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 By- Satnam Narang, Sr. Staff Research Engineer, Tenable

“This month’s release highlights an upward trend in post-compromise vulnerabilities over code execution bugs. For the second consecutive month, elevation of privilege vulnerabilities represented the bulk of CVEs patched this month at 39.3% (41.4% in July).

“Microsoft released a patch for CVE-2025-53779, a privilege escalation bug known as BadSuccessor that was disclosed back in May as a zero day. While patching BadSuccessor is critical, our analysis indicates that the immediate impact is limited, as only 0.7% of AD domains had met the prerequisite at the time of disclosure. To exploit BadSuccessor, an attacker must have at least one domain controller in a domain running Windows Server 2025 in order to achieve domain compromise.

“It might seem like deja vu because Microsoft patched two more SharePoint vulnerabilities this month: a remote code execution flaw (CVE-2025-49712) and an elevation of privilege bug (CVE-2025-53760).

“After the chaos that ensued with the exploitation of the ToolShell vulnerabilities, any new SharePoint vulnerabilities understandably raise concerns. However, based on historical Patch Tuesday data since 2022, 21.7 SharePoint vulnerabilities are patched each year, with 2023 accounting for the most SharePoint vulnerabilities patched at 25.

“However, that record might be broken this year, as 20 SharePoint vulnerabilities have already been patched this year.

“Despite over 80 SharePoint bugs patched over the last four years, only three were exploited in the wild (CVE-2023-29357, CVE-2023-24955, CVE-2024-38094) in addition to the three ToolShell vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-49706, CVE-2025-49704, CVE-2025-53770). We’ve seen reports that one of the ToolShell vulnerabilities, CVE-2025-53771, was also exploited, but there is no official confirmation.” 

Bangalore, India – 12 August 2025 : JMR Infotech, a leading global provider of digital transformation and banking technology solutions, has announced the launch of its Professional Services offering – an agile, scalable, and tech-enabled solution to help enterprises quickly bridge talent gaps and meet project goals with confidence.

At the core of this offering is HireEzy, JMR’s proprietary digital platform that reimagines the way organizations source, track, and onboard skilled professionals across domains such as core banking, digital banking, CRM, ERP, cloud, data and analytics, digital transformation (front-end, back-end, or full-stack development), tech infrastructure services, risk and compliance, and beyond.

“Today’s businesses need talent that’s fast, reliable, and aligned to outcomes. With our Professional Services powered by the HireEzy platform, we’re empowering organizations to scale their teams without the typical delays and uncertainty,” said Jayafar Moidu, Founder & CEO, JMR Infotech.

Key features of JMR’s Professional Services include:

• Fast fulfilment – Clients can log requirements in seconds and instantly access a pre-vetted talent pool.
• SLA-driven processes – Real-time tracking from request to onboarding ensures timely delivery.
• Scalable delivery – Whether it’s a few experts or an entire project team, the solution adapts to short- or long-term needs.
• Industry-neutral flexibility – Designed to support organizations across a wide range of sectors.
• Full transparency – Digital tracking ensures end-to-end accountability throughout the engagement.

This new-age service model eliminates the friction in traditional staffing models, making it easier for enterprises to stay project-ready and future-proof.

JMR’s Professional Services have already gained early traction across industries, helping organizations meet tight delivery timelines, reduce onboarding time by up to 31%, and scale with precision.

“Our focus is to deliver business value, not just resumes. With HireEzy, we’re transforming professional services into a seamless, digitally managed experience,” added Jayafar.

WARSAW, POLAND, August 12: WebTalk, a Wondrlab Group company and a European digital communication powerhouse, today announced the launch of WeSolve AI, an innovative “Agency-led AI-as-a-Service” product. This new division, developed within WebTalk, will be led by Dorota Pindel, who assumes the role of WeSolve AI & Innovation Director.

WeSolve AI was created based on the potential of artificial intelligence and a deep understanding of market challenges. It offers ready, effective solutions that transcend the traditional agency service model. This is an agile complement to WebTalk’s portfolio, opening up access to its knowledge and technology in a new, standardized form, while strategic, comprehensive communications support for key clients remains the foundation of the agency’s business.

