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Druva, the leading provider of data security, today announced it has been recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Backup and Data Protection Platforms. This marks Druva’s second consecutive year as a Leader. Druva recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Backup and Data Protection Platforms. This marks Druva’s second consecutive year as a Leader.

EasyVista Acquires French Software Company Konverso, Brining AI Agents to the Core of Its IT Platform EasyVista announced the acquisition of French AI agent platform Konverso. The transaction marks another milestone in the AI strategy of the European leader in IT solutions, further strengthening its integrated platform, which spans the entire IT lifecycle, from infrastructure management and IT security to agent-based automation of business processes.

VivoPower Reinforces Focus on AI Data Center Business and Provides Update on Non-Core Businesses VivoPower PLC (NASDAQ: VIVO) (“VivoPower” or the “Company”), a B Corp-certified global developer and owner of powered land and data center infrastructure for AI compute applications, today provides the following update in respect of its strategic direction and the previously announced separation initiatives relating to its subsidiaries Tembo e-LV B.V. (“Tembo”) and Caret Digital (“Caret Digital”).

OpenNebula and Waldur: Enabling Self-Service Cloud Services across Federated AI Factories and Gigafactories As European investments in sovereign cloud, high-performance computing (HPC), and AI Factories continue to boost, the integration between OpenNebula and Waldur simplifies how organizations deliver and manage cloud services based on federated AI infrastructures.

Vast Edge NetSuite Backup & Restore Solution Now Available in Microsoft AppSource Vast Edge announces its NetSuite Backup & Restore Solution on Microsoft AppSource, helping organizations strengthen ERP data protection and recovery.

authID Achieves Microsoft Entra Verified ID Identity Verification Partner Certification Certified Integration Delivers High-Assurance, Privacy-Preserving Identity Verification at Scale Across the Microsoft Ecosystem authID, a leading provider of biometric identity verification and authentication solutions, announced its inclusion in the Microsoft Entra Verified ID partner ecosystem as an Entra Verified ID Identity Verification (IDV) Partner.

N-iX Introduces APEX Framework for AI Engineering Acceleration, Proven on Production Code and Measured Before and After Built on approaches already validated across N-iX clients, APEX is now available to organizations looking to scale AI adoption and engineering impact.

Avalue Expands Adoption of Torizon to Strengthen Industrial Cybersecurity Solutions Focusing on CRA Compliance and Embedded Linux Lifecycle Management Avalue Technology (TPEx: 3479.TWO) announced the expanded integration of the Torizon platform into its industrial computers, embedded systems, and Edge AI solutions.

Protoface Launches LiveKit Plugin for Real-Time Avatars The new Protoface plugin helps developers and enterprises build low-latency AI avatars for support, sales, education, training, e-commerce, and more. Protoface, a real-time AI avatar platform for enterprises, today launched its new LiveKit plugin, enabling developers to rapidly integrate avatars into their AI apps and agents. Protoface’s LiveKit plugin is included in standard pricing, with usage starting at $0.01 per minute.

Sourcegraph, the code intelligence platform that helps enterprise engineering teams understand, oversee, and evolve their codebases, announced public beta availability of Agentic Batch Changes. Agentic Batch Changes is an AI agent that builds on Sourcegraph’s Batch Changes execution engine and code search.