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OCKAM LAUNCHES ZERO TRUST CONNECTORS ON SNOWFLAKE MARKETPLACE

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Snowflake customers can now connect every application, data source, and service in their enterprise to the AI Data Cloud with Ockam.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Ockam today announced the launch of eight new Connectors on Snowflake Marketplace. Ockam’s Snowflake Connectors will make it possible for joint customers to extend their AI Data Cloud to any federated application, data source and API across their enterprise.

Snowflake customers can now connect every data source in their enterprise to the AI Data Cloud with Ockam.

“The Snowflake Native App Framework and Snowflake Marketplace infrastructure is a game changer,”  said Matthew Gregory, Founder and CEO, Ockam. “I was part of the inception of the Heroku and Azure marketplaces and have experienced how open platforms build unifying ecosystems and strong communities. It’s been a long time coming, but now there’s an AI Data Cloud that’s committed to breaking silos to connect enterprise applications – everywhere.”

Ockam and Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, are working together to help joint customers inform business decisions and drive innovations by extending the power of the AI Data Cloud to every application, service, and data source, regardless of their cloud or on-prem footprint. Joint customers can now bring their data to other business critical applications without the risk of exposing data, or applications, to public facing internet gateways. Ockam Connectors create secure, mutually authenticated, point-to-point connections between Snowflake and every application in the enterprise. Previously, some business critical applications have been hard, if not impossible, to connect to Snowflake. Ockam makes it easy to access silos and to build a truly enterprise-wide Data Cloud.

“This collaboration with Ockam underscores our shared motivation to enable organizations to get the most out of their data and secure their environments,” said Tarik Dwiek, Head of Technology Alliances at Snowflake. “By bringing Ockam’s Connectors to the AI Data Cloud, we’re helping organizations to secure their applications, APIs, container services, or data stores across multi-cloud or hybrid infrastructures and accelerate their digital transformation journey.”

Ockam’s Snowflake Connectors add guarantees of data confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity, so you can enforce your enterprise data governance and privacy policies for connections to and from Snowflake. Every cloud app, API, container service, and data store across your multi-cloud or hybrid infrastructure will get its own unique cryptographically provable identity and encryption keys. They individually use their keys to mutually authenticate with their Snowflake AI Data Cloud and establish trusted secure channels across the data platform. All the data that moves through the AI Data Cloud is end-to-end encrypted while in motion. Keys, enrollments, and credentials are safely created, stored, rotated, and revoked automagically so there’s almost nothing to manage.

Snowflake Marketplace is powered by Snowflake’s ground-breaking cross-cloud technology, Snowgrid, allowing companies direct access to raw data products and the ability to leverage data, apps, and AI products quickly, securely, and cost-effectively. Snowflake Marketplace simplifies discovery, access, and the commercialization of data products, enabling companies to unlock entirely new revenue streams and extended insights across the AI Data Cloud. To learn more about Snowflake Marketplace and how to find, try and buy the data, apps and AI products needed for innovative business solutions, click here.

About Ockam

Ockam is simple. There are three things you need to know:

Ockam enables you to build trust between every application, database, SaaS service, code repo, data lake, AI Engine, container, and microservice… everywhere, in any network.Ockam is networkless. We enable you to skip the pain of system administration, IP Backlogs, Allow Lists,VPNs, firewalls, reverse proxies, setting up public endpoints, creating public APIs, and key administration.Ockam is secure-by-design. It is open-source, audited and built in rust. It does the encryption, authentication, key generation, rotation, revocation, and a lot more.

Get Ockam Connectors on Snowflake Marketplace
Learn more at https://www.ockam.io/for/snowflake

Media Contact: Nicholas Ippolito, nicholas@ockam.io 

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Melody Party Offers Over 20,000 Songs and Adds More Than a Thousand New Tracks Monthly, Enhancing Its Online Karaoke Experience

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SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Melody Party is a music social app featuring a variety of activities, including Mic Grab, Artist Mafia, and Singing Battle. Through its online karaoke feature, SING A SONG, the app brings the traditional karaoke experience online, removing time and location constraints and offering a music experience that combines real-time singing with social interaction.

SING A SONG features an extensive library of more than 20,000 songs, with over a thousand new songs added every month. Its diverse selection includes popular K-pop tracks, classic Korean songs, and karaoke favorites. The feature offers a free-use model, allowing users to start singing their chosen songs without paying a separate fee. This helps reduce the time and cost associated with visiting traditional coin-operated karaoke venues, making it easier to enjoy singing as part of everyday life.

