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Yahoo
22-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Blackstone Makes a Significant Growth Investment into NetBrain to Rapidly Expand Network Automation and AI Solutions to Global Enterprises at a $750M Valuation
Investment Seeks to Accelerate Adoption of AI in the $30 Billion Networking Operations (NetOps) Solutions Market NEW YORK, July 22, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced today that Blackstone Growth (BXG) and affiliated funds (collectively "Blackstone") have entered into a definitive agreement to make a majority growth investment in NetBrain Technologies, a market-leading Network Automation and AI platform. The investment, which values NetBrain at $750 million, is intended to enable the company to accelerate innovation, expand its global footprint, and scale its AI-powered platform to meet the rising demand for intelligent network automation solutions. NetBrain is the market leader in network automation and AI, powering some of the world's largest and most complex networks – including those of more than one-third of the Fortune 500. The company pioneered intent-based network automation technology, which creates a digital-twin of the network and enables AI to orchestrate and automate many of the manual tasks in network operations. As enterprise networks rapidly evolve in size and complexity – particularly with the adoption of cloud and SDN architectures – traditional automation and observability tools are struggling to deliver timely value and measurable ROI. NetBrain's next-generation automation platform, the result of years of R&D often in close collaboration with the world's most demanding network operators, eliminates manual dependencies in critical network operations and security workflows. By consistently shifting operational workloads to automation and AI, NetBrain is redefining how hybrid networks are managed. With its industry-leading intent discovery engine, NetBrain transforms network management from a device-centric to an intent-centric model – allowing networks to be governed by self-assessable intents. This advancement enables faster outage resolution, safer change execution, and stronger security – often without human intervention. "While NetBrain is already the market leader in network automation and AI and continues to grow rapidly, I'm thrilled to partner with Blackstone Growth to accelerate our next phase of expansion," said Lingping Gao, Founder and CEO of NetBrain Technologies. "Blackstone's global reach, operational expertise, and deep commitment to innovation will be instrumental in helping us seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lead the AI transformation of network operations." "AI has the power to transform how enterprises manage network operations and security," said Vishal Amin, Senior Managing Director at Blackstone Growth. "NetBrain is at a pivotal inflection point, with increasing demand for automation across IT, networking, and security teams. Blackstone is excited to help NetBrain expand its global reach while continuing to invest in innovation for customers. Together, we seek to drive the future intersection of network operations (NetOps), security operations (SecOps) and AI, empowering enterprises to achieve total observability and operational excellence." Blackstone's investment in NetBrain reflects its commitment to supporting market-leading and category-defining technology companies that address enterprise challenges. The firm believes NetBrain's solutions address a critical need in the $30 billion NetOps market, where enterprises face increasing pressure to optimize IT operations, ensure reliability, and mitigate security risks. With no debt, significant cash reserves, ongoing profitability, and a growing global footprint, NetBrain is poised to accelerate its mission of transforming network automation and empowering organizations to thrive in an increasingly interconnected and AI-driven world. McDermott Will & Emery served as legal counsel to NetBrain. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP served as legal counsel to Blackstone. About Blackstone Blackstone is the world's largest alternative asset manager. We seek to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which we invest. Our nearly $1.2 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, secondaries and hedge funds. Further information is available at Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram. About NetBrain Technologies NetBrain, since 2004, has pioneered network automation, empowering IT teams with no-code and AI. Its Next-Gen platform shifts from reactive visibility to proactive observability. Automating troubleshooting and change management, it boosts efficiency, reduces errors, and provides insights. Powered by a Digital Twin and intent-based automation, NetBrain scales automation and simplifies adoption. NetBrain is in use by more than one-third of the Fortune 500. For more information, please visit View source version on Contacts Media ContactsBlackstoneJennifer Heath(347) NetBrain TechnologiesRyan Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Techday NZ
