Archives March 2026

Rubrik & Rackspace Launch UK Sovereign Cyber Recovery Cloud

 

Enterprises empowered to detect threats early and recover in significantly faster timelines, in a fully sovereign environment

LONDON, UK — Mar 19 — Rackspace Technology® (NASDAQ: RXT), a leading end-to-end hybrid cloud and AI solutions company, and Rubrik, (NYSE: RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, today announced UK Sovereign Cyber Recovery Clouda new ransomware cyber recovery solution engineered to protect and restore UK public sector and regulated workloads within hours of an attack.

As the UK enters a pivotal year for digital sovereignty, new legislation mandates higher standards for organisations’ resilience and recovery. To meet these demands, UK Sovereign Cyber Recovery Cloud provides a dedicated, automated “clean room” recovery environment that remains entirely within UK borders and features pre-built runbooks ready for immediate activation.

The collaboration integrates Rubrik Security Cloud with Rackspace UK Sovereign Services to provide a secure, isolated recovery environment. All sensitive data, critical metadata, and support are strictly confined to the UK jurisdiction and remain offline from the outside world. An isolated cyber recovery cloud environment is activated and brought online only when a specific ransomware recovery event occurs.

 

Key Features of the UK Sovereign Cyber Recovery Cloud:

  • True Digital Sovereignty: providing operational and data sovereignty by maintaining all hardware, data, and administrative access within the UK; this strict jurisdictional control isolates organisations from foreign influence.
  • Rapid Cyber Recovery: Leverages advanced automation to reduce recovery times from days or weeks to hours.
  • Regulatory Alignment: Designed to support alignment with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)’s Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) and mandatory 24-hour breach reporting requirements.
  • Continuous Operations: The Rackspace security operations centre leverages Rubrik technology to monitor SaaS Cloud and on-premises applications around the clock, ensuring anomalies are detected and addressed at speed.

“2026 is the year where control becomes the new foundation of trust and truly having control over where our data is accessed and located,” said Rick Martire, General Manager, Sovereign Services at Rackspace UK.” By partnering with Rubrik, we are providing UK enterprises with the autonomy they need to recover from cyber threats while meeting the highest standards of digital sovereignty.”

“Our joint solution isn’t just about where data is stored – it’s about who has the authority to protect and restore it,” added David Kosman, Vice President, Global Managed Service Providers at Rubrik. “For UK public sector bodies and regulated enterprises, today’s announcement is a major leap forward in national cyber resilience. The evolution of our close partnership with Rackspace – which began with our strategic collaboration to deliver isolated recovery environments – continues to support enterprises that need strong security and compliance.”

In 2025, Rackspace and Rubrik announced Rackspace Cyber Recovery Cloud, to help enterprises achieve true cyber resilience and ensure business continuity in the event of a cyber-attack. Learn more here. Rubrik and Rackspace Technology are Platinum Sponsors of the CSO ThreatScape Manchester event, March 19th at the Hyatt Regency Manchester. Learn more about our presentations here.

 

Boomi, a 12X Leader, Positioned Highest for Ability to Execute in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Integration Platform as a Service

Business Wire India

Boomi™, the data activation company, today announced it has been recognized as a Leader and positioned highest for Ability to Execute in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS). This marks the 12th consecutive time Boomi has been named a Leader– the longest recognized vendor in the report’s history.

 

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Boomi, a 12X Leader, Positioned Highest for Ability to Execute in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Integration Platform as a Service

Boomi, a 12X Leader, Positioned Highest for Ability to Execute in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Integration Platform as a Service

 

Boomi attributes its continued industry recognition to its unwavering commitment to innovation, customer success, and ecosystem growth. Over the past year, Boomi has accelerated its investments in integration and automation, APIM, agent management, and data management to help enterprises transform fragmented systems and data into orchestrated processes and governed agentic workflows.

