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Shufti wins Gartner honour for global identity coverage
Software-as-a-Service

Shufti wins Gartner honour for global identity coverage

Businesses onboarding customers abroad may benefit, as Shufti's document checks now cover more than 10,000 identity types in 240 countries.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Yesterday
Grace Chung named grand winner in Women in AI awards
Robotics

Grace Chung named grand winner in Women in AI awards

Recognition for more than 50 finalists highlighted women's growing influence in Asia-Pacific artificial intelligence as Grace Chung took the top prize.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Yesterday
KDDI cuts Buffmee AI latency by 38% after overhaul
Generative AI

KDDI cuts Buffmee AI latency by 38% after overhaul

Users of Buffmee will get faster, better grounded answers after KDDI reduced response latency by 38% and improved first-token speed.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Yesterday
Smartsheet names new APAC & Japan leaders as AI use surges
Software-as-a-Service

Smartsheet names new APAC & Japan leaders as AI use surges

Rising AI use and customer growth across the region have prompted a leadership shake-up as Smartsheet expands in Asia-Pacific and Japan.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Yesterday
Google automates dual-write database migration to Spanner
DevOps

Google automates dual-write database migration to Spanner

Automated code generation cut months from Google's finance migration, helping engineers keep legacy systems and Spanner in lockstep without downtime.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 3 days ago
Nvidia in talks to buy Hugging Face for USD $13 billion
Semiconductors

Nvidia in talks to buy Hugging Face for USD $13 billion

The deal could reshape AI infrastructure by tying the leading open-model hub more closely to Nvidia's GPU dominance.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 3 days ago
Google Cloud finds Gemma 3 12B outscales 27B on TPU
AIOps

Google Cloud finds Gemma 3 12B outscales 27B on TPU

Under heavy generation load, the smaller model kept scaling on TPU v6e while the 27B version hit a throughput plateau above 64 users.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 3 days ago
Google Cloud adds BigQuery streaming & Dataflow updates
Open source

Google Cloud adds BigQuery streaming & Dataflow updates

Live analytics get a boost as BigQuery now handles stateful streaming queries, while Dataflow and Kafka gain easier pipeline and testing controls.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 3 days ago
Yahoo cuts Spark cluster failures by 85% with flexible VMs
Data Analytics

Yahoo cuts Spark cluster failures by 85% with flexible VMs

Google Cloud's fallback machine selection has helped Yahoo keep analytics jobs running, cutting Spark cluster provisioning failures by 85%.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • 3 days ago
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Private Cloud

Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform

Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.

By Sean Mitchell • 7 min read • Last week
Google named Gartner cloud leader for ninth straight year
Data Protection

Google named Gartner cloud leader for ninth straight year

The recognition bolsters Google's pitch to enterprises seeking AI-ready cloud systems with tighter data control as rivals vie for big workloads.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Google launches Gen AI SDK for Kotlin with Gemini support
Generative AI

Google launches Gen AI SDK for Kotlin with Gemini support

Kotlin developers can now tap Gemini models in Android and server-side apps through a single package that supports streaming, images and live sessions.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Keeper gains top rankings in identity security reports
Privileged Access Management

Keeper gains top rankings in identity security reports

Independent recognition in two analyst reports bolsters Keeper's case for unified identity security as firms struggle with disconnected tools.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
JFrog launches AI-era security tools for software supply
DevOps

JFrog launches AI-era security tools for software supply

As AI coding agents speed up development, JFrog is adding controls meant to keep governance, compliance and patching from lagging.

By Sean Mitchell • 6 min read • Last week
Equinix launches managed AI cloud connectivity service
Network Infrastructure

Equinix launches managed AI cloud connectivity service

Enterprises could cut the manual work of linking AI and cloud systems as Equinix readies a managed service built on an open standard.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
Google Cloud adds VPC security tools for BlackLine
Private Cloud

Google Cloud adds VPC security tools for BlackLine

Security teams can now trace blocked cloud requests faster, as Google Cloud rolls out policy intelligence for VPC Service Controls to cut investigation time.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Google brings TabFM predictions to BigQuery in preview
Data Analytics

Google brings TabFM predictions to BigQuery in preview

Analysts could now run churn and fraud forecasts in SQL, as the new preview tool reduces the need for separate machine learning pipelines.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

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