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Verint Announces Strong Cloud Growth in the First Quarter – Business Wire
MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Verint (Nasdaq: VRNT), The Customer Engagement Company, today announced results for the three months ended April 30, 2021 (FYE 2022). Revenue for the three months ended April 30, 2021 was $201 million on a GAAP basis representing 8% year-over-year growth and $202 million on a non-GAAP basis representing 7% year-over-year growth. For the three months ended April 30, 2021, net loss per common share was ($0.04) on a GAAP basis, and diluted EPS was $0.44 on a non-GAAP basis.
We are pleased with our results coming in ahead of our expectations and our strong performance across all key cloud metrics. We believe our open cloud platform is a true differentiator helping brands connect work, data and experiences across the enterprise to support their digital transformation strategies, said Dan Bodner, Verint CEO.
Bodner added: Recent large multi-year cloud wins driven by our cloud platform include orders (total contract value) for $17 million (healthcare), $10 million (financial services), $4 million (business services), $4 million (logistics) and $3 million (insurance). In May, we held our annual Customer Engage Conference with 5,000 registrations, up nearly 40% year-over-year. During the event we showcased innovation across our open cloud platform including our new solutions for Real-time Work, providing in-the-moment AI based assistance to the workforce.
First Quarter Key Cloud Metrics
FYE 2022 Outlook
Our non-GAAP outlook for the year ending January 31, 2022 is as follows:
Our non-GAAP outlook for the three months ending July 31, 2021 and year ending January 31, 2022 excludes the following GAAP measures which we are able to quantify with reasonable certainty:
Our non-GAAP outlook for the three months ending July 31, 2021 and year ending January 31, 2022 excludes the following GAAP measures for which we are able to provide a range of probable significance:
Our non-GAAP outlook does not include the potential impact of any in-process business acquisitions that may close after the date hereof, and, unless otherwise specified, reflects foreign currency exchange rates approximately consistent with current rates.
We are unable, without unreasonable efforts, to provide a reconciliation for other GAAP measures which are excluded from our non-GAAP outlook, including the impact of future business acquisitions or acquisition expenses, future restructuring expenses, and non-GAAP income tax adjustments due to the level of unpredictability and uncertainty associated with these items. For these same reasons, we are unable to assess the probable significance of these excluded items. While historical results may not be indicative of future results, actual amounts for the three months ended April 30, 2021 and 2020 for the GAAP measures excluded from our non-GAAP outlook appear in Tables 2, 3 and 4 of this press release.
Conference Call Information
We will conduct a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss our results for the three months ended April 30, 2021, outlook, and long-term targets. An online, real-time webcast of the conference call and webcast slides will be available on our website at http://www.verint.com. The webcast slides will be available on our website until at least July 31, 2021. The conference call can also be accessed live via telephone at 1-844-309-0615 (United States and Canada) and 1-661-378-9462 (international) and the passcode is 8399029. Please dial in 5-10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
About Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release and the accompanying tables include non-GAAP financial measures. For a description of these non-GAAP financial measures, including the reasons management uses each measure, and reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures presented for completed periods to the most directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, please see the tables below as well as "Supplemental Information About Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Operating Metrics" at the end of this press release.
About Verint Systems Inc.
Verint (Nasdaq: VRNT) helps the worlds most iconic brands including over 85 of the Fortune 100 companies build enduring customer relationships by connecting work, data, and experiences across the enterprise. The Verint Customer Engagement portfolio draws on the latest advancements in AI and analytics, an open cloud architecture, and The Science of Customer Engagement to help customers close the Engagement Capacity Gap.
Verint. The Customer Engagement Company. Learn more at Verint.com.