Jarek Ziębiński, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Wondrlab Europe, underscores the strategic importance of this initiative for the group. “Effective digital transformation is achieved through a wise fusion of technology, strategy, and creativity. WebTalk’s launch of WeSolve AI is a perfect embodiment of this philosophy. The synergy of Wondrlab’s technological power and WebTalk’s deep market understanding allows us to provide something previously unavailable: advanced technology as a simple, effective, and predictable service. This is a game-changing proposition that signals the future direction of the entire marketing industry.”

The initial WeSolve AI product offering consists of four solutions:

● Hyper-Targeted Lead Generation Engine – an engine supervised by the agency’s team for precisely acquiring sales contacts, designed for businesses where a steady flow of high-quality leads is crucial for growth.
● E-commerce Product Visual & Content Automation – a solution that automates the creation of diverse product content and visuals at scale, powered by strategic input from the agency’s experts.
● Operational Analytics Framework – an environment guided by the agency’s analytics team, designed for comparative data analysis and for generating insights in a format that facilitates business decision-making.
● Agentic Workflow Engine – automated modules, planned as a collaborative effort by Wondrlab Group companies WebTalk, Cymetrix, and BigStep Tech, that execute specific marketing and sales tasks. They are tailored to client requirements, trained on a closed database, and designed to increase the efficiency of sales processes.

The product offering is complemented by WeSolve AI: Adoption & Governance – a consulting and implementation service. It covers training, the development of internal security policies, and AI workflow systems, preparing a client’s entire organization to use new technologies effectively and securely.

“The market demands proven, reliable solutions that can be deployed efficiently and deliver a measurable business impact,” said Michał Dunin, Founder of WebTalk & CEO of Wondrlab Europe. “This is why we developed WeSolve AI. I am proud that this initiative is being led by Dorota Pindel, whose experience in innovation was crucial to this project’s success. We provide clients with a clear path to leveraging AI through a finished product that solves their challenges. This is a fundamental shift in the client-agency relationship, where delivered value is the primary measure of success, and we see it as the natural evolution of our collaboration.”

“At WebTalk, we have been researching and implementing new technologies for years, so WeSolve AI is a natural and exciting step forward for us. It is the culmination of our experience,” commented Dorota Pindel, WeSolve AI & Innovation Director. “Our goal is to standardize time-consuming processes to share the generated value with clients in a partnership model. WeSolve AI is therefore not a competitor to comprehensive agency services, but a complement to them, especially valuable for medium-sized companies seeking agile and effective solutions. The art is to ensure that technology does not replace human creativity, but rather enhances it and unleashes its potential.”

The introduction of WeSolve AI by WebTalk is a significant strategic development, underscoring Wondrlab Group’s commitment to integrating advanced technology into marketing services. This launch strengthens the Group’s overall position as an innovation leader shaping the future of the industry in Central Europe and beyond.

New Delhi,AUGUST 12, 2025: MongoDB, Inc. today at Ai4 announced a range of product innovations and AI partner ecosystem expansions that make it faster and easier for customers to build accurate, trustworthy, and reliable AI applications at scale. By providing industry-leading embedding models and a fully integrated, AI-ready data platform—and by assembling a world-class ecosystem of AI partners—MongoDB is giving organizations everywhere the tools to deliver reliable, performant, cost-effective AI.

Organizations recognize the business potential of AI. But according to the 2025 Gartner Generative and Agentic AI in Enterprise Applications Survey, 68% of IT leaders felt that they struggled to keep up with the rapid pace at which gen AI tools are rolled out, and 37% agreed that their application vendors drive their enterprise application gen AI strategy. Too many organizations are stuck in the messy middle with their AI implementation, seeing some benefits but not enough to warrant wider adoption.

Businesses express that this gap in AI adoption—a barrier for developers and enterprises alike—is due to the complexity of the AI stack, the importance and challenge of achieving accuracy for mission-critical applications, and price-performance concerns that emerge at scale. To address these issues, MongoDB continues to invest in streamlining the AI stack and introducing more performant, more cost-effective models. Customers can integrate Voyage AI’s latest embedding and reranking models with their MongoDB database infrastructure. MongoDB has also increased its interoperability with industry-leading AI frameworks—by launching the MongoDB MCP Server to give agents access to tools and data, and by expanding its comprehensive AI partner ecosystem to give developers more choice.

These capabilities are fueling substantial momentum among developers building next-generation AI applications. Enterprise AI adopters like Vonage, LGU+, and The Financial Times—plus approximately 8,000 startups, including the timekeeping startup Laurel, and Mercor, which uses AI to match talent with opportunities—have chosen MongoDB to help build their AI projects in just the past 18 months. Meanwhile, more than 200,000 new developers register for MongoDB Atlas every month.

