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Nvidia Unveils GPUs for Generative Inference Workloads like ChatGPT
Today at its GPU Technology Conference, NVidia took the wraps off three new GPUs designed to accelerate inference workloads for generative AI applications, including generating text, images, and videos. It also launched Read more…
Hyperscale Analytics Growing Faster Than Expected, Ocient Says
After spending more than five years and close to a hundred million dollars to rewrite the innards of an analytics database around the superfast I/O of NVMe drives, Ocient enjoyed better-than-expected 2022 results, the co Read more…
Apache Pinot Uncorks Real-Time Data for Ad-Tech Firm
A year ago, customers of Sovrn’s affiliate marketing business could expect to wait 24 to 48 hours before getting access to new data describing online consumer behavior. That didn’t cut it, so the company looked to a Read more…
Fauna Boosts Observability with Logs
Fauna this week unveiled the addition of logs to its globally distributed database service, which should give customers greater observability into how their queries are performing and help reduce cloud costs. Fauna’ Read more…
Fluentd Rides Wave of Roll-Your-Own Observability
Companies that want to collect gobs of observability data but process the data in multiple places while keeping it free from analytic tool vendor’s proprietary formats may be interested in Fluentd, an open source data Read more…
News In Brief
Microsoft Puts AI into ERP and CRM
Microsoft is leveraging its partnership with OpenAI to incorporate AI capabilities directly into its CRM and ERP products. Dubbed Microsoft Dynamics 365 Copilot, the new offerings are designed to offload clerical duties Read more…
Data Integration and Observability Provider Crux Nabs $50m in Funding
Crux, a cloud-based provider of data integration and observability tools that claims to have more than 250 data connectors, today announced that it raised $50 million in a Series B round of venture capital. The San Franc Read more…
DataStax Bolsters Real-Time Machine Learning with Kaskada Buy
DataStax, which arguably is best known as the commercial entity behind the scalable NoSQL database Apache Cassandra, turned some heads in 2021 with the addition of Astra, a real-time streaming data offering based on Apac Read more…
AI Expected to Make Big Splash at CES 2023
Artificial intelligence technologies like DALL-E and ChatGPT made numerous headlines in 2022. That trend is expected to continue the first week of 2023 at the Consumer Electronics Show, which officially kicks off with a Read more…
AWS Moves Up the Application Stack
Amazon Web Services is no stranger to business applications. After all, it has been running them on its infrastructure service since its founding in 2006, and the AWS Marketplace is full of applications from partners. Bu Read more…
This Just In
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 15, 2023 — Google Cloud today announced new initiatives with Accenture to help retailers modernize their businesses and benefit from cloud technology, including updates to Accenture’s widely-adopted ai.RETAIL platform that deeply integrates Google Cloud’s leading capabilities in data analytics, AI, and product discovery. Read more…
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 31, 2023 — Daasity Inc. today announced that it has launched ELT+ for Commerce, Powered by Snowflake. ELT+ for Commerce will benefit customers by enabling consumer brands selling via eCommerce, Amazon, retail, and/or wholesale to implement a full or partial data and analytics stack. Read more…
NEW YORK and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 20, 2023 — Google Cloud and Deloitte today announced a strategic collaboration with Kroger to help the grocery chain use cloud technologies to increase associate productivity across its nearly 2,800 stores nationwide. Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17, 2023 — Lucidworks and Google Cloud have announced a significant expansion of their partnership. Lucidworks combined its Fusion technology with Google Cloud’s Retail Search (GCRS) solution to deliver an elevated online product discovery experience. Read more…
NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2023 — Ahead of NRF 2023, the retail industry’s largest event, Google Cloud today introduced four new and updated AI technologies to help retailers transform their in-store shelf checking processes and enhance their ecommerce sites with more fluid and natural online shopping experiences for customers. Read more…