Cautions About Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding expectations, predictions, views, opportunities, plans, strategies, beliefs, and statements of similar effect relating to Verint Systems Inc. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and they are based on management's expectations that involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other important factors, any of which could cause our actual results or conditions to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that could cause our actual results or conditions to differ materially from current expectations include, among others: uncertainties regarding the impact of changes in macroeconomic and/or global conditions, including as a result of slowdowns, recessions, economic instability, political unrest, armed conflicts, natural disasters, or outbreaks of disease, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the resulting impact on information technology spending by enterprises and government customers, on our business; risks that our customers delay, cancel, or refrain from placing orders, refrain from renewing subscriptions or service contracts, or are unable to honor contractual commitments or payment obligations due to liquidity issues or other challenges in their budgets and business, due to the COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise; risks that restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic or actions taken in response to the pandemic adversely impact our operations or our ability to fulfill orders, complete implementations, or recognize revenue; risks associated with our ability to keep pace with technological advances and challenges and evolving industry standards; to adapt to changing market potential from area to area within our markets; and to successfully develop, launch, and drive demand for new, innovative, high-quality products that meet or exceed customer challenges and needs, while simultaneously preserving our legacy businesses and migrating away from areas of commoditization; risks due to aggressive competition in all of our markets, including with respect to maintaining revenue, margins, and sufficient levels of investment in our business and operations, and competitors with greater resources than we have; risks relating to our ability to properly manage investments in our business and operations, execute on growth or strategic initiatives, and enhance our existing operations and infrastructure, including the proper prioritization and allocation of limited financial and other resources; risks associated with our ability to identify suitable targets for acquisition or investment or successfully compete for, consummate, and implement mergers and acquisitions, including risks associated with valuations, reputational considerations, capital constraints, costs and expenses, maintaining profitability levels, expansion into new areas, management distraction, post-acquisition integration activities, and potential asset impairments; challenges associated with selling sophisticated solutions, including with respect to longer sales cycles, more complex sales processes, and assisting customers in understanding and realizing the benefits of our solutions, as well as with developing, offering, implementing, and maintaining a broad solution portfolio; challenges associated with our cloud transition, including increased importance of subscription renewal rates, and risk of increased variability in our period to period results based on the mix, terms, and timing of our transactions; risks that we may be unable to maintain, expand, and enable our relationships with partners as part of our growth strategy; risks associated with our reliance on third-party suppliers, partners, or original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for certain components, products, or services, including companies that may compete with us or work with our competitors, as well as cloud hosting providers; risks associated with our ability to retain, recruit, and train qualified personnel in regions in which we operate, including in new markets and growth areas we may enter; risks associated with our significant international operations, exposure to regions subject to political or economic instability, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, and challenges associated with a significant portion of our cash being held overseas; risks associated with a significant part of our business coming from government contracts and associated procurement processes; risks associated with complex and changing domestic and foreign regulatory environments, relating to our own operations, the products and services we offer, and/or the use of our solutions by our customers, including, among others, with respect to data privacy and protection, government contracts, anti-corruption, trade compliance, tax, and labor matters; risks associated with the mishandling or perceived mishandling of sensitive or confidential information and data, including personally identifiable information or other information that may belong to our customers or other third parties, including in connection with our SaaS or other hosted or managed service offerings or when we are asked to perform service or support; risks that our solutions or services, or those of third-party suppliers, partners, or OEMs which we use in or with our offerings or otherwise rely on, including third-party hosting platforms, may contain defects, develop operational problems, or be vulnerable to cyber-attacks; risk of security vulnerabilities or lapses, including cyber-attacks, information technology system breaches, failures, or disruptions; risks that our intellectual property rights may not be adequate to protect our business or assets or that others may make claims on our intellectual property, claim infringement on their intellectual property rights, or claim a violation of their license rights, including relative to free or open source components we may use; risks associated with leverage resulting from our current debt position or our ability to incur additional debt, including with respect to liquidity considerations, covenant limitations and compliance, fluctuations in interest rates, dilution considerations (with respect to our convertible notes), and our ability to maintain our credit ratings; risks that we may experience liquidity or working capital issues and related risks that financing sources may be unavailable to us on reasonable terms or at all; risks arising as a result of contingent or other obligations or liabilities assumed in our acquisition of our former parent company, Comverse Technology, Inc. (CTI), or associated with formerly being consolidated with, and part of a consolidated tax group with, CTI, or as a result of the successor to CTI's business operations, Mavenir, Inc., being unwilling or unable to provide us with certain indemnities to which we are entitled; risks associated with changing accounting principles or standards, tax laws and regulations, tax rates, and the continuing availability of expected tax benefits; risks relating to the adequacy of our existing infrastructure, systems, processes, policies, procedures, internal controls, and personnel, and our ability to successfully implement and maintain enhancements to the foregoing, for our current and future operations and reporting needs, including related risks of financial statement omissions, misstatements, restatements, or filing delays; risks associated with market volatility in the prices of our common stock and convertible notes based on our performance, third-party publications or speculation, or other factors and risks associated with actions of activist stockholders; risks associated with Apax Partners' significant ownership position and potential that its interests will not be aligned with those of our common stockholders; and risks associated with the spin-off of our Cyber Intelligence Solutions business, including the possibility that the spin-off does not achieve the benefits anticipated, does not qualify as a tax-free transaction, or exposes us to unexpected claims or liabilities. We assume no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement, except as otherwise required by law. For a detailed discussion of these risk factors, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2021, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2021, when filed, and other filings we make with the SEC.
