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Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces Argo CD v3 Update to Enhance Scalability and Security for Kubernetes

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LONDON, April 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today announced the pre-release of Argo CD v3, the latest version of the industry-leading continuous delivery solution for Kubernetes-native applications. This update introduces key improvements in security, performance, and ease of use ensuring enterprises can manage complex deployments more efficiently.

Argo CD v3 refines security, optimizes performance, and extends capabilities.

Argo CD v3 extends beyond GitOps, enabling faster, more reliable software delivery at scale, while reducing operational costs and improving time-to-market. By streamlining Kubernetes management and strengthening security, enterprises can confidently accelerate digital transformation initiatives. This release ensures organizations can maintain competitive agility while securing mission-critical applications.

As organizations increasingly adopt GitOps to streamline Kubernetes management, the demand for secure, scalable deployment tools is rising. A recent GigaOm report highlights GitOps’ role in accelerating software delivery and improving system reliability. Argo CD v3 aligns with this shift, introducing security enhancements and performance optimizations. Strengthened authorization mechanisms enhance security, while reduced memory consumption improves efficiency.

“Argo CD v3 builds upon the project’s strong foundation, empowering teams to manage Kubernetes applications with greater efficiency,” said Chris Aniszczyk, CTO of CNCF. “Beyond improving security and scalability improvements, this release accelerates the adoption of GitOps best practices, fostering a more resilient and agile infrastructure. As organizations increasingly rely on Kubernetes at scale, Argo CD v3 is a critical step forward in reducing complexity, enhancing automation, and setting new benchmarks for open source application delivery.”

Argo CD v3 refines security, optimizes performance, and extends capabilities, to meet the evolving demands of cloud native application delivery. Enhanced authorization bolster security, while improved memory efficiency supports large-scale deployments.

The continued adoption of GitOps principles is further supported, ensuring teams can streamline automation and maintain full visibility into deployment processes as they scale their infrastructure.

Argo CD has become a standard for GitOps-driven continuous delivery in cloud native environments. With contributions from companies such as Akuity, BlackRock, Intuit, Octopus Deploy, Pipekit, and Red Hat; Argo CD is used in production by hundreds of organizations worldwide.

“Argo CD v3 is a major milestone for the project and the entire GitOps community,” said Regina Voloshin, Argo CD maintainer and OSS Tech Lead at Octopus Deploy.

With this release, we’re making Argo CD more performant, scalable, secure and easier to use – out of the box. This release is a fruit of the engaging dialogue with the community, during which we learned what optional configurations were in fact performed by many users and have proven to be instrumental as Argo CD had matured. Thanks to the community feedback, those configurations now become the default.

Argo CD v3 encourages more best practices and ensures enterprises can deploy and scale applications with confidence, reducing operational overhead while maintaining full visibility and control over their infrastructure”.

Argo CD v3 first Release Candidate (RC-1) is now available for testing. Argo CD v3 GA is expected in early May 2025. To explore the latest features, visit the Argo Documentation or join the Argo community on GitHub.

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About Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Cloud native computing empowers organizations to build and run scalable applications with an open source software stack in public, private, and hybrid clouds. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) hosts critical components of the global technology infrastructure, including Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Envoy. CNCF brings together the industry’s top developers, end users, and vendors and runs the largest open source developer conferences in the world. Supported by more than 800 members, including the world’s largest cloud computing and software companies, as well as over 200 innovative startups, CNCF is part of the nonprofit Linux Foundation. For more information, please visit www.cncf.io.

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Changes in UPM’s Group Executive Team: Joonas Rauramo appointed Executive Vice President, UPM Energy

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HELSINKI, June 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Joonas Rauramo has been appointed Executive Vice President, UPM Energy. He will be a member of UPM’s Group Executive Team and report to Massimo Reynaudo, President and CEO. He will assume his role on October 1, 2026 and will be based in Helsinki, Finland.

Rauramo, born in 1983, will join UPM from Coolbrook Oy where he has served as CEO since 2022 and prior to that as Executive Vice President, Strategy & Industrial Partnerships. From 2007 to 2021, he held various roles at Fortum, most recently as Vice President, Wind and as Vice President, Solar & Wind Development. He serves as a board member at Korkia, and as a member of the IEA Technology and Innovation Advisory Board. Rauramo has Master of Science in Technology from Helsinki University of Technology and Master of Science in Economics from Aalto University School of Economics. He is a Finnish citizen.

“I’m delighted to welcome Joonas to UPM. He brings extensive experience in power generation and industrial decarbonisation, as well as deep expertise in energy markets, project financing, M&A and building global partnerships. These are capabilities that are increasingly critical as demand for reliable, emission-free electricity continues to grow and the energy system undergoes profound transformation. With Joonas on board, we continue to develop our energy business further and contribute to the transition towards a sustainable and resilient energy future,” says Massimo Reynaudo.

