Enterprise software

Last year, I met with the head of sustainability at a large software vendor. He was touting his company’s commitment to becoming carbon net-zero by 2030 – balancing its responsibility for the production of greenhouse gases with an equal commitment to the removal of such gases (mainly carbon dioxide, or CO2) from the atmosphere. Many companies – both software vendors as well as a broad spectrum of organizations across industries – have a similar promise. There are two sides to this commitment: reduction of the amount of…

German enterprise software major SAP on Friday announced the elevation of Kulmeet Bawa, president and managing director – SAP Indian Subcontinent, to the global role of chief revenue officer for the company's business technology platform.Bawa will continue as India head through February, during which time a new leader for SAP India will be announced, the company said in a statement.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Senior Management ProgrammeVisitIndian…

Intel and the global investment firm DigitalBridge Group have formed an independent generative AI software stack company, Articul8 AI, Inc. (Articul8); Intel announced the new company on Jan. 3. Articul8 will work with Intel and provide solutions for organizations that wish to build and deploy generative AI. Articul8’s product and capabilities Articul8’s product is “a turnkey GenAI software platform that delivers speed, security and cost-efficiency to help large enterprise customers operationalize and scale…

The hype around LLMs is unprecedented, but it’s warranted. From AI-generated images of the Pope in head-to-toe Balenciaga to customer support agents without pulses, generative AI has the potential to transform society as we know it.  And in many ways, LLMs are going to make data engineers more valuable — and that’s exciting! Still, it’s one thing to show your boss a cool demo of a data discovery tool or text-to-SQL generator — it’s another thing to use it with your company’s proprietary data, or even more concerning,…