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Radio City, NMRC collaborate for customised content to Aqua Line commuters
MUMBAI: Radio City and Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) have partnered to provide the passengers of the newly-inaugurated Aqua Line with a unique in-transit entertainment experience. “Radio City NMRC – Noida Metro Ka Apna Radio Station” airs latest hyperlocal content consisting of music, entertainment, and trivia, in Hindi, focused around Noida, Greater Noida, and NMRC across all 21 stations of the line.
After a successful partnership with LMRC (Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation), to offer specialised content across 8 Lucknow Metro Stations, Radio City replicates the feat amongst the listeners and commuters of Noida. The Aqua Line was inaugurated by Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on 25 January 2019 and the commercial services for commuters began on 26 January 2019. Radio City network is providing exclusive entertainment on the Aqua Line from the day of commencement of the commercial service.
Commenting on the partnership with NMRC Jagran Group president Apurva Purohit said, “Radio City has always been a pioneer in creating innovative ways to provide listeners with content that is suited best for their preferences. Partnering with NMRC is a testimony to our expertise on exploring new avenues of entertainment in emerging fields such as the next generation mobility of hyperlocal experiences. Being the first radio network to provide customised in-transit entertainment to metro commuters, we believe this synergy will help us not only reach a larger audience base but also make their transit experience a pleasant one and give them specialised relevant content.”
Noida Metro Rail Corporation CEO Alok Tandon said, “We are really excited about NMRC’s partnership with Radio City. Radio City is the best radio network when it comes to understanding the essence of the city and what connects best with its audience. Being one of the oldest players in the radio industry, we couldn’t have had anything better, and we look forward to this successful partnership.”
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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.
