Customer relationship management (CRM) software provider Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire cloud-based point-of-sale (PoS) software vendor PredictSpring to augment its existing Customer 360 capabilities in an attempt to get a stronger hold in the retail industry. The California-headquartered startup’s PoS systems enable store associates to engage shoppers and complete transactions from anywhere…
Los directores de TI a menudo son responsables no sólo de supervisar la infraestructura tecnológica de una organización, sino también a sus equipos. Para tener éxito, tiene que comprender los fundamentos de la seguridad, el almacenamiento de datos, el hardware, el software, las redes y los marcos de gestión de TI, y cómo funcionan todos…
The AI revolution is driving demand for massive computing power and creating a data center shortage, with data center operators planning to build more facilities. But it’s time for data centers and other organizations with large compute needs to consider hardware replacement as another option, some experts say. Data centers are running at near capacity…
For the past year, Malin Fahlén has been IT manager at Karolinska University Hospital, a stark contrast to her previous job as global head of e-commerce platforms for H&M. “I made a U-turn,” she says. “After being there for nine years, I decided I wanted to break new ground.” Karolinska University Hospital is not only…
Como cualquier otro sector de la economía, las telecomunicaciones también se están beneficiando de los beneficios que la inteligencia artificial (IA) aporta a su negocio y operaciones. En la quinta edición del Informe Ascendant de Minsait se revela que el 67% de las empresas del sector ya está utilizando esta tecnología para mejorar la eficiencia…
Everyone knows now how a flawed update crashed 8.5 million computers running the Windows version of CrowdStrike’s Falcon cybersecurity software — but what does the failure of one company’s software testing regime mean for the IT industry as a whole? Experts and analysts say that the idiosyncrasies of the technology sector mean it could easily…
Atos, struggling to restructure its business operations, has presented its financials for the first half of 2024. The ailing French IT services provider recorded an operating loss of €1.7 billion (about $1.8 billion)in the first six months of the year, compared to a loss of €434 million a year earlier; Its net loss for the…
In the wake of the widespread outage caused by a defective update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon cybersecurity platform, Delta Airlines is among the first enterprises to come forward to demand compensation from CrowdStrike and Microsoft for the enormous losses caused by the interruption of its flights during the failure. Delta, which was the airline most impacted…
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Today’s CIOs face unprecedented challenges in modernizing their data centers to accommodate the rapidly rising demands on their infrastructures—while also facing increasingly constrained budgets. Generative AI (genAI) burst onto the scene in November 2022 with the release of ChatGPT, surprising almost everyone in the industry with its capabilities, and suddenly every CEO and board of…