Jibo, the first social robot for the home, has been named one of TIME’s “Best Inventions of 2017”. Each year, the magazine’s technology editors curate a list of the year’s “best inventions that are making the world better, smarter and—in some cases—a little more fun.”

In a related award recognizing outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products, Jibo has been named a Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 Innovation Awards Honoree in the robotics category. Products entered in this prestigious program are judged by a panel of independent industrial designers, independent engineers and members of the trade media to honor outstanding design and engineering. Products chosen as CES Innovation Honorees reflect innovative design and engineering in some of the most cutting-edge tech products coming to consumers.

Jibo, Inc. announced the official public launch of its highly-anticipated social robot for the home in October. Consumers can visit www.jibo.com to order this first-of-its-kind product that redefines the way people interact with technology.

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Today NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc. (headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan; President & CEO, Toshiki Nakayama), announced it has invested in CounterTack, Inc. (headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, US; CEO, Neal Creighton), the leading provider of behavior and memory-based Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) technology for the enterprise.

As global cyber-attacks intensify and attackers become more sophisticated, the threat to enterprises has increased significantly and conventional endpoint security, such as firewalls and antivirus, are not adequate to stop the latest threats. Now more than ever, advanced endpoint detection and response is critical to protecting enterprise data.

CounterTack’s Endpoint Threat Platform (ETP) provides global enterprise security teams with a unique combination of threat context, organizational resiliency and broad visibility, to mitigate endpoint risk and reduce the impact of advanced attacks in real-time. Combining a robust suite of endpoint detection and analysis capabilities by leveraging a single endpoint sensor and an open, scalable multi-tenant infrastructure, CounterTack helps IR and security teams gain rapid insight to quickly neutralize and prevent advanced threats from damaging the business.

CounterTack delivers its next-generation endpoint security solutions to over 250 customers globally, and is highly valued by leading security operators.

NTT DOCOMO Ventures invests in next generation security companies and has chosen to participate in CounterTack’s investment round to support an innovative and leading edge Endpoint Threat Platform.

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Today, Ramp and West’s Unified Communications Services, leading providers of enterprise video solutions, announced a technology partnership aimed at offering organizations integrated solutions for enabling large-scale video communications inside the enterprise.

West, a global provider of communication and network infrastructure services, is broadly recognized in the video industry as a leading provider of live webcasting and enterprise YouTube platforms. Ramp is the industry’s only provider of common enterprise streaming infrastructure (CESI) for multicasting and caching, the two most favorable approaches for managing bandwidth-intensive video traffic on corporate networks. The integration of these solutions makes video delivery behind the firewall a more seamless and streamlined process for customers.

“Distributing large video files behind the company firewall uses a lot of bandwidth, which can clog the network, slowing down critical applications and resulting in constant buffering for video end users,” said Ryan Osborne, Director of Product Management for Enterprise Streaming at West. “But with the right delivery solution in place, companies can scale their video use without increasing bandwidth requirements. And when companies use more video to deliver their internal messages, this is where the real value can be found.”

Ramp offers two software solutions for optimizing video on corporate networks. AltitudeCDN™ Multicast+ is a next-generation multicast solution for live HTML5 video and a highly-sought solution for companies still relying on legacy video technologies such as end-of-life Windows Media Server, Silverlight, Adobe Flash Player, and Cisco ECDS solutions. AltitudeCDN OmniCache™ is an advanced enterprise video caching solution for both live and on-demand video that allows enterprises to optimize video traffic without deploying any plugins or client software to viewing devices.

“Effective delivery on corporate networks is a critical enabler of an enterprise video strategy. West continues to demonstrate their commitment to making communication easy by helping customers solve video delivery problems inside the firewall,” said Tom Racca, CEO at Ramp. “We are pleased to partner with them to integrate our solutions with their enterprise streaming platforms, so customers can enjoy a great viewing experience for employees along with a seamless administration experience for video managers.”

The integrated solutions from West and Ramp are available today.

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Cybersecurity firm Cylance is to create 150 jobs in Cork over the next three years, with the opening of a new office to support customers across EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa).

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Drizly, the technology company behind the first and largest on-demand alcohol app, today introduced new marketplace features that will transform the way consumers shop for beer, wine and spirits. The announcement was made at an event introducing Drizly to the San Francisco market.

By bringing transparency to what has been an opaque and difficult to shop product category, Drizly’s marketplace makes it easier to shop for alcohol online. Consumers can now simultaneously browse the inventories of multiple local retailers and compare prices between them. Through this “endless aisle” shopping experience, consumers have access to the largest possible product selection, can find the lowest prices and may choose to receive their order when and where it is most convenient for them. Depending on their location, consumers will have a range of fulfillment options available to them, including delivery, in-store pick-up and shipping.

