Groundbreaking advancements across the tech realm define the course for digital innovation and security. June 2023, from collaborations between industry giants like Quantum and Veeam to revolutionary integrations in cloud security by SentinelOne, delivered pivotal moments for tech leaders and decision-makers. Find out how these developments reshape enterprise backup, cloud connections, generative AI, and more in our exclusive recap of the top 10 CIO Influence News of June 2023.
Quantum Strengthens Enterprise Backup and Data Protection with Veeam Integration
Quantum has integrated its comprehensive enterprise backup storage lineup with the latest Veeam Data Platform, now offering various Veeam Ready storage solutions. This integration includes Quantum’s ActiveScale for robust object storage, DXi for high-performance backup appliances, and Scalar Tape for secure tape systems, ensuring multi-layered data protection against ransomware and bolstering cybersecurity. The addition of the new Quantum Myriad all-flash file and object storage platform aims to reduce recovery time objectives further. This partnership delivers flexibility to Veeam customers, providing scalable, cost-effective, and high-performance backup storage solutions.
Snowflake and NVIDIA Collaborate to Empower Custom Generative AI Applications
Snowflake and NVIDIA have joined forces to offer businesses an accelerated pathway to develop tailored generative AI applications using their proprietary data securely within the Snowflake Data Cloud. Through NVIDIA’s NeMo platform and GPU-accelerated computing, Snowflake will facilitate the creation of custom large language models (LLMs) for advanced AI services like chatbots and summarization. This collaboration enables enterprises to personalize LLMs using data within Snowflake accounts, ensuring data security while enhancing generative AI capabilities for various business-specific applications. Frank Slootman, Snowflake’s CEO, emphasized the partnership’s potential to deliver unprecedented insights and predictions derived from enterprise data, while Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, highlighted their aim to create an AI factory allowing businesses to leverage their data for groundbreaking applications directly from their cloud platform.
Read more: Snowflake and NVIDIA Team to Help Businesses Harness Their Data for Generative AI
NetApp Unveils Spot Ocean CD for Kubernetes Application Delivery
NetApp introduces Spot Ocean CD, a new continuous delivery solution for Kubernetes, extending the capabilities of Spot Ocean to streamline cloud application deployment. This innovation automates deployment strategies across clusters and workloads, aiming to reduce complexities for DevOps teams. By integrating application delivery with operational processes, Spot Ocean CD enhances agility and efficiency in managing cloud-native applications, offering better control and reliability while simplifying software release processes.
Read more: NetApp Introduces Continuous Delivery Solution Spot Ocean CD
IBM Enhances Wimbledon Experience with AI Commentary and Draw Analysis
IBM and The All England Lawn Tennis Club reveal new features for the Wimbledon digital experience, introducing AI-generated commentary for match highlights and an AI Draw Analysis for singles draw predictions. Leveraging IBM’s watsonx AI technology, the AI Commentary provides audio and captioned highlights to enhance fan engagement. The AI Draw Analysis offers unique insights into player paths to the final, providing a scale-based assessment of their draw favorability. These additions to the Wimbledon App and wimbledon.com signify IBM and Wimbledon’s commitment to innovative fan engagement through technology-driven experiences.
Read more: IBM Brings Generative AI Commentary and AI Draw Analysis to the Wimbledon Digital Experience
Fujitsu Embraces Alluvio Aternity from Riverbed for Intelligent Automation Platform
Riverbed, a leader in Unified Observability, collaborates with Fujitsu, a global IT service provider, integrating Alluvio Aternity into Fujitsu’s Intelligent Automation Platform (IAP). Along with Amelia and OpsRamp, this technology amalgamation forms the core automation engine driving Fujitsu’s End User Services, Service Desk, and Enterprise Cyber Security offerings. By utilizing Alluvio Aternity as the standard Digital Experience Management solution, IAP aims to enhance Fujitsu’s customers’ experiences by providing comprehensive insights into the digital environment, facilitating prompt issue resolution, and optimizing user experiences for employees and end customers. This partnership signifies Fujitsu’s commitment to delivering value and improved service delivery across their global engagements.
Read more: Fujitsu Selects Alluvio Aternity by Riverbed for Fujitsu Intelligent Automation Platform
Equinix Partners with Google Cloud for High-Speed Cloud Connections
Equinix, a global digital infrastructure company, introduces faster 25 and 50 Gbps virtual connections through Equinix Fabric to leading cloud service providers, beginning with Google Cloud. These enhancements enable businesses to manage larger workloads efficiently and rapidly provision connections to cloud platforms, facilitating seamless handling of data-intensive tasks like AI training models. Equinix Fabric offers a software-defined network platform, allowing access to multiple service providers globally, with plans to integrate other major cloud platforms in the future. This advancement aims to address the increasing demand for swift data movement in a hybrid multi-cloud environment and supports the rapid development of complex applications.
