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27 Sep

Data management for AI: NetApp CEO George Kurian on driving business transformation – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsChat-GPTCheryl Knight, NetApp CEO George Kurian on how data management is key to unlocking AI's potential, SiliconANGLE

The business landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the rapid convergence of data and artificial intelligence. In this era of data and intelligence, companies must prioritize effective data management for AI to remain competitive and relevant. NetApp CEO George Kurian talks with theCUBE about data management for AI and where NetApp fits into the picture. AI is no longer a distant possibility but a reality that requires a strong data management for AI strategy to truly unlock its potential. Organizations that excel in leveraging data are already seeing significant progress, particularly in regulated industries. However, challenges remain, including…

27 Sep

Is the modern data stack out over its skis? – SiliconANGLE

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Input from theCUBE and data practitioner communities suggests that acceleration in compute performance and the sophistication of the modern data stack is outpacing the needs of many traditional analytic workloads. Most analytics workloads today are performed on small data sets and generally can run on a single node, somewhat neutralizing the value of distributed, highly scalable data platforms. As such, we believe today’s modern stack, or MDS, which started out serving dashboards, must evolve into an intelligent application platform that harmonizes complex data estates and supports a multi-agent application system. Data platforms are sticky, but we believe market forces are conspiring…

27 Sep

Google unveils new generative AI innovations for customer engagement and Gemini in Workspace – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsChat-GPTGoogle unveils new generative AI innovations for customer engagement and Gemini in Workspace, Mike Wheatley, SiliconANGLE

Google Cloud said today it’s expanding its leadership in the world of artificial intelligence agents with a new set of generative AI models that are specifically targeted at customer engagement applications, integrated within its Contact Center AI services. The new Customer Engagement Suite, announced at Google’s virtual Gemini at Work online event, is powered by Google’s most advanced family generative AI models, Gemini. The Gemini models are also being integrated with the Google Workspace platform, the company announced today. With the announcement, it’s aiming to help employees at companies of all sizes work more productively. In addition, Google also used the…

27 Sep

Tabnine introduces AI agents that generate and validate code from Jira issues – SiliconANGLE

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Tabnine Ltd., the maker of an artificial intelligence code completion tool for developers, today announced the general availability of two AI agents that integrate with Atlassian Corp.’s Jira, which can generate and validate code from issues. Jira issues are a primary source for developers to receive communication about updates needed for code and are often provided in natural language. Issues represent individual work items passed between collaborators with information about the various work to be done. An issue could be a story, a bug, a task or a subtask necessary for doing the developer’s job. For example, a project manager could generate…

27 Sep

Oracle buries the hatchet with AWS, bringing its database to the world’s top cloud platform – SiliconANGLE

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Oracle Corp. dropped a bombshell today with the news that it has put aside its longstanding differences with Amazon Web Services Inc., forming a “strategic partnership” with its former enemy to bring its Autonomous Database offering to the world’s biggest cloud infrastructure platform. The announcement ahead of Oracle Cloud World this week in Las Vegas came as the database giant also revealed its database services are now generally available on the world’s second- and third-biggest clouds – Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. With the launch of Oracle Database@AWS, customers will be able to access the Oracle Autonomous Database and the Oracle Exadata Database…

27 Sep

Hyperscience expands Hypercell platform to boost AI-powered automation for back-office processes – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsChat-GPTDuncan Riley, Hyperscience expands Hypercell platform to boost AI-powered automation for back-office processes, SiliconANGLE

Hyperautomation company Hyperscience Inc. today announced updates to its Hypercell platform that are designed to accelerate automation for a wide variety of back-office documents, use cases and processes. The new updates are focused on helping organizations further embed machine learning and artificial intelligence into the core of their businesses to accelerate digital transformation efforts. The updates seek to address the issue wherein 70% of digital transformation projects, according to a McKinsey study, fail to achieve their stated goals. Hyperscience argues that this outcome is due to traditional intelligent document processing, robotic process automation and optical character recognition technologies falling short in…

27 Sep

Amplitude unveils simplified platform to streamline user experience and data collection – SiliconANGLE

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Behavior-tracking software firm Amplitude Inc. today launched a new, simplified platform experience designed to make it easier for users to get started with the company’s products. Called Amplitude Made Easy, the new platform introduces new capabilities and a revamped user experience that “removes the heavy lifting” to allow teams to turn customer understanding into a better product experience quickly. The first new feature, Autocapture, simplifies the setup process for Amplitude users by significantly reducing the time and technical expertise required to begin collecting data. Previously, the company says, teams have needed weeks of engineering effort to establish data pipelines and event instrumentation. Now,…

27 Sep

Contact center-as-a-service startup Ujet raises $76M to accelerate generative AI development – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsChat-GPTContact center-as-a-service startup Ujet raises $76M to accelerate generative AI development, Mike Wheatley, SiliconANGLE

The cloud contact center company Ujet Inc. said today it has closed on a $76 million late-stage round of funding, earmarking the money to accelerate its deployment of generative artificial intelligence to enhance customer support experiences. Today’s Series D round was led by existing investor Sapphire Ventures and saw participation from KeyCorp and IonPacific, which are both backing the company for the first time. Other existing investors, including GV, Kleiner Perkins, Citi Ventures, DCM and Ericsson Ventures, were involved in the round too. Ujet sells a contact center platform that helps to handle the logistics of providing customer support services…

27 Sep

Nurix AI raises $27.5M to scale development of custom enterprise AI agents – SiliconANGLE

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Bengaluru, India-based Nurix AI, the developer of custom artificial intelligence agents for enterprise customers, today announced it has raised $27.5 million in early-stage funding. The seed-Series A funding was co-led by General Catalyst and Accel with participation from Merkai Labs. Founded in early 2024, Nurix builds custom AI agents that can execute complex actions on behalf of employees and customers using a company’s tools and systems. Its platform can access enterprise data allowing for real-time responses and uses proprietary voice technology that helps enhance both customer and employee experiences. “AI is at the inflection point with the promise of completely…

27 Sep

MariaDB goes private after acquisition by K1 Investment Management – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIDuncan Riley, MariaDB goes private after acquisition by K1 Investment Management, SiliconANGLE

Database management system provider MariaDB plc announced today that it has been acquired by K1 Investment Management for an undisclosed price. MariaDB had previously disclosed in February that it had received takeover interest from K1, including having received an unsolicited nonbinding proposal to acquire the company. Under the earlier proposal, K1 was offering to take MariaDB private for 55 cents per share at a cost of $37 million. Founded in 2009, MariaDB offers a paid version of the open-source relational database software of the same name. The company’s products are designed to deliver high availability, scalability and performance, making them a…