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Korea Herald
12 hours ago
- Business
- Korea Herald
Zilliz Cloud Expands Global Footprint with New Azure Region in Central India
New region empowers customers to meet data sovereignty, regulatory, low-latency, and cost-efficiency goals when building AI applications. REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., July 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Zilliz, the company behind the most popular open-source vector database Milvus, today announced the availability of a new Zilliz Cloud region in Azure Central India, further expanding its global infrastructure. This new region enables customers—from fast-moving startups to global enterprises—to build and scale AI applications while ensuring data locality, regulatory compliance, low-latency performance, and lower cloud costs. With data residency becoming a critical requirement for many businesses operating in India and nearby markets, the new Azure Central India region provides developers with greater control over where their data lives, without compromising on performance or budget. "Developers rely on Zilliz Cloud every day to build and scale AI applications more quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively," said Charles Xie, CEO at Zilliz. "By adding a new region in India, we're helping customers reduce cross-border data transfer costs and latency, while also simplifying compliance with local regulations. It's a win-win for both innovation and infrastructure spend." Global Infrastructure with Local Performance Zilliz Cloud now operates across 26 cloud regions globally, making it one of the most geographically distributed vector database platforms available. The Central India region joins key international deployments across AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Key international regions include: This expansion makes it simple for organizations to optimize for latency, locality, and cost, all while scaling to support billions of vector embeddings and the most demanding GenAI workloads. With auto-scaling, usage-based pricing, and deployment flexibility across providers, Zilliz Cloud helps teams reduce operational overhead and focus on building AI features that deliver value. Companies like Sarvam, a leading AI startup building multilingual models in India, exemplify the demanding performance requirements driving this expansion."We needed a system that could handle real-time retrieval over millions of knowledge vectors without breaking under load," said Dr. Pratyush Kumar, Co-Founder of Sarvam. "Zilliz gave us that. It freed up engineering cycles and let us focus on improving reasoning on the model side, not managing infrastructure." Now Available to All The Azure Central India region is now live and available to all Zilliz Cloud customers. Organizations can immediately begin deploying clusters in the new region through the Zilliz Cloud console. For more information about this new region, check out this launch blog or connect with our technical team for help. About Zilliz Zilliz builds next-generation database technologies that help organizations unlock the value of unstructured data and rapidly develop AI and machine learning applications. By simplifying complex data infrastructure, Zilliz brings the power of AI within reach for enterprises, teams, and individual developers alike. Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, Zilliz is backed by leading investors including Aramco's Prosperity7 Ventures, Temasek's Pavilion Capital, Hillhouse Capital, 5Y Capital, Yunqi Partners, Trustbridge Partners, and others.
Channel Post MEA
19 hours ago
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
Google Cloud And Intelcia Partner To Deploy MyData
Google Cloud and Intelcia have entered into a strategic partnership to deploy MyData, a powerful, cloud-native data platform that is transforming how the company operates, measures, and innovates across all functions. MyData is Intelcia's enterprise-wide data platform, designed to transform data into a shared language across the group. Built on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and powered by technologies like BigQuery and Looker, MyData standardizes strategic KPIs, ensures real-time data availability, and enables every team—from operations to HR and finance—to manage their activities with autonomy, accuracy, and impact. Through intuitive dashboards, Connected Sheets, and AI-powered tools such as ConverseQuery, MyData empowers both technical and non-technical users alike, bridging the gap between business and data. The platform supports a wide range of use cases, including SLA and churn monitoring, client reporting, workforce steering, and natural language access to analytics. 'With Google Cloud, we are building more than a data platform—we're creating a foundation for performance, innovation, and empowerment across the group,' said Amine Trabelsi, Chief Technology Officer at Intelcia. 'MyData gives our teams across HR, Finance, Operations, and beyond the ability to steer their activities with clarity, autonomy, and impact.' Supporting Business Agility at Scale Launched as a key pillar of Intelcia's digital transformation, MyData was developed to modernize the group's decision-making ecosystem by replacing outdated OLAP cubes with a modern, cloud-native architecture. The platform is anchored around four foundational pillars: Cloud-native architecture on GCP, enabling fast, scalable, and secure access to enterprise data; Progressive migration from legacy systems, using a 'cube-by-cube' approach to preserve business continuity; Embedded data governance, including unified KPI definitions, data quality controls, and lineage tracking; Adoption and training programs to democratize access to data through no-code tools like Connected Sheets and Looker. Value Delivered Across Five Strategic Dimensions Performance: MyData delivers near-instant response times and real-time dashboards. For example, the data freshness of Telephony performance indicators has improved by 30 minutes compared to the legacy cube, enabling quicker and more informed decision-making. Transversality: The platform supports both structured and unstructured data in all formats. It now processes the full historical depth of operational files—beyond the previous two-month limitation—including essential KPIs such as SLAs and churn rate. Simplicity: With intuitive, no-code interfaces designed for business users, MyData makes data accessible to all. Looker dashboards are now available directly via the web, without the need for VPN access, making adoption seamless across teams. Attractiveness: MyData's modern tech stack helps attract and retain top digital talent. The initiative has fostered stronger collaboration within data communities and serves as a key differentiator when recruiting profiles interested in cloud-native analytics environments. Innovation: The platform is built to support advanced analytics use cases through native integration with Google Cloud's AI and ML tools. One standout example is ConverseQuery, an AI chatbot developed by Intelcia and embedded within MyData, which has already generated over 11,600 automated responses—allowing users to access data using natural language, with no technical skills required. This initiative builds on the successful deployment of Google Workspace across Intelcia's 40,000+ employees and reinforces a long-term partnership aimed at building a connected, agile, and innovation-driven digital environment. 'At Google Cloud, we are proud to support Intelcia on their data transformation journey. MyData is a powerful example of what can be achieved when bold vision meets the right cloud technologies. Together, we've built a platform that empowers teams, breaks down silos, and puts data at the core of every decision. This initiative also builds on Intelcia's successful adoption of Google Workspace, powered by AI, which continues to enhance collaboration and productivity across their global teams,' states Ichraq Oubrahem, Regional Cloud Leader-Google Cloud.