“Databases are more central than ever to the technology stack in the age of AI. Modern AI applications require a database that combines advanced capabilities—like integrated vector search and best-in-class AI models—to unlock meaningful insights from all forms of data (structure, unstructured), all while streamlining the stack,” said Andrew Davidson, SVP of Products at MongoDB. “These systems also demand scalability, security, and flexibility to support production applications as they evolve and as usage grows.

By consolidating the AI data stack and by building a cutting-edge AI ecosystem, we’re giving developers the tools they need to build and deploy trustworthy, innovative AI solutions faster than ever before.”

Accelerating AI innovation with enhanced product capabilities

Voyage AI by MongoDB recently introduced industry-leading embedding models designed to unleash new levels of AI accuracy at a lower cost:

Context-aware embeddings for better retrieval: The new voyage-context-3 model brings a breakthrough in AI accuracy and efficiency. It captures the full document context—no metadata hacks, LLM summaries, or pipeline gymnastics needed—delivering more relevant results and reducing sensitivity to chunk size. It works as a drop-in replacement for standard embeddings in RAG applications.

New highs in model performance: The latest general-purpose models, voyage-3.5 and voyage-3.5-lite, raise the bar on retrieval quality, delivering industry-topping accuracy and price-performance.

Instruction-following reranking for improved accuracy: With rerank-2.5 and rerank-2.5-lite, developers can now guide the reranking process using instructions, unlocking greater retrieval accuracy. These models outperform competitors across a comprehensive
set of benchmarks.

MongoDB also recently introduced the MongoDB Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server in public preview. This server standardizes connecting MongoDB deployments directly to popular tools like GitHub CoPilot in Visual Studio Code, Anthropic’s Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf—allowing developers to use natural language to interact with data and manage database operations—and streamlines AI-powered application development on MongoDB, accelerating workflows, boosting productivity, and reducing time to market.

Since launching in public preview, the MongoDB MCP Server has rapidly grown in popularity, with thousands of users building on MongoDB every week. MongoDB has also seen significant interest from large enterprise customers looking to incorporate MCP as part of their agentic application stack.

“Many organizations struggle to scale AI because the models themselves aren’t up to the task. They lack the accuracy needed to delight customers, are often complex to fine-tune and integrate, and become too expensive at scale,” said Fred Roma, SVP of Engineering at MongoDB. “The quality of your embedding and reranking models is often the difference between a promising prototype and an AI application that delivers meaningful results in production. That’s why we’ve focused on building models that perform better, cost less, and are easier to use—so developers can bring their AI applications into the real world and scale adoption.”

“As more enterprises deploy and scale AI applications and agents, the demand for accurate outputs and reduced latency keeps increasing,” said Jason Andersen, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy. “By thoughtfully unifying the AI
data stack with integrated advanced vector search and embedding capabilities in their core database platform, MongoDB is taking on these challenges while also reducing complexity for developers.”

Expanding the MongoDB AI ecosystem

MongoDB has also expanded its AI partner ecosystem to help customers build and deploy AI applications faster:

Enhanced evaluation capabilities: Galileo, a leading AI reliability and observability platform, is now a member of the MongoDB partner ecosystem, which is designed to give customers flexibility and choice. Galileo enables reliable deployment of AI applications and agents built on MongoDB, with continuous
evaluations and monitoring.

Resilient, scalable AI applications: Temporal, a leading open-source Durable Execution platform is now also a member of the MongoDB partner ecosystem. Temporal enables developers to orchestrate reliable AI use cases built on MongoDB, including agents, RAG, and context engineering pipelines that manage
and serve dynamic, structured context at runtime. With Temporal’s Durable Execution, developers don’t need to write plumbing code for resilience or scale. AI applications seamlessly recover across failures, reliably run for a long time, easily handle external interactions, and scale horizontally. Developers can also get visibility into every step of AI workflows to rapidly debug live issues. These partner capabilities significantly expand MongoDB’s AI ecosystem for developing AI applications.

