news Price shock: IBM to increase cloud costs by up to 26% in 2024Salesforce hiking prices The new price rise, which will be effective from January 2024, will affect IaaS and PaaS services, the company said. By Anirban Ghoshal Sep 6, 2023 2 mins Cloud Computing IBM news SAP poaches Microsoft exec as its new global head of AI SAP’s new global head of AI, Walter Sun, previously worked on Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Copilot. By Peter Sayer Sep 1, 2023 4 mins Enterprise Applications SAP news analysis How Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company Nvidia’s chips have evolved beyond their video game niche to power enterprise AI models, the industrial metaverse, and self-driving cars. Now the company seeks to seize the generative AI opportunity in the cloud. By Peter Sayer Sep 1, 2023 10 mins C Language Computer Components Cryptocurrency news IFS acquires Falkonry to offer AI-based enterprise asset management services Falkonry offers a time series-based data analytics suite to help enterprises manage and maintain manufacturing equipment. By Anirban Ghoshal Aug 31, 2023 2 mins Asset Management Software Enterprise Applications Mergers and Acquisitions news Google opens second cloud region in Germany The investment is part of Google’s plan to invest $1.08 billion in Germany’s digital infrastructure and clean energy by 2030. By Anirban Ghoshal Aug 23, 2023 3 mins Cloud Computing Data Center Google news Oracle adds compute services to its Cloud@Customer offering The hardware, according to the company, will come at an approximate cost of $10,000. The infrastructure will be managed and operated by Oracle. By Anirban Ghoshal Aug 9, 2023 4 mins Cloud Computing Oracle news Nvidia unveils Workbench for managing AI workloads, updates Omniverse Chip maker Nvidia is using software to position itself at the center of two model-making markets: AI and 3D. By Peter Sayer Aug 8, 2023 4 mins CIO Cloud Management Generative AI news analysis IDC: Pace of enterprise applications sales will increase next year Forecasts show that enterprise applications sales will grow at 9.6% annually, reaching $483 billion in 2027. By Peter Sayer Aug 7, 2023 5 mins CIO Cloud Management Devops news AWS hopes for a savior in AI as revenue growth continues to slow Top company executives believe that the enterprise shift toward AI workloads is critical to getting back on the high growth trajectory. By Anirban Ghoshal Aug 4, 2023 3 mins Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing news NASA, IBM team up to build LLM that can help fight climate change The model, which was developed on IBM’s watsonx.ai platform, will be openly available on Hugging Face, the company said. By Anirban Ghoshal Aug 3, 2023 2 mins Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning news Salesforce launches Starter to ward off competition in the SMB segment Starter combines Salesforce’s key offerings across its sales, marketing, and service portfolios into one suite with a simplified user interface on the back of its Data Cloud. By Anirban Ghoshal Aug 2, 2023 4 mins CRM Systems Salesforce.com news analysis Enterprises enthusiastic about generative AI, Foundry survey shows There are tensions between IT and line-of-business leaders about the risks of moving too fast or losing control of data, however. By Peter Sayer Aug 2, 2023 6 mins Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Innovation feature Hyperscalers in crosshairs for anti-competitive pricing and lock-in UK industry regulators see the market for public cloud infrastructure services as too concentrated, but AWS, Microsoft, and Google say it’s operating competitively. By Peter Sayer Aug 1, 2023 11 mins Cloud Management Laws and Regulations Microsoft Azure news Generative AI usage gains traction among enterprises: McKinsey Although it is still early days for the technology, the McKinsey report showed its adoption is picking up across industry sectors. By Anirban Ghoshal Aug 1, 2023 2 mins Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Applications Generative AI news SAP raises on-prem support costs again to drive cloud adoption For the second year in a row, SAP is raising on-premises support costs. This time, however, it’s cutting innovation too. By Peter Sayer Jul 27, 2023 4 mins CIO Cloud Management Technology Industry news ServiceNow adds new features to its Now Assist generative AI assistant Alongside the new features, the company announced its approach to commercialization with premium SKU offerings across ITSM, CSM, and HRSD, beginning in September with the Vancouver platform release. By Anirban Ghoshal Jul 26, 2023 3 mins Artificial Intelligence Generative AI ServiceNow news Alphabet bets on generative AI as cloud boosts Q2 revenue The company intends to incorporate more generative AI capabilities across products and offerings, such as Search, Google Cloud services, and Google Ads. By Anirban Ghoshal Jul 26, 2023 2 mins Cloud Computing Google news Salesforce updates its Commerce Cloud with digital commerce capabilities The new capabilities include features such as the Reorder Portal, Order Support, and Pay Now. By Anirban Ghoshal Jul 25, 2023 2 mins Cloud Computing Enterprise Applications Salesforce.com news CIOs are bullish on the