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Artificial Intelligence-based cybersecurity firm CloudSEK Tuesday said it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from IDFC Parampara. Founded in 2015 by Rahul Sasi, the company has raised USD 2.5 million in pre-series A till date, the company said in a statement.

Currently, its investors include Exfinity Ventures, former Infosys board member V Balakrishnan, StartupXseed Ventures and ME Meeran trust. "CloudSEK will leverage the freshly raised funds to evolve its product Xvigil. It will also use the funds to expand its footprints in India and South East Asia," the statement said.

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Wipro partners Microsoft to offer advanced cybersecurity services * IT services major Wipro Tuesday said it has expanded its global relationship with Microsoft Corp to offer digital security services to their clients across the globe.

As part of this relationship, Wipro will offer integrated digital security services, including Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 based security services, a statement said. "This initiative will focus on various security services integrating Microsoft Azure and Microsoft advanced security capabilities, including Identity and Access Management, Data Protection and Threat Protection," it added.

* * * * HCL Technologies launches solutions for telecom, media services providers

* IT services major HCL Technologies Tuesday announced the launch of iCE.X, an loT (internet of things) device management platform for telecom and media services providers. The new platform designed for consumer premises equipment (CPE), small cells, gateways, sensors and various loT devices provides seamless connectivity, zero-touch secure on-boarding of devices and support.

"The opportunity to harness loT devices and data to deliver more personalised services and tailored experiences enables telecom and media services providers to monetise billions of connections and future-proof their business models," HCL Technologies said in a statement.