Streamlined AI workflows: MongoDB’s partnership with LangChain is redefining how developers build AI applications and agent-based systems by streamlining development and unlocking the value of customers’ real-time, proprietary data. Recent advancements include the introduction of GraphRAG with MongoDB Atlas, which enables greater transparency into the retrieval process, fostering trust and providing better explainability of LLMs responses. Another advancement is natural language querying on MongoDB, which allows agentic applications to directly interact with MongoDB data. These integrations empower developers to build reliable, sophisticated AI solutions—from advanced retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems to autonomous agents capable of querying data and performing advanced retrieval.

“As organizations bring AI applications and agents into production, accuracy and reliability are of paramount importance,” said Vikram Chatterji, CEO and co-founder at Galileo. “By formally joining MongoDB’s AI ecosystem, MongoDB and Galileo will now be able to better enable customers to deploy trustworthy AI applications that transform their businesses with less friction.”

“Building production-ready agentic AI means enabling systems to survive real-world reliability and scale challenges, consistently and without fail,” said Maxim Fateev, CTO at Temporal. “Through our partnership with MongoDB, Temporal empowers developers to orchestrate durable, horizontally scalable AI systems with confidence, ensuring engineering teams build applications their customers can count on.”

“As AI agents take on increasingly complex tasks, access to diverse, relevant data becomes essential,” said Harrison Chase, CEO & Co-founder at LangChain. “Our integrations with MongoDB, including capabilities like GraphRAG and natural language querying, equip developers with the tools they need to build and deploy complex, future-proofed agentic AI applications grounded in relevant, trustworthy data.”

With urban congestion rising and parking chaos becoming a daily struggle, a new wave of tech-driven and urban-mobility startups is stepping up to fix India’s parking mess. From smart parking apps to automated solutions, these companies are reshaping how city dwellers find, reserve, and pay for parking.

Here’s a list of the top 5 companies actively working to reduce parking issues in India’s metro cities—and how their services are making urban life smoother:

1. ParkMate: Based in Jaipur, ParkMate is a fast-growing smart parking startup focused on simplifying everyday parking for urban commuters. With operations in Delhi-NCR, Jaipur, and plans to expand into other metro cities, ParkMate stands out for its unique approach to utilizing private and residential parking spaces. Through its user-friendly mobile app, it offers real-time availability and advance booking of parking spots, helping users avoid the stress of last-minute parking hunts. The platform features automated ticketing, secure cashless payment options, and even integration with EV charging stations, making it a modern and scalable solution for both vehicle owners and property managers. By bringing underutilized spaces into the public parking network, ParkMate is solving one of India’s most overlooked urban challenges with innovation and community focus.

2. Park+: Headquartered in Gurgaon, Park+ is one of India’s leading app-based platforms addressing urban parking challenges. Operating in key metro cities including Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Chennai, Park+ provides real-time updates on available parking slots through its mobile application. The platform allows users to pre-book parking spaces at high-traffic locations such as malls, office complexes, and airports, significantly reducing the hassle of searching for spots in crowded areas. One of Park+’s standout features is its seamless integration with FASTag, enabling fully cashless and contactless parking payments. Trusted by thousands of daily users, Park+ continues to redefine how urban commuters manage their parking needs with speed, efficiency, and convenience.

3. Get My Parking: Headquartered in New Delhi, Get My Parking is a leading provider of IoT-based smart parking solutions that cater to both municipal authorities and private parking operators across India and globally. Unlike consumer-facing apps, Get My Parking focuses on building the digital backbone for entire parking ecosystems. Their offerings include white-label mobile apps for operators, enabling customized customer interfaces, along with powerful parking analytics, automation tools, and digitization infrastructure. By helping cities and large-scale operators digitally transform and manage their parking assets, Get My Parking plays a critical role in modernizing urban mobility. With successful pan-India deployments and international partnerships, it is a key enabler of smart city initiatives and public-private parking management systems.

4. ValetEZ: Based in Bangalore, ValetEZ is a smart parking and mobility solutions provider specializing in enterprise-focused parking management. Operating across Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Delhi-NCR, the company delivers tailored solutions for offices, hospitals, malls, and large commercial hubs, combining advanced technology with efficient service models. ValetEZ leverages tools such as access control systems, license plate recognition (LPR), and smart sensors to enable secure, streamlined, and automated parking experiences. It offers both pay-per-use and subscription-based models, making it flexible for different business needs. Known for its blend of high-tech innovation and human-centric services, ValetEZ is helping urban institutions maximize parking efficiency while enhancing the overall experience for end-users.

