IBM acquires Hakkoda
IBM said it has acquired data and AI consultant Hakkoda in a deal that will give it data migration platform services. Hakkoda is a big partner for Snowflake.
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Meta launches Llama 4 suite, ups ante in LLM wars
Meta launched Llama 4 family with open weights with two models available so far on AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
After volatile first quarter, these 10 questions loom over enterprise technology, CxOs
Now that the first quarter is closed and the second quarter is just ramping up it's worth pondering questions about enterprise technology spending, what projects get funded amid economic chaos, data strategies and AI implementations.
Microsoft updates Copilot, Azure AI Foundry
Microsoft added a bevy of new features for Copilot to enhance memory, ability to take action and conduct research and also updated its Azure AI Foundry with tools to build AI agent systems.
Long live on-prem data centers in the age of AI. We're serious
The enterprise data center was supposed to be dead by now, but the reality is on-premises workloads are getting new life courtesy of AI workloads.
ServiceNow acquires Logik.ai, as it steps up CRM efforts
ServiceNow said that the purchase of Logik.ai will expand its reach into CRM. Salesforce said Logik.ai will also accelerate its efforts in sales and order management processes.
AI’s insatiable demand for data is crushing Wikimedia’s infrastructure
Wikimedia, the organization behind Wikipedia, said its infrastructure is being taxed by non-human traffic scraping the site for data to train AI models.
Informatica adds more integration to Databricks, Snowflake, Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Fabric
Informatica's Spring launch of its platform integrates its data management platform with the key enterprise data platforms as well as a preview of its CLAIRE Copilot for Data Integration.
Platform9 launches community edition for Private Cloud Director
Platform9, which has been gaining momentum in moving VMware customers to its private cloud suite, launched a community edition of its Private Cloud Director.
AI infrastructure becomes one big leveraged bet
OpenAI's move to raise another $40 billion at a $300 billion valuation is being funded by Softbank, which in turn is paying for its bet with a lot of leverage.
AWS, Amazon court developers to take Nova models for a spin, Alexa+ goes early access
Amazon is putting its Nova family large language models (LLMs) on display for a tryout aims to spur developer interest. And if Alexa+, which is also available for early access, performs well Nova's profile will only increase.
BT150 CxO zeitgeist: AI agents promising, but in transition period
AI agents remain the hot topic among BT150 CxOs and there’s little to no doubt multi-agent systems will be useful. However, there are doubts about vendor offerings, platform lock-in, data strategy, architecture and change management.
