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Alphabet said it will acquire Intersect, a startup focused on energy for data centers, for $4.75 billion and the assumption of debt. Google, a unit of Alphabet, owns a minority stake in Intersect.
Last year, Intersect announced a partnership with Google and TPG Rise Climate to scale renewable power and storage for new data centers.
As cloud providers, notably Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure and Oracle, scale data centers power becomes the largest hurdle.
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Paychex is betting that its proprietary data sets in human capital management and adjacent markets will make it a winner in AI via productivity and new products.
The company reported better-than-expected second quarter earnings driven by its acquisition of Paycor, announced a year ago, and AI-driven efficiencies. Paychex reported second quarter earnings of $1.10 a share on revenue of $1.56 billion, up 18% from a year ago. Non-GAAP earnings were $1.26 a share.
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Rimini Street's first act took 20 years, but the second one will move much faster as the company aims to layer agentic AI over legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. The strategy: enable enterprises to accelerate their automation and artificial intelligence (AI) plans while relegating reliable yet legacy systems to plumbing.
DisrupTV’s Top 25 Books of 2025: Leadership, AI, and the Ideas Shaping What Comes Next
The latest episode of DisrupTV marked a milestone moment with the unveiling of the Top 25 Books of 2025—a curated list spotlighting the ideas, frameworks, and leadership principles that will shape organizations, culture, and technology in 2026 and beyond.
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FedEx is best known as a delivery and logistics company, but with its data footprint and use of AI it’s starting to resemble a technology firm.
On FedEx's second quarter earnings call, President and CEO Rajesh Subramaniam outlined how the company's digital transformation efforts have helped the company execute better. Those technology, data and AI efforts are also likely to lead to new products.
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Accenture said that AI is so pervasive in enterprise transformation that it won't break out figures going forward. And although AI is everywhere, Accenture noted that half of the advanced AI projects also require a data project.
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Salesforce has made some big M&A investments to make its agentic vision a reality - a la Informatica etc. But sometimes, the smaller deals that actually play into core go-to-market motions can have an outsized effect. This might be the case with the deal Salesforce announced yesterday - acquiring “agentic marketing” company Qualified.
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Zoho launched Zoho Spend, a spend management application that integrates payroll, accounts payable automation, travel, expense and procurement, and Zoho Billing Enterprise Edition, which is designed to streamline billing operations to recognize revenue faster.
The applications are designed for larger companies and enable smaller ones to scale without leaving the Zoho platform. In addition, Zoho added a series of AI tools in applications across Zoho's Finance and Operations Platform.
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What is DisrupTV?
DisrupTV brings together Fortune 500 executives, startup founders, investors, futurists, and bestselling authors for unfiltered conversations about disruption, leadership, innovation, and impact. Each episode goes beyond headlines to explore real-world lessons, emerging trends, and bold ideas driving change across industries.
Hosted by a dynamic duo, R "Ray" Wang and Vala Afshar, who deliver insights you won’t find anywhere else.
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The results are in! 📢 We are excited to announce the 2025 Enterprise Awards, recognizing the standout leaders, innovations, breakthroughs, and yes, a few unforgettable flops that shaped enterprise technology this year.
From #AI-native software to sovereign #cloud, 2025 proved that the next era of enterprise transformation is already here. Our analyst team evaluated the biggest moves across the industry, and these winners set the pace for what comes next.
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Coursera and Udemy said they will merge in $2.5 billion deal that combines two learning platforms and expands their enterprise reach.
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Enterprises run on transactions, and this means that transactional databases are critical for enterprises. The ability to seamlessly scale transactional databases has always been a core challenge for vendors, and subsequently for their enterprise users.
IFS said it will acquire Softeon, a cloud native software provider for warehouses. IFS, which provides an industrial AI platform, will use Softeon to expand into warehouse management and connect it to manufacturing operations software.
Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
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