5. Secure Parking: Though headquartered in Australia, Secure Parking has established a strong operational presence across major Indian cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Chennai. The company specializes in end-to-end professional parking management, catering to high-traffic zones such as airports, shopping malls, office complexes, and commercial centers. What sets Secure Parking apart is its focus on both technology and manpower—offering trained parking personnel, operational outsourcing, and a suite of digital tools under its Park & Pay platform. By combining international expertise with local execution, Secure Parking ensures smooth, efficient, and secure parking experiences in some of India’s busiest urban environments, making it a trusted partner for large-scale infrastructure and real estate developers.

The Bigger Picture
These companies aren’t just solving the nuisance of finding a parking spot—they’re contributing to larger goals like urban decongestion, environmental sustainability, and smart city development. With India’s cities bursting at the seams, these innovators are making every square foot count.

Ahmedabad, 12th August 2025: BuilditIndia, India’s Leading Digital Platform for Building Materials, today announced the launch of its subsidiary Matelio, a next-generation retail-tech venture designed to redefine how India buys building materials.

Matelio is conceptualized as the retail and private label arm of BuilditIndia, committed to organizing and digitizing India’s fragmented construction materials market. Staying true to its tagline ‘From Bricks to Clicks’, Matelio will bridge traditional offline retail with modern digital capabilities, enabling a seamless omni-channel experience for contractors, builders, retailers, and end consumers.

In a major boost to its growth journey, Matelio has appointed Mr. Sandeep Kakkar as Director. Mr. Kakkar brings with him over 35 years of cross-border leadership experience across retail, wellness, apparel, and industrial safety sectors. A seasoned veteran, he brings to the table a rich and diverse experience with stints at Redcats Asia, H&M, Monsoon Accessorize & the Essel Group. He is currently the CEO of Worldwide Safety, an Indo-French joint venture. His expertise in business building, operational excellence, brand development, and global retail management will be pivotal in driving Matelio’s vision of becoming India’s most trusted building materials retail-tech brand.

Speaking on the launch of Matelio, Mr Akassh Patel, Co-Founder, BuilditIndia, said, “Matelio is our commitment to bridge the gap between traditional building materials retail and modern customer expectations. We are confident that with our integrated model and Mr. Kakkar’s leadership, Matelio will set new industry benchmarks and deliver unparalleled value to customers and stakeholders alike.”

Matelio plans to launch 12+ private label brands spanning categories such as cement, steel, tiles, AAC panels, sanitaryware, wires & cables, construction chemicals, hardware, and more. This strategic focus will build strong brand equity, drive superior margins, and deliver consistent quality to customers nationwide. Matelio’s model integrates digital dealer onboarding, inventory optimization, order management, and last-mile delivery systems. By combining tech-enabled operations with localized retail presence, Matelio is set to achieve rapid scale with operational efficiency. In its first phase, Matelio will onboard 50+ franchise partners across Tier 1 and Tier 2 markets, building a capital-light but high-impact retail network to accelerate market penetration. The flagship platform, Matelioverse.com, will offer transparent pricing, real-time stock availability, assured quality, and doorstep delivery – redefining customer experience in a market dominated by unorganized players.

GURUGRAM, India, August 11, 2025: Samsung, India’s largest consumer electronics brand, today announced exciting limited-period offers on the recently launched – Galaxy Z Flip7 and Z Flip7 FE.

Further sweetening the deal for consumers looking to buy Galaxy Z Flip7 and Z Flip7 FE, the bank cash back and upgrade bonus offers can be clubbed with a 24-month no-cost EMI option.

Samsung’s seventh generation foldable smartphones have seen unprecedented demand in India, with the company securing over 2.1 lakh pre-orders for Galaxy Z Fold7, Z Flip7 and Z Flip7 FE in the first 48 hours since their launch in July, 2025.

Galaxy Z Flip7, a compact AI phone with multimodal capabilities, is powered by a new FlexWindow. Small enough to slip into a pocket, yet powerful enough to deliver the handiest assistance, it melds Galaxy AI with a new edge-to-edge FlexWindow, a flagship level camera and an ultra-compact and iconic design. From intuitive voice AI to the best selfie capabilities, Galaxy Z Flip7 is an intelligent pocket-sized companion built for seamless interaction and everyday reliability. Weighing just 188 grams and measuring only 13.7mm when folded, Galaxy Z Flip7 is the slimmest Galaxy Z Flip yet.