 

Recent innovations include:

 

 

  • Boomi Data Integration and MFT – The acquisition of Rivery, now Boomi Data Integration, enhanced real-time data ingestion and analytics-ready pipelines, enabling customers to unify operational and analytical data at scale. Boomi’s acquisition of Thru, Inc. added enterprise-grade managed file transfer (MFT) capabilities, supporting secure, high-volume workloads — an expansion that has increased customer adoption by more than 270% following the acquisition. Additional innovations — including change data capture (CDC) ingestion for SAP — further expanded Boomi’s ability to support complex enterprise environments and modernization initiatives.
  • API Management and MCP Support – Boomi introduced comprehensive API management to help organizations securely expose, manage, and scale APIs alongside integrations and AI workflows. Boomi also broadened support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) to enable more secure, agent-ready access to enterprise APIs, integrations, and data.
  • Boomi Agentstudio – Since its launch, Boomi Agentstudio, Boomi’s agent management platform (AMP), has seen rapid enterprise adoption as organizations scale agentic AI with built-in governance. More than 75,000 agents are now deployed in production, and partners have published hundreds of reusable agentic workflow assets through the Boomi Marketplace, accelerating time to value across real-world use cases.
  • Context Grounded Agents With Boomi Meta Hub – Establish a shared source of truth. Meta Hub builds on Boomi’s proven foundation in master data management and enterprise connectivity, extending trusted data context across the entire AI ecosystem with a central system of record. By aligning data standards across the enterprise, Meta Hub ensures that AI agents and humans operate on consistent, trusted business logic rather than fragmented interpretations of data.

 

 

Customer and Partner Momentum Accelerates
With more than 30,000 customers globally, Boomi continues to serve as the trusted data activation partner for enterprises across industries, including customers like Tropicana, Toyota Australia, BNP Paribas, Chevron Federal Credit Union, and Moderna, who rely on Boomi to connect and automate their business-critical applications and data.

 

Boomi continues to expand its global partner ecosystem, strengthening alliances with leading global system integrators (GSIs), independent software vendors (ISVs) while deepening strategic collaborations with established technology and services providers. Partnerships with AWS, ServiceNow, DXC, EY, and more are supporting enterprise adoption of agentic AI initiatives and helping customers drive measurable business outcomes.

 

 

A Leader in Data Activation
“As organizations accelerate their shift to becoming AI-driven enterprises, data activation has emerged as a strategic imperative,” said Steve Lucas, Chairman and CEO at Boomi. “Our continued recognition as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS — and being positioned highest for Ability to Execute — in our opinion, reinforces that Boomi is not just keeping pace with the market, we’re defining it. We believe being recognized for the 12th consecutive year reflects the consistency of our innovation, the strength of our platform, and the measurable outcomes we deliver for customers worldwide.”

 

 

View the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS here.

 

 

Additional Resources

 

 

 

 

Gartner Disclaimer:
Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Integration Platform as a Service, Andrew Humphreys, Keith Guttridge, Allan Wilkins, Shrey Pasricha, March 16, 2026.

 

Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner and Magic Quadrant is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and are used herein with permission. All rights reserved.

 

 

About Boomi
Boomi, the data activation company, brings data to life by integrating and governing it to power everything from AI to BI. The Boomi Enterprise Platform puts data in motion, uniting data readiness, integration and automation, and agent management in one comprehensive solution. Trusted by more than 30,000 customers and supported by a global network of 800+ partners, Boomi is driving agentic transformation — helping organizations of all sizes move faster, operate smarter, and innovate at scale. Discover more at boomi.com.

 

 

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RBI Grants All Approvals for Bain Capital to Acquire Joint Control of Manappuram Finance and Its Subsidiaries

Chennai, Mar 19: Manappuram Finance Limited announced that its subsidiaries, Asirvad Micro Finance Limited (“AMFL”) and Manappuram Home Finance Limited (“MHFL”), have received the requisite approvals from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for an indirect change in control and management. This follows the proposed acquisition of control and shareholding in the Company by affiliates of Bain Capital.