Zawya
2 days ago
- Business
- Zawya
Google Cloud and Intelcia Partner to accelerate business transformation through unified data platform ‘MyData'
Google Cloud and Intelcia have entered into a strategic partnership to deploy MyData, a powerful, cloud-native data platform that is transforming how the company operates, measures, and innovates across all functions. MyData is Intelcia's enterprise-wide data platform, designed to transform data into a shared language across the group. Built on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and powered by technologies like BigQuery and Looker, MyData standardizes strategic KPIs, ensures real-time data availability, and enables every team—from operations to HR and finance—to manage their activities with autonomy, accuracy, and impact. Through intuitive dashboards, Connected Sheets, and AI-powered tools such as ConverseQuery, MyData empowers both technical and non-technical users alike, bridging the gap between business and data. The platform supports a wide range of use cases, including SLA and churn monitoring, client reporting, workforce steering, and natural language access to analytics. 'With Google Cloud, we are building more than a data platform—we're creating a foundation for performance, innovation, and empowerment across the group,' said Amine Trabelsi, Chief Technology Officer at Intelcia. 'MyData gives our teams across HR, Finance, Operations, and beyond the ability to steer their activities with clarity, autonomy, and impact.' Supporting Business Agility at Scale Launched as a key pillar of Intelcia's digital transformation, MyData was developed to modernize the group's decision-making ecosystem by replacing outdated OLAP cubes with a modern, cloud-native architecture. The platform is anchored around four foundational pillars: Cloud-native architecture on GCP, enabling fast, scalable, and secure access to enterprise data; Progressive migration from legacy systems, using a 'cube-by-cube' approach to preserve business continuity; Embedded data governance, including unified KPI definitions, data quality controls, and lineage tracking; Adoption and training programs to democratize access to data through no-code tools like Connected Sheets and Looker. Value Delivered Across Five Strategic Dimensions Performance: MyData delivers near-instant response times and real-time dashboards. For example, the data freshness of Telephony performance indicators has improved by 30 minutes compared to the legacy cube, enabling quicker and more informed decision-making. Transversality: The platform supports both structured and unstructured data in all formats. It now processes the full historical depth of operational files—beyond the previous two-month limitation—including essential KPIs such as SLAs and churn rate. Simplicity: With intuitive, no-code interfaces designed for business users, MyData makes data accessible to all. Looker dashboards are now available directly via the web, without the need for VPN access, making adoption seamless across teams. Attractiveness: MyData's modern tech stack helps attract and retain top digital talent. The initiative has fostered stronger collaboration within data communities and serves as a key differentiator when recruiting profiles interested in cloud-native analytics environments. Innovation: The platform is built to support advanced analytics use cases through native integration with Google Cloud's AI and ML tools. One standout example is ConverseQuery, an AI chatbot developed by Intelcia and embedded within MyData, which has already generated over 11,600 automated responses—allowing users to access data using natural language, with no technical skills required. This initiative builds on the successful deployment of Google Workspace across Intelcia's 40,000+ employees and reinforces a long-term partnership aimed at building a connected, agile, and innovation-driven digital environment. 'At Google Cloud, we are proud to support Intelcia on their data transformation journey. MyData is a powerful example of what can be achieved when bold vision meets the right cloud technologies. Together, we've built a platform that empowers teams, breaks down silos, and puts data at the core of every decision. This initiative also builds on Intelcia's successful adoption of Google Workspace, powered by AI, which continues to enhance collaboration and productivity across their global teams.,' states Ichraq Oubrahem, Regional Cloud Leader-Google Cloud.