possibilities for generative AI: report Generative AI is pushing AI technology into the enterprise mainstream, according to a just-released survey of senior executives. By Jon Gold Jul 18, 2023 3 mins Enterprise Applications Generative AI news Microsoft offers Dynamics users fresh incentives to move to the cloud A new incentive program could help Microsoft convert the majority of its customers still running Dynamics on premises, especially those interested in leveraging generative AI, analysts said. By Anirban Ghoshal Jul 18, 2023 3 mins Enterprise Applications SaaS news analysis Why is Salesforce hiking prices, and how does it affect customers? Inflation and pressure to recoup costs and fuel revenue is driving Salesforce's first price increase in seven years. Here's why, and how it will impact customers. By Anirban Ghoshal Jul 13, 2023 5 mins CRM Systems Enterprise Applications news analysis What is Oracle’s generative AI strategy? Oracle’s three-tier strategy to take on rival cloud service providers — AWS, IBM, Google Cloud, and Microsoft — includes its OCI Supercluster, partnership with Cohere, and addition of generative AI assistants to its SaaS offerings. By Anirban Ghoshal Jul 6, 2023 6 mins Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Applications IT Strategy news AWS launches no-code service AppFabric with generative AI assistance AWS AppFabric is expected to provide generative AI-based assistance across all its supported SaaS applications, based on Amazon Bedrock, in the second half of the year. By Anirban Ghoshal Jun 28, 2023 6 mins Amazon Web Services Generative AI No Code and Low Code news IBM to buy Apptio for $4.6B to help companies optimize IT spend The Apptio acquisition will help IBM compete with rival cloud services providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft and Oracle, which offer their own expense tracking tools. By Anirban Ghoshal Jun 26, 2023 4 mins Finance and Accounting Systems Mergers and Acquisitions Technology Industry news AWS invests $100 million in new Generative AI Innovation Center The new center, which will offer free workshops and training, is expected to help enterprises accelerate the development of generative AI-based applications while promoting AWS technology. By Anirban Ghoshal Jun 22, 2023 2 mins Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Applications Generative AI news Oracle’s new EU Sovereign Cloud regions to help enterprises meet data regulations In contrast to Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, Oracle’s EU Sovereign Cloud is physically separate from its existing ten cloud regions in the EU. By Anirban Ghoshal Jun 20, 2023 5 mins Cloud Computing Data Center Oracle news analysis The top 10 IT outsourcing service providers Accenture maintained its hold at the top of the IT service provider market, as TCS inched to No. 2 and CapGemini leapfrogged to No. 6 in a year marked by a more incremental approach to modernization, according to Everest Group’s 7th annual rank By Stephanie Overby Jun 15, 2023 6 mins Managed Cloud Services Outsourcing Technology Industry news analysis Generative AI’s change management challenge Workers are becoming more accepting of AI, but more work remains to reduce concerns, a study by Boston Consulting Group has found. By Peter Sayer Jun 15, 2023 6 mins CIO Employee Experience Generative AI news Informatica acquires Privitar to boost data access management The acquisition will augment Informatica’s IDMC platform, which will combine Privitar’s data access management capabilities along with Informatica’s Claire AI engine to automate application of policy-based privacy and access control By Anirban Ghoshal Jun 14, 2023 2 mins Artificial Intelligence Data Management Generative AI news NetSuite ERP gets account reconciliation feature from Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM The new feature, which is expected to automate the reconciliation process for all balance sheet accounts and improve global auditability, was built on Oracle’s Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management. By Anirban Ghoshal Jun 14, 2023 2 mins Enterprise Applications NetSuite Oracle news analysis ServiceNow offers virtual agent to assist with generative AI As generative AI becomes prevalent in enterprise software, CIOs must give thought to the data it’s trained on. By Peter Sayer Jun 13, 2023 6 mins CIO Generative AI ServiceNow news Accenture to invest $3 billion in AI Two months after announcing massive staff cuts, consulting firm Accenture pledges to spend $3 billion on developing AI expertise and credentials, through hiring, acquisitions and more. By Jon Gold Jun 13, 2023 3 mins Generative AI IT Consulting Services Technology Industry news analysis What is Salesforce AI Cloud: Should you subscribe? Salesforce is stressing trust and security features as it unveils its new AI Cloud, but it's not very different from existing offerings, and analysts feel there could be few takers for the pricey AI cloud starter pack. By Anirban Ghoshal Jun 13, 2023 8 mins Artificial Intelligence CRM Systems Generative AI news analysis What LOB leaders really think about IT: IDC study Businesses leaders increasingly rely on digital innovation to meet their goals but are not always giving IT a