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Nozomi launches SaaS Platform in UAE , Cloudflare deploys GPUs in 150 cities

Nozomi Networks introduced a significant expansion of its global cloud footprint with the launch of a new Vantage region in the United Arab Emirates , part of Nozomi Networks ’ continued commitment to the UAE and the Middle East .

Nozomi Vantage is a cloud-based cybersecurity management platform that provides critical infrastructure operators and cybersecurity teams with unified OT , IoT security monitoring and risk management across the Nozomi cybersecurity platform . Through a single pane of glass , Vantage powers asset management , vulnerability assessment , and threat detection and response .
A valuable resource in supporting the UAE ’ s Cyber Security Strategy to accelerate digital transformation and smarty city initiatives , Vantage delivers the unmatched security and visibility expected from Nozomi Networks , with the addition of unlimited scalability , powered by SaaS . It makes it possible to protect any number of OT , IoT , IT , edge and cloud assets , located anywhere , with a single platform .
Bachir Moussa , Regional Vice President MEA , Nozomi Networks
Cloudflare is the first serverless inference partner integrated on the Hugging Face Hub for deploying models , enabling developers to deploy AI globally quickly , easily , and affordably , without managing infrastructure or paying for unused compute capacity .
Cloudflare now has GPUs deployed across more than 150 cities globally , most recently launching in Cape Town , Durban , Johannesburg , and Lagos for the first locations in Africa , as well as Amman , Buenos Aires , Mexico City , Mumbai , New Delhi , and Seoul , to provide low-latency inference around the world . Workers AI is also expanding to support fine-tuned model weights , enabling organisations to build and deploy more specialised , domainspecific applications .
Matthew Prince , CEO and Co-founder , Cloudflare
The recent generative AI boom has companies across industries investing massive amounts of time and money into AI . Some of it will work , but the challenge of AI is that the demo is easy , but putting it into production is incredibly hard .
“ We are very excited to be able to better serve our customers in UAE with this new Vantage region ,” said Bachir Moussa , Nozomi ’ s Regional Vice President for MEA . The new Vantage region in the UAE is available and includes Vantage IQ support and connectivity to Guardian , Nozomi Arc and Guardian Air sensors .
Cloudflare deploys GPUs in 150 cities
Cloudflare announced that developers can now deploy AI applications on Cloudflare ’ s global network in one simple click directly from Hugging Face , the open and collaborative platform for AI builders . With Workers AI now generally available ,
Says Matthew Prince , CEO and co-founder , Cloudflare , “ We can solve this by abstracting away the cost and complexity of building AI-powered apps . Workers AI is one of the most affordable and accessible solutions to run inference . We are giving developers the freedom and agility to choose a model and scale their AI apps from zero to global in an instant .”
In addition to Workers AI , Cloudflare ’ s AI Gateway offers a control plane for your AI applications , allowing developers to dynamically evaluate and route requests to different models and providers , eventually enabling developers to use data to create fine tunes and run the fine-tuned jobs directly on the Workers AI platform . p
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