Read more: Equinix Announces Faster Virtual Connections to the Cloud Partners with Google Cloud
Persistent Reaches Zenith Tier Partnership with Zscaler
Persistent Systems, a global Digital Engineering leader, has elevated its collaboration with Zscaler by achieving the Zenith partnership tier. This milestone reflects Persistent’s dedication to bolstering client security through a zero-trust model, which is crucial in today’s landscape of escalating cyber threats. Their enhanced status demonstrates a commitment to Zscaler’s platforms, which is evident in tailored automation, troubleshooting playbooks, and custom integrations to fortify client security setups. Additionally, Persistent’s expanded use of Zscaler solutions has enhanced its own cybersecurity infrastructure, consolidating tools, reducing operational costs, and strengthening its security posture. The collaboration aims to provide comprehensive zero-trust security and facilitate secure infrastructure transitions for Private Equity firms and their portfolio companies. Sandeep Kalra, CEO of Persistent, highlights the mutual commitment to cybersecurity, leveraging Zscaler’s expertise to guide clients in enhancing their security frameworks. Jay Chaudhry, CEO of Zscaler, acknowledges Persistent’s profound understanding of Zscaler’s capabilities and aligning them with client needs, fostering a collaborative pursuit of resilience and security.
Read more: Persistent Achieves Zenith Tier Partnership with Zscaler
Comet and Snowflake Collaboration Enhances Machine Learning Workflows for Data Scientists
Comet, a leading MLOps platform, has partnered with Snowflake, the Data Cloud company, to revolutionize ML model reproducibility and management. This collaboration integrates Comet’s ML platform with Snowflake’s unified data platform, allowing developers to track and version Snowflake queries and datasets within the Snowflake environment. By combining these solutions, data scientists gain better visibility into their development process, enabling traceability of models, enhanced performance monitoring, and a more transparent understanding of data impact on model quality. This powerful integration aims to streamline ML workflows, providing customers with auditable, secure, and efficient model building within Snowflake’s robust ecosystem.
SentinelOne Boosts Cloud Security Through Upgraded Wiz Integration
SentinelOne, renowned for its autonomous security platform, has unveiled the General Availability (GA) of its integration with Wiz, emphasizing a comprehensive cybersecurity approach. The integration introduces Singularity Skylight, enabling seamless ingestion of third-party data into SentinelOne’s Singularity Security DataLake. The innovation, Singularity Skylight, simplifies data normalization and ingestion, empowering joint customers of SentinelOne and Wiz. This enhancement allows for enriched threat details when SentinelOne detects a cloud server or container threat, incorporating pertinent context from Wiz regarding vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposed secrets within SentinelOne’s management console. The integration empowers users to streamline analysis, simplify threat hunting, and enhance investigative capabilities, supporting a proactive and responsive security approach.
Read more: SentinelOne Supercharges Cloud Security with Enhanced Wiz Integration
J.P. Morgan Introduces Payments Partner Network, Powered by Salesforce Commerce Cloud
J.P. Morgan has launched its Payments Partner Network, a digital marketplace leveraging Commerce Cloud technology from Salesforce. This platform integrates third-party partners into the J.P. Morgan Payments ecosystem, simplifying the discovery of payment solutions for merchants and corporate treasury clients. Initially in ‘beta,’ the network enables easy exploration of J.P. Morgan’s vast range of integrated solutions, streamlining end-to-end payment and treasury operations for clients. Affirming their commitment to a robust ecosystem, this move aligns with J.P. Morgan’s goal to establish a leading global hub for payment partner solutions. The network also includes two new connectors featured on the Salesforce AppExchange, enhancing direct connectivity to the J.P. Morgan gateway for virtual transactions originating in Salesforce.
Read more: J.P. Morgan Launches Payments Partner Network Powered by Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Conclusion
From Quantum and Veeam’s collaborative strides in enterprise backup to SentinelOne’s bolstering of cloud security through Wiz integration, these developments underscored critical moments for tech leaders. Snowflake and NVIDIA’s alliance empowered tailored generative AI applications, NetApp unveiled a new Kubernetes application delivery solution, and IBM’s AI innovations enhanced Wimbledon’s digital experience. Additionally, Fujitsu embraced Alluvio Aternity for intelligent automation, Equinix enhanced cloud connections, Persistent achieved a Zenith-tier partnership with Zscaler, and J.P. Morgan introduced the Payments Partner Network. These advancements symbolize an era of transformative technology, reshaping enterprise backup, AI capabilities, cloud security, and payment solutions, shaping a future focused on heightened efficiency and innovation.
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