VERINT, THE CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT COMPANY, BOUNDLESS CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT, THE ENGAGEMENT CAPACITY GAP and THE SCIENCE OF CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT are trademarks of Verint Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries. Verint and other parties may also have trademark rights in other terms used herein.
Table 1
VERINT SYSTEMS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended April 30,
(in thousands, except per share data)
2021
2020
Revenue:
Recurring
$
144,453
$
129,070
Nonrecurring
56,451
56,795
Total revenue
200,904
185,865
Cost of revenue:
Recurring
38,076
34,928
Nonrecurring
29,880
31,619
Amortization of acquired technology
4,384
4,356
Total cost of revenue
72,340
70,903
Gross profit
128,564
114,962
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Troubleshooting cloud migrating problems, before they cause a storm – TechNative
With the cloud becoming increasingly diverse and complex, unfortunately not every organisation is currently operating within it correctly
Demands for more storage space have already encouraged a migration to cloud-focused technology and services in recent years, with IDC predicting that by 2022, over 90 percent of enterprises worldwide will rely on a mix of on-premises/dedicated private clouds, multiple public clouds, and legacy platforms to meet their needs. With 2021 labelled the year of multi-cloud, a large proportion of enterprises will be looking to adopt a varied cloud approach, combining on-premises, off-premises, public, and private solutions. When doing so, it must be done right.
While weve all become used to storing our data in the cloud, common mistakes remain, with many organisations leaving themselves open to countless business and reputational risks for failing to properly migrate or adopt new services. Businesses can no longer afford to make such mistakes.
So how can those in charge of implementation troubleshoot issues before they become a significant risk?
Mistake 1: Failing to meet business needs by not sizing up
Connectivity is key. If an organisation chooses the wrong connectivity, it will degrade the end users experience. This will ultimately undermine the quality of service that it is trying to offer.
User experience should be a focal point, and nothing undermines a computing experience like sluggish performance, which is particularly true of cloud computing. When moving to the cloud, organisations must have a realistic understanding of the amount, and quality, of bandwidth that they need, as well as the implications of the data flows.
Unfortunately, many organisations fail in this regard, because they dont consider the network implications of data leaving the cloud.
Egress charges are the cost for data leaving the cloud provider, allowing end users to lift and shift their data into different locations for different uses. These can often make up a large chunk of an organisations cloud expenses as the data is constantly on the move.
On average, data egress is charged at 7p per gigabyte. Moving 25 terabytes out of the cloud an on-premise data centre or another cloud provider could cost 180,000 in egress fees through the public internet (even via a virtual private network). However, there are many examples of applications that may create data-egress costs, some of which may come as a surprise. Restoring backups in the cloud to an on-premises location, hosting a website and delivering web content into someones web browser, and consuming remote desktops hosted in the cloud are just a few.
Network connectivity needs to be flexible too. That way organisations can improve agility and respond faster to changing business conditions, something many IT leaders have struggled with over the last twelve months.
The modern cloud adopter is procuring networking like they consume cloud compute resources by working with a provider that can provide high-performance, low-latency private connectivity that can be scaled up or down on demand, will allow a real time response to workload fluctuations and changing business demands, while enhancing security, preventing bill shock, without long term contractual lock in.
Cloud has enables you to respond to the agents of change, your network should too.
Mistake 2: Not preparing for individual applications and adopting a one-size-fits-all strategy
Frequently, organisations view the cloud from a server perspective rather than from an application perspective.
The term cloud remains nebulous, as cloud implementations include ever-changing technology offerings. This can make it difficult to discern how to optimise a cloud solution to meet business needs.
The needs and goals of each organisation and industry differ, making it impossible to adopt a one-size-fits-all cloud strategy, or even the same strategy for each workload within an organisation.
Before making a cloud a cloud-hosting decision, businesses should assess the attributes of their workloads , often this may include understanding their performance, compliancesecurity, application integration and data volume needs. When viewed holistically an assessment can be made as to the effect of workload-placement decisions.
During the decision-making process, IT decision makers need to factor in the following:
Business considerations top business problems the organisation is working to solve, and the main use cases to enable or enhance, including time to market, agility, and legal and regulatory
Technical considerations attributes like performance, security, integration, data volume and workload elasticity
Ecosystem considerations factors like software as a service maturity, cloud service provider offerings or the market accessibility of cloud expertise
Other considerations consider existing applications and their cloud-readiness, application licensing, global data centre operations, and organisational practices, like disaster recovery and business continuity
Some applications are better suited for public cloud, while others are better in private cloud. By focusing on application needs, rather than server needs, the best decisions can be made.