16-07-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
F5 unveils AI Assistant to automate iRules & simplify app security
F5 has introduced new AI-powered capabilities to its Application Delivery and Security Platform with the addition of the F5 AI Assistant, which features iRules code generation to help streamline application delivery and security workflows in hybrid and multicloud environments. The company has integrated a unified natural language interface across its offerings, including F5 BIG-IP, NGINX One, and Distributed Cloud Services, giving operations teams what it describes as a simplified user experience for managing increasingly complex digital ecosystems. With the new AI Assistant, teams can utilise natural language prompts to generate, explain and customise iRules code for specific environments, aiming to minimise manual intervention and enhance operational efficiency. In recent years, organisations have faced mounting pressure to simplify and automate workflows as they scale application deployments across distributed infrastructure and adopt AI solutions for digital transformation. F5's move seeks to address these challenges by embedding automation and programmability within application delivery and security processes. "The programmability of iRules has long proved essential for customers and served as a compelling differentiator," said Kunal Anand, Chief Innovation Officer at F5. "What we're doing now is making that power instantaneous. With AI Assistant and iRules code generation, any operator can use natural language to generate or explain iRules on the fly. This means they can adapt to application changes or security events with far greater speed and efficiency, ensuring the policy that protects their infrastructure can evolve as fast as their business does." The F5 AI Assistant is designed to support XOps teams - including DevOps, SecOps, NetOps, Platform Ops, and CISOs - by introducing real-time, domain-specific intelligence directly into their operational tools. According to the company, the assistant provides actionable guidance to reduce documentation searches for DevOps, prioritise risks for SecOps, optimise traffic management for NetOps, drive consistency for Platform Ops, and support CISOs in application vulnerability assessments. One key feature is the AI Assistant's iRules code generation capability. F5 iRules are dynamic scripts used by more than 85% of F5 BIG-IP customers for traffic management, routing optimisation and security enhancements. Automating iRules creation through a natural language interface aims to address what F5 identifies as a significant need for precision and efficiency, especially as dynamic application environments grow in scale and complexity. The AI Assistant also helps teams understand how generated and manual iRules are performing by explaining components, logic and overall functionality. This approach is intended to minimise configuration errors while enabling teams to make quicker, more informed IT decisions. F5 has indicated ongoing investments in agentic AI within its Application Delivery and Security Platform, targeting the empowerment of XOps teams through tools supporting autonomous decision-making, enhanced threat intelligence and security analytics. The company says these advances are supported by its AI Data Fabric, which enables rapid labelling of datasets and the training of specialised models. According to F5, customers can see benefits such as faster deployment times, improved security postures, and less downtime for mission-critical systems. By automating operational tasks, organisations may be able to refocus staff attention on business priorities like feature development and customer experience improvements. The claimed operational enhancements promoted by the F5 AI Assistant include speed, accuracy, efficiency and scalability for distributed applications across private and multicloud infrastructure. F5's approach relies on proprietary data and expertise accumulated from its application delivery and security engineering. This is intended to ensure the outputs are secure, validated, and tuned to real-world customer requirements, compared to more generic tools. "F5 iRules have long been recognized as the industry's most powerful and flexible solution for complex application requirements, delivering unmatched low-level control not available on other platforms," said T.J. Vreugdenhil, Sr. Solutions Architect at SHI. "Traditionally, building and maintaining iRules required significant expertise. F5 AI Assistant dramatically reduces this complexity, empowering organizations to retain deep control while streamlining rule creation and management. By leveraging 'F5-validated' trained data, it produces outputs engineers can trust - boosting confidence and accelerating innovation. Importantly, F5 AI Assistant also ensures sensitive iRules data remains secure, never exposed to third-party or external AI tools." The F5 AI Assistant with iRules code generation functionality is now available for customers managing application delivery and security across modern IT environments.
