We're excited to share that Gartner has recognized Google as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Conversational AI Platforms, authored by Bern Elliot and Gabriele Rigon. We believe this recognition is a testament to Google Cloud's robust investments and commitment to innovation in AI, coupled with a deep understanding of enterprise customer needs. Enterprises are increasingly investing in AI-driven solutions that balance addressing customer expectations with operational efficiency. At a time when the demand for quality, performant, and trustworthy conversational AI has never been higher, we're thrilled to continue to deliver best-in-class technologies, purpose-built to solve our customers' most critical use cases. In 2022, Google Cloud delivered cutting-edge conversational AI technologies with many launches to our Conversational AI API portfolio.

SirionLabs, the global leader in AI-powered contract lifecycle management (CLM), announced it has been named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contract Life Cycle Management. For its third annual CLM market, Gartner, Inc. evaluated 18 CLM vendors across 15 criteria, measured along ability to execute and completeness of vision. "The demand for CLM as a mission-critical asset for businesses has been growing rapidly" Sirion believes its recognition as a Leader in this report reinforces its position as one of the key providers of enterprise contract management technology. The Gartner report states: "Leaders are in the strongest position to influence the market's growth and direction. They demonstrate a market-defining vision for how CLM technology can help companies achieve the business objectives of managing compliance and reducing process bottlenecks. Leaders can execute against that vision through products and services, and have demonstrated business results in the form of revenue and earnings. They excel in their combination of market understanding, innovation, product features and functions, and overall viability."

Simplr announced it has been included as an Honorable Mention in 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Customer Service BPO. "Gartner defines the customer service business process outsourcing (CS BPO) market as the delegation of customer service business process activities to support existing and potential clients to a third-party service provider." According to the report, "Service organizations partner with CS BPO vendors to reduce costs, achieve greater staffing flexibility and/or access new digital or technology capabilities." Simplr is disrupting the staid customer support contact center model by offering a combination of a uniquely talented and scalable staffing pool, automation, and AI-based technology, allowing customers to immediately expand their customer service capacity and engage customers with speed, empathy, and precision. The Simplr platform raises revenue conversions by an average of 44% and reduces high-effort customer interactions in half, increasing customer repurchase rates by 7-10%. Current customers include Restaurant Brands International, YETI, The North Face, and many more.

It's human nature to choose the path of least resistance, as we're most comfortable with what we already know. Take the example of, "No one ever got fired for buying Cisco." But there comes a point in time when inaction becomes the greatest risk of all. Market transitions are real, and every product has a life cycle. Understanding these transitions and a vendor's product strategy is just as important--or sometimes more important--than selecting a specific company.

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If you're a buyer of technology stocks and solutions, you are most likely familiar with Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) and the power it holds in the space. The firm, founded in 1979 by Gideon Gartner, now has a market capitalization of $10B and it employs a team of 1,900 analysts who glean insights from more than 380,000 client interactions each year. When it comes to industry research, Gartner is the 800-pound gorilla. And when Gartner publishes market research, people pay attention. Take for example the last pieces the firm released over the last two weeks: Gartner's February 2018 Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine-Learning Platforms and the Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms.

Recently one of my clients received a well-performed phishing attack with an "invoice", that like a lot of attachments was malware. Everything seemed to be legit except that the invoice ended in one of my honeypot inboxes. I usually deploy some email addresses, not in use active use by the company, that I monitor in order to catch attacks. The malware seems to be a trojan focused on stealing information. Furthermore being a fresh sample at the beginning is was only detected by six detection engines in VirusTotal, right now it detected by 18 over the 60 available on VirusTotal.

Acquisition broadens Fastly's security offering and accelerates Compute@Edge adoption; Expected to be accretive to growth and gross margin Fastly, Inc., provider of an edge cloud platform, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Signal Sciences ("Signal Sciences"), for approximately $775 million in cash and stock. The acquisition will expand Fastly's robust security portfolio at a time when security at the edge has never been more critical. Signal Sciences' strong, developer-first web application and API protection solutions will bolster Fastly's existing security offerings to bring customers a unified edge security solution. Signal Sciences' technology combined with Fastly's current solutions will form Fastly's upcoming new security offering, Secure@Edge. Secure@Edge will be a modern, unified web application and API protection solution that will power and protect companies looking to further or begin their digital transformation.

We are happy to offer complimentary access to the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, 2020 report. This Gartner Magic Quadrant evaluates vendors that offer the essentials for building DSML solutions detailing leading platform overviews, strengths, and areas of caution that will help you determine the vendors that are right for you. Simply fill out the form and download the free complete report today to get the information you need to select the right approaches for success. Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, Peter Krensky, Pieter den Hamer, Erick Brethenoux, Jim Hare, Carlie Idoine, Alexander Linden, Svetlana Sicular, Farhan Choudhary, 11 February 2020 Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact.

These providers have recently been named major players in data science and machine learning platforms for 2020 by analyst house Gartner, Inc. Data science and machine learning platforms come in a variety of shapes and sizes to meet the ever-changing needs of organizations and their increasingly complex environments. There are both small and large providers that offer software to help these companies with both niche and common challenges, though choosing the vendor(s) that are right for your specific environment can be a daunting task. The following providers have recently been named leaders in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms. The report, which highlights and scores the top products in the industry, features these four tools as being cornerstones in the space.