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  • Docker Advances Collaborative Application Development Platform

    Introduces Docker Development Environments, updates Docker Compose and bolsters security with Scoped Personal Access Tokens

    Palo Alto, CA, May 27, 2021 – Docker, Inc.™, today announced updates and enhancements to the Docker Collaborative Application Development Platform that help development teams increase velocity through new capabilities and improved workflows. Announced at DockerCon Live 2021, Docker is introducing three key enhancements including the introduction of Docker Development Environments, a new version of Docker Compose, and Scoped Personal Access Tokens for application pipeline automation. In a separate press release, Docker also announced an expansion of the company’s trusted-content offerings for the more than eight million registered Docker developers.

    “Today’s developers face a variety of languages, frameworks and architectures, as well as discontinuous interfaces between tools for each pipeline stage, resulting in application development that is enormously complex to get from source code to cloud runtime,” said Docker Vice President of Products Donnie Berkholz. “Today’s announcements empower developers to ship faster by bringing their ideas to reality with Docker.”

    Docker is a leading provider of collaborative application development platforms for development teams. Docker provides simplicity, velocity and choice for millions of developers who want to build, share and run great apps from code to cloud. Details on today’s announcement include:

    Docker Development Environments

    Docker Development Environments form the foundation of Docker’s new collaborative team development experience. It empowers teams to work better together to create value for customers by spending less time setting up and debugging environments, bringing the ease of use and reproducibility of containers to an interactive development environment. Developers can now easily share more than just their code, taking the dependencies and wider application context and sharing this with a teammate as simply as doing a docker push.Docker Development Environments will be available next month.

    Docker Compose v2

    Docker continues investing in Docker Compose, a developer favorite tool for running multiple container applications. A recent JetBrains survey, ‘The State of Developer Ecosystem 2020’, shows that 76% of developers use Docker Compose for running containerized applications during development. Version 2 incorporates the docker compose command into the Docker CLI. Recent releases of Compose now offer improved support for deep learning as well as multi-environment configurations. GPU support for Windows and Linux makes it easier for developers and data scientists to run GPU-heavy workloads such as deep learning. Service profiles make it easy to manage and switch between configurations, such as development, testing and production. Docker Compose v2 is currently available in Docker Desktop and will be included in the Docker Linux packages later in the year.

    Scoped Personal Access Tokens

    With access to software supply chains becoming a higher security concern, Docker is updating Personal Access Tokens (PATs) to support fine-grained permissioning. The new Docker token permissions, which are scheduled to release later this summer, include options to define access that is read only, read and write, or read public repos only. This security feature provides developers and their managers with tighter control over which teams, and which automated application delivery pipelines have access to their container images and applications, further expanding the Docker platform position in providing developers with tools for building secure supply chains. In addition to securing access to applications, the tokens also simplify cross-team collaboration, letting development teams decide which teams and systems they want to enable with unrestricted access to their content

    Additional overviews and demonstrations of these announcements will be covered today during the keynote presentations at DockerCon Live 2021 on Thursday, May 27 at 9 am Pacific time.

    DockerCon Live is a free, one-day virtual event that is a unique experience for developers and development teams who are building the next generation of modern applications. If you want to learn about how to go from code to cloud fast and how to solve your development challenges, DockerCon Live 2021 offers engaging live content to help you build, share and run your applications. Register today at https://dockr.ly/2PSJ7vn.

    Resources:

    About Docker

    Docker helps millions of developers efficiently and collaboratively build, share and run applications. The Docker collaborative application development platform provides developers with an unmatched experience for an integrated, reliable and secure workflow that accelerates app delivery from code to the cloud. Through a combination of the world’s largest marketplace of components and integrations with leading tools, Docker allows teams to rapidly create innovative applications. For more information, visit www.docker.com.

  • Docker Advances Collaborative Application Development Platform

    Introduces Docker Development Environments, updates Docker Compose and bolsters security with Scoped Personal Access Tokens

    Palo Alto, CA, May 27, 2021 – Docker, Inc.™, today announced updates and enhancements to the Docker Collaborative Application Development Platform that help development teams increase velocity through new capabilities and improved workflows. Announced at DockerCon Live 2021, Docker is introducing three key enhancements including the introduction of Docker Development Environments, a new version of Docker Compose, and Scoped Personal Access Tokens for application pipeline automation. In a separate press release, Docker also announced an expansion of the company’s trusted-content offerings for the more than eight million registered Docker developers.

