Enterprise Technology News for the Week of February 7th
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The editors at Solutions Review have curated a "greatest hits" collection of noteworthy enterprise technology news from the week of February 7th.
Keeping tabs on the most relevant enterprise technology news can be time-consuming. To help, the Solutions Review editorial team has summarized some of the week's top headlines in the marketplace from various categories, including cybersecurity, data management, ERP, marketing technology, and more.
Enterprise Technology News for the Week of February 7th
AttackIQ Acquires DeepSurface
AttackIQ—an Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) solution provider and founding research partner of the MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense (CTID)—has acquired DeepSurface, a security posture management and vulnerability prioritization company. As part of the acquisition, DeepSurface's platform will be integrated with AttackIQ's breach and attack simulation platform, helping organizations predict where an attacker could cause the most damage. Additionally, the combination of these two platforms' capabilities will allow users to validate if critical assets are protected by their cyber defense infrastructure.
Databricks Acquires BladeBridge
Databricks, the data and AI company, has announced its acquisition of BladeBridge, an AI-powered enterprise data warehouse migration solution provider. Together, Databricks and BladeBridge will help organizations streamline the code assessment and conversion process vital to data warehouse migrations to Databricks SQL from Snowflake, Teradata, and other sources with a proven, LLM-driven approach. The acquisition will also help customers quickly and seamlessly transition to the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
Dynatrace Expands its Portfolio with a CSPM Solution
Dynatrace, an AI-powered observability platform, has expanded its security portfolio with a new Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) solution. The new solution is Dynatrace CSPM, which aims to enhance security, compliance, and resource efficiency through continuous monitoring, automated remediation, and centralized visibility. The solution will extend Dynatrace's Kubernetes Security Posture Management (KSPM) solution, enable organizations to manage their entire cloud security posture through a single platform, contextualize security and observability information, and allow continuous monitoring against regulatory technical standards and benchmarks.
FusionAuth Launches a Partner Program
FusionAuth—a downloadable Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) solution—has launched a Partner Program to support the growing demand for authentication with a hybrid deployment model. The new program features some of the industry's most trusted names, including AWS and Google. It aims to offer a network of hyperscalers, systems integrators (SIs), and technology providers capable of meeting the needs of businesses of all sizes and use cases, including compatibility, implementations, ongoing maintenance, or cost optimization.
Genpact Announced the Launch of Agentic Solutions
Genpact, a global advanced technology services and solutions company, has announced details on its Agentic Solutions, which are part of its pivot to reimagining delivery. These Service-as-Agentic-Solutions are built to accelerate innovation for enterprises by fundamentally changing the way services are delivered, enabling business operations to evolve from traditional, linear models to autonomous agent-led delivery. Balkrishan "BK" Kalra, President and Chief Executive Officer at Genpact, says, "Our deep domain and process expertise allow us to build scalable Agentic Solutions, empowering enterprises to realize the full potential of AI while enhancing control and trust."
Hitachi Vantara & Cisco Announce New Converged Solution
Hitachi Vantara—Hitachi's data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary—has announced a new co-engineered solution with Cisco designed for Red Hat OpenShift. The Cisco and Hitachi Adaptive Solutions for Converged Infrastructure joint solution will combine Cisco’s compute and networking systems with Hitachi Vantara’s Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) arrays using Red Hat OpenShift container management tools. The integrated infrastructure solution helps enterprises gain a competitive edge by increasing agility and resilience while reducing energy consumption with AI-powered data orchestration.
NetSuite Announces New AI Innovations and Product Enhancements
Oracle NetSuite, the global business management software provider, has announced a collection of AI innovations and product updates to help organizations maximize efficiency and accelerate growth. The new AI capabilities and tools include a new Prompt Management API, NetSuite CPQ AI Assistant, and NetSuite Expert for SuiteAnswers, which will help teams streamline data entry, optimize product configurations, accelerate issue resolution, and centralize the management and deployment of large language models. Other additions include a NetSuite connector for Outlook, an Anything-as-a-Service (XaaS) edition of NetSuite SuiteSuccess, and enhancements to the NetSuite Advanced Procurement and SuiteBilling suites.
OpenAI Introduces Deep Research
OpenAI recently announced the launch of deep research in ChatGPT, a new agentic capability capable of conducting multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks. The new functionality aims to be OpenAI's next agent that can do work for you independently—all you have to do is give it a prompt, and ChatGPT will find, analyze, and synthesize hundreds of online sources to create a comprehensive report at the level of a research analyst. The technology is powered by a version of the upcoming OpenAI o3 model that’s optimized for web browsing and data analysis.
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Pipedrive Shares Details on its AI Vision for 2025
Pipedrive, a sales CRM provider for small businesses, has announced details on its new AI vision, which features a network of intelligence agents capable of streamlining each stage of the sales process while still allowing salespeople to stay in control. The new Pipedrive agentic ecosystem will feature general and specialized agents that can learn from feedback, take action when needed, and deliver real-time intelligence to users. Pipedrive also plans to introduce more capabilities to its agentic experience later in 2025, which will help it enhance customer experiences with streamlined workflows, simplify daily tasks, and equip teams with smarter insights.
Zoho Expands Zia with New AI Agents and Functionalities
Zoho Corporation, a global technology company, has introduced several new features and solutions to its Zia suite. These additions will help enterprises access, build, and distribute intelligent, autonomous digital agents. The new offerings include pre-built Zia Agents, a new Agent Marketplace, and the Zia Agent Studio, which offers no-code and low-code experiences that allow users to develop autonomous agents with skills relevant to specific needs. Those agents can be deployed to any Zoho application and summoned using the Ask Zia functionality. Moving forward, Zia Agents will also be deployable in third-party applications.
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