The approvals represent a significant milestone, with the Company and its subsidiaries now having secured all necessary statutory clearances for Bain Capital’s proposed investment of approximately ₹4,385 crore. The transaction includes acquisition of joint control alongside existing promoters and a consequent open offer under the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011.

The Company and Bain Capital aim to complete the capital infusion by March 31, 2026, while the open offer will proceed in accordance with regulatory timelines. Upon completion, Bain Capital is expected to hold between 18.0% and 41.66% shareholding (on a fully diluted basis), while existing promoters will retain 28.9%.

Post-transaction, Bain Capital will be classified as a promoter and will jointly control the Company along with the existing promoters. The Boards of Directors of the Company and its subsidiaries will be reconstituted to include Bain Capital’s nominee directors, in line with the definitive agreements.

This strategic investment is expected to strengthen Manappuram Finance’s growth trajectory, enhance governance, and unlock long-term value across its lending and financial services businesses.

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Elliptic Integrates With Tempo, the Payments-First Blockchain

Business Wire India

Elliptic, the leader in digital asset decisioning, today announced full blockchain coverage for Tempo, the payments-first Layer-1 blockchain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm. With this integration, compliance and investigation teams gain full visibility into one of the most significant expansions of real-world financial activity onto blockchain infrastructure.

 

“We’re excited to have Elliptic providing compliance infrastructure on Tempo from day one. As payments move onchain at scale, builders and their customers need real-time tools to meet regulatory requirements without slowing down.” – Nischay Upadhyayula, GTM, Tempo

 

Tempo is a Layer-1 blockchain designed for real-world payments at scale, with sub-second finality and high throughput. Incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, Tempo is built for the transaction volumes that global commerce demands. Elliptic’s blockchain analytics platform is purpose-built to analyse on-chain data at this scale.

 

“Tempo’s payment-specific blockchain infrastructure reflects what we’ve been saying for years: Digital assets are moving from experimental to foundational,” said Jackson Hull, CTO at Elliptic.

 

Tempo isn’t designed for thousands of transactions per day. It’s designed for more than 100,000 transactions per second, as agents, businesses and consumers increasingly transact on chain. Elliptic’s infrastructure is purpose-built to handle data at this scale. Our Tempo integration gives compliance teams the visibility they need as blockchain payments grow exponentially.”

 

Through this integration, Elliptic’s customers gain the same comprehensive monitoring and investigation capabilities on Tempo as on other blockchains. Customers can:

 

  • Screen wallet addresses in real time for exposure to sanctions and illicit activity
  • Trace cross-chain fund flows between Tempo and other blockchains
  • Monitor stablecoin transactions across Tempo’s high-throughput infrastructure
  • Access historical and real-time data for compliance workflows and case management
  • Maintain consistent compliance standards across blockchain networks

 

Elliptic continually expands coverage to support major blockchains, serving 500+ financial institutions, exchanges, and regulators worldwide.

About Elliptic

 

Elliptic is the leader in digital asset decisioning, we have built the most comprehensive platform for efficiently extracting crypto data and intelligence across blockchains with the greatest accuracy.

 

Our platform’s unrivalled uptime, scalability, depth and breadth of our data and intelligence means exacting organizations choose Elliptic for their compliance, risk management, intelligence operations and blockchain infrastructure needs.

 

Founded in 2013, Elliptic is headquartered in London with offices in New York, Washington D.C., Dubai, Singapore and Tokyo. To learn more, visit www.elliptic.co and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

 

 

 

 

Datacipher Limited and HPE Host Exclusive Enterprise Event on AI-Driven Networking in Mumbai

Business Wire India

Datacipher Limited, a leading provider of AI driven networking solutions, in collaboration with HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise), successfully hosted an exclusive industry event in Mumbai, India, at Radisson Goregaon focused on the future of AI-driven networking and next-generation enterprise infrastructure.

The event brought together senior IT leaders, technology decision-makers, and Key enterprise customers of Datacipher to explore how modern networking technologies are transforming business operations and enabling organizations to build intelligent, secure, and scalable digital infrastructures.

