BOXX Technologies, the leading innovator of high performance workstations, rendering systems, and servers, today announced that Tim Lawrence has been named the company’s Chief Technical Officer. Lawrence, who founded the company in 1996, was promoted from his previous position as Vice President of Engineering and Operations in which he had served for many years.  

“This new title and responsibility recognizes Tim Lawrence’s role as the chief technology leader at BOXX for over 28 years,” said BOXX CEO Kirk Schell. “His drive to produce the world’s most powerful workstations purpose-built for creative professionals, his insistence that they be designed, built, and supported in the USA, and his dedication to the innovative integration of only enterprise-class components, have come to define BOXX. In fact, its Tim’s knowledge, expertise, and ideals which underscore our commitment to innovation as BOXX continues to push the boundaries of computer hardware technology.” 

Lawrence originally founded BOXX in Phoenix, Arizona as Cooperative PCs in 1996, but renamed the company BOXX Technologies and relocated to Austin, Texas in 1998. In its early years, BOXX focused primarily on the film and gaming industries’ demand for visual effects and animation hardware. However, as more professions came to rely on 3D and CAD applications, Lawrence helped guide the company in serving the growing need for high performance computing to accelerate demanding 3D software throughout multiple industries.

Today, BOXX is renowned for decades of innovation designing and manufacturing record-setting APEXX workstations purpose-built for media and entertainment (M&E), manufacturing and product design (MPD), and architecture, engineering & construction (AEC). In recent years, the company has expanded its product line to include AI workstations, RAXX and FLEXX rack mounted workstations, and BOXX Cloud, a unique, secure, high performance, virtual private cloud workstation service specifically designed to optimize professional creative applications. BOXX Cloud is powered by FLEXX, a groundbreaking, scalable data center platform consisting of high density BOXX workstations.  

 “Computer technology is constantly evolving and so is BOXX,” said Lawrence. “Our experience and expertise set us apart from our competitors and make BOXX ideally suited to lead through this period of great innovation and beyond. We not only know hardware, we also understand your software as many of us here rely on the same applications. Our experts know what it takes to remove workflow bottlenecks and optimize your applications, so whether you’re a 3D content creator, data scientist, or enterprise organization, you can rely on BOXX as we expand our products, services, and legendary support, while providing the fastest, most reliable workstations in the world.”  

To learn more about BOXX solutions, finance options, and how to contact worldwide resellers, contact a BOXX sales consultant in the US at 1-877-877-2699 or visit www.boxx.com.

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Redis, the world’s fastest data platform, today announced the hiring of two key executives to continue scaling its business and operations around the world. Tony Tiscornia, formerly the CFO of Coupa Software, joins the company as Chief Financial Officer to lead financial operations. Veteran administrative leader, Diane Honda, joins Redis as Chief Administrative Officer to lead human resources, information security and technology, legal and business administration across Redis’ global offices in US, Israel, UK, Bulgaria, and Singapore.

Tony Tiscornia has over 20 years of experience as a finance leader in enterprise technology and various other industries. Most recently, Tony served as Chief Financial Officer at Coupa Software, the leading cloud-based business spend management technology provider.

“Developers have been using Redis to optimize speed and drive highly successful business outcomes for more than a decade,” said Tiscornia. “Our platform is essential for millions of dev around the world, and for millions more to come. It’s a great time to join this dynamic team at such a pivotal moment in the company’s trajectory. I look forward to partnering with my Redis colleagues, our customers and partners, and everyone across our entire ecosystem as we rapidly grow and scale by continuing to invest in our market-leading solutions across all facets of our business.”

Diane Honda brings over 30 years of experience in operational and organizational management to Redis. Most recently, she served as Chief Administrative Officer at Barracuda Networks, a global cybersecurity solutions company. Honda also serves as a board member for The Hillman Group, Lucidworks, and Conceal.

“Redis stands alone in its commitment to its community. Not just the millions of developers that rely on it daily, but also our employees across the globe that build Redis every day,” said Honda. “It’s a crucial time for Redis. We’re growing our global footprint and team, and I look forward to building upon the vibrant culture that has propelled the company over the past decade.”

