Artificial Intelligence

VMware expands Tanzu Application Platform with new Tanzu Application Engine and enhanced multi-cloud options

VMware sees this as a ‘new Tanzu’ and views its enhancements as fundamental to their multi-cloud story going forward.

Black Kite announces three new features that better automate cyber-ecosystem risk compliance

The innovations, which are all free add-ons to Black Kite’s platform, include the ability to parse using a cyber-specific database rather than the general Internet, with parsing of data specific to individual companies coming very soon.

Nutanix targets Generative AI newcomer market with Nutanix GPT-in-a-Box

The new offering adds an Opinionated AI stack and related services to Nutanix’s infrastructure and storage stacks, and the company believes it will find a good reception from the SMB to the enterprise.

CrushBank adds new Generative AI capabilities to their knowledge management platform

CrushBank continues its evolution beyond an AI-powered search platform with the addition of new Generative AI capabilities to their platform.

AI cybersecurity firm AaDya Security rebrands around their product to become Judy Security

Judy offers an enterprise-grade platform with seven separate solutions that are designed and priced for the SMB market.

VAST Data turns its technology to AI with announcement of Thinking Machine

The VAST DataStore, VAST DataBase and DataBase Engine combine to deliver on VAST’s long term plan of utilizing their storage technology for deep learning as well.

Dell brings Project Helix partnership with NVIDIA live with three separate solution bundles

The new solutions involve a joint Generative AI validated design and Dell Professional Services in collaboration with NVIDIA, all of which are also available through channel partners.

Rubrik extends Microsoft collaboration around Sentinel to Azure OpenAI Service to add Generative AI to cyber recovery

The new collaboration will not be sold separately, but will be rolled into the existing offering around Rubrik and Microsoft Sentinel, meaning that partners will not have a new product to sell, but will have something new to show cutting edge capability to customers.

Zoho adds Generative AI to ten of its applications through their Zia AI engine

Zoho’s latest extension of their AI capabilities is powered by an OpenAI integration, although they are working on an in-house version of their own which will emphasize privacy concerns.

Ubuntu distribution publisher Canonical sees HPE strategy as further growing their relationship

HPE announces new offerings, cloud services and AI capabilities around GreenLake, private cloud portfolio and strategic partnerships

HPE made several major announcements in their opening keynote, but the one that clearly excited CEO Antonio Neri the most was entering the Artificial Intelligence public cloud market.

Deep Instinct brings in Jim Ortbals as Americas channel lead to drive new partner program

While Deep Instinct’s new Stratosphere partner program was put in place last year, Ortbals’ task is to grow it by adding some more structure and bringing in top MSSP partners.

Dell looks to expand partner services with Project Harmony

Project Harmony was the one new initiative specifically for partners announced at this year’s Dell Technologies World, within the context of a news-rich event which will create many other partner opportunities.

Alteryx announces new Generative AI capabilities in core products which are shipping now

The new AI features are aimed at non-technical business users as well as technical ones, expanding the democratization of analytics to cover many more users.

Dell Technologies, NVIDIA partner on Generative AI through Project Helix

Michael Dell thinks the commercial potential of Generative AI is greater than PCs and smartphones, although what the market seems to want from it, and what influencers think the market wants, are not the same thing.

ServiceNow, NVIDIA announce major partnership around generative AI

ServiceNow will use NVIDIA AI Foundations cloud services and the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform to develop new workflows using custom large language models, which use a customer’s own data, and which is much more accurate than gleaning it from the public domain.

Salesforce caps off torrent of announcements with Slack GPT and expansion of Accenture partnership

Salesforce concluded a series of announcements over the last several days with two specifically around Generative AI, including Slack GPT, which will bring Generative AI to Slack, and an expansion of their existing partnership with Accenture which will result in an acceleration hub for generative AI.