Mistake 3: Bringing in the cloud, but not updating security landscapes
When adopting cloud, organisations often implement new technology without fully understanding it and updating their security posture to match. This makes them susceptible to all sorts of risks.
Here are four common cloud security mistakes and how to solve them:
Granting overly broad permissions
Rein in permissions by adopting a least privilege access approach. That way access is limited to only those who need it to do their job. If someone does require broad permissions, make sure those accounts are locked down with multi-factor authentication.
Storage misconfiguration
To limit the consequences of storage misconfigurations, employ encryption anywhere you can, including the encryption of storage at rest. That way, if encrypted data is stolen, it will be unreadable by hackers.
Inefficient application protection
Firewalls were once considered sufficient perimeter protection. Not anymore. A traditional firewall can be locked down to allow web traffic through only on a specific port. In many cases, thats all a hacker needs to compromise your network. To properly protect business applications, implement effective patch management and web application firewalls (WAFs).
Make sure regular scans are carried out, maintaining visibility and automating the patching process.
Compliance issues
When moving to the cloud its important to identify which countries the data will be processed in, what laws will apply, and what impact they will have. Then, follow a risk-based approach to comply with them. Enable compliance and application-level monitoring and assign an owner. That way cloud compliance, the collection of audit evidence, and misconfigurations can be easily tracked and identified, preventing any non-compliance.
The future of business will be in the cloud
The pandemic has changed the way organisations operate forever.
Recent research from TCS highlights that over half (51 percent) of organisations have increased their spending on cloud services over the last twelve months because of the pandemic, with only 27 percent of those surveyed having already migrated their core enterprise systems to cloud platforms before the pandemic began in January 2020.
Businesses are going to find themselves easily caught out by common mistakes if their cloud strategy doesnt account for all the necessary elements before they make the move. By adopting a cloud readiness approach, and correctly planning for the task ahead, organisations can identify problems before they occur and protect their return on investment by not having to move data back to on-premises solutions.
About the Author
Leon Godwin is Principal Cloud Evangelist for EMEA at Sungard Availability Services. Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS) keeps your business running all day, every day. Sungard AS partners with customers across the globe to understand their business objectives, identify gaps in their current infrastructure technology environment and tailor a plan to deliver the highly available, cloud connected infrastructure services they need to achieve their desired business outcomes.
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Save 50% off a hosted Mac Mini subscription from MacStadium with this exclusive WWDC offer – 9to5Mac
MacStadium has been the best place for developers and Mac enthusiasts to go for Mac infrastructure for nearly a decade. MacStadiums solutions are used by iOS developers, mobile testing teams, and DevOps engineers at thousands of companies worldwide, including Fortune 100 organizations. MacStadium is also heavily used by startups looking to avoid to cost of building and managing their own data centers. If youre ready to get started, use code 9TO5MAC at checkout to save 50% off your first two months. Read on to learn more about what MacStadium offers.
MacStadium is always on the cutting edge of trends with Mac hosting. They already have hundreds of active M1 Mac minis in their data center. If you want to get started, they have three different configurations with instant activation. Of course, MacStadium still has Intel-based options as well.
MacStadium is the only cloud provider to support and scale virtualization on the Mac. They can also create private environments on any of the Mac virtualization platforms. Which includes VMware, Veertus Anka, or their own Kubernetes-based Orka. As your employees settle into remote work, having your infrastructure in the cloud can help your app developers work more securely and efficiently.
MacStadium recently announced a partnership with Teradici, creator of the PCoIP technology. They are partnering up to create high-performance remote access for Mac. Teradicis cloud access software running on Macs hosted at MacStadium will support running either macOS Catalina or macOS Big Sur and provide high levels of security, responsiveness, and fidelity to facilitate intense workflows. All existing PCoIP endpoints, including macOS clients, Windows clients, Linux clients, PCoIP Zero Clients, and PCoIP thin clients, will be able to connect to a macOS host running at MacStadium. Full support will be available later this summer.
If youre interested in learning more about MacStadiums partnership with Teradici, check out this episode of 9to5Macs Apple @ Work podcast that was published this week.
