IBM has expanded its consulting services and solutions to help clients derive greater value from Oracle's cloud applications and technology and extend generative AI with an open, orchestrated approach.
and this innovative technology provides an AI-driven solution to mitigate distracting noise, enhancing speech on calls. Vonage is collaborating with SAP SE to
explore generative AI and next-generation technology use cases using Vonage’s
Application Programming Interface platform and SAP Business AI. IBM has
expanded its consulting services and solutions to help clients derive greater value from Oracle's cloud applications and technology and
extend generative AI with an open, orchestrated approach. ServiceNow shared new AI powered, purpose built industry solutions in its
Now Platform Xanadu release. The expansion of Now Assist into industry solutions for telecom, media, and technology,
financial services, the public sector, and more allows organizations to recognize the value of GenAI, fast.
BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft, and MGX formed the Global AI Infrastructure Investment Partnership to make investments in new and expanded data centers to meet growing
demand for computing power, as well as energy infrastructure to create new sources of power for these facilities. These infrastructure investments will focus chiefly in the United States fueling AI innovation and
economic growth, and the remainder will be invested in U.S. partner countries.
Parloa launched its AI Agent Management Platform. Bolstered by a $66 Million Series B investment led by Altimeter Capital, Parloa has just released its
industry-first generative AI-powered
platform for contact centers. AMP has the power to go beyond today’s scripted conversation flows, with fully dynamic and autonomous agents. VIAVI announced VIAVI Automation
Management and Orchestration System, an intelligent
automation
platform that incorporates AI/ML capabilities to enable wireless and cloud service providers, network equipment manufacturers and their ecosystems to reduce operational expenses and
accelerate time-to-market. IBM released a new AI foundation model for a variety of weather and climate use cases, available in open source to the scientific, developer, and business
communities.
Developed by IBM and
NASA, with contributions from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the model offers a flexible, scalable way to address a variety of challenges related to short-term weather as well as
long-term climate projection. Hitachi Rail is integrating
NVIDIA AI technology to lower maintenance costs for rail operators, reduce train
idling tim,e and improve transit reliability for passengers.
IoT and Innovation News
Ericsson joined the Mobile Satellite Services Association, an industry initiative aimed at progressing
Direct-to-Device and IoT services through space-based networks. This effort brings together an ecosystem of Non-Terrestrial Network providers with the goal of
extending mobile coverage globally. Ericsson also launched
two innovative routers, the Ericsson Cradlepoint R980 and S400, designed to provide enterprises with seamless, secure, and scalable connectivity for enabling AI,
computer vision, data analysis, and other advanced applications across IoT environments and vehicle networks. Huawei unveiled its
TruSense System to the world. This innovation-driven system marks another milestone in bringing accurate,
science-based health & fitness tech to users.
Indosat and Huawei finalized a
large core network
consolidation project in Jakarta. The completion of this work represents a milestone in their extensive cooperation and further propels Indosat's advancement and innovation in mobile
communication technologies. Jitterbit announced the next era of integration, orchestration, automation, and application development with its unified AI-infused, low-code
Harmony platform. Jitterbit Harmony future-proofs
operations, simplifies complexity and drives innovation for organizations globally. Fortinet opened a new
Innovation Hub in downtown Chicago. This is the latest Fortinet-owned facility to open this year
and is part of the company’s global expansion strategy to foster innovation and enhance collaboration for Fortinet’s customers, partners, employees, and other key stakeholders. CrowdStrike
shared new innovations that unify security and IT to stop breaches on the
CrowdStrike Falcon cybersecurity platform. The single-agent, cloud- and
AI-native Falcon platform consolidates point products to eliminate complexity and deliver better security outcomes.
Security & Assurance News
Radware signed a managed security service provider
agreement with Cirion Technologies. Based on the agreement, Cirion Technologies, a more than 30-year veteran and leading provider of digital infrastructure, plans to invest in Radware’s
industry-leading Cloud DDoS Protection Service and offer it to customers across Latin America. The MSSP agreement represents an expansion of an existing channel relationship between Radware and
Cirion. One of the world’s most respected government defense ministries has awarded BIO-key over $500K in new orders for BIO-key’s biometric user authentication solution, pursuant to a three-year purchasing
agreement. CrowdStrike expanded their partnership with 1Password to simplify security for 150,000 customers, with a focus on small and midsize businesses. Through an easy-to-use bundle, customers of 1Password Extended Access Management can now access
the enterprise-grade protection they need to stop ransomware and data breaches with CrowdStrike Falcon Go. NL-ix deployed Nokia
