Photonic Raises $130M to Advance Distributed Quantum Computing
📅 - Photonic, a company focused on building distributed quantum computing systems, has secured CAD $180 million (approximately USD $130 million) in the first close of its latest financing round, signaling continued momentum in the race to commercialize fault-tolerant quantum technology.
The investment brings Photonic's total funding to CAD $375 million (USD $271 million) and reflects growing confidence among both financial and strategic investors in the company's technical roadmap and market potential.
The funding round was led by Planet First Partners, with new participation from Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), TELUS, and additional undisclosed investors. Existing backers, including the British [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - European Firms Turn to Sovereign Clouds for Control and Resilience - European enterprises are increasingly turning to sovereign cloud services as regulatory pressure, geopolitical uncertainty, and demands for digital autonomy reshape cloud adoption strategies across the region. New research from Information Services Group indicates that sovereign cloud has moved beyond a niche compliance tool to become a core component of enterprise IT infrastructure in Europe.
The findings come from the 2025 ISG Provider Lens Multi Public Cloud Services study for Europe, which highlights a shift in how organizations evaluate and deploy cloud platforms. Where sovereign cloud [...]
Malicious traffic attacks involve flooding a site with requests, which can severely slow down site performance and eventually make it unavailable to visitors. DDoS attacks specifically use multiple sources to overwhelm websites, making them more difficult to detect and mitigate.
Additionally, according to Hosted.com, modern attacks are increasingly using combinations of botnets, automated scripts, and AI-driven traffic patterns that mimic legitimate traffic. This further complicates prevention, particularly for small businesses that may not have the technical knowledge or resources available to detect and avoid said attacks.
The company notes [...]
📅 - 11:11 Systems Buys Ntirety as VMware Partner Shake-Up Continues - 11:11 Systems has expanded its global footprint in managed cloud and infrastructure services with the acquisition of Ntirety, a move that underscores the ongoing consolidation reshaping the VMware services ecosystem following recent changes introduced by Broadcom.
The deal brings together two providers with deep expertise in VMware-based environments at a time when many former VMware Cloud Service Providers are reassessing their long-term strategies.
The transaction comes against the backdrop of Broadcom's efforts to streamline the VMware Cloud Service Provider (VCSP) program, reducing the number of authorized partners and prompting service providers to evaluate how best to maintain [...]
📅 - Duos Edge AI Expands Texas Footprint with Abilene Data Center - Duos Technologies Group has expanded its edge computing footprint in Texas with the deployment of a new edge data center in Abilene, underscoring growing demand for localized digital infrastructure to support education, healthcare, and regional economic development.
The facility has been deployed through the company's operating subsidiary, Duos Edge AI, in collaboration with the Region 14 Education Service Center, which supports dozens of school districts across West Texas.
The new edge data center, located in Abilene, is designed to function as a carrier-neutral colocation facility and localized computing hub. By placing compute and storage resources closer to end users, the deployment [...]
📅 - Cloudforce Raises $10M to Scale Secure AI for Institutions - Cloudforce, a Maryland-based frontier AI company, has closed a $10 million Series A funding round as demand accelerates for secure, institution-wide generative AI platforms across education, healthcare, and the public sector. The investment deepens Cloudforce's commercial and technical alignment with Microsoft and reinforces enterprise confidence in its flagship platform, nebulaONE.
The round was led by Owl Ventures, the world's largest venture capital fund focused exclusively on education technology, with strategic participation from M12, Microsoft's venture fund.
The funding arrives during a period of rapid growth for Cloudforce. The nebulaONE platform is now used by more than three [...]
Datavault AI is expanding its edge computing footprint in the northeastern United States through a deeper collaboration with IBM and infrastructure provider Available Infrastructure, aiming to bring enterprise-grade artificial intelligence performance closer to where data is created.
The initiative will deploy Datavault AI's technology across New York and Philadelphia using the SanQtum AI platform, a fleet of synchronized micro edge data centers designed to deliver secure, ultra-low-latency AI services outside of traditional centralized cloud [...]
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