GM builds its data factory, eyes genAI
Brian Ames, senior manager of production AI and data products at General Motors, said the company has stood up its data factory and plans to layer in generative AI capabilities in the next year.
Databricks launches Data Intelligence Platform, melds data, AI workflows
With generative AI, Databricks is creating a Data Intelligence Platform that includes Delta Lake, a unified data storage system, Tabular, which will bridge Databricks with the Iceberg crowd, the generally available Unity Catalog, and Mosaic AI, Databricks SQL, dashboards and other tools.
Splunk adds genAI tools, more Cisco touchpoints across observability and security
Splunk launched a new set of generative AI tools across its products, security operations additions, and data management applications as well as more Cisco integrations.
Oracle partners with Google Cloud, takes on OpenAI workloads
Here are the details of the Oracle and Google Cloud tie-up followed by the OpenAI deal and the not-too-surprising strong cloud results.
How Virginie Nowak blended employee and customer experiences at Access Bank
V. Nowak, Group Chief Customer Experience Officer at Access Bank PLC, had an interesting problem to solve: How do you maintain and improve customer experience at a bank with multiple touchpoints and employee turnover in an emerging market?
Fortinet picks up Lacework to beef up its Fortinet Security Fabric
Lacework specializes in Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP). Fortinet said it will add Lacework's AI-powered platform to its Fortinet Security Fabric. Lacework has more than 1,000 customers.
Apple's genAI strategy: On-device processing, private cloud, own the integration and abstract the LLMs
Apple CEO Tim Cook outlined the company's generative AI strategy at Apple WWDC that revolves around Apple Intelligence, a personal intelligence system, on-device processing of large language models and a private cloud model to go along with an OpenAI partnership.
AI infrastructure is the new innovation hotbed with smartphone-like release cadence
Don't look now, but AI-optimized servers and infrastructure may be the most trendy innovation corner of technology. And the release cycle looks like it was ripped out of the Apple and Samsung playbooks.