Bonnie Tinder previews Oracle AI World and SAP Connect 2024, highlighting major trends including AI agents, industry-specific bundles, and a unified agent marketplace.
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Microsoft’s new marketplace supports the scaling of innovation by simplifying access to AI-driven tools and platforms.
Oracle is shifting its leadership: Safra Catz will become executive vice chairman, while Clay Magouyrk (infrastructure) and Mike Sicilia (industry apps) take over as co‑CEOs, chosen by Larry Ellison to execute his integrated hardware + software vision in the AI era.
While Microsoft’s investment is a vote of confidence in UK AI leadership, some voices in Europe, including SAP and Siemens CEOs, warn that current EU regulations are leaving the continent behind in AI innovation.
Workday, long resistant to ERP, is now embracing it with AI-powered agents, data cloud partnerships, and expanded alliances to reshape enterprise operations.
Google Cloud and Revolut are expanding their partnership to enhance global fintech innovation, focusing on AI-driven fraud detection and scalable financial services.
Matt Hobbs shares PwC perspective on the need for agentic AI orchestration, how agents can help address technical debt, and continued investment in cloud infrastructure to support AI rollouts.
In a dramatic shift, Oracle leapfrogged Microsoft in cloud commitments, driven by massive AI contracts and a long-term data strategy dating back 50 years.
CEO of Microsoft AI Mustafa Suleyman warns that believing AI is conscious could lead to mental health risks and misguided calls for AI rights.
Google’s energy-efficient AI models offer hope and direction for the future of compute.
ServiceNow and SENAI-SP partner to train hundreds in AI, automation, and low-code skills in Brazil by 2026 — part of a global goal to upskill 3 million people by 2027.
Palantir achieved 93% growth in U.S. commercial sales and crossed $1B in revenue.
Oracle and Vantage are developing a 1.4GW data center in Texas, bypassing traditional grid delays with gas generators.
AI and Microsoft business apps expert explains three distinct approaches to orchestration workflows across AI agents, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Cloud hyperscalers including AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle spent nearly $1 billion per day in Q2 2025 on AI infrastructure to meet unprecedented demand, signaling a long-term transformative shift toward AI-powered enterprise.
Dr. Patrick McGill of Community Health Network shares AI agent and copilot usage update, approach to change management, and the partners helping to realize $10 million savings goal.
Federal cloud adoption is getting a huge push with AWS credits, amid broader tech partnerships aiming to overhaul outdated government IT systems.
Oracle delivers powerful AI-ready features while maintaining compliance with global privacy laws through intelligent data distribution across regions.
AWS combats the rising issue of AI-generated misinformation with a robust policy built on formal verification, setting a new industry benchmark for accuracy.
In Q4, Microsoft Azure hit $19B, growing 39% YoY. CEO Satya Nadella cited three drivers: on-prem to cloud migrations, AI workload growth, and rapid scaling of cloud-native e-commerce apps.