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EDB appoints Ramesh Mamgain as VP for India & SAARC region
Mumbai: Enterprise DB (“EDB”), a leader in accelerating Postgres® in the enterprise, announced the appointment of industry veteran Ramesh Mamgain as Vice President for the India and South Asia region. This strategic move under scores EDB’s commitment to expanding its footprint across the region and empowering businesses and government entities to leverage the full potential of the world’s most advanced open-source database.
EDB VP & GM, APJ Stuart Fisher remarked, “The convergence of data and AI technologies is set to redefine India’s business landscape, unlocking new opportunities for efficiency, personalization, and growth across sectors while shaping the nation’s journey towards digital leadership. Ramesh’s expertise and leadership will be instrumental in driving our expansion efforts and serving clients across new geographies. We warmly welcome Ramesh Mamgain to the EDB family and look forward to achieving remarkable milestones together.”
Mamgain’s appointment as vice president for the India and South Asia region at EDB highlights his remarkable track record in driving business growth. With extensive experience in both large multinational corporations and mid-sized companies, Mamgain has successfully grown businesses by fivefold to over $100 million in annual revenue and more than tenfold within a span of five years. His strategic vision and proven ability to deliver outstanding results make him a valuable addition to EDB’s leadership team as they continue to expand their presence in the region.
With a wealth of experience in senior sales leadership roles covering India and South Asia, Mamgain brings invaluable insights to EDB. Commenting on his new role at EDB, Mamgain stated, “India has witnessed a remarkable surge in the adoption of open-source databases, driven by the need for scalable and cost-effective solutions. With an increasing number of enterprises embracing open -source technologies, India is poised for exponential growth in its digital infrastructure and innovation ecosystem. I am excited to join EDB and lead the region’s growth to a new era.”
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Google completes $32 billion Wiz deal to boost AI and cloud security
Wiz joins Google Cloud but keeps multi-cloud support across rival platforms
NEW YORK: Google has completed its $32 billion acquisition of cloud security company Wiz, marking the biggest deal in the tech giant’s history and signalling a major push to strengthen security in the era of artificial intelligence and multi-cloud computing.
The New York-headquartered cybersecurity firm will join Google Cloud while continuing to operate under the Wiz brand. Crucially, the company will maintain support for multiple cloud platforms, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud, reflecting the reality that most large organisations run their systems across several cloud providers.
Google said the acquisition is designed to help organisations build and scale applications more securely as businesses and governments increasingly move critical systems and data to the cloud. At the same time, the rapid adoption of generative AI has introduced new cybersecurity risks, with attackers also using AI to launch faster and more sophisticated attacks.
Wiz has built a reputation for simplifying cloud security. Its platform maps entire cloud environments, identifying vulnerabilities, potential attack paths and misconfigurations before they can be exploited. By connecting insights from code, cloud infrastructure and runtime environments, it allows security and engineering teams to detect and fix risks early in the development cycle.
Bringing Wiz into Google Cloud will create what the company describes as a unified security platform capable of detecting, preventing and responding to threats across cloud and AI environments. The combined offering will also integrate Google’s own security capabilities, including threat intelligence tools, security operations platforms and the cybersecurity expertise of Mandiant.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the move reflects the growing importance of security as more organisations rely on AI and cloud technologies. “Keeping people safe online has always been part of Google’s mission,” he said, adding that the partnership will help organisations innovate with greater confidence.
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian, said the goal is to make security an enabler rather than a roadblock for businesses building modern applications. He noted that the combined technologies will simplify the complex task of protecting hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
For Wiz, the acquisition opens the door to global scale while keeping its core philosophy intact. Co-founder and CEO Assaf Rappaport said the company remains committed to an open, multi-cloud approach and will continue supporting customers regardless of where their workloads run.
Over the past year, Wiz has expanded its platform to address emerging risks tied to AI applications, including tools that help organisations monitor AI usage, detect AI-specific vulnerabilities and secure AI workloads during runtime.
With Google’s infrastructure, artificial intelligence capabilities and security ecosystem now behind it, Wiz plans to accelerate development of its platform while continuing to serve enterprises, governments and start-ups operating across different cloud environments.
For Google Cloud, the acquisition adds a powerful piece to its security puzzle as competition intensifies among global cloud providers. For customers, it promises a future where building fast in the cloud does not have to come at the expense of staying secure.
