security 7.3. Splunk is also announcing an expansion of Drill-Down Dashboards, Index Time Correlation Searches, and enhanced Risk-Based Alerting, culminating in a customer feedback-centered update.