“With Redis’ growth accelerating, leaders like Tony and Diane will help us scale globally while continuing to deliver an incredible platform and user experience for our developer community,” said Rowan Trollope, Chief Executive Officer of Redis. “They bring expertise and fresh perspectives to our business, culture, and operations. All of this plays an important role in Redis’ growth, while meeting the evolving needs of our global developer community.”

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FiberLocator, the US’s most prominent fibre data platform, has announced the addition of data on UK fibre providers to its extensive database, which already holds the fibre footprint and route maps of 1000+ carriers, more than 5 million connected buildings, and 6,000 data centres.

FiberLocator provides carriers, mobile operators, towercos and data centre operators with the most comprehensive, accurate, and timely fibre data available. For decades it has been the United States’ leading resource guide for developing a custom fibre network, planning data centre sites, locating on-net buildings and more. The company is constantly researching and integrating new data from providers and third parties to help guide network planners with the fibre data they need.

“FiberLocator users are generating an increasing request volume for UK-based fibre connectivity, and launching in the UK will open up many exciting new opportunities for us,” said Mike Iapalucci, Vice President of FiberLocator. “On the one hand, we see increased US demand for UK fibre. On the other hand, there is a rich and diverse fibre ecosystem in the UK. Our goal is to be the bridge between UK supply and US demand, and we’re already in the process of signing up our first suppliers.”

Fibre providers contribute footprint data onto the FiberLocator platform free of charge, advertising their fibre availability to a wide range of US carriers. This creates an additional wholesale selling channel, without the need for time-consuming framework negotiations.

“With the increased expansion of UK data centres, proximity to fibre is more important than ever for data centre users and operators,” said David Liggitt, President of CCMI. “This represents a fantastic opportunity for UK providers, and we’re thrilled to share our services with the market.”

The company aims to sign up a critical mass of UK fibre suppliers before the end of the year. and will be attending Connected Britain and Capacity Europe in London this fall.

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SmartBear, a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions, has elevated its product innovation strategy with the appointment of Ron Trackey as Senior Vice President of Product Management and Design. Ron brings more than 30 years of global experience to this key role that will guide the strategic direction of SmartBear products and the user experience that brings them to life. Most recently, he was Vice President, Product Management at Digital.ai, dedicated to helping Global 5000 enterprises automate software delivery workflows across complex technology environments.

“As we navigate through the complexities of today’s technological landscape worldwide with AI-driven tools to accelerate development and create customer experiences that matter, Ron will be pivotal in driving advancements in SmartBear’s product strategy and design,” said Dan Faulkner, Chief Product Officer at SmartBear. “With his extensive experience across the tech industry working at world-class organizations, Ron is a highly respected leader known for driving innovation and excellence, and we are extremely happy to add him to the SmartBear team at this transformative time.”

Ron’s proven track record in empowering testers, developers, and DevOps teams for some of the world’s top tech brands ideally aligns with SmartBear’s mission. He served as Vice President of Product at both Digital.ai, leading the Intelligent DevOps products for the company’s global enterprise customer, and at Carbonite (later acquired by OpenText), managing teams creating innovative solutions to meet market demands. Before that, he was Senior Director of Product Management, Fraud, and Authentication at RSA Security, overseeing consumer fraud/authentication services, where he played a critical role in advancing security technologies. For nearly 15 years at Microsoft, Ron led teams in both product and development leadership roles, delivering the first mobile voice search and mapping applications for Bing.

“SmartBear is setting a new standard where technology meets the future of development practices—a standard that emphasizes visibility, quality, speed, and above all, the experiences of your development teams and your customers,” said Ron Trackey. “I’m thrilled to join the SmartBear team and bring my experience in building and leading product organizations to the company that is positioned to help development and testing teams solve their complex problems and create software that truly drives exceptional customer experiences.”

To simplify developer experiences globally, SmartBear is connecting teams’ favorite tools and functionality in intuitive solution hubs – API Hub, Test Hub, and Insight Hub – featuring HaloAI, trusted AI-driven technology deploying across its entire product portfolio. This integration is equipping teams with the insights and controls necessary to seamlessly develop, test, and deploy software more confidently and faster, while enhancing user experiences.

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These advancements represent a key step forward in Scope’s commitment to providing performance and reliability without sacrificing security and data-privacy for businesses and private clients worldwide. The improvements in scalability and speed were driven by our proprietary entropy resampling engine and hardware accelerated optimizations. As a result, QSE Quantum Gateway can now handle individual requests in the sub-millisecond range and can handle millions of concurrent users per instance.

