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Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Vanta Named a Leader in 2025 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Governance, Risk, and Compliance Software
SAN FRANCISCO, July 09, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vanta, the leading AI-powered trust management platform, today announced it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Governance, Risk, and Compliance Software 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc # US53615325, June 2025). According to the IDC MarketScape, "Vanta's comprehensive solutions enable businesses to manage their security and compliance needs efficiently, fostering trust and transparency across their operations. The company's commitment to automating and simplifying security and compliance has made it a trusted partner for organizations worldwide." Vanta's Trust Management Platform automates and continuously monitors all aspects of a company's GRC program, including compliance, internal risk, third-party risk and customer trust. Vanta enables security teams to centralize workflows, reduce manual effort and deliver measurable business impact. An IDC White Paper, sponsored by Vanta, found that Vanta helped customers achieve a 526% return on investment over three years, with an average payback period of around three months.*1 "Vanta's platform is purpose-built to reduce the manual burden on compliance and security teams through automation and intelligent workflows," said Phil Harris, Research Director, Governance, Risk and Compliance at IDC. "Their rapid customer payback period and continued expansion into enterprise-ready offerings position them as a compelling choice for organizations looking to elevate their trust programs." Vanta also delivers measurable impact in its AI-powered security and compliance offerings. Since launching Vanta AI in 2023, the company has expanded its capabilities to help teams work more efficiently and reduce risk. In June 2025, Vanta introduced the Vanta AI Agent to autonomously handle some of the most time-consuming and error-prone GRC workflows, including policy management and evidence evaluation for audit preparation. Earlier this year, Vanta released its AI Security Assessment to guide customers on the responsible use of AI and became one of the first companies to achieve ISO 42001 certification, reinforcing its commitment to building trust in AI systems. By automating over 35 frameworks in addition to trust center management, questionnaire automation and vendor risk management, Vanta is helping businesses meet complex compliance requirements while improving efficiency, reducing operational overhead and strengthening collaboration across teams and stakeholders. The IDC MarketScape noted, "The Vanta platform has numerous strengths, but primarily, the Vanta platform offers immediate time to value and reduced need to continuously add staff to the GRC program." The IDC White Paper also found that with Vanta, customers experience 129% more productive compliance teams, with 142% more framework and attestation-related audits prepared per year.*2 IDC's MarketScape recognition of Vanta is the latest honor for the company, which includes the Forbes Cloud 100 and Fast Company's Most Innovative Company lists, highlighting its critical focus on compliance in the age of AI. Vanta was also named to Inc. Magazine's Best Workplaces for 2025 and featured on Forbes' 2025 list of Best Startup Employers—underscoring its continued impact across innovation, growth and culture. To read the full IDC MarketScape excerpt and learn more about Vanta's trust management platform, visit About IDC MarketScape IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor's position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors. About Vanta Vanta is the leading trust management platform that helps simplify and centralize security for organizations of all sizes. Over 11,000 companies including Atlassian, Duolingo, Icelandair, Ramp and Synthesia rely on Vanta to build, maintain and demonstrate their trust—all in a way that's real-time and transparent. Founded in 2018, Vanta has customers in 58 countries with offices in Dublin, London, New York, San Francisco and Sydney. For more information, visit ____________________ 1DC White Paper, The Business Value of Vanta (doc #US52656824), January 2025. Sponsored by Vanta.2DC White Paper, The Business Value of Vanta (doc #US52656824), January 2025. Sponsored by Vanta. View source version on Contacts Press Contact press@ Sign in to access your portfolio
Business Wire
09-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Vanta Named a Leader in 2025 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Governance, Risk, and Compliance Software
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vanta, the leading AI-powered trust management platform, today announced it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Governance, Risk, and Compliance Software 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc # US53615325, June 2025). According to the IDC MarketScape, 'Vanta's comprehensive solutions enable businesses to manage their security and compliance needs efficiently, fostering trust and transparency across their operations. The company's commitment to automating and simplifying security and compliance has made it a trusted partner for organizations worldwide.' Vanta's Trust Management Platform automates and continuously monitors all aspects of a company's GRC program, including compliance, internal risk, third-party risk and customer trust. Vanta enables security teams to centralize workflows, reduce manual effort and deliver measurable business impact. An IDC White Paper, sponsored by Vanta, found that Vanta helped customers achieve a 526% return on investment over three years, with an average payback period of around three months.* 1 'Vanta's platform is purpose-built to reduce the manual burden on compliance and security teams through automation and intelligent workflows,' said Phil Harris, Research Director, Governance, Risk and Compliance at IDC. 