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
BlueCat highlights the next generation of Intelligent Network Operations solutions at Cisco Live
Intelligent NetOps makes it easier to change and modernize the network as organizational requirements demand SAN DIEGO, June 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BlueCat Networks, a leading provider of Intelligent Network Operations solutions that help organizations modernize, optimize, and secure their network infrastructure, is proud to be the first vendor to market with a suite of products aimed at making networks more agile so that companies can focus on innovation. At Cisco Live, BlueCat will unveil the next generation of its Unified DDI platform, Integrity X, as well as other exciting updates to its industry-leading product set. Additionally, BlueCat will introduce a new certified Cisco Splunk application for its network observability and intelligence solutions, LiveWire and LiveNX. Accelerate network transformation Organizations need networks that change fast. However, increased complexity and legacy solutions create unnecessary drag. When the network is slow to deliver, organizations struggle to create memorable customer experiences, proactively detect and mitigate cyber threats, and harness the benefits of cloud and artificial intelligence. Intelligent NetOps is an integrated portfolio of network infrastructure services. It discovers and enables network access, automates provisioning and workflows, captures and analyzes operational data, and continuously optimizes and secures the network across hybrid and multicloud environments. "A key challenge faced by networking teams is to efficiently and effectively manage disparate infrastructure across multiple environments while ensuring high levels of security and user experience," said Brandon Butler, IDC Senior Research Manager for Enterprise Networks. "BlueCat's DDI management and network observability solutions help teams overcome these challenges by providing intelligent visibility and analytics, which can be correlated with changes occurring across the network and on individual devices, enabling teams to maintain reliability and accelerate transformation initiatives." BlueCat launches Integrity X: The future of enterprise DDI Integrity X redefines how enterprise network teams automate and manage core DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (DDI) infrastructure. Built on a modern React framework and with an API-first design that leverages the same OpenAPI interface customers already use for automation, this release introduces a fully reimagined user experience—engineered to streamline workflows, strengthen security posture, and accelerate innovation across hybrid environments. 'These enhancements are exactly what enterprise teams need,' said a senior developer of system design and architecture engineering at a large health care data provider. "BlueCat is listening, solving real-world DDI challenges, and enabling agile network infrastructure." A next-generation DDI platform for modern networks Integrity X delivers unmatched scalability, performance, accessibility, and extensibility—bringing together everything network teams need in a single, unified DDI solution: Unified by design: A cohesive platform experience that feels fast, seamless, and intuitive—tailored to the needs of today's dynamic enterprise environments. API-first innovation: Built on a fully RESTful API that is OpenAPI 3.0 compliant, enabling rapid feature delivery, seamless integration, and long-term extensibility for automation-driven organizations. Accessibility for all: WCAG 2.1 AA-compliant by design, with high-contrast visuals, full keyboard navigation, and screen reader support—ensuring inclusive access for all users. Multi-language support: Global-ready with localization in English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and Japanese. Real-time visibility: Always-on monitoring and a powerful new appliance metrics dashboard, based on open-source Prometheus, give teams instant insight into DNS, DHCP, and IPAM health—enabling proactive operations and faster troubleshooting. "Integrity X provides a modern, standards-based path forward for customers who want control," said Scott Fulton, Chief Product and Technology Officer at BlueCat. "New customers are relieved with the low-risk migration from other solutions, and existing customers have already been impressed with the ease of automation, scalability, and flexibility of the platform." BlueCat enriches Splunk integration and DNS and DHCP health analysis BlueCat now provides NOC and SOC Dashboards to diagnose performance and security issues in your network with an improved certified Splunk application: LiveWire captures, analyzes, and simultaneously streams enriched security and performance telemetry from your network to Splunk and LiveNX. LiveNX continuously analyzes enriched telemetry, SNMP, and API data for security indicators and network anomalies and sends alerts to Splunk to help in threat hunting and resolving anomalies. LiveNX alerting engine sends security indicators and network anomalies to Splunk, aiding in threat hunting or resolving anomalies. BlueCat's Splunk crosslink capabilities enable quick packet or flow diagnostic research all from within Splunk. LiveWire and LiveNX 25.1 releases include additional instrumentation for DNS and DHCP, as well as automated troubleshooting for routine runtime, performance, and security issues surrounding