Key Achievements:

• Enhanced Scalability: The QSE Quantum Gateway can now seamlessly scale to accommodate delay-less key-generation ceremonies at the geo-location of the client, ensuring that a businesses growth is not limited by outdated security software.
• Increased Speed: Significant optimizations have led to a 99% latency reduction, allowing customers to experience faster encryption and decryption, dramatically improved key-generation times, vastly quicker data processing, and real-time responsiveness.
• Global Reliability: With these enhancements, QSE Quantum Gateway now offers improved uptime and reliability across all regions, making it the ideal choice for businesses operating on a global scale.

Founder’s Perspective: Sean Prescott, Founder & CTO of Scope AI Corp, commented on the achievement, stating, “In today’s fast-paced digital environment, scalability and speed are not just nice-to-haves; they are critical to business success. These enhancements are a direct response to the evolving needs of our customers, and they represent our unwavering commitment to delivering a secure product that not only meets but exceeds expectations. We’re proud to be pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the Quantum Entropy as a Service industry.”

Looking Ahead: James Young, CEO of Scope AI Corp added, “As we continue to innovate, our focus remains on consistently improving our QSE platform to further serve our customers’ growth and security needs. These enhancements are just the beginning—we’re already working on the next wave of improvements that will keep QSE Group at the forefront of the industry.”

Scope Plans Name Change

Additionally, Scope is pleased to announce that the Board of Directors has approved a change of the Company’s name to ‘Scope Technologies Corp.’ (the ‘Name Change‘).  Scope’s common shares will continue to trade under the symbol ‘SCPE’.

Shareholders will not be required to exchange their existing share certificates for new certificates bearing the Company’s new name.  The Name Change does not affect the Company’s share structure or the rights of the Company’s shareholders, and no further action is required by existing shareholders.  The Name Change is subject to acceptance of the Canadian Securities Exchange.

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Fastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), a leader in global edge cloud platforms, today released the results of its new survey, “Bot Wars: How Bad Bots are Hurting Businesses,” which revealed 59% of IT professionals reported an increase in bot attacks over the past year, with significant incidents costing companies an average of $2.9 million.

“Bots are a double-edged sword: they can streamline tasks, but in the wrong hands they become powerful tools for cybercrime, costing businesses millions and eroding customer trust,” said Fastly Security Product Manager Daniel Corbett. “Our new research reveals the impact and scale of these attacks, and underscores the urgent need for robust bot defenses at organizations.”

More than three-fourths (76%) of respondents from organizations across a wide range of industries, including financial services, retail, IT and telecommunications, faced at least one bot attack in the past year, with 43% experiencing multiple bot attacks. Respondents endured an array of bot attacks including malware distribution, click fraud and DDoS attacks. In fact, 91% of respondents believe automated bot attacks are now the “norm for ecommerce organizations.”

Among the survey’s key findings:

• Malware distribution bots were the most common reported threat, affecting 49% of organizations, followed by web scrapers and click fraud bots (tied at 44%), DDoS bots, and spam bots (tied at 41%)
• While 73% of technical staff that deal with security incidents on a daily basis have seen a rise in bot attacks in past year, only 53% of senior management believe that bot attacks are on the rise at their organizations
• Respondents organizations were most concerned about data breaches (48%), financial loss (41%) and business/service disruption (39%) resulting from bot attacks
• 47% of respondents believe their organization could do more to prepare for a bot attack

In addition to these findings, the survey examined the potential use of AI by adversaries to accelerate bot attacks: 45% of survey respondents believed AI would significantly increase the number of bot attacks, while 27% think it will amplify the severity of bot attacks.

To learn more about how malicious bots are impacting organizations and the steps they can take to help defend against bot attacks, visit https://www.fastly.com/blog/bot-wars-how-bad-bots-hurting-businesses.

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This year, Developers.Net also achieved notable rankings within specific categories, including 23rd among companies based in Austin, 32nd in Human Resources, and 60th in Texas. These accomplishments highlight the company’s dedication to matching businesses with top-tier nearshore software development professionals and its innovative approach to meeting client needs.

