Tag: Generative AI
‘Microsoft has disappointed so many customers with AI,’ Salesforce co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff said. Salesforce CEO and co-founder Marc Benioff said earlier this week that Microsoft’s artificial intelligence products and strategy “has disappointed so many customers,” touting his company’s own platform and upcoming “agent” brand of AI products as superior to Microsoft’s Copilots. Jared…
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For the week ending Aug. 30, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including Cribl, Check Point, Intel, Citrix and IBM. The Week Ending Aug. 30 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is data management and observability tech developer Cribl for its very impressive nine-figure funding…
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HP veteran Stephanie Dismore continues to be a ‘Ryzen’ star in the industry as she takes a new role heading up the EMEA business for chip vendor AMD. HP Inc. Managing Director of Northwest Europe Stephanie Dismore, a 25-year HP veteran, has joined rising CPU and GPU provider AMD as president of EMEA (Europe, Middle…
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The options could also include M&A or selling or splitting its foundry division, according to Bloomberg. Intel executives will consider splitting and selling a business unit as part of a turnaround strategy as rival chipmakers capture a greater share of the artificial intelligence wave, according to media reports. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based vendor has enlisted…
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This year’s leading news stories (so far) include the ongoing AI wave that’s remaking the IT industry, the impact of three multi-billion-dollar acquisition deals, the contrasting fortunes of two of the industry’s leading semiconductor companies – and what was likely the biggest IT system failure to date. AI Highs, Service Failure Lows The top news…
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‘We are offering customers choice, flexibility and control of how and where they build, train and run artificial intelligence,’ Dell Vice Chairman and COO Jeff Clarke said on the company’s second fiscal quarter earnings call. Dell Technologies revenue surged to $25 billion in its second fiscal quarter, coming in 9 percent higher than the same…
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OpenAI is reportedly courting Apple as an investor. OpenAI is reportedly courting Apple as an investor in a funding round that would take the ChatGPT creator and artificial intelligence innovator to a valuation of more than $100 billion. Apple rival Microsoft – which has invested about $13 billion into OpenAI, owns 49 percent of the…
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‘The refresh is still ahead of us. We have only started to see that. And we continue to believe that this opportunity is coming,’ HP CEO Enrique Lores said during the company’s quarterly earnings call. HP Inc. CEO Enrique Lores told analysts on Wednesday’s quarterly earnings call that the majority of the PC refresh cycle…
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HP will ‘continue to invest in our partners so they can take advantage of this opportunity,’ CEO Enrique Lores tells CRN in an interview. HP CEO Enrique Lores called the emerging artificial intelligence PC market “an incredible growth opportunity” for solution providers and encouraged them to leverage the computer maker’s certification resources to get ready…
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The research firm says GenAI-powered attacks and AI-related data leaks are two growing concerns that are fueling security investments. Spending on cybersecurity-related services will continue on its growth tear in 2025 as both the cyber talent shortage and cyberattacks—including threats powered by generative AI—remain top concerns for organizations, according to Gartner. The research firm released…
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