Welcome to this week’s “Top 10 IT news updates” edition by CIO Influence. We bring you the latest IT, Cloud Computing, and InfoSec developments in this roundup. These updates offer valuable insights into the evolving digital landscape, from cybersecurity measures to technological innovations.
Salesforce Unveils Einstein 1 Studio: Empowering Custom AI Solutions in CRM
Salesforce launches Einstein 1 Studio, offering low-code AI tools for admins and developers to personalize AI across Salesforce apps. Copilot Builder, Prompt Builder, and Model Builder enable tailored AI experiences, addressing challenges in AI implementation while enhancing productivity. Trailhead AI courses further empower users, while customer testimonials underscore the solution’s efficacy in balancing data privacy and AI functionality.
Read the complete News: Salesforce Launches Einstein 1 Studio: Low-Code AI Tools for CRM
IBM Collaborates with SHARE to Launch Mainframe Skills Council, Focusing on Talent Development
IBM introduces the Mainframe Skills Council at the SHARE conference, aiming to cultivate a skilled mainframe workforce. The council includes diverse organizations collaborating to implement mainframe skills development solutions. New research emphasizes the growing demand for mainframe talent, with initiatives like the IBM Z Mainframe Skills Depot offering comprehensive training programs and resources. Industry leaders’ testimonials underscore such initiatives’ effectiveness in bridging the mainframe skills gap.
Read the complete News: IBM Launches Mainframe Skills Council with SHARE, Aims to Support New Talent
Cognizant and Microsoft Partner to Enhance Healthcare Administration with Generative AI
Cognizant and Microsoft collaborate to integrate generative AI into healthcare administration through the TriZetto platform, powered by Azure OpenAI Service. This innovative partnership boosts productivity, efficiency, and patient care for healthcare payers and providers. The TriZetto Assistant on Facets leverages Azure OpenAI Service and Semantic Kernel to access generative AI within the TriZetto user interface, enabling automation, data insights, regulatory compliance, and enhanced security. Testimonials from executives highlight the potential impact of generative AI on healthcare outcomes and operational excellence.
Read the complete News: Cognizant and Microsoft Collaborate to Power the Future of Healthcare Administration with Gen AI
SAP Unveils Data Innovations for AI-driven Business Transformation
SAP SE introduces transformative data innovations to enable customers to leverage their data effectively for deeper insights, accelerated growth, and enhanced efficiency in the AI era. The SAP Datasphere solution introduces new generative AI features, simplifying data landscapes and enhancing data interaction for enterprise planning. These innovations and an expanded partnership with Collibra empower organizations to deliver meaningful data with intact business contexts, driving intelligent business transformations.
Key features include the generative AI assistant, Joule copilot, integration with Collibra’s AI Governance for data governance, and the SAP Datasphere knowledge graph for discovering hidden insights. Additionally, the integration with SAP Analytics Cloud offers unified and advanced planning and analytics capabilities, enabling organizations to break down silos, improve decision-making, and achieve better outcomes through data-driven simulation.
Read the complete News: SAP Equips Customers for AI Success with Innovations that Drive Data-Driven Business Transformation
Snowflake and Mistral AI Collaborate to Advance AI Capabilities in Snowflake Cortex
Snowflake, in partnership with Mistral AI, introduces powerful language models (LLMs) to Snowflake customers through Snowflake Cortex, the fully managed LLM and vector search service. Mistral AI’s flagship model, Mistral Large, Mixtral 8x7B and Mistral 7B, is now available in public preview on Snowflake Cortex, empowering organizations to leverage generative AI securely with their enterprise data. This collaboration, supported by Snowflake Ventures’ investment in Mistral’s Series A, aims to democratize AI by enabling users to build sophisticated AI applications at scale while ensuring data security, privacy, and governance.
With Snowflake Cortex LLM Functions in public preview, users can leverage AI for various use cases, from sentiment analysis to chatbots, seamlessly integrated with Snowflake’s security and governance features. Snowflake continues to invest in AI innovation through partnerships like this, furthering the democratization of AI benefits for its customers and the wider technology community.
