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RPA vendor Blue Prism outlines vision, product refresh at Blue Prism World

May 19, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on RPA vendor Blue Prism outlines vision, product refresh at Blue Prism World
Blue Prism kicked off the first day of their three day virtual event by articulating their view of where software robotics is headed, and unveiling the new Blue Prism v7.

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Aunalytics launches first Alliance Partner Program to highlight and support their analytics integrations

April 28, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aunalytics launches first Alliance Partner Program to highlight and support their analytics integrations
Aunalytics’ first program for strategic partners includes major ISVs, but also MSPs and other partners with joint solutions based on deep technical integrations.

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Lenovo targets growing AI market in mainstream enterprises with five new ready to deploy AI solutions

April 15, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lenovo targets growing AI market in mainstream enterprises with five new ready to deploy AI solutions
The emphasis with the five new offerings, using technology from Addfor, Everseen, cnvrg.io, SAS and NetApp, is on the solutions’ ease of deployment, removing a barrier that has stymied many enterprises from getting AI products into production.

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Aunalytics unveils first of new vertical custom platforms, Daybreak, for financial services

March 23, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aunalytics unveils first of new vertical custom platforms, Daybreak, for financial services
Daybreak provides Insight-as-a-Service to smaller banks and credit unions who lack the data scientists and budget to do this themselves. It’s the first of what will be a series of industry-specific platforms based on Aunalytics’ core engine.

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COVID’s impact on the Channel in Canada: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

March 11, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on COVID’s impact on the Channel in Canada: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
A study commissioned by Intel specifically in Canada found that most channel partners have suffered from the pandemic. There was a fair amount of optimism for the year ahead however, although many partners said they need help to realize emerging opportunities in the cloud, IoT and AI.

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Speed major theme of ServiceNow Quebec release, through expanded AI, and new low-code app development tools

March 11, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Speed major theme of ServiceNow Quebec release, through expanded AI, and new low-code app development tools
Major new innovations include Creator Workflows, a low-code app tool which becomes the fourth member of ServiceNow’s Workflow portfolio, and new AI-based ITOM Predictive AIOps, AI Search and Virtual Agent tools.

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New Redis Labs Chief Business Development Officer views channel as key to expanding AI and machine learning Go-to-Market

February 19, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Redis Labs Chief Business Development Officer views channel as key to expanding AI and machine learning Go-to-Market
Taimur Rashid, who joins Redis from Microsoft, talks with ChannelBuzz about his plans to expand the company’s business in the AI space, which he said is still very small compared to its total potential.

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NVIDIA introduces NVIDIA-Certified Systems program to identify systems validated on accelerated AI workloads

January 26, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on NVIDIA introduces NVIDIA-Certified Systems program to identify systems validated on accelerated AI workloads
The first 13 systems from five OEMs to be certified have been announced, but NVIDIA expects that before long, about 70 systems from 15 OEMs will meet their engineering requirements for certification.

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Toronto’s Ada sees strong momentum for its no-code automated AI chatbots

January 22, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Toronto’s Ada sees strong momentum for its no-code automated AI chatbots
2020 was an uneven year for the Automated Customer Experience startup, thanks to COVID in the spring but momentum quickly mounted during the year, which included increased interest from channel partners.

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Supermicro launches partner-focused GPU test drive program around NVIDIA NVLink and high-end Supermicro platforms

January 22, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Supermicro launches partner-focused GPU test drive program around NVIDIA NVLink and high-end Supermicro platforms
The program involves seven Supermicro partners, two in Europe and five in North America, but Supermicro sees this kind of AI-focused work is something that will become widely used, so represents a key partner opportunity.