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Through Google Distributed Cloud Virtual (GDCV), Hitachi UCP integrates with GKE Enterprise on Google Cloud to address growing demand for hybrid cloud, offering solutions for customer increased agility and flexibility SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- To support customers in their expanding cloud journeys, Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced the launch of Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) for GKE Enterprise, a new, integrated hybrid solution, with long-time partner Google Cloud. Through Google Distributed Cloud Virtual (GDCV), Hitachi UCP for GKE Enterprise offers businesses a unified platform to manage hybrid cloud operations, leading to increased efficiency, scalability, and flexibility in their infrastructure and applications.

The partnership enables seamless earned wage access to enhance financial flexibility and employee satisfaction MONTEBELLO, N.Y., Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Empeon, the enterprise-grade Human Capital Management (HCM) platform for health systems, is partnering with Tapcheck, a prominent and award-winning provider of financial wellness solutions, to provide on-demand, same-day pay offerings to Empeon customers of all sizes, from SMBs to Enterprise. Empeon anticipates this partnership will provide financial flexibility for countless employees nationwide.

LONDON & BERLIN & NEW YORK & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RedNevada.AI, the leading provider of AI enabled software, has announced today the launch of RAI, the most comprehensive and advanced recruitment and resourcing co-pilot solution in the market.

OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Paycom Software, Inc. (NYSE:PAYC) (“Paycom”), a leading provider of comprehensive, cloud-based human capital management software, announced the launch of its next step in automation, GONE™, a feature that facilitates decision-making for time-off requests. Businesses can now automate time-off decisions to best fit their needs using a customizable decision engine for time-off approval and denial, including staffing needs, consecutive days requested, individual employee hours worked, level of seniority and more.

Collaboration drives end-to-end enterprise security, advancing AI security operations and accelerating cloud transformation ARMONK, N.Y. and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) Consulting and Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) today announced that they will expand their strategic partnership to better enable clients to strengthen their end-to-end security postures and navigate evolving security threats. Palo Alto Networks, a global cybersecurity leader, will be in a select group of strategic IBM Consulting partners and IBM Consulting will be a premier security services partner for Palo Alto Networks. "With cloud, data, and technology serving as the lifeblood of most businesses today, cybersecurity threats now represent an existential risk to organizations' core operating models - making it crucial for security leaders to work together for the good of our mutual clients," said Mohamad Ali, Chief Operating Officer of IBM Consulting. "Our relationship with Palo Alto Networks as a select strategic partner is a testament to IBM's open and collaborative approach to cybersecurity.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Dec. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eagle Point Software, creator of the Pinnacle Series learning management system, has announced an official partnership with SWYFT Solutions, a SOLIDWORKS reseller and integrator. SWYFT Solutions is a reseller recognized for its ability to integrate technology solutions that help set customers up for success both today and into the future. "We are thrilled to welcome SWYFT Solutions as an Eagle Point partner," stated Steve Biver, Eagle Point COO. "With a strong relationship with SOLDWORKS, another of Eagle Point's integral partners, SWYFT Solutions brings the ability to help customers both understand and implement software solutions.

Startup uses automation and machine learning models to solve access risk and reduce inefficiencies in the access approvals process SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Harmonize, the intelligent employee lifecycle management platform for access and compliance, today announced the launch of its platform for CISO, CSO and IT leaders seeking easier processes to alleviate security risk. Harmonize solves identity lifecycle management with automation using AI and ML models to help SMBs and enterprises save valuable time and cost.

LVMs enable enterprises to solve computer vision problems more quickly; Landing AI to help enterprises build and run LVMs at the edge, on-prem, and in the cloud PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Landing AI, the leading computer vision cloud platform, announced the launch of its capability to help enterprises build domain-specific large vision models (LVMs). The groundbreaking advancement enables businesses with vast image libraries to bring artificial intelligence to their proprietary image data, allowing versatile applications within their domain to meet business needs.

University of Tokyo, Argonne National Laboratory, Fundacion Ikerbasque, Qedma, Algorithmiq, University of Washington, University of Cologne, Harvard University, UC Berkeley, Q-CTRL demonstrate new research to explore power of utility-scale quantum computing 'IBM Quantum Heron' is released as IBM's most performant quantum processor in the world, with newly built architecture offering up to five-fold improvement in error reduction over 'IBM Quantum Eagle' IBM Quantum System Two begins operation with three IBM Heron processors, designed to bring quantum-centric supercomputing to reality Expansion of IBM Quantum Development Roadmap for next ten years prioritizes improvements in gate operations to scale with quality towards advanced error-corrected systems Qiskit 1.0 announced, the world's most widely used open-source quantum programming software, with new features to help computational scientists execute quantum circuits with ease and speed IBM showcases generative AI models engineered to automate quantum code development with watsonx and optimize quantum circuits NEW YORK, Dec. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today, at the annual IBM Quantum Summit in New York, IBM (NYSE: IBM) debuted 'IBM Quantum Heron,' the first in a new series of utility-scale quantum processors with an architecture engineered over the past four years to deliver IBM's highest performance metrics and lowest error rates of any IBM Quantum processor to date. IBM also unveiled IBM Quantum System Two, the company's first modular quantum computer and cornerstone of IBM's quantum-centric supercomputing architecture.

SAN FRANCISCO and MIAMI, Dec. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm, today announced the completion of its sale of Imperva, a leading provider of application and data security solutions, to Thales (Euronext Paris: HO), in an all-cash transaction that values Imperva at approximately $3.6 billion. 1 Imperva is a cybersecurity leader that helps organizations protect critical applications, APIs and data anywhere, at scale and with the highest ROI. Its industry-leading Web Application Firewall (WAF) prevents attacks by analyzing web traffic to applications and its Data Security platform helps enhance the visibility of a company's data to prevent breaches and avoid compliance issues.