Artificial Intelligence

Securiti launches Gencore AI solution to build secure artificial intelligence systems

Gencore AI provides the same capability for the safe construction of AI tools that their core platform has provided from its inception.

NetApp CEO: We’ll bring AI to your data

To NetApp CEO George Kurian, the challenges around AI today resemble the challenges of the early days of the cloud, and the solution is the same, break down silos between systems and get data and AI applications closer together.

Major new HPE NVIDIA partnerships highlight HPE Discover

NVIDIA makes scores of partnerships with other vendors, but the ones that were just announced at the HPE Discover event were of supreme importance for both companies heading forward.

Splunk, Cisco lay out strategy for channel partners to thrive

Cisco explained both how they are restructuring itself as well as re-energizing Splunk along the new business model Splunk adopted last year, and what this will all mean to channel partners.

Snowflake reworks channel sales strategy, organization to boost growth opportunities.

At their Data Cloud Summit, with a freshly rebuilt channel leadership team, Snowflake elaborated on key elements of their new strategy and the steps they will encourage the channel to take to get there.

New Snowflake CEO Ramaswamy lays out vision for company’s future

Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy, in his first Snowflake Data Cloud Summit as CEO, introduced himself to the large audience in his opening keynote, and discussed where he sees the company moving as it goes forward.

Splunk channel integration plans, AI era vs. Cloud era, and other Cisco Live notes

At its Cisco Live event, executives provide clues on their channel plans for their big new acquisition and discuss how this “era” in the industry will compare to the previous era.

Cisco is ready for the AI era: Robbins

Kicking off the company’s Cisco Live event, Cisco chief Chuck Robbins said his company is much more ready for the AI era than it was for the cloud and offered his thoughts on the importance of culture and purpose in approaching AI.

New strategic partnership with Nutanix highlights Dell channel initiatives

The extended partnership with Nutanix, which Dell will formally announce at a later date, was accompanied in Dell’s new channel related moves by other initiatives like a new Dell AI Partner Focused Network, and the addition of client to server and storage for partner of record status.

Michael Dell lays out vision to get enterprises to reimagine organizations for AI future

Last year, Dell Technologies World saw the company lay out its plan for its AI future. This year, the company made considerable progress, translating concepts into product, building out a much more detailed road map and rendering some things introduced last year obsolete.

Genesys’ Canadian channel partners becoming increasingly strong growth component

Over the past several years, Genesys has increased the partner share of their business, has broadened the type of partners they work with, and is now increasing its Canadian partner focus.

Genesys CEO Bates calls on customers to accelerate their future together

Tony Bates laid out his vision for where Genesys and its technology is headed, which expands the existing layers of orchestration into a future that promises an industry that will be  very different from today.

Palo Alto Networks country manager Daniel Roy sees strong position for company in Canada

Roy became Palo Alto Networks’ new VP and Country Manager for Canada last fall, and discusses the direction in which the company is headed in Canada.

Conga CEO Goggin outlines strategy for reshaping company

Conga has made a series of major strategic initiatives since their merger with Apptus, with the idea of making the two companies work better together, improving the culture and increasing customer revenue opportunities.

More mature Conga channel strategy having success

Conga discussed the evolution of their channel strategy with ChannelBuzz, while some channel partners indicated what they were looking to see around the Conga event.

SAS continues emphasis on new trustworthy AI offerings with model cards, AI governance services, expanded Viya and offerings like Co-Pilot and SAS Data Maker

SAS’s 2024 Innovate event saw SAS deliver a wide variety of solution sets around AI, many of which are available now, with a few coming later this year.

Expanded channel portfolio popular with SAS channel partners

The additions to SAS’s product lineup, which will be enhanced later this year, gives partners new opportunities to address issues customers have been encountering and put together new solution sets for them.

SAS introduces lightweight packaged AI models advances industry solutions with packaged AI models

These tailored, lightweight AI models facilitate rapid deployment with low overhead, and are one of the more interesting solutions just announced by SAS.