The sessions highlighted the growing importance of AI-native networking, data center innovation, SASE/SD-WAN, and next-generation routing infrastructure where networks can proactively detect issues, optimize performance, and deliver seamless user experiences in increasingly complex IT environments.

Speaking about the event, Vivek Pandey, Sales Director India – SAARC, Datacipher Limited, said: “As organizations continue to accelerate their digital transformation journeys, the role of intelligent networking becomes more critical than ever. Through our collaboration with HPE, we aim to help enterprises adopt AI-driven infrastructure that simplifies network operations while delivering greater agility, visibility, and security. As an Elite Plus partner of HPE, we bring together innovation, customer choice, and the power of the HPE – Juniper to deliver a stronger Network-as-a-Service offering, enabling organizations to adopt more flexible and future-ready networking models.”

The event also featured engaging discussions on next-generation wireless networking, cloud-managed infrastructure, and the role of AI in enhancing network reliability and operational efficiency.

Representatives from HPE shared insights into how enterprises can leverage AI-powered networking solutions to build resilient and future-ready IT environments, enabling businesses to adapt quickly to evolving technological demands.

Vinay Kumar Karunakar, Vice President – Sales, Cloud Business, Datacipher Limited, added: “Our collaboration with HPE underscores our shared ambition to lead the next wave of enterprise transformation. As organizations embrace cloud‑native architectures, intelligent automation, and consumption‑driven IT models, Datacipher and HPE are committed to delivering the secure, agile, and future‑ready infrastructure they need to thrive. Together, we are empowering customers to accelerate their digital strategies, unlock meaningful business outcomes, and build the resilient technology foundations required to compete in a rapidly evolving digital economy.”

The event concluded with an interactive networking session, providing attendees the opportunity to engage directly with technology experts and explore innovative solutions designed to support the growing digital needs of modern enterprises.

This successful gathering reinforced the strong partnership between Datacipher and HPE, and their shared commitment to empowering organizations with cutting-edge networking technologies that drive business innovation and operational excellence.

Lucknow Emerges as a New IT and Urban Development Hub with Enhanced Expressway Connectivity

Mar 19: The state capital, Lucknow, is rapidly transforming into a major IT and urban development hub, driven by extensive expressway and road connectivity across the region. With strategic infrastructure projects connecting the city to eastern, western, and industrial districts, Lucknow is now positioning itself as a prime destination for investment, real estate, and modern urban living.

Over the past few years, expressway projects like the Agra Expressway, Purvanchal Expressway, and the newly developed route to Kanpur have significantly improved accessibility and spurred industrial growth. Within the city, roads such as Shaheed Path, Kisan Path, and the upcoming Vigyan Path are making intra-city commuting faster and more efficient, further strengthening Lucknow’s urban framework.

“Road infrastructure is the backbone of any city’s progress. Lucknow’s evolving network of expressways and internal roads is not only enhancing connectivity but also creating new growth corridors across the city,”

Better connectivity is reshaping the city’s real estate and urban landscape. Areas once considered the outskirts are now emerging as vibrant neighborhoods with planned colonies, modern residential projects, world-class hospitals, and top-tier educational institutions. Key zones like Amrawati Sports City near the Green Corridor and Agra Expressway, and Amrawati IT City adjacent to Shaheed Path and Kisan Path, are becoming focal points for future urban development, especially with the proposed expansion of the Metro and the upcoming Vigyan Path.

The city’s expansion, guided by well-planned roads and expressways, ensures a structured and organized urban growth pattern. Analysts predict that with this momentum, Lucknow is set to evolve from being primarily an administrative capital to becoming one of Uttar Pradesh’s most active urban, economic, and technological centers.

Govt Approves Rs.472 Crore Road Over Bridge to Boost Tuna-Tekra Port Connectivity

New Delhi, March 19: The government has approved a ₹472 crore project for construction of a Road Over Bridge (ROB) and associated infrastructure at Tuna-Tekra to strengthen port connectivity and improve cargo evacuation, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways said.

Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal approved the project, which includes viaduct structures, a bridge over a creek, and provisions for maintenance over a 10-year period.

The ROB is expected to serve as a key connectivity link for the upcoming mega container terminal and multipurpose cargo berth at Tuna-Tekra. The container terminal is planned with a capacity of 2.19 million TEUs, while the cargo berth will handle up to 18.33 million metric tonnes per annum.

Officials said the project will help reduce logistics turnaround time, ease congestion, and improve overall supply chain efficiency in the region.

The execution of the ROB will be aligned with the commissioning of the Tuna-Tekra container terminal, which is currently about 45% complete. This is aimed at ensuring that supporting infrastructure is ready alongside port operations.

The project is expected to ease rail-road congestion and facilitate smoother movement of heavy cargo traffic to and from the port, strengthening last-mile connectivity.

The development is part of the government’s broader maritime strategy under Maritime India Vision 2030 and Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047, aimed at enhancing port-led development and positioning India as a global maritime hub.

National Workshop on One Health in Nagpur Focuses on Pandemic Preparedness, Coordination

New Delhi/Nagpur, March 19: A two-day national workshop on “Operational Frameworks for One Health: National Vision and State Action” was held in Nagpur to strengthen coordination across sectors for improved disease surveillance and pandemic preparedness.

The workshop was organised by the National Institute of One Health (NIOH), Nagpur, under the Department of Health Research, in collaboration with the ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar.

National Workshop on One Health in Nagpur Focuses on Pandemic Preparedness, Coordination

 

The event aimed to translate the National One Health Mission into actionable strategies at the state and local levels, with a focus on integrating human, animal, and environmental health systems.

Delivering the keynote address, Principal Scientific Advisor Ajay Sood stressed the need for integrated and interoperable surveillance systems.

He said early warning mechanisms depend on seamless data sharing across human health, veterinary, wildlife, and environmental sectors, adding that states like Maharashtra could serve as models for structured implementation of the One Health approach.

Department of Health Research Secretary Rajiv Bahl highlighted the importance of inter-sectoral coordination in tackling zoonotic diseases and strengthening national health security.

He said the One Health Mission reflects a whole-of-government approach, given the complex interactions between humans, animals, and ecosystems that can lead to emerging health threats. He also emphasised the need to strengthen outbreak response mechanisms at the state and district levels.

The workshop included technical sessions and panel discussions on operationalising the One Health framework, with a focus on zoonotic diseases and spillover risks.

Discussions on the second day centred on biothreat preparedness, development of medical countermeasures, and investigation of wildlife-related outbreaks.

The inaugural session was attended by senior officials and experts from health, veterinary, and research institutions, including representatives from AIIMS Nagpur, NCDC, and Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University.

The workshop forms part of ongoing efforts to strengthen India’s preparedness against emerging and re-emerging diseases through coordinated policy and scientific action.

RecVue Completes Acquisition of AiVidens

Business Wire India

RecVue, the leader in AI-powered billing and revenue management platforms for complex enterprise monetization, today announced it has completed the acquisition of AiVidens. By acquiring the cash management and collections platform, RecVue will enable enterprises to move beyond simple revenue automation to unify contract governance, billing, collections, revenue compliance, revenue sharing, and liquidity management all within a single revenue operating system.

 

“This acquisition furthers our strategy to close the structural gap between revenue and cash,” said Nishant Nair, Founder and CEO of RecVue. “CFOs today are accountable not only for revenue accuracy, but for liquidity performance and working capital efficiency. With AiVidens, we are extending RevOS to connect commercial activity directly to cash realization.”

 

While tasked with these widening responsibilities, enterprise CFOs struggle with disparate systems and data. Contracts are governed in CRM, billing happens in ERP, collections are done from standalone solutions, and revenue recognition is managed in separate accounting tools and spreadsheets. This fragmentation results in revenue leakage, audit risk, delayed cash realization, and working capital inefficiency.