MacStadium has a global footprint with 99.99% uptime and high availability configurations. Youll have 24/7 access to remote hands and Apple Mac networking experts for any issues the come up. MacStadium is the best choice for your Mac infrastructure. Its used by small businesses, larger enterprises, and even tech giants as they love having an easy-to-use, high-performance private cloud.
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No Watering Restrictions in St. Cloud [PODCAST] – WJON News
St. Cloud has no watering restrictions despite the recent lack of rain which has forced some cities in the St. Cloud area into watering restrictions. St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis joined me on WJON today. He says because St. Cloud gets their water from the Mississippi River they have enough water reserves. Kleis says he doesn't anticipate needing to move to any watering restrictions even if this drought continues. He says they have never needed to during his time as Mayor and he doesn't expect that to change. Kleis says the amount of water use has increased dramatically in St. Cloud over the past couple of weeks.
St. Cloud hasn't opened their wading pools this summer and Kleis says they won't this summer. He says Governor Walz changing Covid-19 restrictions in May didn't allow them enough time to make the necessary plans to open the wading pools and to hiring the life guards needed to supervise the swimmers. Kleis says normally they start the process of hiring staff to work at the wading pools in March but were unable to this year. He expects the wading pools to reopen next summer.
Mayor Kleis and St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson will be hosting a police safety summit Tuesday June 15th at the St. Cloud Police Department. Kleis says he supports the St. Cloud Police Department and says morale is high within in the department. He praises Anderson and the leadership within the department along with their community outreach efforts.
Mayor Dave Kleis joins me for radio town hall meetings every other Friday from 8:10-8:50. He takes phone calls during this programs.
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Apple unveils new privacy features in iOS 15 and other products – CBS News
Apple wants to shield customers from prying eyes, strengthening the privacy features in its forthcoming iPhone operating system and other key products.
At a virtual keynote address on Monday during WWDC, its annual developer's conference, technology giant emphasized that new sharing features in apps like FaceTime, Messages and Wallet are encrypted and private. Software updates for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV are due this fall.
Apple will bundle a number of new privacy features in iCloud+, its paid cloud hosting service. Mail Privacy Protection in Apple's email application will blocktracking pixels, tiny trackers embedded in email and websites that marketers use to follow people around the web. The mail app will also cloak user IP addresses and other personal information.
In another change to beef up privacy, Apple's Safari web browser will add VPN-like features with a feature callediCloud Private Relay, which routes browsing traffic throughproxy servers. This helps mask private information and prevent sites from harvesting data that Apple says can be used to "fingerprint" people online. The feature is designed to disguise browsing activity and add a layer of security to web traffic.
Earlier this year Apple introduced"nutrition labels" that require developers to show how apps collect user data. The company also released App Tracking Transparency in iOS 14.5, which lets users turn off app tracking. Now Apple is adding App Privacy Report, which will present a glanceable overview of how third-party companies use your information and which apps asked to access your photos, location and more.
Craig Federighi, Apple's chief software executive, opened the developer event on Monday by stating emphatically that "privacy is a fundamental human right" and that users shouldn't have to choose between features and privacy.
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Many of Apple's new privacy features, like iCloud Private Relay, will be available in North America but areprohibited in China, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere.
"Apple seems to be focusing on anonymization," technology analyst Rene Ritchie said. "Basically putting their cloud infrastructure between their users and the internet at large, much of which thrives on digital tracking and data harvesting technologies."
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With IPv6 Being Key to Zero Trust, GSA is Hosting June 16 Transition Summit – MeriTalk
Major Federal government IT and cybersecurity modernization plans from the rapid deployment of zero trust architectures and 5G technologies to the adoption of IoT and smart infrastructures depend upon a scalable, robust and agile network infrastructure as a foundation for such advances. The Federal government has committed to the full transition to IPv6 as its basis for network modernization, and in November 2020, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a policy that outlined the strategic intent for the government to deliver its information services, operate its networks, and access the services of others using only IPv6.
The General Services Administration (GSA) is hosting a half-day virtual IPv6 Summit on June 16 from noon EDT to 4 pm to give Federal agencies and industry the latest on USG policy and plans, progress, opportunities, and best practices for completing the transition to IPv6.
The IPv6 Summit is free to register and attend and is open to federal employees and industry.
The Summit features keynote addresses from Maria Roat, the acting Federal CIO, and Dr. Vint Cerf, Googles Chief Internet Evangelist, also known as one of the fathers of the internet. The agenda includes a panel discussion on the Federal view, and several industry panels covering security issues, telecommunications, cloud service providers, and system integrator support. Agency-focused transition stories will center on practical experience from the Defense Department and the Internal Revenue Service, among others.
