Artificial Intelligence

Prophix unveils their financial performance management platform, Prophix One

Prophix One is the company’s next generation financial platform, which makes it much easier for CFOs to execute business plans and handle large data sets and complex planning with even more speed thanks to more Generative AI and Machine Learning.

Nominal tackles legacy ERP systems with Generative AI

Nominal is targeting the SMB and midmarket with an ERP replacement system that is launching today, and will eventually rely strongly on channel partners.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise adds new GenAI LLM models to HPE Aruba Networking Central Platform

By Q2, new GenAI LLM models will be directly applied to HPE Aruba Networking Central’s AI Search feature, improving search performance and security.

GoTo improves use of AI in portfolio and adds over 60 product enhancements

GoTo has used AI for years, but added Generative AI capabilities this year, and is making some further enhancements in this area now.

ServiceNow adds new generative AI leadership with new Washington, D.C. platform release

A major add is Now Assist for ITOM AIOps, which enhances ServiceNow’s IT OM AIOps solution by using generative AI to speed up issue resolution.

Intel strengthens partner ecosystem with new partner Accelerator initiatives and Partner Activation Zones

The two new Accelerators cover the edge and networking, joining an existing one around AI, while the Activation Zones, which are different from, but highly complementary to the Accelerators, are around Networking, Intelligent Edge, and Manufacturing.

VAST Data launches key new partnerships with NVIDIA and Super Micro

Both partnerships expand AI capabilities by combining VAST’s software with NVIDIA and Super Micro’s hardware, with more such partnerships on the way.

Check Point makes channel-specific announcements at CPX 2024 event

New products will enhance Check Point’s MSP in Canada, while the recently announced channel changes will put more dollars in partners’ pockets.

Check Point explains product strategy within overall strategic context

While Check Point has the reputation of  being a high end product that serves the high end of the market, they also sell to SMBs as well, and even though the focus this year was on high end strategy, their SMB portfolio got its share of important announcements.

Check Point scales up Harmony email portfolio with new Harmony SaaS offering

While Check Point’s original Harmony product came from a 2021 acquisition, the technology that specifically became Harmony SaaS came in a September 2023 acquisition, and is now formally available following its integration into the Check Point platform.

Check Point CEO lays out strategy to continue strong 2023 momentum in 2004

Gil Shwed emphasized that going forward, Check Point needs to be focused on its cloud-delivered platform together with an intensified AI strategy.

Can the AI PC make selling computers fun again?

At HP’s Amplify Partner Conference, HP CEO Enrique Lores and Intel chief Pat Gelsinger made the case that the AI-enabled PC is a fundamental change that will restore value to the commodity endpoint.

Sage Canada partners and customers attracted by Sage’s bold strategy at Transform

Sage’s new product portfolio and strategy had attendees saying this was the most exciting transform in their memory.

Sage extends presence in sports platforms with Sportable partnership

Following up on last year’s partnership with Major League Baseball, Sage is announcing a different type of sports partnership, with Sportable, a global data collection and analytics platform, which is designed to bring deeper, AI-led insights to major sports. 

Sage looks to improve SMB skills around carbon reporting with extended AWS partnership

The new strategic collaboration agreement with AWS to enable AI-powered solutions for SMBs includes a launch of Sage Earth on the AWS Marketplace will kick off in a few weeks in the UK and Ireland, but other geos, including North America, will have a bit of a wait – like 18 months.

Intel looks to accelerate AI at the edge with new Edge Platform

Intel’s new Edge Platform offers an easier path to introducing, running, and managing AI applications at the edge, and the company stresses it’s looking to build an open edge ecosystem.

Sage enhances AI vision and portfolio with major announcements at Sage Transform

Sage emphasized that this year’s Transform is a very important one, because of key changes, particularly around AI, that will greatly improve customers’ lives and productivity.

New Gen AI additions to PCs, and new Gen-AI based services highlight Dell MWC announcements

Dell Technologies is hardly alone this year at emphasizing its hardware-focused announcements at Mobile World Congress, but they think the broadness of their impacted portfolio and services will deliver an advantage.

Sage makes key AI announcement at Sage Transform around Sage Copilot

Sage Copilot is a new AI-based productivity assistant, whose AI has been specifically trained around accounting rules and best practices, and which is designed to help SMBs make better business decisions.

Intel: AI-enabled PCs reframe selling around experiences, not specs

Additional flexibility from the debut of the NPU will improve PC efficiency and drive better user experience, the chipmaker says as it eyes a big PC refresh year.