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Office vacancies are at record levels and developers are hoping to revamp workspaces with amenities. The jury remains out on return to work policies.
Accenture said generative AI deals are accelerating and enterprises are focusing on transformation even as they remain cautious about the economy.
Workday said it is aiming to deliver annual subscription revenue growth of 17% to 19% over the next three years with a plan that revolves around expanding its enterprise wallet share, winning midmarket companies and international expansion
Workday launched a series of HCM and Adaptive Planning update along with generative AI tools for enterprises, managers and developers.
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.
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.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) $4 billion investment in Anthropic may be all about the chips--AWS Trainium and Inferentia--for training models.
IonQ CEO Peter Chapman made the argument that IonQ can be one of those generational companies, but in the meantime, it's hiring a lot of talent from the likes of Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, Uber and Apple.
