Welcome to this week’s edition of the Weekly Cybertech Roundup, where we bring you the most significant developments and trends shaping the world of cyber technology. From groundbreaking innovations to critical security updates, our roundup highlights the key stories that are driving the industry forward. Whether you’re a tech enthusiast, a cybersecurity professional, or just curious about the latest advancements, we’ve got you covered with all the insights you need to stay informed. Let’s dive into this week’s highlights!
IBM Launches Granite 3.0: AI Models for Business
At IBM annual TechXchange event the company announced the release of its most advanced family of AI models to date, Granite 3.0. IBM’s third-generation Granite flagship language models can outperform or match similarly sized models from leading model providers on many academic and industry benchmarks, showcasing strong performance, transparency and safety. Consistent with the company’s commitment to open-source AI, the Granite models are released under the permissive Apache 2.0 license, making them unique in the combination of performance, flexibility and autonomy they provide to enterprise clients and the community at large.
Tech Mahindra Launches AI Center of Excellence with NVIDIA
Tech Mahindra, a leading global provider of technology consulting and digital solutions to enterprises across industries, announced the establishment of a Center of Excellence (CoE) powered by NVIDIA platforms to drive advancements in sovereign large language model (LLM) frameworks, agentic AI, and physical AI. Based on the Tech Mahindra Optimized Framework, the CoE leverages the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform — including NVIDIA NeMo, NVIDIA NIM microservices and NVIDIA RAPIDS — to offer customized, enterprise-grade AI applications to help its clients adopt agentic AI in their businesses.
Oracle, NTT DATA Partner to Boost Japan’s Sovereign Cloud
Oracle announced that NTT DATA Japan, a global digital business and IT services leader that is part of the NTT Group, has selected Oracle Alloy to help Japanese organizations across the public and private sector accelerate the use of cloud services while addressing data sovereignty and compliance requirements. With Oracle Alloy deployed in its data centers, NTT DATA Japan will be able to give its customers access to 150+ Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services, including the latest AI capabilities.
CrowdStrike and Fortinet: Top Protection from Endpoint to Firewall
CrowdStrike announced a strategic partnership with Fortinet to unify best-in-class endpoint and firewall protection. By integrating AI-native endpoint security from the CrowdStrike Falcon® cybersecurity platform and Fortinet’s FortiGate next-generation firewalls (NGFW), customers and partners gain the flexibility, visibility and security across networks, applications and endpoints to stop breaches.
Accenture Invests in Reality Defender to Combat Deepfakes
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Reality Defender, an RSA Innovation award-winning cybersecurity company specializing in deepfake detection. Together, Accenture and Reality Defender will equip clients in the financial services, media and high-tech industries with the ability to rapidly identify, detect, respond to and prevent deepfake fraud. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, Reality Defender provides detection against advanced threats posed by deepfakes and AI-generated content.
