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Acceldata adds AI-assisted reconciliation to its data observability platform
Data observability startup Acceldata Inc. today is adding artificial intelligence-powered data reconciliation capabilities to its platform that automate many manually intensive tasks such as column alignment across diverse datasets, rule creation, and handling nested arrays and complex structures. Acceldata’s platform provides insights into data quality, pipeline performance and infrastructure efficiency to support more reliable and efficient data operations. Functions include ...
IBM touts fiber optic technology it says can cut AI training times and energy use by 80%
One of the ironies of graphics processing units is that, despite their high cost and limited availability, the chips spend much of their time waiting to receive instructions. A big reason, say IBM Corp. researchers, is that the connections within data centers still rely largely on copper wire instead of speedy fiber optics. “We estimate ...
Vaultree open-sources its technology for computation on encrypted data
Data encryption startup Vaultree Ltd. said today that it has released and open-sourced elements of its data encryption technology stack that permit operations to be performed on encrypted data without the need for a decryption stage. The Cork, Ireland-based company’s technology is designed to address the scalability limitations of Fully Homomorphic Encryption schemes, which permit arbitrary computations, ...
Sumo Logic brings generative AI to DevSecOps observability
Sumo Logic Inc. today announced what it calls the first artificial intelligence copilot for DevSecOps, an approach to software development that integrates security practices throughout the entire agile DevOps workflow. The company said Sumo Logic Mo Copilot can drastically reduce response times to resolve critical issues by applying generative AI to analyzing telemetry, which is ...
AWS expands Q Business gen AI assistant features and integrates with its business intelligence platform
Amazon Web Services Inc. is using its annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas today to broaden the scope of its Q Business generative artificial intelligence assistant with new features and integration with its QuickSight business intelligence tool. Q Business, which AWS introduced at last year’s re:Invent, can answer questions, provide summaries, generate content and perform ...
Cloud security firm Upwind nabs $100M funding at $900M valuation
Confirming earlier reports, cloud security startup Upwind Security Inc. today said it has raised $100 million in a Series A funding at a $900 million valuation, or roughly triple that of a him$50 million funding round 15 months ago. Since its founding in late 2022, the Israeli-based firm has raised $180 million. It plans to ...
Oracle database on AWS cloud enters limited preview
Oracle Corp. today announced a limited preview of its Exadata Database offering on the Amazon Web Services Inc. cloud. The announcement makes good on plans Oracle announced in September that appeared to put an end to the long-standing feud between the two companies. Oracle co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison has repeatedly taken jabs at ...
SPECIAL REPORT: AI AND THE CLOUD
Safety and reliability concerns temper agentic AI mania
When information services and technology firm Thomson Reuters Corp. acquired accounting software firm Materia in October, it paved the way for what it sees as the future of its business. Materia, which is the business name of Credere Technologies Inc., builds software agents that can break down complex queries and consult numerous information sources to ...
SPECIAL REPORT: AI AND THE CLOUD
AI agents are practical. Reliability is another matter.
Building artificial intelligence agents that can interact with each other reliably across services presents technical challenges that have never been tackled before. According to one AI researcher, that will limit their use to a narrow set of business processes for the next few years. Niloufar Salehi (pictured below), an assistant professor at the University of ...
Strong renewals propel Nutanix past Wall Street estimates
Nutanix Inc. reported fiscal first-quarter revenue and earnings that topped Wall Street estimates and sent the stock up more than 4% after hours. The company swung from a loss of $15.85 million, or seven cents a share, a year ago to a profit of $29.9 million, or 10 cents a share. Adjusted earnings of 42 ...