The Top Enterprise Technology News From the Week of April 5th

The editors at Solutions Review have curated a "greatest hits" collection of noteworthy enterprise technology news from the week of April 5th.

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.

Top News From the Week of April 5th, 2024

Amazon DataZone Now Integrates with AWS Glue Data Quality & More

Many organizations already use?AWS Glue Data Quality?to define and enforce data quality rules on their data,?validate data against predefined rules, track data quality metrics, and?monitor data quality over time using artificial intelligence (AI). Other organizations monitor the quality of their data through third-party solutions.

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Black Kite Launches "First-of-Its-Kind" Supply Chain Monitoring Module

Black Kite, a leader in third-party cyber risk intelligence, this week announced the availability of its Supply Chain & Nth Party Monitoring module. The new solution is possibly one of the first in the industry to combine Nth-Party and high-profile cyber risk intelligence, including cascading and concentration risk, so organizations can anticipate and mitigate security incidents in their supply chains. In doing so, they can avoid the impacts these incidents have on their businesses, such as breaches at their own organizations or damaging business disruptions.

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CData Software Acquires Data Virtuality

CData is the only data management vendor to bring a bi-modal integration stack to market. Now, Data Virtuality expands CData’s ability to support organizations with an enterprise-grade data virtualization platform that solves for organization-wide access to live data.

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Coalesce Secures $50 Million in Series B Funding

Coalesce ensures that quality data is primed for business intelligence and advanced analytics use cases. Its unique approach to data transformation helps data teams accelerate data pipeline development and improve data collaboration.

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Google's Parent Company Reportedly Considering the Possibility of Acquiring HubSpot

Google's parent company, Alphabet, is reportedly talking with its advisors about offering to acquire HubSpot. The potential acquisition would be Alphabet's largest to date. According to Reuters' sources, Alphabet has already met with investment bankers from Morgan Stanley about the possible offers, how much it should offer for the acquisition (HubSpot's current market value is approximately $35 billion), and whether antitrust regulators would allow for the acquisition. "As standard practice, HubSpot does not comment on rumors or speculation. We continue to focus on building a great business and serving our customers," a HubSpot spokesperson told Reuters. Neither Alphabet nor Morgan Stanley responded to requests for comment.

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Qlik Launches Lineup for Qlik Connect 2024 Event

It was recently announced that attendees at Qlik Connect will receive the tools needed to bring their AI and data strategies to life through Qlik solutions. These tools will give their organizations a trusted data foundation for effective analytics, business impact, and competitive advantage.

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Salesforce Drops New Einstein Copilot for Tableau in Beta

Salesforce has announced the beta availability of Einstein Copilot for Tableau, a new capability that will help users across rules and functions explore their company's data sets with AI-powered assistance. The beta of Einstein Copilot in Tableau is currently available for limited customers and will become generally available later this summer.?

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SecurityBridge Announces Massive Update to Platform with 6.26 Release

SecurityBridge, a leading global provider of SAP security solutions, this week announced the release of SecurityBridge Platform version 6.26. This latest addition introduces a suite of advanced features to fortify SAP environments and address global enterprises’ evolving security needs. Holger Hügel, Product Management Director at SecurityBridge, says, “Our enhanced platform not only adapts to the current market trends but sets a new precedent for SAP security management, reinforcing our commitment to pioneering solutions that protect our clients’ most valuable assets.”

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SS&C Technologies Launches a New Intelligent Automation Platform

SS&C Technologies Holdings has released its new SS&C Blue Prism Next Generation intelligent automation platform. With this hybrid-based release, SS&C is providing companies with the benefits of a cloud-based platform alongside support for industry security and compliance requirements that organizations in regulated industries must meet. The release has a drag-and-drop user interface for process design, centralized cloud-based storage, self-hosted digital workers, and a cloud-based control center that provides organizations with a "single pane of glass" for their entire operation.

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Insight Jam Updates

Watch this space each week as our editors will share the best written and video resources from Insight Jam, Solutions Review's enterprise tech community for business software pros. The goal? To help you gain a forward-thinking analysis and remain on-trend through expert advice, best practices, trends and predictions, and vendor-neutral software evaluation tools.

The Insight Jam Podcast: Eric Kimberling Talks About the Challenges in Digital/Business Transformation

In the second episode of the Insight Jam Podcast, Eric Kimberling, the CEO of Third Stage Consulting, joints Doug Atkinson for a discussion on the challenges faced in digital (or should it be 'business'?) transformation, navigating industry shifts, setting realistic expectations for clients, the impact of AI of business, the need for cultural and operational change, and the hurdles involved in starting an independent consulting company.

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Now On-Demand: Mini Jam LIVE Expert Panel Discuss if AI Poses a Threat to the ERP Marketplace?

The full, hour-long recording of the Insight Jam panel, Will AI Pose a Threat to the ERP Marketplace?, is now available to view on the Insight Jam YouTube page. Doug Shannon—an industry-leading thought leader on intelligent automation and generative AI—moderates the panel, which?includes in-depth insights from experts like Paul Coetser, Arturo Buzzalino from Epicor, Paul Byrne at Dragon ERP, Glenn Graney of QAD, and Shahin Hatamian at ECI Software Solutions.

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Now On-Demand: Mini Jam LIVE Expert Panel Discuss Cybersecurity in the Boardroom

The full, hour-long recording of the Insight Jam panel, Closing the Gap: Cybersecurity in the Boardroom, is now available to view on the Insight Jam YouTube page. MacKenzie Jackson—Product and Security Advocate at GitGuardian—moderates the panel, which includes in-depth insights from industry experts like Aaron Brongersma of Check Point, Asaf Sagi of CybeReady, Bob Maley at Black Kite, Brad Taylor from Proficio, and Wil Santiago at Blackpoint Cyber.

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Now On-Demand: Mini Jam LIVE Expert Panel Discuss How AI is Re-Shaping Cloud Data Management

With the Chief Data Officer role in mind, a panel of experts from Solutions Review's Insight Jam Community discusses the state of AI in cloud data management, challenges, and opportunities, AI's impact on cloud data management strategies, and future directions - where we ask our panelists to provide their best forward-thinking advice for organizations at each stage of the innovation cycle.

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Now On-Demand: Mini Jam LIVE Expert Panel Discuss AI, Data Protection, and the State of Regulatory Standards

With the DPO role in mind, a panel of experts from Solutions Review's Insight Jam Community discusses artificial intelligence, data protection, and the current state of regulatory standards in both technologies. The panel, moderated by Chris Marshall, features insights from industry leaders like Demetrius Malbrough, Eric Herzog, Kris Moore, Kristin Demoranville, and Subo Guha.

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