Ali Ghodsi, co-founder and chief executive of Databricks Inc., believes that data and artificial intelligence estates are fragmented, costly and much too complex. Today, he explained how his company’s flurry of announcements will address these issues and more. “It’s actually really hard still to succeed with data and AI,” Ghodsi (pictured) said during his keynote remarks today ...

A central theme at Snowflake Summit in San Francisco this week was the company’s growing focus on data engineering — and whether it signals a shift from traditional analytics to a dynamic, four-dimensional system of intelligence that can sense, predict and optimize business performance in real time. A 4-D business map can integrate sensing data ...

A small orchestra provided the opening prelude for Tuesday’s keynote session at Snowflake Inc.’s annual conference in San Francisco. When the music stopped and the lights went up, the conductor was revealed to be Benoit Dageville, the company’s co-founder and president of products. Dageville’s conducting cameo provided an apt symbol for the data warehousing powerhouse ...

In April, Snowflake Inc. announced that it would bring Meta Platforms Inc.’s Llama 4 large language models to Snowflake’s Cortex AI. The models, trained with large amounts of unlabeled text, image and video data, were designed to accommodate a wide range of use cases and developer needs. The partnership with Snowflake was part of a ...

A majority enterprise data will soon live at the edge — and Dell Technologies wants to be where that data lives. At Dell Technologies World 2025 in Las Vegas, company founder and Chief Executive Officer Michael Dell opened his keynote with an illustration of how 75% of enterprise data will soon be live and processed at the ...

The collaboration announced this week between Dell Technologies Inc. and Cohere Inc. combined scalable infrastructure with agentic AI technology. The focus is on a secure solution, with intelligent insights and streamlined workflows that will continue to power AI adoption, according to Autumn Moulder (pictured, right), vice president of engineering for Cohere. “At Cohere, we’ve been ...

AI in the enterprise is driving changes in how data centers are orchestrated. This is also leading to new enhancements for storage architecture, as seen by this week’s announcements from Dell Technologies Inc. Dell unveiled updates for PowerScale and ObjectScale designed to accelerate AI outcomes through a high-performance inferencing solution that combines features of Project ...

Could AI enhance grid flexibility and improve power use? A new initiative announced this week by Dell Technologies Inc. is designed to address this possibility. Concept Astro is Dell’s new solution that uses agentic AI, digital twins and automation to improve IT operations and energy consumption. “AI uses lots of energy, but AI can be ...

Earlier this week, Dell Technologies Inc. unveiled the Dell Pro and Dell Pro Max, the latest additions to the company’s AI PC lineup. For customers such as United Services Automobile Association, Dell’s AI PC portfolio provides an opportunity to generate productivity boosts and extend AI applications throughout the organization. “How can it help me with ...

The ongoing enterprise partnership between Dell Technologies Inc. and Microsoft Corp. illustrates a key element of both companies’ strategy for AI: Follow the data. Dell has charted a course to build full-stack solutions for multicloud and hybrid ecosystems. This includes Dell’s implementation of Cloud Platform with Microsoft Azure. “We really want to bring AI to ...