Five Minute Briefing - Information Management
July 17, 2025
Five Minute Briefing - Information Management: July 17, 2025. A concise weekly report with key product news, market research and insight for data management professionals and IT executives.
News Flashes
Assured Data Protection (Assured), a prominent IT managed services provider (MSP) for cloud data protection solutions, is partnering with AVANT, the premier Technology Services Distributor (TSD), enabling AVANT to offer Assured's managed data backup and disaster recovery (DR) along with its cyber resiliency services.
SiMa.ai, a leading provider of Machine Learning System on a Chip (MLSoC) silicon and the Palette software platform, announced a collaboration with Cisco to bring artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to Industry 4.0 environments. By integrating SiMa.ai's energy-efficient Modalix AI platform with Cisco's new, robust and ruggedized IE3500 portfolio of switches, customers can now deploy powerful, production-grade edge AI solutions across manufacturing, logistics, and industrial automation use cases, according to the vendors.
Synopsys announced the official completion of its acquisition of Ansys, combining leaders in silicon design, IP and simulation, and analysis to enable customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products.