“We are deeply grateful to our clients for their continued trust and partnership,” said Douglas Loyo, CEO and Co-founder. “Our success is built on these strong relationships, and we are honored to play a role in their growth by providing them with the talent they need to succeed.”

Emilio Baez, President and Co-Founder, added, “This recognition is a direct result of the hard work and dedication of our incredible talent and administrative team. Their dedication to excellence in matching the right talent with the right opportunities is what drives our success. I want to thank every member of the Developers.net family for their relentless pursuit of quality in everything they do.”

The Inc. 5000 list is the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. Compiled annually by Inc. magazine, the list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. Companies on the 2024 Inc. 5000 have been ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2020 to 2023, showcasing their resilience and innovation in the face of economic challenges.

Developers.Net provides top-notch software engineering talent in all critical areas of software development, including back-end development, front-end and full-stack development, mobile app development, data engineering, data science, DevOps, and quality assurance (QA), etc. This comprehensive approach ensures that Developers.Net meets the diverse needs of its clients.

Developers.Net  continues to excel in providing tailored staffing solutions, accurately matching each client with ideal candidates who possess not only the technical expertise but also the essential soft skills required for success. By creating an optimized version of offshoring, Developers.Net sources top professionals from Latin America, ensuring that clients receive highly qualified talent at highly attractive rates. This precise approach to talent acquisition, combined with the company’s commitment to delivering exceptional value, are key reasons for its inclusion on the 2024 Inc. 5000 list, underscoring its continued commitment to growth and innovation.

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Selector named in Nine Gartner® Hype Cycle reports spanning the 

Selector AI, the leading provider of network & infrastructure AIOps, event intelligence, and observability solutions, today announced it has been recognized as a Sample Vendor in nine Gartner Hype Cycle reports for their novel AI-driven Event Intelligence Solutions. Gartner clients can read the report here:

• Hype Cycle for Monitoring and Observability (July, 2024)
• Hype Cycle for Site Reliability Engineering (June, 2024)
• Hype Cycle for ITSM (June, 2024)
• Hype Cycle for I&O Automation (July, 2024)
• Hype Cycle for IT Management Intelligence (July, 2024)
• Hype Cycle for Operation Models (June, 2024)
• Hype Cycle for Infrastructure Platforms (June, 2024)
• Hype Cycle for Infrastructure and Operations (July, 2024)
• Hype Cycle for Agile and DevOps (August, 2024)

Selector aims to eliminate the need for human involvement in preventing and resolving network and application outages.

Since coming to market in 2021, Selector has proven itself in the world’s most demanding enterprise environments. The only solution that can produce instant correlated insights across any operational data, Selector delivers immediate results using purpose-built AI models and LLMs. The company now claims over 50 production deployments and is helping companies address various use cases across Observability and Monitoring, SRE, ITSM, Automation, and more.

“We believe that being recognized by Gartner validates our innovative approach to event intelligence and its transformative impact on enterprise operations,” said Kannan Kothandaraman, CEO of Selector AI. “Our mission has always been to push the boundaries of what’s possible by merging monitoring, observability, and AIOps into a single platform. Selector’s event intelligence provides correlation across network, infrastructure, and application telemetry, identifying the root cause to help facilitate remediation.”

Event intelligence represents a significant advancement in data analytics and operational management. According to theHype Cycle for Monitoring and Observability (July, 2024), Gartner states, “Event intelligence solutions apply machine learning (ML) and data analytics techniques to classify and cluster cross-domain events in near real-time, at scale, and in ways that can exceed human capacity. The resulting insights can augment human analysis, accelerate human response, or automate a process to resolve issues.”

Event intelligence solutions deliver value through:

• Agility and productivity: By reducing alert fatigue through identification and correlation of related events, operators can focus on fewer, more critical events.
• Service availability and triage cost: By reducing the time and effort required to identify root causes and augmenting, accelerating or automating remediation.
• Increased value from monitoring tools: By unifying events from siloed tools and learning actionable event patterns across domains.

“Operational efficiency and rapid incident detection are the most significant challenges facing our IT today, a massive hurdle that every organization faces,” said Kevin Kamel, Vice President of Product Management at Selector AI. “With Selector’s correlation, RCA, and automation capabilities, operations teams can break free from reactive firefighting, pivot to proactive quality initiatives, and focus on delivering exceptional customer experiences.”

