Snowflake aims to ease analytics headaches, embeds Nvidia AI in data cloud

The vendor-agnostic Polaris Catalog streamlines access across Apache Iceberg data tables and extends the company’s integrations with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.

By Matt Ashare • June 5, 2024

SAP beefs up copilot, trains Joule to assist with ERP migrations

The ERP giant embedded its generative AI assistant across business solutions and expanded integrations with Microsoft, AWS and Google Cloud.

By Matt Ashare • June 4, 2024

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Digital transformation goes beyond technology — if companies want to engage in a new era of technology, they must rethink how work is done too.

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UK regulators sound the alarm on cloud vendor lock-in

Egress fees, licensing practices and discount policies keep enterprises from switching providers and hinder multicloud adoption, the Competition and Markets Authority found.

By Matt Ashare • May 31, 2024

Salesforce hits software sales slump, bets on AI adoption to boost business

The top CRM provider saw “elongated deal cycles, deal compression and high levels of budget scrutiny,” COO Brian Millham said Wednesday.

By Matt Ashare • May 30, 2024

JPMorgan ramps up prompt engineering training, AI projects

The bank estimates its AI use cases can deliver up to $1.5 billion in value, according to President and COO Daniel Pinto.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • May 28, 2024

Snowflake banks on building modestly sized AI models

“Companies are talking about spending billions of dollars. I don’t think we need to be there,” CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy said during the company’s earnings call Wednesday.

By Matt Ashare • May 24, 2024

Nvidia CEO promises to deliver ‘a mound of chips’ as AI development speeds ahead

Cloud providers are “consuming every single chip that’s out there,” Jensen Huang said Wednesday. “We’re racing every single day.”

By Matt Ashare • May 23, 2024

IBM, Salesforce infuse Einstein with Granite

The integration brings the watsonx multimodel platform into the CRM’s data cloud ecosphere as IBM pushes its LLM solutions into multiple clouds.

By Matt Ashare • May 21, 2024

Google leverages Microsoft’s cyber gaps to woo Workspace customers

“The repeated security challenges with Microsoft call for a better alternative for enterprises and public-sector organizations alike,” Google said Monday.

By Matt Ashare • May 20, 2024

AWS CEO steps down, sales chief to take over

After a three-year stint helming the cloud titan, Adam Selipsky is passing the baton to AWS veteran Matt Garman.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • May 14, 2024

Enterprises outsource data storage as complexity rises

An overload of operations data, ongoing business growth and expanding web analytics are pushing data estates to their limit, according to a Forrester report.

By Matt Ashare • May 10, 2024

IBM embeds AI business solutions in SAP’s cloud

The two companies plan to build tailored tools for manufacturing, consumer goods, retail and automotive industries.

By Matt Ashare • May 9, 2024

Microsoft unveils $3.3B AI infrastructure plan as it grows US data center capacity

The plan will feature a data center campus in Wisconsin, upskilling targets and an AI innovation lab focusing on manufacturers, the tech company said.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • May 8, 2024

IT services spend will reach $2 trillion by 2028: Forrester

Tepid growth this year will give way to a landslide of cloud infrastructure spending driven by AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud, the analyst firm said.

By Matt Ashare • May 7, 2024

Financial industry alliance pushes for collective AI governance framework

Citi, Morgan Stanley, Databricks and Microsoft will help guide a FINOS initiative aimed at devising best practices for onboarding the technology.

By Matt Ashare • May 6, 2024

Amazon tempts enterprises to customize AI on AWS

CEO Andy Jassy called the hyperscaler’s move to open its Bedrock platform to tailored models “a sneaky big launch.”

By Matt Ashare • May 3, 2024

Marriott gears up for another year of major tech spending

The company expects full-year investments to reach $1 billion as digital transformation projects advance, according to its latest earnings call.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • May 2, 2024

Microsoft captures one-quarter of global cloud spend in Q1

“This is not just all an AI story,” CEO Satya Nadella said during a quarterly earnings call, pointing to “an acceleration of revenue from migrations to Azure.”

By Matt Ashare • May 2, 2024

Amazon CEO touts AWS cloud security as AI risk concerns mount

Andy Jassy urged enterprises “not to overlook the security and operational performance” of cloud-based generative AI services. “It’s less sexy, but critically important.”

By Matt Ashare • May 1, 2024

Retail banking turns to core modernization as cloud strategies mature

Legacy systems rife with technical debt are blocking customer service upgrades in the industry, according to IT consulting firm Endava.

By Matt Ashare • May 1, 2024

Wing: The golden path to liberating developers and platform teams

We need to create a golden path to production that includes much less friction for companies looking to build in the cloud.

April 29, 2024

What is the “X” factor in maintaining a competitive edge in the technology industry?

Unlock the keys to staying ahead in the tech industry as engineers and architects embrace continuously upskilling and maintaining a competitive edge amid rapid technological advancements.  

April 29, 2024

Google Cloud revenue soars as AI drives billions in infrastructure spend

The tech giant reported $9.6 billion in cloud segment revenue on the quarter, a 28% increase year over year.

By Matt Ashare • April 26, 2024

IBM deepens multicloud solution portfolio with $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition

“CIOs and developers are up against dramatic complexity in their tech strategies,” IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna said Wednesday.

By Matt Ashare • April 25, 2024

SAP leans on Business AI to spur ERP migrations

Enterprise customers accelerated their shift to cloud-based solutions this year, CEO Christian Klein said during a Monday earnings call.

By Matt Ashare • April 23, 2024