Tag: Database and System Software
‘Carahsoft is fully cooperating on this matter,’ a spokesperson says. Carahsoft confirmed to CRN that representatives from the United States Department of Justice came to the solution provider giant’s office Tuesday as part of an investigation into a separate company. In an email, a spokesperson with the government-focused IT company–No. 16 on CRN’s 2024 Solution…
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‘Proprietary unstructured data is powerful fuel our customers can use for AI agents,’ says Salesforce executive Rahul Auradkar. Customer relationship management software vendor Salesforce plans to buy unstructured data management provider Zoomin to help power its artificial intelligence agent offerings and AI agent builder Agentforce. San Francisco-based Salesforce plans to close the acquisition in its…
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The deal ‘advances our recovery offerings, strengthens our platform, and reinforces our position as a leading SaaS provider for cyber resilience,’ Commvault CEO Sanjay Mirchandani says. Hybrid cloud cyber resilience vendor Commvault plans to buy Amazon Web Services-focused Clumio for about $47 million– a fraction of the $261 million Clumio has raised since its founding…
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Crandall’s appointment follows a year of changes at observability platform provider New Relic including being acquired and taken private in a $6.5 billion deal and the naming of a new CEO in December. Observability platform developer New Relic has hired channel veteran Larissa Crandall to be its new global channel chief, the company said today.…
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Accenture, Jade Global, Google and Vonage are among the coolest exhibitors from Salesforce Dreamforce 2024. Five solution providers and five vendors are among the hottest companies to exhibit at Salesforce Dreamforce 2024. Accenture and Jade Global are among the solution providers to stand out for their work with the San Francisco-based cloud software vendor and…
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For the week ending Sept. 20, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including NWN Carousel, Veeam, Confluent, ClearScale and Salesforce. The Week Ending Sept. 20 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is NWN Carousel for a strategic acquisition that expands its presence within the federal…
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‘Remember, I’ve been a part of Veeam in the past through [its] previous acquisition [of Kasten]. So when Veeam reached out, we knew the company, we knew the culture, we knew how we fit in. Internally, we’ve told the team this is a milestone for us on the journey for what we care about,’ new…
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‘Many customers are reporting the OpenAI models are not delivering high levels of accuracy,’ Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said. Salesforce CEO and co-founder Marc Benioff railed against copilot artificial intelligence products offered by Microsoft and other vendors, touting his company’s agentic approach as one that delivers better accuracy while maintaining the importance of the vendor’s…
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Confluent also discloses investments in two regional systems integration partners who are developing leading-edge data integration and migration expertise and practices. Data streaming tech developer Confluent has launched an OEM channel program to recruit managed service providers, cloud service providers and independent software vendors to build the Confluent platform within their software and service offerings.…
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“We’re going to do ourselves a disservice … as an industry if we push people too fast into AI and we don’t give real solutions,” Insight SVP Stephen Moss tells CRN. Artificial intelligence as a service. Managed AI. AI assurance. Solution providers are at work sorting through new practices and new ways to not only…
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