'Their rapid customer payback period and continued expansion into enterprise-ready offerings position them as a compelling choice for organizations looking to elevate their trust programs.' Vanta also delivers measurable impact in its AI-powered security and compliance offerings. Since launching Vanta AI in 2023, the company has expanded its capabilities to help teams work more efficiently and reduce risk. In June 2025, Vanta introduced the Vanta AI Agent to autonomously handle some of the most time-consuming and error-prone GRC workflows, including policy management and evidence evaluation for audit preparation. Earlier this year, Vanta released its AI Security Assessment to guide customers on the responsible use of AI and became one of the first companies to achieve ISO 42001 certification, reinforcing its commitment to building trust in AI systems. By automating over 35 frameworks in addition to trust center management, questionnaire automation and vendor risk management, Vanta is helping businesses meet complex compliance requirements while improving efficiency, reducing operational overhead and strengthening collaboration across teams and stakeholders. The IDC MarketScape noted, 'The Vanta platform has numerous strengths, but primarily, the Vanta platform offers immediate time to value and reduced need to continuously add staff to the GRC program.' The IDC White Paper also found that with Vanta, customers experience 129% more productive compliance teams, with 142% more framework and attestation-related audits prepared per year.* 2 IDC's MarketScape recognition of Vanta is the latest honor for the company, which includes the Forbes Cloud 100 and Fast Company's Most Innovative Company lists, highlighting its critical focus on compliance in the age of AI. Vanta was also named to Inc. Magazine's Best Workplaces for 2025 and featured on Forbes' 2025 list of Best Startup Employers —underscoring its continued impact across innovation, growth and culture. To read the full IDC MarketScape excerpt and learn more about Vanta's trust management platform, visit About IDC MarketScape IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor's position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors. About Vanta Vanta is the leading trust management platform that helps simplify and centralize security for organizations of all sizes. Over 11,000 companies including Atlassian, Duolingo, Icelandair, Ramp and Synthesia rely on Vanta to build, maintain and demonstrate their trust—all in a way that's real-time and transparent. Founded in 2018, Vanta has customers in 58 countries with offices in Dublin, London, New York, San Francisco and Sydney. For more information, visit 1 DC White Paper, The Business Value of Vanta (doc #US52656824), January 2025. Sponsored by Vanta. 2 DC White Paper, The Business Value of Vanta (doc #US52656824), January 2025. Sponsored by Vanta.
Techday NZ
08-07-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
Diligent named leader in IDC MarketScape for GRC software 2025
Diligent has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Governance, Risk, and Compliance Software 2025 Vendor Assessment. The recognition places Diligent at the forefront of global governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software providers, following a period of product launches and acquisitions focused on enhanced AI-powered GRC capabilities. Report findings The IDC MarketScape's assessment, one of the sector's most detailed analyses, evaluates software vendors based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria over a projected three-to-five-year timeframe. Diligent was reviewed on the strength of its strategic vision and the capabilities of its products. In the report, IDC MarketScape notes: "The Diligent One Platform is a true single platform of AI-powered cross-organisational GRC capabilities that are modular, enabling customers to be met where they are in their GRC maturity journey." The report continues by highlighting that Diligent's solutions are "the gold standard in board reporting" and that its roadmap "promises unique and value-added outcomes so organisations can truly manage risk and compliance bottom up." Platform and approach Diligent's suite of GRC offerings includes new products such as GovernAI and AI Risk Essentials, as well as the acquisition of Vault Platform, an AI-powered ethics and compliance solution. These moves are cited as reinforcing the company's focus on delivering GRC solutions leveraging artificial intelligence. Brian Stafford, President and Chief Executive Officer of Diligent, commented on the announcement. "Being named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for GRC Software is not only a testament to our AI-powered platform but also a reflection of our unwavering commitment to our clients across the globe. We are grateful to the over 25,000 clients who trust Diligent for AI-powered governance solutions every day. As the global leader in GRC innovation for 20+ years, we're dedicated to providing best-in-class GRC solutions that drive operational excellence and mitigate risk." Phil Harris, Research Director, Governance Risk & Compliance Services at IDC, also addressed the reasoning behind Diligent's Leader placement. "Diligent has been positioned as a Leader in the evaluation of the Worldwide Governance, Risk and Compliance Software providers for its strategic, comprehensive and robust AI platform. The Diligent One Platform can power company-wide GRC capabilities for organisations of every size and maturity level." Industry context Diligent's recognition from IDC MarketScape adds to other industry endorsements, including those from Chartis and Forrester, as well as positive feedback on review sites such as G2 and Trust Radius. The IDC MarketScape assessment model provides an overview of the competitive positioning of technology suppliers in distinct markets, rating participants based on both product and service offerings, and the strategies underpinning their medium- to long-term success. Diligent reports serving more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members globally, providing technology to support risk management, governance processes and decision-making. Follow us on: Share on:
Business Wire
05-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Cerio and Cloudiogram Launch Turnkey AI Factory Services Across the Arab World
OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cerio, a leading provider of software-defined composable infrastructure, today announced with Cloudiogram, the delivery of turnkey AI factory services designed for enterprises across the Arab world. This joint solution brings together Cerio's innovative composable disaggregated infrastructure (CDI) platform with Cloudiogram's strong regional footprint and expertise in turnkey technology deployment. 'Cerio's composable infrastructure is the backbone of modern AI Factories,' said Maher Al Sharif, Founder of Cloudiogram. 'We're excited to bring a proven, scalable solution to market that directly supports our mission: to simplify AI adoption... Share As organizations scale AI workloads and navigate increasing global infrastructure costs, traditional monolithic server models fall short—introducing underutilization, complexity, and cost inefficiencies. To address this, Cloudiogram is working with Cerio as its infrastructure partner, following rigorous testing and validation of its AI Factory reference design. At the core of this solution is Cerio's optical, software-defined CDI architecture, which enables real-time composition of compute, memory, and accelerator resources—transforming how systems are built, deployed, and scaled. 'Cerio's composable infrastructure is the backbone of modern AI Factories,' said Maher Al Sharif, Founder of Cloudiogram. 'We're excited to bring a proven, scalable solution to market that directly supports our mission: to simplify AI adoption and drive results for customers across the Arab world.' Delivering Scalable, Future-Proof AI Infrastructure At the heart of the venture is a joint commitment to modularity, scalability, and reduced time-to-deployment. Cerio's composable platform disaggregates accelerators—such as NVIDIA, AMD, and Tenstorrent GPUs and DPUs—into off-the-shelf chassis that can be mixed, matched, and reallocated dynamically across workloads. This enables customers to: 'Cerio is redefining infrastructure economics,' said Phil Harris, CEO of Cerio. 'Together with Cloudiogram, we're delivering flexible, high-efficiency systems that give customers complete control—at lower cost, faster scale, and greater agility than ever before.' Enabling AI Factories Anywhere, at Any Scale Whether deployed in data centers, mobile compute environments or virtual production studios, the Cerio–Cloudiogram solution offers independence, flexibility, and seamless scale. Customers can now compose the right system at the right time, leveraging Cloudiogram's professional and managed services to deploy locally, operate, and scale with confidence. This partnership empowers governments, enterprises and creators across the Arab region to meet growing AI demands with infrastructure that evolves alongside their ambitions. About Cerio Innovators in software-defined composable infrastructure, Cerio is reimagining system design to accelerate productivity and innovation at a sustainable cost and footprint. Cerio has offices and projects spanning international markets with Centers of Excellence in Europe and North America. Visit
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Cerio and Cloudiogram Launch Turnkey AI Factory Services Across the Arab World
OTTAWA, Ontario, June 05, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cerio, a leading provider of software-defined composable infrastructure, today announced with Cloudiogram, the delivery of turnkey AI factory services designed for enterprises across the Arab world. This joint solution brings together Cerio's innovative composable disaggregated infrastructure (CDI) platform with Cloudiogram's strong regional footprint and expertise in turnkey technology deployment. As organizations scale AI workloads and navigate increasing global infrastructure costs, traditional monolithic server models fall short—introducing underutilization, complexity, and cost inefficiencies. To address this, Cloudiogram is working with Cerio as its infrastructure partner, following rigorous testing and validation of its AI Factory reference design. At the core of this solution is Cerio's optical, software-defined CDI architecture, which enables real-time composition of compute, memory, and accelerator resources—transforming how systems are built, deployed, and scaled. "Cerio's composable infrastructure is the backbone of modern AI Factories," said Maher Al Sharif, Founder of Cloudiogram. "We're excited to bring a proven, scalable solution to market that directly supports our mission: to simplify AI adoption and drive results for customers across the Arab world." Delivering Scalable, Future-Proof AI Infrastructure At the heart of the venture is a joint commitment to modularity, scalability, and reduced time-to-deployment. Cerio's composable platform disaggregates accelerators—such as NVIDIA, AMD, and Tenstorrent GPUs and DPUs—into off-the-shelf chassis that can be mixed, matched, and reallocated dynamically across workloads. This enables customers to: Reduce stranded assets by up to 84% Shrink server requirements by 3x or more (e.g., 24 servers reduced to 8) Eliminate costly overprovisioning and manual reconfiguration Provision just-in-time compute across diverse workflows, from AI model training to content rendering "Cerio is redefining infrastructure economics," said Phil Harris, CEO of Cerio. "Together with Cloudiogram, we're delivering flexible, high-efficiency systems that give customers complete control—at lower cost, faster scale, and greater agility than ever before." Enabling AI Factories Anywhere, at Any Scale Whether deployed in data centers, mobile compute environments or virtual production studios, the Cerio–Cloudiogram solution offers independence, flexibility, and seamless scale. Customers can now compose the right system at the right time, leveraging Cloudiogram's professional and managed services to deploy locally, operate, and scale with confidence. This partnership empowers governments, enterprises and creators across the Arab region to meet growing AI demands with infrastructure that evolves alongside their ambitions. ADDITIONAL LINKS Explore the advantages of Cerio Learn about Cloudiogram About Cerio Innovators in software-defined composable infrastructure, Cerio is reimagining system design to accelerate productivity and innovation at a sustainable cost and footprint. Cerio has offices and projects spanning international markets with Centers of Excellence in Europe and North America. Visit View source version on Contacts Greg Fielding, COO, CerioPhone: +1 613-592-9888, ext. 100Email: gfielding@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