 

The acquisition of AiVidens will expand the RecVue RevOS platform into a fully unified, AI-powered revenue-to-cash operating model. RevOS can connect contract governance, monetization and billing, receivables and collections, revenue compliance, and third-party revenue sharing within a single, intelligent system. By integrating AI-driven receivables management and predictive payment intelligence, RecVue will seamlessly link commercial activity to financial outcomes — accelerating cash realization, improving liquidity visibility, and transforming monetization into predictable cash performance.

 

“Enterprises face increasing complexity across billing, revenue recognition, and cash management,” said Nair. “One of the critical challenges is turning complex revenue models into predictable liquidity. This acquisition strengthens our ability to help finance teams manage receivables with greater productivity, accelerate cash conversion, reduce bad debt exposure, optimize working capital, and deploy organizational resources more efficiently.”

 

“This marks a significant step forward in redefining how enterprises manage liquidity,” said Edouard Beauvois, Co-founder, AiVidens. “Customers leveraging our AI-driven receivables intelligence achieve, on average, a five-day reduction in DSO and a 20% improvement in collections efficiency. Integrated into RecVue RevOS, this capability transforms reactive collections into predictive cash performance at enterprise scale.”

 

With the acquisition, the AiVidens receivables management solution will be available as a part of RecVue RevOS. The AiVidens team will join RecVue, and RecVue will maintain a new EMEA sales office in Brussels, Belgium.

 

Learn more in the webinar Revenue to Cash: Predictive Liquidity for Enterprise CFOs on April 2.

 

About RecVue

 

RecVue is the AI Revenue Operating System (RevOS) purpose-built to power modern monetization models. Designed for today’s most complex revenue environments, RecVue unifies billing, revenue recognition, and partner compensation models into a single, AI-powered platform. With native support for usage-based, recurring, milestone, and multi-party monetization models, RecVue automates and scales the entire revenue lifecycle—from quote to cash to close—without reengineering the tech stack. RecVue integrates seamlessly with ERP and CRM systems and delivers intelligent workflows that eliminate revenue leakage, accelerate billing cycles, and ensure compliance. RecVue is used by 200+ legal entities in over 50 countries, and leading brands like Hertz, World Wide Technology, ACI Worldwide, Textainer, Landstar, and Crown Castle. Learn more: www.recvue.com.

 

 

 

 

Centre Releases Over Rs.24,600 Lakh for Indigenous Cattle Development in Andhra Pradesh

New Delhi, March 19: The Centre has released over ₹24,600 lakh under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) to Andhra Pradesh between 2014–15 and 2025–26 to support indigenous cattle development, the Lok Sabha was informed.

In a written reply, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh said the funds have been largely utilised by the state over the years, with utilisation matching releases in most financial years.

According to official data, major allocations were made in recent years, including ₹5,652.38 lakh in 2021–22, ₹3,538.38 lakh in 2023–24, and ₹3,184.16 lakh in 2024–25. An amount of ₹1,500 lakh has been released in 2025–26 so far, with utilisation yet to be reported.

Centre Releases Over ₹24,600 Lakh for Indigenous Cattle Development in Andhra Pradesh

 

Gokul Grams Established

The minister said 16 Gokul Grams were established in the state under the scheme. However, the component has been discontinued under the revised and realigned Rashtriya Gokul Mission for the period 2021–22 to 2025–26.

Rise in Indigenous Cattle Population

The government said the scheme has contributed to a significant increase in indigenous bovine breeds. At the national level, the population of indigenous cattle rose by nearly 30% between 2013 and 2022.

In Andhra Pradesh, the increase was higher at 62.11% during the same period, reflecting the impact of both central and state-level interventions.

Focus on Breed Improvement

The Rashtriya Gokul Mission aims to conserve and develop indigenous bovine breeds, improve milk productivity, and enhance farmers’ income through scientific breeding and better livestock management practices.

The government said coordinated efforts under the mission have supported breed improvement and strengthened the livestock sector in the state.