The event is hosted by the Federal CIO Council and Federal officials with deep experience in IPv6 transition efforts, including: Tom Santucci, Director of IT Modernization in GSAs Office of Government-wide Policy; Doug Montgomery, NIST USGv6 Program Manager; Carol Bales, Senior Policy Analyst in the Office of the Federal CIO; and Ron Bewtra, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and co-chair of the IPv6 Task Force.
Aggressive Milestones
While the transition from the use of IPv4 internet addresses to IPv6 addresses took its first steps in 2005, OMB issued Memorandum M 21-07 containing a number of milestones for Federal agencies to reach to complete the transition.
Development for IPv6 began in the late 1990s to address the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses. The last IPv4 addresses were issued in 2015, but the addresses are still widely used across the globe. IPv6 is the most recent version of the Internet Protocol and is where major networks and content providers are migrating their infrastructure.
In its directive to agencies issued last year, OMB said that running dual-stack systems to accommodate both IPv6 and IPv4 addresses adds costs and complexity to network infrastructure and raises significant technical and economic barriers to innovation.
It is widely recognized that full transition to IPv6 is the only viable option to ensure future growth and innovation in internet technology and services, OMB said. It is essential for the Federal government to expand and enhance its strategic commitment to the transition to IPv6 in order to keep pace with and capitalize on industry trends. Building on previous initiatives, the Federal government remains committed to completing its transition to IPv6.
The major milestones and deadlines for Federal agencies include:
Transition is Key to Zero Trust Architectures
DOJs CTO Ron Bewtra explained to MeriTalk why completing the transition is so important for Federal agencies to save money, lessen network complexity, improve security, and pave the way for migration to zero trust architectures.
Dual-stack adds a lot of complexity because it requires security parity on two different protocols while doubling the attack surface of networked information systems, he said.
Every time you implement a new firewall or router rule, it will have to be made on both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols with the risk that that the expected behavior is not the same on both protocols. Meanwhile, NIST standards are driving organizations to avoid unnecessary complexity he said.
At the same time, Bewtra said, across the government, were trying to lean forward on new initiatives to improve our cybersecurity and modernize our systems. The challenge is that complexity slows us down.
He also said the Federal governments drive to complete the transition aims to follow the path of larger internet trends led by industry practices.
Almost half of the internet is IPv6 enabled, its widely adopted in the mobile markets, he said. So we really dont have an option to fall back, we have to evolve forward to IPv6, and weve got to complete this transition in order to have the simplicity of a single protocol.
Bewtra said the first seeds of the transition for government agencies were planted in 2005, but that, While we have put a lot of effort towards this, what youve seen is that the commercial sector has out-paced the Federal side in terms of transitioning to IPv6, and are really driving the migration.
Agencies are currently tasked with complying with the Cybersecurity Executive Order, and one of the big tenets in that is adopting zero trust architectures, he said. IPv6 goes hand in hand with zero trust networking as you can have end-to-end network visibility and micro-segmentation in a way that is not possible with IPv4.
Youre going to see that we cant have a lot of complexity in our networks as we modernize, Bewtra said. We have to simplify, reduce costs, and enable faster upgrades.
So from my standpoint, completing the transition to IPv6 dovetails into the modernization initiatives, including the cyber EO and moving towards zero trust architectures, Bewtra said.
Registration for GSAs IPv6 Summit is free.
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Innovative Analytical Software for Enhanced Data Acquisition and Analysis – PRNewswire
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists within academia and industries including pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and food and beverage analysis, can now benefit from new and improved software capabilities to enhance productivity and usability. The latest software updates enable more strength and flexibility in laboratory workflows in numerous fields, including biotherapeutic characterization, metabolomics and forensic analysisproviding users with intelligent data acquisition and increased confidence in results.
"Researchers and analytical scientists across the life science industry are faced with growing complexity and volume of data, requiring a dependence on software to assist with and automate data acquisition and advance research," said Mark Sanders, senior director, software platform management, life science mass spectrometry, Thermo Fisher Scientific. "We continually update our suite of software to support the developing needs of our customers, providing laboratories with flexible and user-friendly workflows that enable confidence in their data acquisition."