Time of India
03-07-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation to inspect ethics panel of HCG Hospital in Bengaluru after clinical trial concerns
Bengaluru: The Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDCSO) has set up a team to inspect the ethics committee of HCG Hospital, Bengaluru, amid concerns over conduct of clinical trials at the private facility. The inspection will take place Thursday and Friday. The decision follows a letter from K Srinivas, commissioner of food safety and drug administration, to CDCSO, pointing to potential violations in trial conduct that could affect patient safety, regulatory compliance and institutional integrity. The CDCSO team will assess the committee's compliance with New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019. Officials said the review will follow a risk-based approach. You Can Also Check: Bengaluru AQI | Weather in Bengaluru | Bank Holidays in Bengaluru | Public Holidays in Bengaluru The matter was first flagged internally by Justice P Krishna Bhat (retd), former chairperson of the hospital's ethics committee. In a letter to CEO of Health Care Global Enterprises Limited (HCG), which runs the hospital, he raised questions over the dual role played by the director of clinical trials, who also serves as principal investigator (PI) or Co-PI in several ongoing trials. Justice Bhat argued this overlap created a conflict of interest, especially as the director interacted directly with pharmaceutical sponsors. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Glicemia acima de 130? Como baixar de forma natural G!Saú Undo He proposed dissociating the roles of director of clinical trials and PI, stating that "the director of clinical trials should not be involved in P&L [profit and loss] of clinical trials vertical, ensuring that financial incentives do not influence clinical decisions. " He also recommended that a PI should handle only a limited number of trials to maintain accountability and ensure adherence to good clinical practice (GCP) standards set by Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) and other regulators. In his letter, Justice Bhat noted that "over the past few years, audits have highlighted irregularities in the conduct of clinical trials at HCG, leading to harm to patient lives and regulatory lapses". One example he cited was the ethics committee's repeated insistence on adherence to WHO criteria for reporting deaths during clinical trials — an expectation that he said was not consistently met when serious adverse events were presented. Karnataka's health commissioner Sivakumar KB also wrote to DCGI on June 30, seeking an investigation into "unfair clinical trials" allegedly taking place at HCG. Justice Bhat said he had raised these matters internally through a WhatsApp group, committee meetings, and finally, a formal letter to the hospital's CEO. Health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao told media: "Based on certain information that was received, we found out there have been some issues. This is a very serious issue, raised by HCG hospital's ethics committee chairman Justice Krishna Bhat. The commissioner has already written a letter to DCGI to look into this issue and investigate the matter because it has got serious implications about clinical trials." HCG Response: We've noticed some unverified information about HCG, a pioneer in Cancer care in India and Africa. We assure you that we strictly adhere to all guidelines set by regulatory authorities, including DCGI and ICMR. Currently, we're successfully conducting a significant number of trials with utmost transparency, prioritizing patient safety, approved by our ethics committee. Our commitment to delivering exceptional care remains unwavering — Dr BS Ajaikumar, founder & chairman, HCG
The Sun
01-07-2025
- Business
- The Sun
AI use sparks new security fears: Tenable
PETALING JAYA: Tenable, the exposure management company, revealed in its 2025 Cloud Security Risk Report released yesterday that cloud workloads supporting artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives are more vulnerable than traditional workloads. The report found that 70% of AI workloads across AWS, Azure and GCP contain at least one unremediated critical vulnerability, posing increased security risks for organisations in Singapore and Southeast Asia as AI adoption accelerates. AI workloads, with their vast training datasets and model development processes, are an increasingly attractive target for threat actors. The study found that 77% of organisations using Google's Vertex AI Workbench had at least one notebook instance configured with an overprivileged default service account, which could allow privilege escalation and lateral movement across cloud environments. These risks are increasingly top-of-mind for regulators across Southeast Asia. In Singapore, the Cybersecurity Act and Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) Technology Risk Management Guidelines mandate stringent cloud and AI security controls. Indonesia's PP 71 and Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) regulations require secure cloud usage and local data storage for financial institutions, while Malaysia's Risk Management in Technology (RMiT) framework sets out strict cloud risk practices for banks. Thailand's Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) and Bank of Thailand (BOT) guidelines emphasise access controls and transparency, and the Philippines' Data Privacy Act and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) regulations call for data classification, strong authentication and robust third-party governance. As these regulatory frameworks evolve, organisations must embed security early into AI development to ensure compliance and mitigate emerging cloud risks. Tenable's research also shows broader progress in cloud risk management. Toxic cloud trilogies, workloads that are publicly exposed, critically vulnerable, and highly privileged, fell to 29% of organisations surveyed, a nine-point improvement from 2024. Tenable's researchers attribute the nine-point decline to sharper risk-prioritisation practices and wider use of cloud-native security tooling, yet warn that even a single trilogy provides attackers with a fast lane to sensitive data. Identity remains the foundation of a secure cloud environment. The report finds that 83% of AWS users have configured at least one identity provider (IdP), a best practice for securing human and service identities. Yet, the presence of identity-based risks persists. Credential abuse remains the most common initial access vector, implicated in 22% of breaches, underscoring that strong multi-factor authentication (MFA) enforcement and least privilege principles are critical to meet regulatory expectations and protect sensitive data. 'Organisations have made real strides in tackling toxic cloud risks, but the growing adoption of AI workloads is introducing a fresh layer of complexity,' said Ari Eitan, director of Cloud Security Research at Tenable.