    “Today’s developers face a variety of languages, frameworks and architectures, as well as discontinuous interfaces between tools for each pipeline stage, resulting in application development that is enormously complex to get from source code to cloud runtime,” said Docker Vice President of Products Donnie Berkholz. “Today’s announcements empower developers to ship faster by bringing their ideas to reality with Docker.”

    Docker is a leading provider of collaborative application development platforms for development teams. Docker provides simplicity, velocity and choice for millions of developers who want to build, share and run great apps from code to cloud. Details on today’s announcement include:

    Docker Development Environments

    Docker Development Environments form the foundation of Docker’s new collaborative team development experience. It empowers teams to work better together to create value for customers by spending less time setting up and debugging environments, bringing the ease of use and reproducibility of containers to an interactive development environment. Developers can now easily share more than just their code, taking the dependencies and wider application context and sharing this with a teammate as simply as doing a docker push.Docker Development Environments will be available next month.

    Docker Compose v2

    Docker continues investing in Docker Compose, a developer favorite tool for running multiple container applications. A recent JetBrains survey, ‘The State of Developer Ecosystem 2020’, shows that 76% of developers use Docker Compose for running containerized applications during development. Version 2 incorporates the docker compose command into the Docker CLI. Recent releases of Compose now offer improved support for deep learning as well as multi-environment configurations. GPU support for Windows and Linux makes it easier for developers and data scientists to run GPU-heavy workloads such as deep learning. Service profiles make it easy to manage and switch between configurations, such as development, testing and production. Docker Compose v2 is currently available in Docker Desktop and will be included in the Docker Linux packages later in the year.

    Scoped Personal Access Tokens

    With access to software supply chains becoming a higher security concern, Docker is updating Personal Access Tokens (PATs) to support fine-grained permissioning. The new Docker token permissions, which are scheduled to release later this summer, include options to define access that is read only, read and write, or read public repos only. This security feature provides developers and their managers with tighter control over which teams, and which automated application delivery pipelines have access to their container images and applications, further expanding the Docker platform position in providing developers with tools for building secure supply chains. In addition to securing access to applications, the tokens also simplify cross-team collaboration, letting development teams decide which teams and systems they want to enable with unrestricted access to their content

    Additional overviews and demonstrations of these announcements will be covered today during the keynote presentations at DockerCon Live 2021 on Thursday, May 27 at 9 am Pacific time.

    DockerCon Live is a free, one-day virtual event that is a unique experience for developers and development teams who are building the next generation of modern applications. If you want to learn about how to go from code to cloud fast and how to solve your development challenges, DockerCon Live 2021 offers engaging live content to help you build, share and run your applications. Register today at https://dockr.ly/2PSJ7vn.

    Resources:

    About Docker

    Docker helps millions of developers efficiently and collaboratively build, share and run applications. The Docker collaborative application development platform provides developers with an unmatched experience for an integrated, reliable and secure workflow that accelerates app delivery from code to the cloud. Through a combination of the world’s largest marketplace of components and integrations with leading tools, Docker allows teams to rapidly create innovative applications. For more information, visit www.docker.com.

  • Live From JFrog SwampUP 2021 – End-to-End DevOps for Containerized Applications with JFrog and Docker

    Live From JFrog SwampUP 2021 – End-to-End DevOps for Containerized Applications with JFrog and Docker

    We’re reporting live from swampUP. If you want to join this great session and many others you can still grab your free pass here.

  • Live From JFrog SwampUP 2021 – DevOps Beyond Digital Transformation Panel

    Live From JFrog SwampUP 2021 – DevOps Beyond Digital Transformation Panel

    We’re reporting live from swampUP. If you want to join this great session and many others you can still grab your free pass here.

  • BigID Partners with Databricks to Automate Data Discovery and Intelligence for Analytics and AI

    BigID discovers, classifies, and catalogs data within Databricks Lakehouse Platform.

    New York, NY and Tel Aviv, Israel, May 26, 2021 — BigID, the leading data intelligence and management platform for privacy, protection, and perspective, today announced their partnership with Databricks, the data and AI company, to drive business value by bringing transformative data discovery and context for analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). Together, BigID and Databricks enable organizations to unleash the value of their enterprise data in the cloud. BigID enables customers to find and identify their sensitive and critical data in Delta Lake on Databricks and take action on it for security, privacy, and governance.