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UPM is a material solutions company, renewing products and entire value chains with an extensive portfolio of renewable fibres, advanced materials, decarbonization solutions, and communication papers. Our performance in sustainability has been recognized by third parties, including EcoVadis and the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. We operate globally and employ approximately 15,100 people worldwide, with annual sales of approximately €9.7 billion. Our shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.
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Helsinki Invites International Companies to Explore R&D Partnerships in Life Sciences and AI & Deep Tech

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HELSINKI, June 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Helsinki Partners, together with the City of Helsinki and the University of Helsinki, is inviting international companies to explore research and development partnerships at two of the city’s leading innovation environments. Through the 90 Hour Helsinki Program, senior decision makers from established companies and scaleups are currently exploring Finland’s business ecosystem over three intensive days, meeting relevant organisations and exploring partnership opportunities for AI & Deep Tech R&D.

For many international companies, R&D expansion comes with real barriers: lack of specialist talent, limited access to laboratory or cleanroom space, and the high cost of building local infrastructure. Helsinki innovation partnerships address these challenges directly – instead of investing heavily in facilities and hiring from scratch, companies can get straight to work with partner organisations, researchers, and thesis students.

Helsinki’s innovation clusters drive global breakthroughs

The 90 Hour Helsinki Program gives access to two university-driven innovation clusters: Viikki is a leading ecosystem for life sciences, biotech, and sustainability, and Kumpula for AI and deep tech research. Both clusters align with the University of Helsinki’s Future Technologies research area, which emphasises responsible and ethical approaches to new technologies.

“Our research is rooted in both scientific excellence and responsibility,” said Jouni Hirvonen, Vice-Rector of Innovation, Infrastructures and Facilities at the University of Helsinki. “Collaborating with international companies allows us to commercialise and scale innovations that both advance technology and contribute to sustainable and ethical solutions for society.”

Organisations active across the clusters include the Natural Resources Institute Finland, HiLIFE, the Ellis Institute, the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI), and the LUMI AI Factory. Participants choose the track most relevant to their business and spend the day with researchers, companies, and ecosystem partners on that campus.

R&D without the upfront investment

Finland’s R&D funding landscape and cost-efficient operating environment make Helsinki one of the most practical locations in Europe for early-stage collaboration. For companies outside of the EU region, the city offers a stable European base at a time when trade conditions are shifting, with direct flight connections to major cities across Asia and Americas.

“Helsinki offers a unique environment where companies can directly engage with top research, advanced facilities, emerging talent, and the exciting startup culture,” said Heidi Humala, Director, Business Environment at Business Helsinki, City of Helsinki. “Through close collaboration, Helsinki enables private companies to accelerate their R&D without the need for heavy upfront investments.”

Innovation partnerships in practice

ASM, a global leader in semiconductor equipment, has been working with the University of Helsinki for more than two decades. The company expanded its collaboration in 2022 with the launch of the ALD Center of Excellence, a new centre focused on developing advanced materials for next-generation microchips used in AI systems, medical devices, and energy-efficient electronics.

This long-term partnership is one example of the public-private co-innovation that Helsinki supports, and that the 90 Hour Helsinki Program is designed to build.

“Helsinki is known for its trust-based business culture and functional public–private partnerships,” said Clarisse Berggårdh, CEO at Helsinki Partners. “By joining the 3-day 90 Hour Helsinki Program, companies can experience this culture firsthand and start building meaningful collaborations.”

Applications are now open for the 90 Hour Helsinki Program taking place 28–30 September, 2026. The application period closes on 14 August, 2026.

Read more and apply here.

                                   

                                   

Facts at a glance                           

                                               

•  Helsinki is the most cost-efficient city in Europe for biotech and pharma R&D

                                               

•  The Helsinki region ranks 1st in the EU for innovative SMEs collaborating with others

                                               

•  The region also leads in R&D expenditure in the business sector and international scientific co-publications

                                               

•  The University of Helsinki ranks in the top 1% of universities globally

                                               

•  ASM‘s partnership with the University of Helsinki spans more than 20 years

                                   

                                     

                                   

For more information, please contact:

Eelis Torvinen
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Sonja Malin
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About the 90 Hour Helsinki Program and Helsinki Partners

The 90 Hour Helsinki Program, organised by Helsinki Partners, gives senior decision makers direct access to Helsinki’s life sciences and deep tech ecosystems over three intensive days. The programme includes briefings on the Finnish business environment, visits to research organisations and companies, and tailored meetings across the Viikki and Kumpula campuses. Helsinki Partners covers accommodation during the programme for up to four days for one representative per company.

Helsinki Partners is the City of Helsinki’s international investment promotion and city marketing company, providing free expansion services for businesses looking to establish a presence in Finland.

