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Azure OpenAI Services Could Give Swiss Firms an AI Edge

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Monday, May 6, 2024
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The 2024 ISG Provider Lens™ Microsoft Cloud Ecosystem report for Switzerland finds that the addition of Azure OpenAI services to data centers in Zürich and Geneva could boost Switzerland’s recognition as a hub for AI research and development.

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  • The 2024 ISG Provider Lens™ Microsoft Cloud Ecosystem report for Switzerland finds that the addition of Azure OpenAI services to data centers in Zürich and Geneva could boost Switzerland’s recognition as a hub for AI research and development.
  • This local presence enables Swiss enterprises to meet regulatory requirements while rapidly deploying AI-based solutions, the ISG report says.
  • “This unlocks opportunities for Swiss companies to increase efficiency and gain decisive competitive advantages.”
    Despite the increasing use of cloud services, the Swiss market is not yet approaching a saturation point.
  • The 2024 ISG Provider Lens™ Microsoft Cloud Ecosystem report for Switzerland evaluates the capabilities of 45 providers across five quadrants: Managed Services for Azure, Microsoft 365 Services, SAP on Azure Services, Power Platform Services and Generative AI Services for the Microsoft Clouds.

Checkmarx Forges Secure Path to Accelerate AI Adoption in Application Security and Developer Workflows

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Monday, May 6, 2024
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A new partnership with Prompt Security further extends this secure, streamlined approach to the prevention of code and intellectual property (IP) leakage.

Key Points: 
  • A new partnership with Prompt Security further extends this secure, streamlined approach to the prevention of code and intellectual property (IP) leakage.
  • AI Security Champion significantly speeds up time to remediation by suggesting replacement code that removes vulnerabilities detected by Checkmarx SAST.
  • “Checkmarx is leading the way with our continuous investment and innovation in the area of GenAI and application security,” said Kobi Tzruya, Chief Product Officer at Checkmarx.
  • Our partnership with Prompt Security illustrates our commitment to building an open technology ecosystem with innovative companies and their best-of-breed AI solutions.”

Top Five Applications Priorities for UK Technology Leaders in 2024 Published in New Report by Info-Tech Research Group

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Monday, April 29, 2024
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LONDON, April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As organisations continue to navigate the complexities of the digital era, which has been marked by exponential advancements in AI and technology, the strategic deployment of modern, practical applications has become indispensable for sustaining competitive advantage and realising business goals. Info-Tech Research Group's Applications Priorities 2024 report offers a comprehensive guide for applications leaders as it outlines the adoption of emerging technologies and practices to enhance organisational capabilities in 2024 and beyond.

Key Points: 
  • Info-Tech Research Group's Applications Priorities 2024 report offers a comprehensive guide for applications leaders as it outlines the adoption of emerging technologies and practices to enhance organisational capabilities in 2024 and beyond.
  • The Applications Priorities 2024 report provides applications leaders with a comprehensive overview of the applications landscape.
  • As the digital landscape continues to evolve at an exponential pace, the Applications Priorities 2024 report provides applications leaders with a guide to optimising their application portfolios and teams.
  • For exclusive media commentary from Info-Tech's subject matter experts and to access the complete Applications Priorities 2024 report, please contact [email protected] .

Adaptive Shield Launches SaaS Security for AI at RSA Conference 2024 to Mitigate GenAI Revolution Risks

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
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RSA Conference-- Adaptive Shield , the leader in SaaS Security, today announced breakthrough SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) detection and response capabilities for AI-driven applications to enable enterprises to mitigate the risks introduced by the growing use of generative AI.

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  • RSA Conference-- Adaptive Shield , the leader in SaaS Security, today announced breakthrough SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) detection and response capabilities for AI-driven applications to enable enterprises to mitigate the risks introduced by the growing use of generative AI.
  • The workforce is rapidly adopting SaaS applications with GenAI to increase efficiency, including AI apps such as ChatGPT and Google Gimni, and AI tools within existing SaaS apps such as GitHub Copilot, Salesforce Einstein, and Microsoft 365 Copilot.
  • “The GenAI revolution requires new security strategies and organizations recognize the need to make it a priority,” said Maor Bin, CEO and co-founder of Adaptive Shield.
  • Adaptive Shield provides a security score for each application, enabling security teams to pinpoint those with heightened risk levels.

Cognizant and Microsoft Announce Global Partnership to Expand Adoption of Generative AI In the Enterprise, And Drive Industry Transformation

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Monday, April 22, 2024
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TEANECK, N.J., April 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) and Microsoft Corp. announced an expanded partnership with the goal of making Microsoft's generative AI and Copilots available to millions of users, to transform enterprise business operations, enhance employee experiences and accelerate cross-industry innovation. 