    Customers deploy BigID to proactively discover, manage, protect, and get more value from their regulated, sensitive, and personal data across all their data, at speed, and at scale.  As a result of the partnership, enterprises get more value from their data in Databricks Delta Lake: customers can add context to enable fast and accurate analytics, achieve compliance, and proactively protect data with BigID.

    Databricks Lakehouse Platform helps organizations accelerate innovation by unifying data teams with an open, scalable platform for all of their data-driven use cases. From streaming analytics and AI to business intelligence (BI), Databricks provides a modern lakehouse architecture that unifies data engineering, data science, machine learning and analytics within a single collaborative platform.

    “We want customers to have the peace of mind that their sensitive data is always protected and in compliance,” said Pankaj Dugar, VP of Product Partnerships at Databricks. “BigID helps customers easily discover and add context to data in Databricks Lakehouse Platform to streamline data-driven initiatives for sensitive data across all data types.”

    “Organizations need to be able to manage and protect the explosion of data in the cloud, contend with the evolving regulatory landscape, and proactively protect their most valuable data,” said Julia Fare, SVP of Alliances & Channels at BigID “We’re delighted to partner with Databricks to bring customers visibility and control to their data on Databricks Lakehouse platform and beyond – and enable privacy, security, and governance on all of their data, everywhere.”

    Learn More:

    About BigID

    BigID’s data intelligence platform enables organizations to know their enterprise data and take action for privacy, protection, and perspective. Customers deploy BigID to proactively discover, manage, protect, and get more value from their regulated, sensitive, and personal data across their data landscape. BigID has been recognized for its data intelligence innovation as a 2019 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, named to the 2020 Forbes Cloud 100, a Business Insider 2020 AI Startup to Watch, and an RSA Innovation Sandbox winner. Find out more at http://bigid.com.

  • Zammo.ai Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace

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

    San Francisco, CA, May 26, 2021 — Zammo.ai, the company revolutionizing the conversational AI landscape and accelerating the transition to the voice economy, today announced the availability of its SaaS AI solution in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. Zammo customers can now take advantage of the productive and trusted Azure cloud platform, with streamlined deployment and management.

    Zammo’s AI Voice platform empowers organizations to design and deploy conversational AI across all channels without coding, including chatbots, interactive voice response (IVR)/telephony, voice assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, SMS/text, emails, chatbots from web and mobile, Facebook Messenger, and more. The platform helps organizations create exceptional customer experiences by accelerating the transition to the conversational AI economy. Zammo also delivers unified data analytics across all channels so that companies can leverage insights from user engagement for business-led learning and continuous improvement.

    “We’re proud to have the Zammo platform on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, as it represents a key step in our growth goals,” said Alex Farr, CEO of Zammo.ai. “Any business looking to quickly transform user interactions through conversational AI will now have access to Zammo’s no-code technology that works across all engagement channels.”

    “Through Microsoft Azure Marketplace, customers around the world can easily find, buy, and deploy partner solutions they can trust, all certified and optimized to run on Azure,” said Jake Zborowski, general manager, Microsoft Azure Platform at Microsoft Corp. “We’re happy to welcome Zammo’s solution to the growing Azure Marketplace ecosystem.”

    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.

    Learn more about Zammo’s SaaS solution at its page in the Azure Marketplace.

    About Zammo.ai

    Zammo.ai is an innovator in Conversational AI. We are quickly emerging as a leader spearheading a variety of organizations towards digital transformation through voice, chatbots, and Telephony/IVR (interactive voice recognition). We are revolutionizing the way businesses communicate and transact with their customers. As technology shifts and voice becomes part of our daily lives, organizations will need to interact with customers through the communications channels they have chosen. We believe ALL businesses should have that opportunity and not just the business giants. By utilizing Zammo’s user-friendly, affordable, and cross-platform solution, businesses of all sizes can have a branded presence on voice and chat platforms. Voice AI opens up a whole new world of capabilities for people with disabilities. We are passionate about building a platform that will make information available to everyone and transactions with businesses possible for all.

  • Ubuntu supports Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Ampere A1 Compute

    London, UK, May 25, 2021 — Together with Oracle, Canonical announces an optimised Ubuntu image for the launch of  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Ampere A1 Compute. Oracle Cloud customers will benefit from running Ubuntu, the most popular cloud operating system, on a secure, scalable, and highly cost-effective infrastructure.