these mission-critical services. Micetro is now available on Cisco's Global Price List (GPL) BlueCat also announced that Micetro, an intuitive universal DDI orchestration solution, is available on the Cisco GPL. Micetro seamlessly integrates with Meraki, delivering improved IPAM visibility and DHCP orchestration. Expanded availability streamlines procurement for customers and partners. It showcases BlueCat and Cisco's commitment to enhancing network operations with integrated solutions. About BlueCat BlueCat's Intelligent Network Operations (NetOps) provide the analytics and intelligence needed to enable, optimize, and secure the network to achieve business goals. With an Intelligent NetOps suite, organizations can more easily change and modernize their network as business requirements demand. BlueCat's growing portfolio includes unified core network services, security and compliance, as well as network observability and intelligence. These solutions can be deployed in hybrid or multicloud environments, in the data center, at remote or branch locations, and via SD-WAN. BlueCat's Intelligent NetOps solutions have been recognized by GigaOm as market leaders in their 2025 Radar Report for Network Observability and their 2024 Radar Report for DDI. BlueCat is headquartered in Toronto and New York, with additional offices in the United States, France, Germany, Iceland, Japan, Singapore, Serbia, and the United Kingdom. Learn more at Contact: Pierre Hamilton Senior Manager, Corporate Communications pr@ in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
13-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Tufin's New TOS Discovery Automates Network Topology Mapping to Drive Faster, Smarter Security Operations
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tufin, the leader in network and cloud security policy automation, today announced the launch of Tufin Orchestration Suite (TOS) Discovery, a new solution that helps security teams ensure their network topology is always accurate and up-to-date. Tufin's TOS Discovery automates device discovery and onboarding, delivering accurate, real-time topology to fuel improved security, access, and compliance outcomes. Maintaining up-to-date network topology is a crucial task - one that enables proper enforcement of security policies and access validation - and is critical for mitigating vulnerabilities and troubleshooting issues. Despite its importance in establishing and maintaining a safe and secure enterprise network environment, it is traditionally a manual, time-consuming task that is often deprioritized when more immediate network security needs come to the forefront. Tufin's TOS Discovery automates device discovery and onboarding, delivering accurate, real-time topology to fuel improved security, access, and compliance outcomes. It is the industry's first live network topology onboarding solution that's integrated natively into network security policy management. 'Today's hybrid mesh network environments are evolving on a daily basis - and if your topology doesn't reflect those changes, devices and equipment will be missed, leading to security issues and an inaccurate representation of how secure your environment really is,' said Shay Dayan, SVP of Products and Engineering at Tufin. 'TOS Discovery is an example of how security automation should work; removing a time-consuming task in a way that strengthens overall security for the long term.' TOS Discovery enables network security teams to: Ensure always-accurate, real-time network topology with zero manual effort Accelerate secure access provisioning, policy changes and policy enforcement across hybrid environments Enhance troubleshooting agility and reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR) Improve service-level agreement (SLA) compliance Deliver real-time network visibility that reduces operational risk and enables smarter, faster decision-making across NetOps and SecOps teams TOS Discovery is built into the Tufin Orchestration Suite, and automates discovery of all Cisco routers/switches on a user's network, keeping topology always accurate and up-to-date. Device discovery is fully automated, meaning they are onboarded in real-time, eliminating manual scripts, spreadsheets, and reliance on professional services engagements. Updates are scheduled to maintain accuracy, and the solution can be deployed rapidly with minimal setup - meaning teams realize value immediately. Most importantly, devices can be grouped by IP range, credentials, or device type - giving teams scalable, efficient topology maintenance that ensures new additions to the environment are not missed. For more information on how TOS Discovery can help your team improve network visibility while removing a time-consuming task, click here. About Tufin Tufin provides a single platform for network security teams and firewall administrators to simplify the management of security policies across today's complex, multi-vendor on-premise and cloud networks. The platform gives some of the largest companies in the world the end-to-end visibility and automation tools necessary to swiftly provide new access, enable fast and secure application deployment, and ensure continuous compliance and audit readiness. Tufin's proven solutions have helped thousands of customers across industries including healthcare, financial services, utilities, telecommunications, and retail to quickly identify and mitigate network risks. For more information, please visit
