Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) research, has partnered with Google Public Sector to elevate its high-performance computing capacity. This collaboration introduces a large-scale cloud-based GPU cluster, empowering CMU’s world-class researchers to make groundbreaking advances in AI, both for scientific discovery and commercial applications.
Cognizant has partnered with ServiceNow to launch an AI-powered dispute management solution designed for mid-market banks in North America. This Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) offering streamlines the dispute resolution process, enhances customer satisfaction, and helps banks reduce chargeback losses while ensuring regulatory compliance. With fragmented systems, operational inefficiencies, and high customer dissatisfaction, mid-market banks face significant challenges in dispute resolution. Cognizant’s AI-driven solution integrates ServiceNow’s dispute management technology with advanced automation, analytics, and multi-channel intake, ensuring faster, more efficient resolutions with minimal manual intervention.
IBM continues to evolve its as-a-service offerings, introducing IBM Storage Ceph as a Service to complement its IBM Power Virtual Server solutions. As businesses increasingly seek scalable, cloud-like experiences for on-premises infrastructure, IBM aims to bridge the gap between cloud and on-premise environments with flexible consumption models, reduced IT costs, and improved disaster recovery solutions. A recent IDC study forecasts that by 2028, 80% of IT buyers will prioritize as-a-service consumption models to optimize IT spending, operational efficiency, and sustainability. IBM’s latest move aligns with this shift, helping enterprises modernize storage and compute architectures without the burden of complex infrastructure management.
Freepik, a pioneer in AI-powered creative design tools, is bringing Upscale Conf 2024 to San Francisco on May 20-21 at SF Jazz. Following last year’s success in Málaga, the event will explore the intersection of AI, design, creativity, and technology, showcasing how these fields are shaping industries like film, advertising, and marketing. With top global speakers, hands-on workshops, and cutting-edge AI innovations, Upscale Conf serves as the premier platform for creatives, technologists, and industry leaders to discuss the future of AI-driven creativity.
Verdantis, a pioneer in AI-powered Master Data Management (MDM), has announced Auto-Enrich AI and Auto-Spec AI, two autonomous AI agents designed to revolutionize data enrichment, normalization, and standardization for enterprises. In asset-intensive industries such as Oil & Gas, Mining, Chemicals, Manufacturing, and Building Materials, unstructured and siloed data creates inefficiencies, increases costs, and hinders decision-making. These new AI agents solve these challenges by delivering structured, accurate, and reliable data at scale.
Oscilar, a leader in AI-driven risk management, has introduced a cutting-edge AI Agent platform designed to redefine how organizations manage online risk. This autonomous system replaces traditional static AI models, empowering businesses with adaptive, proactive risk detection in areas like fraud prevention, compliance, credit underwriting, and customer verification.
Akamai, a leader in cybersecurity and cloud computing, has introduced Akamai Cloud Inference, a cutting-edge solution designed to accelerate AI inference by moving workloads closer to end users. Running on Akamai Cloud—the world’s most distributed platform—this innovation aims to overcome the limitations of centralized cloud models, delivering up to 2.5x lower latency and 3x better throughput.
Kyndryl, the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate mainframe modernization using generative AI. As a newly certified specialized partner for Google Cloud’s AI and Gemini models, Kyndryl is leveraging AI-driven automation to help organizations transform legacy mainframe applications for cloud-native innovation.
webAI and MacStadium have announced a strategic partnership aimed at transforming artificial intelligence deployment using Apple’s cutting-edge silicon technology. This collaboration integrates webAI’s interconnected intelligence framework with MacStadium’s secure macOS cloud infrastructure, unlocking new possibilities for AI scalability, efficiency, and enterprise-grade security. Benefits of the Partnership Transforming AI Deployment with Apple Silicon For the first…