“We launched Drizly in 2013 as an on-demand service to make the alcohol buying experience easier. Since then we have aggressively developed our retail partner network, user base and technology to support an e-commerce platform that appeals to a much broader set of consumers,” said Nick Rellas, co-founder and CEO of Drizly.

The launch of Drizly’s marketplace is the latest example of the company’s work to modernize the alcohol industry and enhance the shopping experience. The move further distances Drizly from other on-demand companies that have based their models strictly on delivery.

“Analysts predict that close to 40 percent of online spend will be owned by marketplace retailers by 2020,” noted Rellas. “Our shift to the marketplace model was the natural progression for our business and having that vision early on has allowed us to excel at each stage as we streamline the alcohol shopping experience for consumers.”

The marketplace also helps retailers, providing them additional customers, modern inventory management tools and improved local market insights.

Drizly is rolling out its marketplace features in conjunction with its launch in San Francisco. Beginning today, more than 1.5M residents across San Francisco, East Bay and Stockton will have access to Drizly and be able to shop thousands of options across beer, wine and spirits.

Contacts
Kerin Horgan, 508-577-1054
khorgan@drizly.com

Pwnie Express were winners at the 2016 MassTLC Leadership Awards Gala Wednesday night at the Seaport World Trade Center.

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CounterTack today announced it was recognized by CB insights, a research and advisory firm, in a list of emerging technology companies backed by U.S. government defense- and security-focused investment firms.

The concept of artificial intelligence may conjure up a future of scary robots for some. But fear not, because AI can help us better identify cyberthreats faster. Stuart McClure, president and CEO of Cylance, discusses just how far AI has come in helping companies determine not just the existence of threats, but how malware and zero-day intrusions make their way into our systems.

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  Digital Guardian will Integrate CounterTack’s In-Memory Endpoint Threat Analysis, Behavioral Detection and Forensic Capabilities to Increase Protection against Advanced Malware

WALTHAM, Mass. (August 02, 2016) – Digital Guardian, a next generation data protection platform purpose built to stop data theft, today announced it has entered into a product licensing agreement with CounterTack that will integrate CounterTack’s Digital DNA^® in-memory threat analysis, behavioral detection and forensic capabilities into the Digital Guardian platform.

Malware that bypasses many detection engines typically resides in memory, and attackers are engineering malware to continuously infect corporate endpoints and servers while evading antivirus and other endpoint detection platforms. Often referred to as fileless malware, they are designed to run processes with higher levels of stealth while enabling increased privilege escalation, lateral movement in the network and ultimately, data exfiltration. Digital DNA^® from CounterTack is the industry’s leading solution to detect fileless infections, and other advanced malware. For example, it can detect and contain threats like PowerWare, a new fileless ransomware.

“As we continue our mission to provide ubiquitous data protection from all threats, it’s imperative we integrate advanced capabilities like memory analysis, behavioral detection and forensics as part of our next gen platform,” said Ken Levine, president and chief executive officer, Digital Guardian. “We are extremely pleased to be partnering with CounterTack as the company brings us a complementary technology that provides customers with a higher level of information security, process visibility and threat intelligence.”

“We’re thrilled to partner with an industry leader like Digital Guardian who has an established and growing customer base for its technology that already protects millions of endpoints,” said Neal Creighton, CEO, CounterTack. “Whether it’s CounterTack’s customers or Digital Guardian’s customers, our mutual goal is to help organizations re-establish control across the endpoint environment, where most threats now originate, and where they have the most potential to steal sensitive data. Our in-memory analysis capabilities, along with behavioral-based detection and forensic capture, will provide Digital Guardian customers with enhanced endpoint protection and the unique capability to predict how advanced threats will execute.”

“The evolving threat landscape requires solutions that can detect, analyze, and respond to the variety of methods employed by an attacker, and next generation endpoint security is no exception,” said Doug Cahill, senior analyst, ESG. “Fileless malware is continuing to grow in popularity as a means to evade detection by operating in memory only, an approach to maximize dwell time in order to harvest more sensitive information. Digital Guardian customers will benefit from its partnership with CounterTack by being able to detect and remediate memory-resident attacks faster to protect against data loss.”

The full integration will be completed in 2017. Until then, Digital Guardian plans to resell two of CounterTack’s endpoint detection and response products, both powered by Digital DNA:

• Active Defense – Enterprise-class malware detection and analysis platform.
• Responder PRO – Advanced in-memory forensics, malware analysis and reverse engineering tool specifically designed for incident responders.

For more information please visit: https://digitalguardian.com/solutions/use-case/memory-forensics

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