Visualizing mass spectral data analysis The new Thermo Scientific FreeStyle 1.8 SP1 software release provides an advanced data visualization and qualitative analysis software solution for all Thermo Scientific mass spectrometry (MS) instruments. The latest version provides further insight into the data acquisition by reading and displaying extended binary data using the advanced peak determination (APD) algorithm from Thermo Scientific Exploris MS and Thermo Scientific Tribrid MS instruments. New tools for FAIMS method development improve productivity, and an XtractAll feature allows for protein deconvolution of a full chromatogram.
Flexible and complete solution for biotherapeutic analysisSupporting research scientists in the biopharmaceutical industry and academia laboratories, the newest Thermo Scientific BioPharma Finder 4.1 software brings a complete and flexible solution for the characterization of both protein and oligonucleotide-based biotherapeutics, with new workflows for host cell protein analysis and mRNA mapping for vaccine development. In response to the recent surge in demand for therapeutic oligonucleotide and mRNA workflow solutions, the updated BioPharma Finder software provides one solution for biotherapeutic analysis with enhanced database searching and in silico mRNA digestion tools to support mRNA mapping workflows.
Bringing a collaborative approach to building spectral librariesThe new Thermo Scientific myLibrary Enterprise and myLibrary Pro offer small molecule researchers a unique platform to collaboratively build an online fragmentation spectral library, in research or routine analysis, to share information across an organization. The software utilizes secure cloud-hosting of compound and fragmentation spectral information, while providing researchers with access control through their own Identity Provider.
Improved flexibility for intelligent data acquisitionResearchers in academia, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage industries can now benefit from the Thermo Scientific Xcalibur 4.5 software, providing intelligent data acquisition for small molecule workflows. The latest updates enhance the AcquireX Intelligent Data Acquisition Workflow with more features and flexibility for structural elucidation of metabolites and applications such as metabolomics and lipidomics research, leachable/extractable impurities identification and forensic toxicology. The new Advanced Deep Scan data acquisition workflow allows users to submit several samples in the same experiment and combine inclusion or exclusion lists.
Thermo Fisher Scientific will showcase its newest products, software solutions and collaborations in a company-hosted virtual event, "Innovation Summit: Shaping the Future of LC-MS in Life Science Together," from June 8-10, 2021. Register here to learn more.
About Thermo Fisher Scientific Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $30 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 80,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services and Patheon. For more information, please visit http://www.thermofisher.com.
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Huawei partners with Temenos – ThePaypers – The Paypers
During Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit 2021, Huawei and Temenos have partnered to offer Temenos cloud-native core banking solution on the Huawei Public Cloud.
Temenos is the first core banking software certified with Huawei infrastructure and Huawei Public Cloud. Geographically, the partnership covers Asia-Pacific (APAC) with a specific focus on China, and it also includes Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. The partnership brings together the extensive cloud hosting, implementation, and integration strengths of Huawei and Temenos banking software. The scope of the partnership covers sales and marketing, implementation, and training. Financial institutions will be able to modernise their core banking systems on Huawei Cloud and benefit from elastic scalability, cost, and operational efficiencies. Together, Temenos and Huawei will help banks of all sizes to go to market faster, open up new business models, and achieve better cost/income ratios.
Temenos and Huawei have extensive reach into the global financial services market. More than 3,000 banking and financial institutions worldwide, serving the banking needs of 1.2 billion people, rely on Temenos cloud-native, API-first technology. Huawei also works with more than 2,000 financial institutions worldwide, including 47 of the worlds top 100 banks.
The growing demand for cloud-based models has accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic, as banks require more resilient and agile technology propositions. Cloud has become the established software deployment method for digital-first banks that need to launch fast with minimum IT infrastructure cost. Larger banks increasingly shift to the cloud to incrementally modernise their systems, reduce IT complexity and cost, and gain greater speed to market.
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The global video conferencing market size is expected to grow from USD 9.2 billion in 2021 – GlobeNewswire
New York, June 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Video Conferencing Market by Component, Application, Deployment Mode, Vertical And Region - Global forecast to 2026" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p06071890/?utm_source=GNW Video conferencing Solution help enhance customer engagement by enabling more communication with the clients, thus enabling them to have a better relationship with the enterprise.
Cloud mode of deployment segment is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast periodThe cloud deployment model includes providers, such as the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and the Software as a Service (SaaS), with the majority of end users as enterprises, government agencies, and healthcare organizations.SaaS-based video Solution are deployed leveraging their simplicity and ease of deployment.
Enterprises are considering privacy policy and the data security model of cloud service, and the SLAs of the provider before subscribing to the SaaS model of cloud deployment.IaaS provides an organization with control over its data privacy and scalability management, hosting its on-premises data to the cloud.