    “Ubuntu on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Ampere A1 Compute provides a high performing and cost-effective solution for all types of workloads. Ubuntu gives developers a highly optimized cloud operating system and kernel with excellent boot speed, strong security, and stellar stability,” said Matt Leonard, vice president, product management, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

    “Ampere and Canonical are partnering to bring cloud native solutions to the market. Together, we have optimized everything from the Ubuntu OS to OpenStack to K8s to Anbox Cloud for Ampere® Altra®. We are excited to see all of these technologies available to the market on the OCI Ampere A1 platform, which is available on the OCI Free Tier today,”  said Jeff Wittich, Chief Product Officer at Ampere Computing.

    The same secure Ubuntu, now with Oracle Cloud optimized kernel and configurations. Combining the benefits of Ubuntu with the performance of Oracle’s new offering, enterprises can run traditional workloads in a cost optimised fashion. The ARM-based platform is also particularly suited for new use cases, such as Anbox Cloud, which allows organisations to run Android in the cloud at scale and securely. For this reason, Umony a supplier of compliance communication solutions for regulated markets will be integrating Anbox Cloud with the new Ampere A1 Compute instances.

    “We needed a solution to run Android in the Cloud at scale – Anbox Cloud by Canonical let us do this. It gives us a solid foundation to build our compliance-focused products, and with the new OCI Ampere A1 Compute instances, we can significantly decrease our per Android instance cost as it can provide the needed density of running a huge number of Android devices per instance,” said Dean Elwood, CEO at Umony

    Anbox Cloud, Canonical’s solution to run Android at high scale on any cloud, benefits from the performance and density that OCI Ampere A1 Compute can provide. Running hundreds of Android containers for automation use cases becomes simple while providing great economics.

    Ubuntu on OCI Ampere A1 is available as a platform image in the OCI console now.

    About Canonical

    Canonical is the publisher of Ubuntu, the open-source operating system for most public cloud workloads and emerging categories of intelligent gateways, self-driving cars, and advanced robots. Canonical provides enterprise security, support, and services to commercial users of Ubuntu. Established in 2004, Canonical is a privately held company.

  • New PerimeterX Report Finds Significant Increase in Automated Fraud in Retail E-Commerce Segment

    Dramatic Shifts in Online and Offline Behavior Lead to “New Normal” of Higher Volume, Frequency and Sophistication of Account Takeover, E-Gift Card, Scraping and Checkout Attacks

    San Mateo, CA, May 25, 2021 — PerimeterX, the leading provider of solutions that protect modern web apps at scale, today released its Automated Fraud Benchmark Report: E-commerce Edition, a comprehensive new annual report on e-commerce cyberattack activity over the past year. The report stems from research on traffic and threat patterns experienced by some of the largest and most respected brands in retail e-commerce.

    The report examines the latest trends in automated attacks and fraud, culled from the observations of the PerimeterX research team. This year’s findings are taken from anonymous data collected during 2020, captured from live online interactions by millions of consumers and hundreds of millions of bots across hundreds of the world’s largest websites, mobile apps and application programming interfaces (APIs).

    “What’s clear is that automated fraud has no season. The ‘new normal’ rate of automated attacks far outpaces previous seasonal peaks, and retailers should plan for elevated volumes throughout the year. Retailers will need to adapt to this new environment of higher automated fraud activity in order to continue to grow their sales and profits, increase efficiency and protect their brands,” said Kim DeCarlis, CMO, PerimeterX.

    PerimeterX researchers observed an elevated baseline of automated fraud and criminal activity across a broad array of attack types and product categories. The year 2020 saw considerable growth across all the major types of automated fraud, including account takeover (ATO), gift card cracking, scraping and checkout attacks. The ongoing daily level of attacks was the same as during the most recent Cyber 5 period — the traditional Black Friday through Cyber Monday shopping timeframe.

    Analyzing billions of user interactions, key findings included:

    • Every major US holiday in 2020 saw increases in gift card fraud
    • 85% of all login attempts were ATO attempts in September 2020
    • Checkout attacks rose 69% in April 2020
    • Scalper bots drove more than 40% of total shopping cart requests during peak limited-edition sneaker sales
    • Peak levels of blocked traffic were over 95% in four months

    A wider array of online merchants faced automated fraud attacks as cybercriminals expanded into new industries and began to attack smaller businesses with greater frequency. The continued emergence of criminal specialization — selling lists, renting botnets, offering attack technology-as-a-service — and marketplace dynamics in advanced attacks has led to greater efficiency and a lower bar for fraudsters to enter the market.

