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Intel reported better-than-expected fourth quarter results as its PC business continues to bounce back. Intel's client computing group posted fourth quarter growth of 33% from a year ago as its data center and AI and network and edge units showed sales declines.
However, the first quarter outlook disappointed relative to expectations.
Hugging Face will enable developers to use Google Cloud infrastructure for its services and training models.
The new partnership makes Google Cloud a strategic cloud partner and preferred destination for Hugging Face training and inference workloads. Hugging Face has been landing partnerships with the likes of Google Cloud, AWS, Dell Technologies and ServiceNow to name a few.
Enterprise concerns about the data and privacy risks with generative AI abound as 63% of organizations are putting in controls to limit exposure to the technology, according to a Cisco study.
The study, the Cisco 2024 Data Privacy Benchmark Study, drills down on generative AI concerns. The study was based on responses from 2,600 privacy and security professionals around the world.
We are excited to announce our annual Ambient Experience 100 (AX100), an elite list of global executives focused on transforming both customer and employee experiences across their markets and organizations. These leaders represent an exclusive cadre of rule breakers, peers and influencers willing to rethink possible.
They know what it takes to redefine business models, craft authentic experiences, break barriers and then some.
The acquisition by Box of Crooze, a no-code enterprise content management app maker, which was announced early today, marks a notable milestone in the company's trajectory as a recognized leader in both the enterprise content management (ECM) and cloud file sync spaces.
IBM reported better-than-expected fourth quarter results and CEO Arvind Krishna said, "our book of business for watsonx and generative AI roughly doubled from the third to the fourth quarter."
The company reported fourth-quarter revenue of $17.4 billion, up 4% from a year ago. IBM showed revenue growth in software, consulting, and infrastructure. Big Blue delivered fourth-quarter earnings of $3.54 a share and $3.87 a share on a non-GAAP basis.
ServiceNow reported better-than-expected fourth quarter results, delivered revenue growth of 26% and said it landed more than 168 deals with annual contract value topping $1 million.
The company reported fourth-quarter net income of $295 million, or $1.43 a share, on revenue of $2.44 billion, up 26% from a year ago. Non-GAAP fourth quarter earnings were $3.11 a share.
ConstellationTV episode 72 just dropped! 🎬 You don't want to miss this week's dynamic duo Liz Miller and Holger Mueller talking #enterprise tech news, Google's farewell to cookies & IBM's Cloud Code Engine #technology.
00:00 - Welcome from our hosts!
02:00 - #Enterprise tech news (acquisitions, TikTok #layoffs, etc.)
16:06 - CRTV perspective on Google's long farewell
23:44 - IBM Cloud Code Engine differentiators
34:07 - Bloopers! (feat. the year of Holger)
SAP plans to restructure and cut 8,000 positions as it focuses on artificial intelligence and uses the technology to become more efficient. SAP said it expects to add back new roles and exit 2024 with headcount at similar levels.
The enterprise software giant ended the year with nearly 108,000 full-time employees.
Verizon said large enterprises are building out private 5G networks for connectivity and edge computing use cases.
The wireless giant disclosed the 5G private network buildout on its fourth quarter earnings call.
Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg said on the company's earnings conference call:
The power of Data Privacy law
Large language models (LLMs) and generative AI are developing at ever-increasing rates, alarming many commentators because it is so hard now to tell fact from fiction. Deep fakes were a central issue in the recent Hollywood writers’ strike, with many creators and actors anxious to protect their personal identities against the possibility of being replaced by synthetic likenesses.
Oracle said its generative AI managed service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is generally available and the enterprise software giant said it plans to infuse it throughout its database and application offerings.
The company said its OCI Generative AI service will integrate large language models (LLMs) from Cohere and Meta Llama 2 for multiple business cases. Those two options fall short of the number of models offered by other hyperscalers, which have taken a mall approach to models, but the way Oracle is deploying the generative AI service may appeal to enterprises.
DisrupTV Episode 349: Leading with Allyship & Inclusion
In DisrupTV Episode 349, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage with three distinguished guests who offer profound insights into the evolving landscape of leadership and organizational transformation:
Smartphones are increasingly about foundational models, generative AI features and the ability to leverage AI locally. The latest example is Samsung's Galaxy S24 launch, which also served as a showcase for Google's Gemini Pro and Imagen 2 on Vertex AI.
DisrupTV Special Edition – Live from Davos 2024: Rebuilding Trust in a Transforming World
In a world marked by rapid technological advancements and shifting geopolitical landscapes, trust has become a cornerstone of effective leadership and organizational success.
Quantinuum raised $300 million in equity investment putting the quantum computing company's valuation at $5 billion.
Honeywell merged its quantum unit with Cambridge Quantum Computing in 2021 and launched Quantinuum as a stand-alone company. Honeywell remains Quantinuum's largest shareholder.
Hitachi Vantara has named Octavian Tanase as chief product officer effectively immediately. Tanase will report to Hitachi Vantara CEO Sheila Rohra.
Tanase was most recently senior vice president of hybrid cloud engineering at NetApp where he integrated the company’s software portfolio with offerings from AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
At Hitachi Vantara, a Constellation Insights underwriter, Tanase will oversee the storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud management company's product vision, strategy, development and execution.
When it comes to artificial intelligence and generative AI enterprises are still weighing options, trying to scale pilots and balance short-term returns and efficiency with long-term business transformation. These businesses are also wrestling with generative AI hype vs. reality.
In 2023, generative AI was top of mind and vendors raced to build out offerings. Now the question is how quickly enterprises will scale up generative AI.