Video conferencing applications that are designed for self-hosting on IaaS platforms are referred self-hosting.IaaS providers, such as Microsoft, Google, Oracle, and Amazon, provide the enterprises with their data center available in most major metro areas.
They offer with a global resilient network with large numbers of Points of Presence (PoP) near offices. IaaS is leveraged for both virtual private cloud and complete private cloud environments.
Healthcare segment to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast periodThe healthcare and life sciences vertical deals with diverse clinical, administrative, and financial content on a daily basis.This results in the requirement for channelized content insights and accurate clinical information that can be consolidated through video conferencing Solution.
The collaborations enable healthcare providers in telemedicine and patient care, medical education, and healthcare administration applications to offer enhanced patient care by providing them with improved communication options.The solution enable face-to-face interactions between patients, healthcare teams, and family members to discuss various treatment options, located anywhere in the world.
Video conferencing technology also helps with patient monitoring, consulting, and counseling.
Asia Pacific (APAC) region to record the highest growing region in the Video conferencing marketAPAC has several growing economies, such as China, Australia, Newzeland and Japan, which are expected to register high growth in the video conferencing market.These countries have always supported and promoted industrial and technological growth.
In addition, they possess a developed technological infrastructure, which is promoting the adoption of Video conferencing solutions across all industry verticals. APAC is driven by the growing acceptance of cloud-based solutions, emerging technologies such as the IoT, and big data analytics and mobility. By Company Type: Tier 1 35%, Tier 2 39%, and Tier 3 26% By Designation: C-level 55%, Directors 40%, and Others 5% By Region: North America 38%, Europe 30%, APAC 21%, Middle East and Africa- 6%, Latin America-5%This research study outlines the market potential, market dynamics, and major vendors operating in the Video conferencing market. Key and innovative vendors in video conferencing market are such as Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft), Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (Zoom), Cisco Systems, Inc. (Cisco), Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe), Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd (Huawei), Avaya, Inc. (Avaya), Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), Google, LLC (Google), Plantronics, Inc. (Poly), LogMeIn, Inc. (LogMeIn), Enghouse Systems Limited (Enghouse Systems), Pexip, AS (Pexip), Qumu Corporation (Qumu), Sonic Foundry Inc. (Sonic Foundry), Lifesize, Inc. (Lifesize), Kaltura Inc. (Kaltura), BlueJeans Network (BlueJeans Network), Kollective Technology, Inc. (Kollective), StarLeaf Inc. (StarLeaf), HighFive Inc. (HighFive), Logitech International SA (Logitech), Barco NV (Barco), Fuze Inc. (Fuze), Haivision Inc. (Haivision), and Premium Global Services Inc. (PGi).
Research coverageThe market study covers the video conferencing market across different segments.It aims at estimating the market size and the growth potential of this market across different segments based on component, verticals, deployment mode, and applications, with regions covered.
The study also includes an in-depth competitive analysis of the key market players, along with their company profiles, key observations related to product and business offerings, recent developments, and key market strategies.
Key benefits of buying the reportThe report is expected to help the market leaders/new entrants in this market by providing them information on the closest approximations of the revenue numbers for the overall video conferencing market and its segments.This report is also expected to help stakeholders understand the competitive landscape and gain insights to improve the position of their businesses and to plan suitable go-to-market strategies.
The report also aims at helping stakeholders understand the pulse of the market and provide them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.Read the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p06071890/?utm_source=GNW
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Bidirectional Data Flow: Unlock Discovery and Break Down Silos, Upcoming Webinar Hosted by Xtalks – PR Web
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need for robust, remote data management, global collaboration and reproducible lab automation to accelerate therapeutic and diagnostic discovery.
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Can everyone in your organization access and learn from experimental data? In this webinar, learn how cloud-native technology specifically designed for a life sciences R&D Data Cloud can unlock innovation and discovery by making your data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR).
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need for robust, remote data management, global collaboration and reproducible lab automation to accelerate therapeutic and diagnostic discovery. We believe that unlocking and harmonizing experimental data facilitates more effective, safer and less expensive solutions to humanitys greatest challenges.
TetraScience Chief Scientific Officer Mike Tarselli will provide an overview of the technological and organizational challenges facing todays leading pharma and biotech companies as they seek to accelerate discovery through Industry 4.0 digital transformation and replatforming to the cloud. Some of these will include:
Register for the live webinar on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 11am EDT (4pm BST/UK) to learn how the top 20 life sciences companies are using an R&D Data Cloud to address these challenges, accelerate innovation and unlock discovery.
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