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Amazon Web Services Inc. said at AWS re:Invent today it’s making a foray into the supply chain management market with the launch of a new, machine-learning powered cloud application that provides enterprises with a unified view of their suppliers, logistics, inventory and …
Amazon Connect brings superior forecasting and chat analytics capabilities to contact centers
Amazon Web Services Inc. said today it’s adding more machine learning capabilities to its cloud contact center platform Amazon Connect, making it easier for companies to forecast demand and analyze conversations in real time. Launched in 2017, Amazon Connect is an omnichannel …
Anyscale updates streamline cloud scaling for AI and ML developers
Distributed computing startup Anyscale Inc. said at AWS re:Invent today it’s introducing a number of updates to its platform aimed at making Python-based artificial intelligence and machine learning workload development and scaling easier for developers. Anyscale is the company behind the open-source …
With generative AI, Amazon’s Alexa can create original bedtime stories for kids
Amazon.com Inc. is showing off the power of its generative artificial intelligence models with a new service introduced today at its re:Invent conference in Las Vegas that makes it simple for parents to create compelling bedtime stories for their children. The new …
Descartes Labs migrates its geospatial intelligence platform to AWS
The geospatial intelligence services provider Descartes Labs Inc. has become the latest big enterprise to jump aboard the Amazon Web Services train, going all-in on the industry’s largest cloud infrastructure platform. In a statement announced at AWS re:Invent, Descartes said it will …
SaaS app management startup Zylo lands $31.5M in new funding round
Software-as-a-service management startup Zylo Inc. is looking to accelerate the growth of its business after closing on a $31.5 million round of funding today. The Series C round was led by Baird Capital’s Venture Team and included participation from new investor Spring …
MongoDB’s Dev Ittycheria on how the cloud is expanding developers’ influence
The cloud is evolving with more horsepower, higher-level services and industry-specific capabilities. It’s an evolution that’s been termed the “supercloud” and it’s one that the database firm MongoDB Inc. has eagerly taken advantage of to boost its standing with its hardcore developer …
Windows Subsystem for Linux launches in Microsoft Store
Microsoft Corp. said today that Windows Subsystem for Linux is now generally available, with the latest version to be found in the Microsoft Store. WSL, as it’s often called, was previously available only in preview and only for Windows 11 users, but …
Sales of computer graphics cards fall 25%, in worst decline since 2009
The latest report from Jon Peddie Research this week has brought some sobering news for graphics processing unit manufacturers, revealing that GPU shipments in the third quarter saw their biggest drop since 2009, falling by more than 25% from a year earlier. …
VMware’s earnings and revenue fall short of Wall Street’s expectations
VMware Inc.’s stock fell slightly in after-hours trading today after it reported lower-than-expected earnings and revenue in what is likely to be one of its final earnings calls as a publicly traded company. The virtualization software giant reported third-quarter earnings before certain costs …