Tag: AI
‘Together with Acqueon, we can intelligently combine the preferences of the customer with the increasing variety of outreach channels to help enterprises grow their revenue and delight customers, while aligning to compliance standards,’ says Five9 CEO Mike Burkland. Contact center specialist Five9 plans to acquire revenue generation platform provider Acqueon in a move to boost…
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‘We are starting from a position of strength: We have leading end-to-end solutions, a world-class supply chain, unmatched Global Services, and unparalleled customer reach with the largest GTM [go-to-market] engine in the industry — giving us unstoppable differentiation in the marketplace,’ Dell’s Bill Scannell and John Byrne told employees in a memo. Dell Technologies wants…
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‘Amazon’s collaboration with Anthropic does not raise any competition concerns or meet the CMA’s own threshold for review,’ says an Amazon spokesperson regarding the investigation by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority. A U.K. antitrust watchdog agency said it has “sufficient information” to start an investigation into whether Amazon’s $4 billion investment and partnership with…
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Solution provider silver and gold benefits “remain in effect for one year after your last purchase or renewal, but they will not undergo the January 2025 update,” Microsoft said. Microsoft revealed that it plans to no longer sell its Action Pack, Learning Action Pack or legacy silver and gold benefits starting Jan. 22 – and…
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Here’s the global cloud market share results and six world leaders for Q2 2024, which include AWS, Alibaba, Google Cloud, Oracle, Microsoft and Salesforce, according to new market data. Global cloud market share for the three cloud giants—Microsoft, Google Cloud and AWS—shifted during the second quarter of 2024 as enterprise cloud spending reached a new…
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‘The acquisition of CX Effect significantly expands our portfolio by incorporating over 40 new suppliers,’ says Drew Lydecker, co-founder and president of Avant. ‘This accelerates Avant’s success as we continue to address the rapidly growing cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure and AI markets.’ Avant has acquired technology distributor CX Effect in a move to grow its business,…
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From among more than 320 applicants, CRN staff evaluated and selected products spanning the IT industry – including AI and AI infrastructure, cloud management, data analytics, networking, security and storage categories – that offer ground-breaking functionality and new opportunities for partners. Tech Innovators 2024 The wave of development around artificial intelligence and generative AI in…
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HPE’s blockbuster acquisition of Juniper Networks has cleared two major hurdles in Europe that paves the way for the merger to be finalized. Hewlett Packard Enterprises’s blockbuster $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks is nearing the finish line after passing key approvals in Europe. In June, the U.K. antitrust watchdog Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)…
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This ‘separates us a little bit also from the competition,’ Shawn Ahmed, CloudBees’ chief product officer, tells CRN in an interview. Cloud-native developer security operations platform provider CloudBees is boosting its quality assurance and generative artificial intelligence capabilities with the acquisition of Launchable – potentially bringing more QA work to its channel partners. As part…
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“This choice stems from my desire to deepen my focus on AI alignment, and to start a new chapter of my career where I can return to hands-on technical work,” said OpenAI co-founder John Schulman, regarding his decision to leave for Anthropic. John Schulman, OpenAI co-founder and a key leader in the creation of ChatGPT,…
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