Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd.(link is external) announced that its Infinity Platform has been named the top-ranked AI-powered cyber security platform in the 2025 Miercom Assessment.
Opsgility announced they have democratized learning for new and tenured IT Professionals with the launch of Skill Me Up
Skill Me Up
Learners can select from many IT professional, cloud-first or role-based certification paths among hundreds of courses supporting their digital career goals for independent or team learning. Skill Me Up
- Virtual instructor-led courses and hands-on labs covering the most current and requested technologies available in a flexible and rolling weekly schedule with average course completion in under six weeks
- Live Hacks, single day global hackathons to test and prove skills learned, complete with badging levels from Opsgility
- Industry expert webinars covering relevant topics and technologies across all skillset levels for today's IT and Cloud Professionals with learning paths across major cloud technologies including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and role-based learning paths focusing on today's hottest IT careers
- Role-based certification paths for six identified Microsoft cloud roles of Azure Administrator, Azure Solutions Architect, Azure Developer, Azure DevOps, Microsoft 365 Desktop Administrator and Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator
- Unlimited monthly access to hundreds of on-demand courses and labs focused on training today's IT and Cloud Professionals
- Community feature where students interact with Skill Me Up
- Learning Managers assigned to Enterprise customers to guide and support Admins on site features, learning plans, student engagement and reporting
Learners at any technical skillset level can begin a digital skills transformation with the unprecedented access and support of globally recognized experts in the Skill Me Up
Michael Washam, Opsgility CEO, said, "This takes digital skills transformation to the masses and enable millions of people, regardless of current skill level or geography, to create learning plans that support their digital career goals for a fraction of other learning products' cost or scheduled work disruption. It democratizes learning for all."
Anchored by its team of globally recognized industry experts, including Microsoft Azure MVPs, Microsoft Insiders, and Amazon AWS Heroes, Opsgility's ability to create customized content in an on-demand and blended learning experience delivers flexible training curricula to meet individual or team learning needs. This distinct advantage sets Skill Me Up
Future phases will include a mobile application so users can continue learning on the go, regardless of their environment.
Industry News
Orca Security announced the Orca Bitbucket App, a cloud-native seamless integration for scanning Bitbucket Repositories.
The Live API for Gemini models is now in Preview, enabling developers to start building and testing more robust, scalable applications with significantly higher rate limits.
Backslash Security(link is external) announced significant adoption of the Backslash App Graph, the industry’s first dynamic digital twin for application code.
SmartBear launched API Hub for Test, a new capability within the company’s API Hub, powered by Swagger.
Akamai Technologies introduced App & API Protector Hybrid.
Veracode has been granted a United States patent for its generative artificial intelligence security tool, Veracode Fix.
Zesty announced that its automated Kubernetes optimization platform, Kompass, now includes full pod scaling capabilities, with the addition of Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) alongside the existing Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA).
Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd.(link is external) has emerged as a leading player in Attack Surface Management (ASM) with its acquisition of Cyberint, as highlighted in the recent GigaOm Radar report.
GitHub announced the general availability of security campaigns with Copilot Autofix to help security and developer teams rapidly reduce security debt across their entire codebase.
DX and Spotify announced a partnership to help engineering organizations achieve higher returns on investment and business impact from their Spotify Portal for Backstage implementation.
Appfire announced its launch of the Appfire Cloud Advantage Alliance.
Salt Security announced API integrations with the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform to enhance and accelerate API discovery, posture governance and threat protection.
Lucid Software has acquired airfocus, an AI-powered product management and roadmapping platform designed to help teams prioritize and build the right products faster.
StackGen has partnered with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to bring its platform to the Google Cloud Marketplace.