Microsoft Ignite 2023: 11 takeaways
This year’s Microsoft Ignite developer conference might as well be called AIgnite, with over half of the almost 600 sessions featuring artificial intelligence in some shape or form.
Stories by Peter Sayer
ServiceNow offers virtual agent to assist with generative AI
As generative AI becomes prevalent in enterprise software, CIOs must give thought to the data it’s trained on.
SAP takes steps toward ‘green ledger’ for carbon accounting
SAP wants to give new meaning to the resources in enterprise resource planning, going beyond the boundaries of the enterprise and accounting for its impact on the whole planet.
SAP rounds out data warehouse cloud functionality, renamed Datasphere
With partners Collibra, Confluent, Databricks and DataRobot, SAP wants to help enterprises create a unified architecture for data, whether it’s stored inside SAP’s cloud or elsewhere.
Cost still biggest driver for multicloud, study finds
Like it or not, 98% of IaaS and PaaS users are already in a multicloud environment, but their strategies for dealing with it vary. A new study looks at how CIOs are facing up to the challenge.
SAP plans layoffs with cloud revenue up but profit down
SAP’s profitability fell sharply in 2022 despite overall revenue growth and booming cloud sales, prompting it to sell its remaining stake in Qualtrics and lay off 2,800 staff.
Microsoft’s latest OpenAI investment opens way to new enterprise services
Microsoft is investing billions more into OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, and plans to roll out new enterprise services based on the company’s generative AI products.
Nvidia offers retail loss prevention software to accelerate accelerator chip sales
GPU manufacturer Nvidia is expanding its enterprise software offering with three new AI workflows for retailers it hopes will also drive sales of its hardware accelerators.
Nutanix acquisition rumours highlight need for managing vendor risk
Technology mergers and acquisitions are on the rise, and any one of them could throw a wrench into the IT operations of CIOs and organisations.
SAP user groups see pick-up in migration to S/4HANA
Enterprise adoption of SAP S/4HANA continues to climb despite the obstacles in its way, according to new research by user groups.
SAP seeks to make builders of business technologists
SAP Build provides enterprises with a new low-code development resource built on the same infrastructure as its pro-code development tools.
Microsoft faces new anti-trust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe
Microsoft is accused of using new licensing rules for its productivity software to push European enterprise customers toward its Azure cloud infrastructure.
10 future trends for working with business leaders
The IDC FutureScape team has turned its attention to CIOs’ relationship with business leaders to predict 10 winning digital business strategies for the years ahead.
Salesforce seeks to unify automobile supply chain with Automotive Cloud
Built on Driver 360, Salesforce Automotive Cloud aims to offer auto makers, dealers, and finance groups a single view of customers and their vehicles, tracking interactions from factory to junkyard.
Microsoft adds high-level governance to low-code tools
At its Ignite 2022 customer conference, Microsoft unleashed a host of innovations, including Managed Environments for Power Platform.
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