Galaxy Z Flip7 comes with a stunning FlexWindow display, which brings essentials front and center and makes it easy to type out quick messages. The 4.1-inch Super AMOLED FlexWindow is the largest ever on a Galaxy Z Flip7, with edge-to-edge usability that enables users to see and do more on the cover screen. With 2600 nits of peak brightness, the FlexWindow gets an upgrade with Vision Booster, enhancing outdoor visibility so users can stay connected wherever they are. The main display is a 6.9-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X, built for an ultra-smooth, immersive experience.

The cover and back of Galaxy Z Flip7 are protected by Corning® Gorilla® Glass Victus® 2. The Armor FlexHinge is thinner than the hinge on the previous generation and features a restructured design and high-strength materials for smoother folds and long-lasting durability. A robust Armor Aluminum Frame provides a tough exterior for resilience. The 4300mAh battery is the largest ever on a Galaxy Z Flip delivering up to 31 hours of video play time on a single charge.

Galaxy Z Flip7 FE features a 6.7-inch Main Display for an immersive viewing experience. The 50MP FlexCam enables high-quality selfies and video in Flex Mode, letting users capture content hands-free, without even opening the device.

Galaxy Z Flip7 comes in three refreshing colours- Blue Shadow, Jet Black and Coral Red. Galaxy Z Flip 7FE comes in Black and White colours.

New Delhi, 11th August 2025: The Indian Science, Technology and Engineering facilities Map (I-STEM), supported by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, officially announced National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut as the first I-STEM Catalyst Center.

The milestone was marked by the signing of a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between I-STEM and NIT Calicut during SAMAVESHA 11, the flagship I-STEM outreach and engagement event, held at the institute on August 5–6, 2025.

Speaking at the inaugural session, Dr. Harilal Bhaskar, National Coordinator and Chief Operating Officer of I-STEM, highlighted the significance of this initiative, “The Catalyst Center model transforms institutions into living laboratories, enabling hands-on training, local innovation, industry collaboration, and inclusive outreach. By anchoring I-STEM’s national mission into the grassroots, we create a federated network of institutions that serve as change-makers in their regions.”

Catalyst Centers are envisioned as autonomous innovation hubs that decentralize access to high-end scientific infrastructure while aligning with national missions such as Atmanirbhar Bharat, Digital India, and Startup India. These Centers will play a key role in

• Boosting utilization of scientific infrastructure

• Enhancing visibility of underutilized research assets

• Driving community-centered innovation

• Facilitating collaborations between academia, industry, and government stakeholders

Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Prasad Krishna, Director of NIT Calicut, emphasized, “ By becoming the first I-STEM Catalyst Center, NIT Calicut is set to play a pivotal role in bridging India’s scientific infrastructure divide, driving innovation, and fostering collaborations between academia, industry, and startups at the grassroots level.”

The two-day SAMAVESHA 11 event brought together researchers, faculty, startups, and R&D institutions from across Kerala. Day 1 included lab tours, equipment demonstrations, expert sessions and the Catalyst Center announcement, while Day 2 focused on I-STEM portal training and institutional onboarding.

With NIT Calicut now serving as a regional node for Kerala, I-STEM looks forward to further expanding its Catalyst Center network across India to accelerate innovation, foster collaboration, and democratize access to science.

Novatr to host an online masterclass on “Cost, Time, and Resource Management with BIM” on 25th August 2025

New Delhi, India , 11th August 2025: Novatr, a leading force in technology-driven upskilling for the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) sector, is set to host an insightful online masterclass titled “Cost, Time, and Resource Management with BIM” on 25th August 2025, from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM IST.

Aimed at transforming project delivery across the AEC industry, the session will focus on Building Information Modeling (BIM), focusing on 4D, 5D, and resource-based workflows..

Mr Prasad Deosarkar, currently working as a BIM | VDC at APTIV8 and a mentor at Novatr, will lead the masterclass. With extensive experience in developing and deploying BIM models for large-scale infrastructure projects, he brings a wealth of knowledge in leveraging technology to overcome traditional project challenges.

Participants will gain practical insights into exploring the latest advancements in BIM and gain clarity on how 4D, 5D, and resource-based BIM workflows are being applied in real projects to reduce delays, control costs, and improve coordination. The masterclass promises hands-on perspectives on advanced tools such as Synchro, Navisworks, CostX, and Novade, all demonstrated through relevant case studies in infrastructure, residential, and public sector projects.

