report, called “Securing the Future: Asia Pacific Cybersecurity Readiness Survey,” shares the latest data on cybersecurity preparedness in the region, revealing how organizations are coping with rising volumes of cybersecurity incidents, their levels of preparedness, and the outcomes experienced.

Radware Defends Israeli Media Website Rotter from Huge Web DDoS Attacks. Rotter extended its use of Radware’s Cloud Application Protection Services to include Cloud Web DDoS Protection, a new solution designed to combat high-volume, multi-vector Web DDoS Tsunami attacks. INE announced that it has launched Skill Sonar, a cybersecurity and networking assessment tool designed to give technical leaders insights into their teams’ strengths and areas for improvement. Skill Sonar harnesses advanced data to help enterprise leaders identify their team members’ skills and abilities in real-time

Cloud News

In Cloud News, IBM Cloud Internet Services, powered by Cloudflare, has expanded its offering to include Cloudflare Bot Management, now available to help enterprises on the Enterprise Premier Plan address and combat the growing threat of malicious bot traffic. Wind River formed a strategic collaboration with Horizon Robotics to advance smart driving solutions. The collaboration between the two companies will enable OEMs to leverage a fully integrated ADAS hardware/software solution based on Horizon’s Journey series computing solutions and the Wind River cloud-to-edge portfolio.

Nokia expanded its network-in-a-box program to provide essential network infrastructure products in a single bundle that operators and BEAD participants need to quickly build or scale broadband networks. The pre-packaged solutions from Nokia are configurable to each individual network build and are available to ship directly through Nokia or its network of channel partners. Striim launched Striim Cloud 4.2, the latest version of its unified real-time data integration and streaming platform. Fortinet made new enhancements to its single-vendor SASE offering. FortiSASE already protects the hybrid workforce via a unified agent and includes SD-WAN integration for the branch, and this news solidifies FortiSASE as the most comprehensive offering on the market.

Aerospike released its graph database on Google Cloud and Google Marketplace. Aerospike Graph delivers millisecond multi-hop graph queries at extreme throughput across billions of vertices and trillions of connections. Benchmarks show a throughput of more than 100,000 queries per second with sub 5ms latency on a fraction of the infrastructure. Cisco formed a global strategic partnership with Nutanix to accelerate hybrid multicloud deployments by offering the industry’s most complete hyperconverged solution for IT modernization and business transformation.

IoT News

When technology collides with the world around us, there's IoT news. Semtech Corporation and Oxi have joined forces to enable device manufacturers to build a single device with the OxTech Multi-Connectivity Module that can connect to both AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk and AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN networks in the United States—as well as to any LoRaWAN network outside of the United States. Viavi launched the industry’s first Reduced Capability device emulation for 5G network testing, enabling true performance validation for Internet of Things and private networks based on a new class of simpler, lower-cost devices including wearables, industrial wireless sensors, and video surveillance. This solution is based on the TM500 network test platform, used by the majority of network equipment manufacturers for base station performance testing. Tellabs released the Information and Communication Technologies industry’s first carbon reduction calculator that estimates both embodied and operational carbon avoidance as a result of choosing Tellabs Optical Local Area Network for Smart Buildings and Internet of Things connectivity.

Market & Leaderboard News

Finally, in Market & Leaderboard News, Check Point announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Perimeter 81, a pioneering Security Service Edge company. With this acquisition, Check Point will help organizations accelerate the adoption of secure access across remote users, sites, cloud, datacentres, and the internet, all while aiming to deliver the most secure and fastest SSE solution in the market. Gordon Brothers acquired the global consumer electronics brand Telefunken. Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Telefunken has become one of the leading names in the electronics sector with a diverse portfolio of products ranging from video, e-mobility, domestic appliances, and audio. SUIC Worldwide Holdings has reached a cooperation and joint venture agreement with Taiwan’s I.H. Art Group to create a brand new catering franchise & supply chain-tailored AI & Fintech platform services expected to bring revolutionary changes to the global catering industry.