    “Our team observed cybercriminal activity we identified as testing of their Cyber 5 attack plans in September, a month earlier than in previous years. This compressed the time that development and digital teams had to react and respond to shifting trends in automated attacks and application security,” explained DeCarlis.

    In the report, PerimeterX offers steps to help organizations reduce their risk and better defend against fraud, including:

    • Assess your risks and audit your exposure
    • Consider building a system to log attacks
    • Evaluate and consider technologies to proactively block automated fraud attacks
    • Identify product pages that are targeted and protect them from scraping bots
    • Analyze impact of challenges on checkouts and abandonment
    • Adopt modern solutions that leverage machine learning

    For a detailed breakdown of the types and frequency of attacks, and further recommendations, see the full Automated Fraud Benchmark Report and register for the webinar on June 8.

    About PerimeterX

    PerimeterX is the leading provider of solutions that protect modern web apps at scale. Delivered as a service, the company’s Bot Defender and Code Defender solutions detect risks to your web applications and proactively manage them, freeing you to focus on growth and innovation. The world’s largest and most reputable websites and mobile applications count on PerimeterX to safeguard their consumers’ digital experience. PerimeterX is headquartered in San Mateo, California and at www.perimeterx.com.

  • XM Cyber Partners with Value-Added Distributor ITD Group to Address the Russian Market

    Cyberattack Path Management Leader Commits to a 100% Channel-Focused Strategy to Maximize Opportunities Worldwide

    HERZLIYA, Israel, May 25, 2021 — XM Cyber, the multi-award-winning leader in cyberattack path management, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Russia-based value-added distributor (VAD) ITD Group. This agreement will enable ITD Group to offer XM Cyber solutions in the Russian market.

    “XM brings a new approach that uses the attacker perspective to find and remediate critical attack paths toward organizations’ crown jewels across on-premises and multi-cloud networks,” explained Erez Jacobson, Channels Sales Director, EMEA & APAC, XM Cyber. “We are a fast-growing business and need to scale through our partners ecosystem. The agreement with ITD Group is an exciting development to consolidate our footprint in the Russian market.”

    Based in Moscow, ITD Group is a group of companies representing the interests of developers of innovative solutions in the field of information security. For more than a decade, the company has been promoting solutions based on unique IT technologies in the Russian and CIS markets, designed to provide comprehensive information protection of data and computer networks.

    “XM Cyber’s ability to automate and systemize attack simulations provides a unique and cost-effective approach to identify and remediate security risks before they are exploited,” said Igor Chudin, BDM ITD Group. “XM Cyber will now be able to make its advanced functionality available to a broader range of clients in the Russian market.”

    Pathfinder Partner Program

    XM Cyber’s Pathfinder Partner Program focuses on supporting channel partners with access to technology, marketing support and opportunity acceleration. The program aims to drive partner profitability and success starting with training and business planning, supported by a dedicated professional team and an online partner portal.

    XM Cyber’s account team works with partners to develop long-term goals focusing on customer success, sales team effectiveness and revenue development. Their expertise in the security industry and channel success has already driven a global expansion of XM Cyber through the channel.

    Customers can purchase products through XM Cyber authorized distributors in their region or country. Distributors have the ability to recruit and expand the XM Cyber business within their provided territory.

    To become an authorized partner, visit www.xmcyber.com/partners.

    About XM Cyber

    XM Cyber is the global leader in cyberattack path management. The XM Cyber platform enables companies to rapidly respond to cyber risks affecting their business-sensitive systems by continuously finding new exposures, including exploitable vulnerabilities and credentials, misconfigurations, and user activities. XM Cyber constantly simulates and prioritizes the attack paths putting mission-critical systems at risk, providing context-sensitive remediation options. XM Cyber helps to eliminate 99% of the risk by allowing IT and Security Operations to focus on the 1% of the exposures before they get exploited to breach the organization’s “crown jewels” – its critical assets. XM Cyber was founded by top executives from the Israeli cyber intelligence community and has offices in North America, Europe, and Israel.

    About ITD Group

    International IT-Distribution Group (ITD Group) is a group of companies representing the interests of the developers of innovative solutions in the field of information security. The company for over a decade now has been actively promoting solutions on the Russian and CIS markets that are based on unique information technologies designed to ensure comprehensive protection of data and computer networks.