Read the complete News: Snowflake Partners with Mistral AI to Bring Industry-Leading Language Models to Enterprises Through Snowflake Cortex
NetApp and NVIDIA Collaborate to Advance AI Innovation with Intelligent Data Infrastructure
NetApp, in collaboration with NVIDIA, announces new capabilities to maximize the potential of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) projects and enhance users’ competitive advantage. Through this partnership, customers can leverage NetApp’s intelligent data infrastructure and high-performance computing, networking, and software from NVIDIA to take their AI initiatives to the next level. These updates include enhancements to NetApp AIPod™, FlexPod for AI reference architectures, and validation for NVIDIA OVX systems, providing organizations with simplified, secure, and high-performing infrastructure to support their AI endeavors.
Additionally, NetApp introduces revolutionary cyber-resilience capabilities, such as Autonomous Ransomware Protection with AI (ARP/AI) and embedding AI/ML in storage to combat ransomware threats. This collaboration underscores NetApp’s commitment to delivering innovative solutions that unlock the full potential of AI for its customers.
Read the complete News: NetApp Turbocharges AI Innovation with Intelligent Data Infrastructure
Dell Technologies and CrowdStrike Enhance Partnership to Provide Comprehensive Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
Dell Technologies and CrowdStrike have expanded their strategic partnership to offer Dell’s Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services integrated with CrowdStrike’s Falcon XDR platform. This collaboration addresses the growing cybersecurity threats organizations face, providing them with the speed, expertise, and flexibility needed to respond to sophisticated cyberattacks effectively. By combining Dell’s global security operations experts and proactive threat-hunting capabilities with CrowdStrike’s industry-leading Falcon platform, customers can benefit from a holistic managed security solution that reduces complexity and enhances security across multi-cloud and multi-vendor environments.
Read the complete News: Dell Technologies and CrowdStrike Expand Partnership Delivering Comprehensive MDR
Cloudflare Unveils Defensive AI to Bolster Protection Against Emerging Threats
Cloudflare has introduced Defensive AI, a personalized security approach designed to safeguard organizations against evolving threats posed by emerging technologies. As threat actors increasingly leverage AI-enhanced attacks, Cloudflare’s Defensive AI analyzes an organization’s unique traffic patterns to provide tailored mitigations, enabling the protection of critical applications and entire networks. By understanding an organization’s normal baselines and mitigating potential threats, Defensive AI empowers defenders to stay ahead of adversaries. Cloudflare’s Defensive AI offers tailored defense strategies, including protecting the modern web, securing email communications, and mitigating threats from employees with privileged access. This initiative reflects Cloudflare’s commitment to leveraging AI to counter emerging threats effectively while allowing organizations to harness productivity enhancements safely.
Read the complete News: Cloudflare Expands Capabilities to Protect Organizations Against Emerging Threats with Defensive AI
Akamai Bolsters Security Defenses with Enhanced App & API Protector Features
Akamai Technologies has unveiled significant enhancements to its flagship product, Akamai App & API Protector, to fortify security defenses against sophisticated cyber threats. The latest updates include advanced Layer 7 DDoS protections, such as precise detection and mitigation of short DDoS attack bursts and improved rate limiting using client reputation scores. Additionally, the new URL Protection feature ensures the availability of critical URLs, APIs, and microservices during distributed attacks by prioritizing legitimate traffic. Other notable additions to App & API Protector include Browser Impersonation Detection powered by machine learning, simplified self-service onboarding with Simple Start Onboard, insights from the CVE Protection Catalog, and assistance with compliance standards through Client-Side Protection & Compliance.
Read the complete News: Akamai Enhances App & API Protector with New Capabilities to Strengthen Security Defenses
HP Elevates Partner Program with AI MasterClass Training and Certification
HP has unveiled significant enhancements to its Amplify Partner Program, including introducing an industry-first AI MasterClass training and certification program. This innovative initiative, Future Ready AI MasterClass, will be powered by HP University and aims to equip partners with the knowledge needed to educate customers on AI products and solutions effectively. The program, set to launch on May 1, 2024, will cover a wide range of topics and will be developed in collaboration with NVIDIA to provide comprehensive training modules. Additionally, HP introduced Amplify Growth Plays, a program designed to reward partners investing in strategic focus areas, such as AI Data Science, Digital Services, Video Collaboration, and Active Care Services.
Read the complete News: HP Unveils Program Enhancements for Partners Including New AI MasterClass Training and Certification
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