Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things. Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days. Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

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Cloudflare boosts security access service edge offering with digital experience monitoring and fleet status

Content delivery network provider Cloudflare Inc. today launched two significant updates, Digital Experience Monitoring and Fleet Status, to help customers understand end-user connectivity and performance. Digital Experience Monitoring, or DEX, is being offered as part of Cloudflare’s secure access service edge solution, Cloudflare One. DEX provides close monitoring and measurement of the internet experience of employees in ...

MotherDuck launches new cloud analytics platform built on DuckDB

Data infrastructure and analytics startup MotherDuck Corp. today announced the release of its cloud analytics platform designed to make analyzing data of any size easier. Leveraging the power of the open-source DuckDB, MotherDuck’s platform harnesses in-process databases and cloud-based solutions. The approach combines rapid data processing speed with the scalability, robustness and collaborative potential that are key ...

New Opaque Systems release enhances data privacy in artificial intelligence

Secure data analytics startup Opaque Systems Inc. today announced new innovations for its Confidential Computing Platform designed to improve how organizations analyze and interact with confidential data in large language models and artificial intelligence. The platform enhancements leverage privacy-preserving generative AI and zero-trust “data clean rooms,” which enable organizations to analyze their collective confidential data collaboratively without revealing ...

Zendesk acquires Tymeshift for optimized customer service

Customer service and sales software provider Zendesk Inc. today announced that it has acquired artificial intelligence-powered workforce management solution Tymeshift Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2017, Tymeshift offers a made-for-Zendesk workforce management or WFM designed to help organizations track real-time agent activity, productivity and efficiency. The company’s service provides visibility into agent activity and automatic ...

Goldman Sachs leads $58M funding of computerized maintenance management provider Limble

Computerized maintenance management system startup Limble Solutions LLC today announced it had raised $58 million in new funding to expand its product portfolio, further develop its user interface for asset monitoring and maintenance and accelerate its go-to-market strategy. Founded in 2015, Limble offers software designed “by maintenance professionals for maintenance professionals.” The company’s CMMS empowers maintenance professionals to ...

UPS Canada discloses data breach following ‘smishing’ campaign

United Parcel Service Inc. has alerted Canadian customers that a data breach may have resulted in their personal information getting exposed and used in phishing attacks. The data breach news was first shared today on Twitter by threat analyst Brett Callow, who received a physical letter from UPS advising him of the data breach. The letter ...

Orca Security teams with Google Cloud to bolster cloud workload security

Cloud cybersecurity startup Orca Security Ltd. today announced an expansion of its partnership with Google Cloud aimed at bolstering the security of cloud workloads. Under the expanded partnership, Orca Security will integrate its Orca Cloud Security platform with various Google security products, including Google Chronicle, Security Command Center and VirusTotal. The integration aims to offer a comprehensive and ...

Stravito adds AI to enhance the search experience on its enterprise insights platform

Knowledge management startup Stravito AB today announced the launch of new generative AI capabilities designed to enhance the search experience on its enterprise insights platform. The advanced features are designed to provide users with quicker, actionable insights using an interactive, conversation-like search system. Strativo argues that its generative AI offering differs from traditional enterprise search mechanisms by allowing ...

Halcyon and Revelstoke integration enhances security operations team efficiency

Cybersecurity startup Halcyon Tech Inc. today announced a new integration with security orchestration, automation and response company Revelstoke Security Inc. that enables customers to make their security operations teams more efficient. The integration combines Halcyon’s prevention and resilience mechanisms and Revelstoke’s low-code SOAR capabilities to deliver cyber resilience across organizations and minimize the threat of ransomware. Revelstoke’s low-code automation, combined with the capabilities ...

New Noname Security release aims to help organizations ‘leave no API untested’

Enterprise application programming security startup Noname Security today announced the general availability of its Active Testing V2 service designed to help organizations “leave no API untested.” Active Testing is said to be an easy-to-use, advanced and complete application programming interface security testing solution. The new version has been designed to help industry leaders to further “shift left” ...