    ITD Group ensures the utmost security and high-performance efficiency of large network infrastructures by implementing proven solutions to protect corporate data. ITD Group traces and keeps pace with data security innovations and constantly expands its product portfolio with unique technology products. ITD Group’s employees endeavor to enhance their professional skills and competencies on a regular basis which enables ITD Group team tackle projects of any complexity. ITD Group’s line of products includes innovative step ahead IT security solutions of leading vendors who have demonstrated excellent performance in the data security market.

    For more information: www.xmcyber.com https://iitdgroup.ru/index.php/en

  • Faction Expands Executive Team with the Addition of CRO and CPO

    Anthony Faustini and Rama Kolappan to support Faction in extending leadership position in Multi-Cloud Data Services

    Denver, CO, May 25, 2021 – Faction, the leading multi-cloud data services provider, today announced two key appointments to its executive team. Anthony Faustini joins as Chief Revenue Officer, and Rama Kolappan joins as Chief Product Officer. Faustini and Kolappan are joining Faction during a time of significant growth and will be key contributors driving the rapid commercial adoption of Faction’s innovative portfolio of Cloud Data Services, domestically and internationally.

    Faustini and Kolappan each add unique and significant experience to Faction’s executive team:

    Anthony Faustini, CRO – Faustini joins Faction following executive sales and go-to-market leadership positions at Commvault, Cisco, and Big Switch Networks, where he drove transformational growth through strategy and sales execution for products in the compute, networking, storage, and security sectors. In his most recent role as Vice President, Global Sales, at Commvault, Faustini oversaw a global sales team that focused on building relationships with the top 30 enterprise organizations worldwide. Faustini brings deep expertise in emerging and traditional platforms, including cloud/SaaS, data center, software-defined networking, storage, analytics, data management, and security solutions.

    Rama Kolappan, CPO – Kolappan comes to Faction from Cisco Systems, where he was General Manager and Global Vice President leading the transformation of Cisco’s Customer Experience portfolio. Before his time with Cisco, Kolappan was responsible for the data management and data protection portfolio at Dell EMC. Kolappan also previously led cloud transformation and launched a SaaS business at Veritas and Commvault, respectively. Kolappan brings extensive expertise in cloud platforms, data management, security, AI/ML, and enterprise mobility. Kolappan was named as one of the Premier 100 Technology Leaders by Computerworld magazine.

    “Anthony and Rama are prominent additions to Faction’s team during this exciting time of growth,” said Sean Charnock, CEO of Faction. “The expertise they bring in these newly created executive roles will support Faction’s continued leadership in delivering multi-cloud data services to our rapidly growing customer base. Faction’s platform provides a unique solution to empower customers in data-intensive industries to drive exponential value out of their most valuable asset – their data.”

    Faction delivers the only true multi-cloud data services solution in the world that powers organizations of all sizes, including some of the world’s largest storage and technology providers and data-intensive, Fortune 500 enterprises.

    Faction’s solutions empower customers to make the most of their strategic data assets, defy data gravity, and break down data silos while eliminating cloud data lock-in. Underpinned by Faction’s extensive portfolio of patented technologies, Faction’s Cloud Data Services provides customers a single, centralized copy of data to which applications running in multiple hyperscale clouds can read and write simultaneously. Faction cloud data services are directly connected to well-known cloud service providers such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

    The onboarding of Faustini and Kolappan reinforces Faction’s continued investment in the growth and expansion of the Cloud Data Services market. During 2020 Faction experienced significant growth driven by new client wins in data-intensive verticals such as healthcare, oil and gas, legal and financial services, and logistics. Additionally, in 2020 Faction expanded its European presence with a new cloud-connected region in Frankfurt. Continued global expansion is planned for Sydney in July 2021, which will mark Faction’s first cloud-connected region in APAC.

    To learn more about the Faction portfolio of multi-cloud data services, please visit www.factioninc.com.

    About Faction

    Faction is a leading multi-cloud data services provider. Faction pioneered cloud-adjacent data services powered by patented technology that provides data access over low latency, high throughput connections to all the major clouds, including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Faction’s private and multi-cloud platforms allow clients to break down data silos via a centralized data fabric that provides a single copy of data accessible by multiple clouds simultaneously. Faction’s services enable customers of all sizes and verticals to access, scale and protect data between clouds without the fear of cloud lock-in. Faction is also a leading service provider for VMware Cloud on AWS and was the first to offer cloud-adjacent storage solutions that integrate natively with VMware Cloud on AWS. Follow Faction on Twitter (@FactionInc), LinkedIn, and BrightTALK. For more information, please visit www.factioninc.com.