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Snowflake has now released a feature allowing administrators to enforce MFA so users must enroll in it on login. Finally!

Organisations with critical data or operations should take government warnings seriously and strengthen their defences accordingly, a cybersecurity expert has warned.

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The cloud is becoming the most popular place to store data today, yet many are unsure how to make the leap to the cloud. Here's how to make the leap.

Hitachi Vantara, the data infrastructure and cloud management subsidary of Japanese mega-company Hitachi, Ltd. has launched its new data strategy and product line around AI, including a collaboration with NVIDIA.

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Snowflake the data cloud is now Snowflake the AI data cloud; the cloud data company has announced new innovations and enhancements to Cortex AI to embed AI in more places, making life easier for developers, business analysts, and all users.

Storage, network, and security hardware provider Synology has announced a new purpose-built range of data protection appliances labelled ActiveProtect. These combine centralised management with a highly scalable architecture to comprehensively backup endpoints, servers, hypervisors, storage systems, databases, and Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace services.

Not all data is perfect; if it is missing points for difficult or expensive use cases, synthetic data can fill the void. SAS has announced its SAS Data Maker product, to create such data, is now available on the Snowflake marketplace as a native app.

Snowflake has announced a new collaboration with NVIDIA, helping customers and partners rapidly build bespoke AI solutions leveraging NVIDIA AI.

Snowflake has announced it is creating Polaris Catalog, an open standard implementation of Apache Iceberg, and that it will open source it in the next 90 days. This gives enterprises and the Iceberg community new levels of choice, flexibility, and control over their data.

Entertainment giant Live Nation revealed last week it was the victim of a cyber attack that compromised user data. An analyst report - since removed - alleged the breach occurred through the data cloud platform Snowflake, an allegation Snowflake stringently denies.

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COMPANY NEWS: Company’s first APAC regional data centre to enhance customer compliance with local data sovereignty requirements while providing industry-leading performance and security

OPINION  What's the winningist? In most data processing as with most engineering, we have a pretty reasonable idea about what most people want most of the time. Planes that don't ignore the pilots and the doors stay on, cars that don't turn off the brakes, banks that pay the bills when we ask them too etc. etc. With generative AI, not so simple especially in the world, the real world, of rotting data and hacked code and not enough money to polish it up.

COMPANY NEWS:  Call Design, a leading provider of workforce optimisation solutions, has announced a new strategic partnership with ProHance, an enterprise-grade operations enablement and analytics platform that provides insights for smarter decisions in complex, distributed and hybrid workforces.

The Missing Link, a leading provider of IT and cloud, cyber security and automation solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Cribl, the Data Engine for IT and Security. The partnership is set to transform operational efficiency and enhance data management for clients. It places a strong emphasis on data observability, ensuring the health and peak performance of client data systems.

COMPANY NEWS:  Leading technology service provider Tecala Group has announced a strategic partnership with Nintex, a global leader in process management and automation solutions. This collaborative effort has been solidified by Tecala's recent acquisition of rapidMATION, an esteemed intelligent automation group and a distinguished partner of Nintex.

GUEST RESEARCH:  Report highlights how technological advancements breed stronger cloud threats as 91% express concern over emerging risks and zero-day attacks