Key Points: 
  • Expanded partnership will leverage Microsoft Copilot and Cognizant's advisory and digital transformation services to help employees and enterprise customers operationalize generative AI and realize strategic business transformation.
  • This partnership also has the potential to significantly accelerate AI adoption and innovation in India.
  • In addition, Cognizant will work to deploy Microsoft 365 Copilot to a million users within their global 2000 clients and across 11 industries.
  • "Generative AI can be a game-changer for virtually every business in every industry, opening up new possibilities for innovation, efficiency and growth," said Ravi Kumar S, CEO, Cognizant.

LLM Fine-Tuning Startup OpenPipe Raises $6.7 Million

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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OpenPipe provides an easy-to-use tool that enables everyday developers to train and deploy fine-tuned models faster, more cost-effectively and with greater accuracy.

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  • OpenPipe provides an easy-to-use tool that enables everyday developers to train and deploy fine-tuned models faster, more cost-effectively and with greater accuracy.
  • “The biggest challenge we see for developers deploying LLM applications today is going from proof of concept to usage at scale,” said Kyle Corbitt, co-founder and CEO of OpenPipe.
  • "OpenPipe is paving the way for greater accessibility and usability of large language models," said Tony Liu, Partner at Costanoa Ventures.
  • Kyle also led Y Combinator’s Startup School team serving over 100,000 startup founders worldwide.

Cloud Software Group and Microsoft Sign Eight-Year Strategic Partnership to Bring Joint Cloud Solutions and Generative AI to More Than 100 Million People

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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Today, Cloud Software Group, Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced they are deepening their collaboration through an eight-year strategic partnership agreement.

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  • Today, Cloud Software Group, Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced they are deepening their collaboration through an eight-year strategic partnership agreement.
  • Additionally, Cloud Software Group will make a $1.65 billion commitment to the Microsoft cloud and its generative AI capabilities.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240404350671/en/
    The agreement will invigorate one of the industry’s most durable alliances between Citrix, a business unit of Cloud Software Group, and Microsoft.
  • "Our strategic partnership with Cloud Software Group is built on a shared vision for customer success through cloud and AI technology adoption.

Thoughtworks Technology Radar’s 30th Edition Highlights Teams Leveraging AI Across Software Delivery Lifecycle

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
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These tools do much more than code generation; they can help with other facets of the software development lifecycle including testing, documentation creation and even refactoring.

Key Points: 
  • These tools do much more than code generation; they can help with other facets of the software development lifecycle including testing, documentation creation and even refactoring.
  • However, Thoughtworks notes that this space is still maturing — engineering teams need to remain vigilant and pragmatic in how they use these emerging tools.
  • "GenAI tools have the capacity to help software engineering teams in many different ways — they're more than coding assistants," said Rachel Laycock , Chief Technology Officer, Thoughtworks.
  • Highlighted themes in Technology Radar volume 30 include:
    AI-assisted software development teams: AI-assisted tools like GitHub Copilot , CodiumAI , aider and Continue influence almost every aspect of the software development lifecycle.

DataStax and Microsoft Collaborate to Make it Easier to Build Enterprise Generative AI and RAG Applications with Legacy Data

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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DataStax , the generative AI data company, today announced a milestone in its journey to simplify enterprise retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for developers by integrating with Microsoft Semantic Kernel .

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  • DataStax , the generative AI data company, today announced a milestone in its journey to simplify enterprise retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for developers by integrating with Microsoft Semantic Kernel .
  • This integration enables developers to more easily build RAG applications and vectorize data with Astra DB and Microsoft's ecosystem of AI products and copilots using Semantic Kernel’s open source SDK for AI applications and agents.
  • Developers are seeking solutions to streamline the development of more powerful RAG (retrieval augmented generation) applications and AI agents.
  • Key features of Semantic Kernel include semantic functions, chaining capabilities, planners, and connectors for various enterprise applications and data sources.

CodiumAI Rolls Out AI Coding Agent to Half a Million Software Developers

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
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TEL-AVIV, Israel, April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CodiumAI, a generative AI company helping developers create high-quality code faster, announced today the deployment of a proactive AI Agent to all 500K users of its software development tools. The semi-autonomous solution works in tandem with popular code completion tools to enhance the quality of AI-generated code, by proactively suggesting improvements to developers as they code. Alongside the agent, CodiumAI is also releasing its own code completion tool that emphasizes code integrity.

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  • The generative AI agent proactively assists developers with reviews, testing, and guidance on best practices to help improve software quality
    TEL-AVIV, Israel, April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CodiumAI , a generative AI company helping developers create high-quality code faster, announced today the deployment of a proactive AI Agent to all 500K users of its software development tools.
  • Alongside the agent, CodiumAI is also releasing its own code completion tool that emphasizes code integrity.
  • Code generation, powered by generative AI, is ubiquitous with 92% of developers already using AI tools to assist in writing code.
  • The semi-autonomous coding agent runs alongside developers as they work, suggesting relevant tests, drafting documentation, and identifying code duplicates without prompting.