‘Don’t be surprised if I am an AI,’ says Nvidia’s CEO
Jensen Huang was only joking — but the cloud-based simulation-as-a-service technologies he demonstrated mean CIOs should take him seriously.
Stories by Peter Sayer
-
-
Salesforce Genie aims to release customer data from the marketing bottle
Salesforce is touting a real-time upgrade to its customer data platform, a move it says will allow enterprises to better personalise interactions with customers.
-
SAP raises price of on-site support for existing customers
After almost 10 years without a price increase, SAP will push up support costs by as much as 3.3 per cent from next year.
-
Avnet’s outside-in approach to cloud ERP migration pays dividends
The electronic components distributor wrapped its on-prem SAP ECC in cloud APIs to build in business benefits prior to undertaking a full-on S/4HANA migration of its ERP core.
-
Nvidia partners with Siemens to accelerate digital twins’ development
Siemens and Nvidia are working to bring IT and OT closer together by facilitating the creation of digital simulations of products and processes.
-
IT services giant Atos plans IBM-style split
Atos is planning to split in two, much as IBM spun out its legacy-focused managed infrastructure services business to form Kyndryl in November 2021.
-
Pay for in-demand IT skills rises fastest in 14 years
In the first quarter of 2022, the pay premium for non-certified tech skills saw a record rise, while IT certifications continued to fall in value.
-
ServiceNow targets procurement workflow automation
ServiceNow is putting the spotlight on the Procurement Service Management capabilities of its San Diego software release.
-
IBM adopts ‘Rise with SAP’ for internal ERP cloud move
IBM will also offer to host clients’ S/4HANA systems on Power servers under the Rise umbrella.
-
Qualtrics seeks to broaden picture of employee engagement
With new tools for correlating employee engagement at with other data, the software vendor hopes to make it easier for managers to retain workers.
-
IBM’s z16 mainframe boasts on-chip AI acceleration
IBM is refreshing its mainframe range by putting an artificial intelligence accelerator on the processor and surrounding it with new cryptographic features.
-
Microsoft plans to optimise process automation stack with Minit acquisition
Days after Celonis acquired a company to boost its offering on Microsoft’s Power Platform, Microsoft has made a process mining acquisition of its own.
-
Nvidia speeds AI, climate modeling
At its annual customer conference, Nvidia is showing off new ways to model and predict the behavior of clouds and more, in the cloud and elsewhere.
-
Microsoft adopts RISE with SAP for internal migration to S/4HANA
After moving its SAP systems to the Azure cloud in 2021, Microsoft is putting SAP in charge of its migration to S/4HANA by signing up for the RISE single-SLA offering.
-
The mainframe is dying: Long live the mainframe application
Fujitsu will stop making mainframes in the next nine years — but it, and mainframe rival IBM, are taking steps to give mainframe applications an afterlife in the cloud.
