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Amplo Global announced that its AI-powered platform is now available on the MicrosoftAppSource and Microsoft Azure Marketplace - their online stores providing applications and services for use on Azure. Brian Bell, Director at Microsoft's Commercial Marketplace, said, "On Microsoft Azure Marketplace and AppSource, customers around the world can easily find, buy, and deploy partner solutions they can trust, all certified and optimized to run on Azure. We're happy to welcome Amplo Global and their AmploFly4.0 solution to the growing Azure Marketplace ecosystem."
The survey found that there is a higher focus on migrating applications to the cloud than on efforts such as rolling out continuous integration and deployment and containers and container orchestration. Silos: Nearly half of companies report that their infrastructure can't keep up with app development needs, in part because of silos between applications and infrastructure teams.
G-71 launched a cloud-based IT solution with proprietary technology at its core that protects valuable data from leakage through screenshots, pictures of the screen, printed-out documents, and documents shared via email. According to the Insider Threat Report, over the past few years, the number of screenshots, pictures of the screen, and printouts containing sensitive information leaked online has increased by 10%. Not only can these data breaches be carried out by hackers and cybercriminals, but they can also happen when documents containing personal data or confidential information are received by people whom users trust the most.
Allscripts and Microsoft announced the extension of their long-standing strategic alliance to enable the expanded development and delivery of cloud-based health IT solutions. The five-year extension will support Allscripts' cloud-based Sunrise electronic health record, making Microsoft the cloud provider for the solution and opening up co-innovation opportunities to help transform healthcare with smarter, more scalable technology.
As part of the partnership, the companies will migrate SAS' analytical products and industry solutions onto Microsoft Azure as the preferred cloud provider for the SAS Cloud. "Through this partnership, Microsoft and SAS will help our customers accelerate growth and find new ways to drive innovation with a broad set of SAS Analytics offerings on Microsoft Azure," said Scott Guthrie, Microsoft Executive Vice President of Cloud and AI. "SAS, with its recognized expertise in analytics, data science and machine learning, is a strategic partner for Microsoft, and together we will help customers across dozens of industries and horizontals address their most critical and complex analytical challenges."
A report released Wednesday by security provider IBM X-Force describes the types of threats that impact cloud security and how companies can better protect their cloud-based assets. Based on a survey of senior business and IT professionals, IBM's "2020 Cloud Security Landscape Report" found that while the cloud can empower certain business and technology capabilities, the type of ad-hoc management of cloud resources is causing increased complexity for IT and security staffs.
YouAttest, an innovator in the Identity Governance & Administration market, announced the general availability of YouAttest's Identity Compliance Solution, the first cloud-based tool which automates reporting and auditing services for Okta's Identity Cloud. YouAttest has joined the Okta Integration Network and its ICS products have completed certification with the Okta SSO and security methodology.
SecureTrust, a division of Trustwave, announced SecureTrust PCI Manager, a cloud-based platform delivering Payment Card Industry compliance validation and enhanced risk mitigation for acquiring banks and merchant service providers. "SecureTrust PCI Manager helps our merchants achieve PCI compliance through a process that drives accuracy and is less time consuming, giving our merchants more time to focus on growing their business and enhancing the customer experience," stated Robyn Mitchell, chief compliance officer at North American Bancard.
Cloud adoption has grown at an astonishing rate, providing organizations with the freedom to store data in numerous cloud applications that meet their specific business demands. While utilizing these cloud apps provides flexibility and cost savings, it also can allow sensitive data to be exposed.
Google this week announced the availability of a cloud-based solution meant to help work-from-home employees securely access enterprise resources. The newly launched BeyondCorp Remote Access is based on a zero-trust model and provides employees with the ability to remotely access internal web apps from almost any device, from anywhere, even without the use of a VPN. "Over time, we plan to offer the same capability, control, and additional protections for virtually any application or resource a user needs to access," Google says.