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Corrata Reimagines Mobile Device Security for the AI Era

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Company investing in bespoke on-device LLM for privacy-compliant mobile threat detection as AI reshapes the attack landscape

DUBLIN and LONDON, June 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Infosec Europe, ExCeL London — Corrata, the mobile endpoint security company, today announced a comprehensive reimagining of its approach to mobile device security in response to the rapid transformation of the threat landscape by artificial intelligence. The announcement encompasses new AI governance capabilities, enhanced data loss prevention, and a commitment to developing a bespoke on-device large language model (LLM) for next-generation mobile threat detection.

 

 

“The device in your employee’s pocket is simultaneously connected to AI tools, targeted by AI-powered attackers, and operating in an environment where the threat landscape is being rewritten in real time,” said Colm Healy, CEO of Corrata. “The controls deployed two or three years ago were not built for this world. We have rebuilt ours to match it.”

How AI Is Reshaping the Mobile Threat Landscape

Mobile devices sit at the epicentre of three distinct AI-driven risk dimensions that security teams must now contend with simultaneously.

Hyper-personalised social engineering. AI has transformed phishing from a numbers game into targeted precision. Attackers now use large language models to construct lures from publicly available data, producing messages indistinguishable from genuine communications. Research puts the click-through rate on AI-generated phishing at 54%, against 12% for traditional campaigns. On mobile, where 85% of phishing attacks already occur outside email, across SMS, WhatsApp, Teams and other messaging channels, the impact is acute.

AI-accelerated exploits. In May 2026, Google Threat Intelligence Group confirmed a real-world threat actor had used a zero-day exploit developed with AI, planned for mass exploitation and only stopped by proactive counter-discovery. Finding and weaponising vulnerabilities no longer requires deep expertise or months of effort. The median time from disclosure to active exploitation had already fallen from 771 days in 2018 to single-digit hours before frontier AI models entered the picture. Mobile is particularly exposed, where apps are deployed quickly and sometimes outside the review processes that govern traditional software.

Shadow AI and data loss. When employees find that an AI tool makes them more productive, they use it, approved or not. Research suggests 43% of employees share corporate data with LLMs without authorisation. On mobile, where personal and professional boundaries are already blurred, the exposure is acute: sensitive documents uploaded to consumer AI services, client details pasted into chatbots, proprietary code submitted for debugging. Institutional knowledge is leaving organisations at an unprecedented rate, with no visibility and no controls in place.

How Corrata Is Responding

Corrata has always been built on a simple premise: mobile devices deserve the same depth of security monitoring as laptops and servers. Its on-device architecture inspects 100% of network traffic without routing it through a cloud relay, a visibility advantage no competitor has matched. In the AI era, that foundation becomes more important, not less. Corrata has now extended it across three areas.

On-device LLM for enhanced threat detection. The vast majority of mobile traffic is now encrypted, and current detection methods will struggle against the more sophisticated social engineering and exploit techniques that AI is enabling. Corrata is developing a custom on-device LLM purpose-built for the mobile environment. It will analyse traffic patterns, behavioural signals and connection metadata to surface threats hidden within encrypted sessions, on the device itself, in real time, with no data leaving the phone.

AI governance for the mobile workspace. Corrata’s AI Governance capability lets organisations define which AI services and SDKs are sanctioned in the mobile workspace and enforces those policies automatically. Approved tools are unaffected; access to unsanctioned services, including consumer chatbots, AI coding assistants and embedded LLM SDKs in third-party apps, is flagged or blocked. As AI governance frameworks including ISO 42001 and the EU AI Act mature, mobile is the enforcement gap most organisations have yet to close. Corrata closes it.

Precision mobile DLP for the AI age. Data leakage via mobile is no longer confined to lost devices or unencrypted email. AI tools are now a primary exfiltration channel. Corrata’s enhanced data loss prevention uses fine-grained traffic analysis to detect sensitive corporate data being transmitted to external services, whether deliberately or inadvertently, enabling security teams to act on genuine data loss events rather than chase false positives.

“Corrata brings together the deepest visibility into mobile traffic of any solution on the market with a new generation of AI-native capabilities built for the threats that matter most right now,” said Colm Healy.

Availability

Corrata’s AI Governance and enhanced DLP capabilities are available now. The on-device LLM is in active development, with availability to be announced. Organisations wishing to learn more or request a demonstration should visit corrata.com.

About Corrata

Corrata is a mobile endpoint security company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Its on-device technology delivers comprehensive threat detection and response for iOS and Android devices, combining advanced mobile threat defence with data loss prevention and AI governance. Corrata is a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), verified for use with FirstNet, and is accredited as ‘Cybersecurity Made in Europe’ by ECSO. For more information, visit corrata.com.

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