say in key business decisions, a disconnect that could hinder innovation, a new IDC study has found. By Peter Sayer Jun 8, 2023 6 mins Business IT Alignment IT Leadership IT Strategy news Salesforce’s Marketing GPT and Commerce GPT to help build personalized services The new generative AI based services take advantage of the company’s Data Cloud and proprietary Einstein GPT, Salesforce said. By Anirban Ghoshal Jun 8, 2023 5 mins CRM Systems Generative AI Salesforce.com news Salesforce CEO Benioff shakes up executive team with new hires Six months after the company lost its co-CEO and announced it was laying off 10% of its global workforce, Salesforce’s top team is undergoing a major personnel change. By Charlotte Trueman Jun 7, 2023 3 mins Enterprise Applications Technology Industry news Zendesk to lay off another 8% of its staff, cites macroeconomic issues The new tranche of layoffs comes just six months after the company let go of 300 staffers and hired a new CEO in order to navigate its operations through macroeconomic distress. By Anirban Ghoshal Jun 1, 2023 3 mins CRM Systems Generative AI IT Jobs news Alteryx works in generative AI for speedy analytics results OpenAI integration and AI wizardry for report generation are aimed at making Alteryx’s analytics products more accessible. By Jon Gold May 25, 2023 3 mins Analytics Generative AI news Register now: GenAI, risk & the future of security CSO’s Future of Cybersecurity Summit on June 8 will look at the security angles of emerging technologies, the state of cyberinsurance, and how to best manage the ever-changing regulations around data privacy, governance and more. By bkormanik May 24, 2023 4 mins Careers IT Leadership Security Practices news analysis EU’s AI Act challenge: balance innovation and consumer protection The AI Act is a work in progress since 2021, and discussions about how strongly AI should be regulated are only heating up in the EU. While some call for more control and rights for consumers, others fear rules could stall the innovation engine. By Martin Bayer May 22, 2023 6 mins Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Laws and Regulations news analysis Examining the fallout of APAC tech skills shortages Companies around the world are either experiencing or bracing for a skills gap. In the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region particularly, roles are becoming increasingly difficult to fill but efforts to address the business challenge are rising to the occasion By Joanne Carew May 19, 2023 5 mins IT Jobs IT Leadership IT Skills and Training news ServiceNow, Nvidia to bring generative AI to enterprise workflows The first results of the collaboration, which includes Nvidia’s NeMo foundation models, Nvidia’s DGX Cloud, and ServiceNow’s workflow platform, will see the companies offer AI generative applications for IT. By Anirban Ghoshal May 17, 2023 4 mins Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Applications Generative AI news analysis Einstein GPT gives Salesforce unifying vision for high-profile acquisitions Salesforce is bringing the power of generative AI to all its offerings, showing that its multi-billion-dollar acquisitions in recent years can create a whole greater than the sum of its parts. By Thor Olavsrud May 17, 2023 7 mins Generative AI Salesforce.com Technology Industry news SAP takes steps toward ‘green ledger’ for carbon accounting New tools and capabilities in S/4HANA aim to help enterprises account for carbon emissions across their entire supply chain, as consumers and regulators seek more accurate, timely information about the climate impact of their products. By Peter Sayer May 16, 2023 5 mins ERP Systems SAP Supply Chain news SAP to add generative AI, industry smarts to CX tools A digital assistant incorporating generative AI functions is one improvement to SAP’s customer experience software the company will discuss at its Sapphire conference this week. By Peter Sayer May 16, 2023 5 mins Application Integration Generative AI SAP news Oracle first to open a cloud region in Serbia Oracle will offer over 100 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services and applications in the new region near Kragujevac, which Serbia intends to make into a tech hub. By Anirban Ghoshal May 15, 2023 3 mins Cloud Computing news analysis Tableau GPT brings generative AI to Salesforce data analytics suite Salesforce’s business intelligence updates include Tableau GPT for natural language queries, Tableau Pulse for automated analytics, and integration with Data Cloud. By Anirban Ghoshal May 9, 2023 7 mins Business Intelligence Enterprise Applications Generative AI news Foundry US Events Learn from IT Thought Leaders at FutureIT D.C. Build your leadership skills, your knowledge and your network at this one-day tech conference in Washington. By Beth Kormanik May 5, 2023 3 mins Change Management Data Breach Data and Information Security news SAP to infuse IBM’s Watson AI engine into its entire portfolio The move is expected to help SAP exploit the natural language processing capabilities of Watson AI along with predictive insights, with the aim of jointly developing large language models and generative AI capabilities. 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