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Hitachi Vantara expands hyperscaler support with Azure, Google relationships

August 27, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara expands hyperscaler support with Azure, Google relationships
An initial deal with Google was followed up by one with Azure, although many of the strategies and principles of both agreements are similar.

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Zoho spells out significance of AI and CRM to their business model

July 21, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zoho spells out significance of AI and CRM to their business model
Zoho’s recent update discussed recent and current CRM announcements, detailing their strategy, how it differs from other players in the CRM and AI space, and the advantages that Zoho sees it having over competitors in a very hot market.

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OpenText CEO makes the case for business AI

November 19, 2024 Robert Dutt Comments Off on OpenText CEO makes the case for business AI
At OpenText World 2024, CEO Mark Barranechea provides an update on the company’s Titanium X roadmap for data management and multi-cloud integration.

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NetApp CEO: We’ll bring AI to your data

September 24, 2024 Robert Dutt Comments Off on 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.

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

June 6, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

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VAST Data launches key new partnerships with NVIDIA and Super Micro

March 18, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

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Sage extends presence in sports platforms with Sportable partnership

February 29, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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. 

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NetApp CEO Kurian lays out vision at return of live NetApp INSIGHT event

October 24, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetApp CEO Kurian lays out vision at return of live NetApp INSIGHT event
George Kurian explained NetApp’s broad strategy through which their customers can turn disruption into opportunity, through consolidating data management, treating data like the key product it is, and developing a modern data architecture.

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CrushBank adds new Generative AI capabilities to their knowledge management platform

August 14, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.

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

August 1, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on 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.