Austin, Texas , August 8, 2025 : Oracle today announced the general availability of Oracle Globally Distributed Exadata Database on Exascale Infrastructure, designed to simplify the deployment of distributed mission-critical applications across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) regions worldwide. This new service automatically distributes, stores, and synchronizes data across multiple locations, enabling applications to remain online even during regional outages and helping businesses meet data residency requirements.

With a flexible, serverless architecture, the service can dynamically scale up or down to meet the needs of changing workloads—without complex setup or management. Customers with real-time analytics, high-volume transaction processing, and variable agentic AI workloads gain the benefits of an always-on architecture, lower costs, simplified operations, and the ability to expand globally with confidence.

“Providing exceptional customer satisfaction is important to PayPal, so we’ve been using Oracle Exadata for many years to provide lightning-fast response times and mission-critical availability,” said Akash Guha, director of database engineering, PayPal. “As our global business grows, we plan to provide even faster responses by using distributed solutions that are integrated with our core systems of record to provide extreme availability and performance. We look forward to using Oracle Globally Distributed Exadata Database on Exascale Infrastructure’s always-on, serverless architecture with built-in Raft replication to accelerate responses, enable greater application resilience, and lower costs with scalable resources.”

• Globally Distributed Exadata Database on Exascale Infrastructure helps customers meet the demanding requirements for agentic AI workloads, including:
• High performance: Allows customers to handle high-volume workloads and vector search across massive data sets by extending Exascale’s elastic scalability.
• Mission-critical availability: Enables customers to maintain always-on operations and fast zero data loss failover across data centers and regional outages by leveraging Raft replication and Exascale’s fault-tolerant architecture.
• Data residency: Helps customers address data residency concerns for storing, accessing, and processing AI vectors and business data with easy-to-use automated data distribution methods.
• Cost-efficiency: Helps customers cost-effectively meet fluctuating demands from agentic AI workloads driven by end-user interactions with a hyperscale, serverless architecture that can be dynamically scaled up and down, as required.

“Customers often struggle to deploy and manage distributed databases due to the high cost and complexity involved in operating large numbers of servers across multiple data centers and regions,” said Wei Hu, senior vice president, High Availability Technologies, Oracle. “Oracle Globally Distributed Exadata Database on Exascale Infrastructure’s serverless architecture enables customers of all sizes to meet their diverse requirements at a low cost. Today, we are providing a mission-critical distributed database to the masses.”

This service delivers a consistent and efficient database experience globally, making it ideal for customers that operate across multiple geographies. Furthermore, because this service supports the full capabilities of Oracle Database and SQL, customers can distribute their databases across multiple locations without major application rewrites.

Customers benefit from a unique data architecture designed to support demanding workloads requiring:

• Always-on databases: Enables customers to meet their needs for extreme availability by implementing an Active/Active/Active architecture across multiple data centers using Raft replication to support mission-critical use cases such as payment processing, e-commerce, and stock trading.
• Data residency: Enables customers to address data residency concerns by leveraging automated data distribution policies to appropriately place data across OCI data centers worldwide—critical in highly regulated industries such as financial services and healthcare.
• User proximity: Enables customers to improve responsiveness and user satisfaction by storing data in OCI data centers closest to users, which is essential for applications in entertainment, retail, healthcare, and telecommunications.
• Petabyte-scale AI and analytics: Enables customers to run long-duration AI and analytics workloads on real-time streaming data by horizontally scaling to ingest and process millions of records per second. This is crucial for data-intensive industries such as manufacturing and utilities.
• Hyperscale OLTP: Enables customers to scale databases to support millions of transactions per second with petabyte-scale data, elastic capacity, and near-instant response times. This level of performance is critical for agentic AI, real-time image recognition, hyperscale analytics, and online marketing.

“In the age of AI, especially agentic AI, customers need a new approach to allow for vector processing across distributed global applications,” said Holger Mueller, vice president and principal analyst, Constellation Research. “Oracle Globally Distributed Exadata Database on Exascale Infrastructure incorporates Exadata’s extreme performance for AI processing and availability for the core back-end systems that implement agent-initiated tasks, while Exascale’s hyper-elastic and pay-per-use capabilities makes it very cost-effective. With this service from Oracle, CIOs can confidently deploy agentic AI and mission-critical applications globally and meet local data residency requirements.”