In terms of functionality, SING A SONG supports pitch adjustment and independent volume controls for vocals and accompaniment, allowing users to customize their singing experience according to their preferences. Users can also create online karaoke rooms, invite friends to sing together in real time, and enjoy voice chat and social interaction.

By continuously expanding its song library and offering diverse music-based interactive experiences, Melody Party continues to strengthen its music ecosystem. Through SING A SONG, the platform aims to create an accessible, highly interactive online music social space.

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Drawing new strength from 20-year legacy, IAACA calls on global counterparts to join annual conference to fortify integrity

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MARRAKECH, Morocco, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA), an independent and non-political anti-corruption organisation with over 190 member anti-corruption authorities (ACAs) worldwide, will co-host IAACA Annual Conference 2026 in Marrakech, Morocco next month together with the Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong, China (ICAC) and the National Authority for Probity, Prevention and Fight Against Corruption of Morocco (INPPLC) to chart a path for the global graft fight and explore cutting-edge approaches to tackle emerging corruption challenges.

Themed “Building on 20 Years of Legacy: Drawing Strength from the Past, Guarding Global Integrity for the Future”, the international event will not only mark the 20th anniversary of the IAACA, but also provide a dynamic forum for IAACA members to exchange insights and enhance co-operation.

Calling on international counterparts to participate in the conference scheduled for November 25, IAACA President Mr Woo Ying-ming, who also serves as ICAC Commissioner, said that “As the IAACA marks its 20th anniversary, the conference will bring together global anti-corruption community at a pivotal moment for collective action. I anticipate that the valuable insights and new approaches generated through the international synergy will chart a resilient strategic path for us to navigate integrity risks and draw strength from our shared legacy to guard global integrity for generations to come.”

During the conference, renowned international experts from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Basel Institute on Governance, the International Anti-Corruption Academy, and global anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies and institutions will shed light on harnessing artificial intelligence in the fight against corruption, safeguarding integrity within global climate and biodiversity frameworks and analysing global corruption measurement and systemic effectiveness.

Following the conference, the ICAC, the INPPLC, the IAACA and the UNODC will co-organise a training seminar on leveraging AI in combating corruption.

While the ICAC and INPPLC will share how AI and new technology can reshape the future of anti-graft enforcement and corruption prevention, the UNODC will provide a global perspective on using AI models in financial crime investigations and addressing the operational relevance, legal robustness and adaptability across jurisdictions.

For details of the conference and training, please visit:
https://www.icac.org.hk/icac/iaaca-morocco-2026/index.html

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Viettel moves 100 million subscribers to home-grown cloud-native charging in three months – with zero downtime

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HANOI, Vietnam, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Viettel High Technology Industries Corporation (Viettel High Tech), part of Viettel Group, has migrated more than 100 million subscribers and some 5,000 tariff plans at Viettel, Vietnam’s largest mobile operator, to vOCS 4.0, its in-house cloud-native charging system. The three-month cutover ran on a live national network with no service disruption.

Replacing a charging system is one of the riskiest projects an operator can undertake, which is why many stick with legacy platforms. Viettel High Tech reduced the risk through real-time data synchronization, parallel running and a phased cutover, with instant rollback at every stage.

The project won the Telecom Review Excellence Awards 2026 prize for Best Technology Deployment in Asia, a first for a Vietnamese company.

What it means for operators:

Scale: more than 300,000 transactions per second at latency below 5 milliseconds, across 2G–5G and fixed services on one platformLower cost: up to 50% less hardware investment than the previous generation, by sharing infrastructure with the networkAgility: new tariff plans in hours instead of days, new features three times faster and deployments about 30% fasterResilience: two active data centers about 2,000 km apart and automatic recovery in under two minutes

Viettel High Tech developed every core layer in-house, from a telecom-grade cloud-native platform and NFV-MANO orchestration to real-time charging, subscriber and balance management.

“Passing rigorous tests of real-time self-diagnosis and self-recovery is what allows an operator to keep its promise of 24/7 service to customers,” said Luu Manh Ha, CEO of Viettel Networks, which operates the system on Viettel’s network in Vietnam. “Above all, owning the charging system means an operator is not dependent on foreign vendors – it safeguards digital sovereignty and preserves business flexibility.”

“The charging system is where an operator’s business strategy turns into revenue in real time,” said Nguyen Minh Quang, CEO of Viettel High Tech. “We believe vOCS 4.0 is ready to help operators worldwide capture the value of 5G and digital services.”

In 2017, vOCS 4.0’s predecessor, vOCS 3.0, replaced a foreign vendor’s platform for 90 million Viettel subscribers. Across both generations, vOCS serves more than 220 million subscribers in 11 countries. Viettel High Tech now offers vOCS 4.0 to operators worldwide.

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