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SAP launched Joule, a generative AI copilot that will be embedded throughout SAP's cloud applications to deliver insights based on the company's platform data and third-party sources. SAP is trying to move its customers to S/4HANA Cloud and dangling innovations such as Joule to prod enterprises off of on-premises deployments.
MongoDB launched a series of new features across its platform that illustrates that the company is staying aggressive on adding generative AI tools while remaining focused on developers.
DisrupTV Episode 336: Innovative Leadership in Real Estate, Fashion, and Design
In DisrupTV Episode 336, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage in insightful conversations with three distinguished guests:
Mega acquisition spree continues in the Observability space
This time it is the blockbuster deal in which Cisco is buying Splunk for $28B in cash. While the numbers look eye-popping at first glance, Splunk is bringing in significant revenue at $4B ARR - the purchase price is only 7 times ARR.
These were the other acquisitions in the observability front in 2023 alone:
The dust hasn’t even settled from breaking down the mega-campground known as Dreamforce that we see Salesforce following through on a promise made in those crowded halls of Moscone Center: AI should be simple, trusted and available for all to deploy in meaningful ways. Salesforce has announced its intention to acquire Airkit.ai, a low-code/no-code bot-builder that has been hot in the customer service and contact center space with their easy to deploy and manage AI-powered agents.
Enterprises are being barraged by IT incidents, face a shortage of skilled personnel and lack the time to follow best practices or automate response processes, according to a new Constellation Research report. And major IT incidents aren't cheap.
Microsoft 365 Copilot will be available to enterprises Nov. 1 in a move that will test the limits of the add-on approach to cloud services and create a new condition: Copilot fatigue.
At an event allegedly focused on Microsoft Surface hardware, the software and cloud giant outlined plans to roll out Copilot to Windows 11 with more than 150 new features. Microsoft is also adding OpenAI's latest DALL.E model to Bing and updating Bing Chat Enterprise.
Cisco said it will acquire Splunk for $28 billion, or $157 a share, in a deal that will give the networking giant a big play in security, AI and observability.
ServiceNow launched Now Assist generative AI tools across its platform and offered some specifics on add-on pricing.
With its Now Platform Vancouver Release, ServiceNow launched Now Assist across its core categories. Now Assist is built on a ServiceNow domain-specific large language model (LLM).
Specifically, ServiceNow launched Now Assist for IT Service Management (ITSM), Customer Service Management (CSM), HR Service Delivery (HRSD) and Creator.
Oracle outlined a handful of MySQL HeatWave advances with the most notable being Lakehouse availability on Amazon Web Services as well as innovations that make the platform more autonomous.
Oracle futureproofed its database with AI vector search and large language (LLM) support in Oracle Database 23c as it melds generative AI applications with enterprise transactional data.
The company, at Oracle Cloud World, also outlined a bevy of next-generation services and products including Oracle Database Appliance X10, Exadata Exascale as well as AI-assisted development in APEX and GoldenGate 23c, which captures, moves and preps enterprise data transactions for private LLM embeddings and analytics.
Under the glimmering lights of Dreamforce 2023 in San Francisco last week, the atmosphere was palpable with anticipation as the SaaS leader, now the #3 software company in the world according to estimates
Clorox disclosed it will see a material hit to its first quarter results following a cybersecurity attack that hampered production and led to product shortages.
The company is just the latest in a series of companies likely to see a financial hit due to cyberattacks. Caesars and MGM both had incidents that took systems offline and brought web sites down.
Sharon Vinderine, founder of Parent Tested Parent Approved, is passionate about authenticity, fending off "award washing" and rating products with reviews from real people.
On DisrupTV Episode 335, she also had advice for chief marketing officers.
Here's a look at the takeaways.
Adobe reported better-than-expected third quarter earnings and raised its outlook for the fourth quarter. Adobe announced price increases for Creative Cloud starting Nov. 1.
Oracle and Microsoft said that Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Database Services will run in Microsoft Azure data centers. The move expands the footprint for Oracle services by leveraging Microsoft Azure infrastructure.