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SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI), a leading provider of simple, powerful, secure observability and IT management software, has named Andre Cuenin as the company’s new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) effective Tuesday, September 3, 2024. In this role, Cuenin will oversee all aspects of revenue generation efforts for SolarWinds and its world-class observability, database, and service management solutions.

Cuenin is a seasoned IT and software sales executive with over 20 years of experience driving revenue growth strategies at some of the world’s largest and most respected technology companies. Most recently, he served as CRO of application security firm Veracode, where he expertly led sales strategy and drove growth in both the U.S. and international markets through an integrated go-to-market approach.

Cuenin joins SolarWinds as a key member of its executive team at a time of ongoing growth and transformation as the company continues to evolve its business, expand its product portfolio, and enhance its go-to-market strategy. The company’s AI-powered observability, service management, and database solutions are proven to help customers accelerate digital transformation efforts, increase productivity, and reduce costs by making it easier to manage today’s complex hybrid and multi-cloud environments. With a new subscription-first business model that continues to yield strong results, SolarWinds recently reported four consecutive quarters of year-over-year revenue growth.

“Andre Cuenin brings over 20 years of driving revenue for IT and software companies, including Veracode, Rapid7, Cherwell Software, Stratavia, and CA,” said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, SolarWinds President and CEO. “We are invigorated by his track record of results and excited for the path ahead.”

“SolarWinds has a legacy of simplifying the complexities the IT community faces,” said Cuenin. “As today’s hybrid and multi-cloud environments increase in complexity, customers need a partner to meet them where they are and accelerate their path to success. SolarWinds offers its customers the flexibility and breadth of visibility they need to compete and succeed.”

During his tenure as the CRO at Rapid7, Cuenin successfully guided the sales team through substantial growth by shifting its focus from product-oriented to platform-oriented sales. Before that, he served as the CRO for the IT service management company Cherwell Software, where he led the sales team through a period of growth and successfully managed the transition to a subscription-based business model. Cuenin believes in aligning go-to-market efforts to maximize impact and deliver exceptional customer value. His business acumen and technical expertise have enabled him to simplify complexities and develop highly effective sales strategies.

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Saviynt, a leading provider of cloud-native identity and governance platform solutions, today announced that IT transformation and Security Services industry leader Simon Gooch has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Expert Services.

Simon most recently served as Global Digital Identity Lead and Director of Security for CIO at Accenture. Over a 25+ year career at Accenture, Simon led key IT digital transformation projects for the company, including transforming its internal security architecture from a legacy, reactive on-prem approach to a dynamic cloud first, service oriented model with a focus on identity, access and data governance. Simon helped the company ensure the delivery of effective internal security and identity projects even as the company grew dramatically over his career. With his direct experience in large scale digital transformation projects, Simon also worked closely with many of Accenture’s customers.

“We are thrilled to strengthen our leadership team with the addition of Simon, one of the industry’s most respected and highly-regarded IT and security visionaries,” said Paul Zolfaghari, President at Saviynt. “He brings deep experience from one of the world’s largest organizations to Saviynt where our customers will benefit from his strategic, future-focused perspective and vast knowledge. We are looking forward to making Simon’s unique, exceptional expertise available to Saviynt’s customers.”

In his role as Senior Vice President of Expert Services, Simon will be responsible for ensuring that existing customers realize the full benefit of Saviynt’s identity management platform. Simon will also work with new companies who are considering an identity modernization initiative, showing them the achievable path to realize the value of this transformation with Saviynt’s solutions.

“As I start my journey at Saviynt, I have reflected on how this pivotal stage in my career aligns with what I see as an equally pivotal evolutionary stage in cybersecurity. I believe emphatically that only by truly making identity the fabric that binds, protects and enables all technology can you look to securely and effectively transform businesses,” said Simon. “I am excited to be joining an organization that not only has the desire to play a key role in shaping this next evolutionary stage but has brought together a team of people whose passion, expertise and experience will set the blueprint for an innovative and successful future.”

Simon was instrumental in securing the technology that runs Accenture’s business – a critical role in a $150 billion global company with 780,000 people in 120+ countries and more than 400 office locations. Reporting to Accenture’s CIO and working directly with Accenture’s CISO, Simon had overall responsibility for the enablement of Accenture’s digital identity vision, from strategy to implementation and running of all Identity and Access Management services.

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