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Appian focuses on ‘serious AI’ in back-office processes
According to Appian, AI must and can do much better. Many companies have now completed pilots and implementat...
Applications
Everyone uses applications on a daily basis. Building, integrating and running them requires quite a bit from people and systems. Application development has recently undergone a huge metamorphosis. In particular, the emergence of cloud-native application development has caused fundamental changes. AI, especially GenAI, has also caused a major shift. Finally, the world’s largest OS, Microsoft Windows, also makes regular appearances on this page. You will stay up to date on all relevant application developments here.
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Apple releases macOS Big Sur 11.4 Beta
Release Notes ask developers to update their apps to utilize new features. The first developer beta of mac...
Panasonic acquires AI software provider Blue Yonder
Panasonic has announced the acquisition of Blue Yonder. Blue Yonder makes AI algorithms for planning, automat...
Google unveils AI-powered document processing services
The services they previewed last year are now released to general availability. This week Google announced...
ServiceNow rolls out a unified agent platform to monitor everything
ServiceNow is releasing a unified platform designed to collect diagnostic information across enterprise appli...
Intel expects a 20% drop in data centre sales
Intel reported its Q1 2021 revenue ($19.7 billion), surpassing what analysts expected. However, it was not en...
‘Microsoft will launch more developer-friendly Windows 10 app store’
The move is part of a larger revitalization effort aiming to reinvigorate the Windows platform This week W...
SAP Q1 results show cloud growth but profit declines
The software giant continues to build out its cloud business even while operating profits lag. This week S...
Salesforce enhances Service Cloud for remote collaboration
Salesforce released the next-gen Service Cloud, with enhancements included for Cloud Voice and Einstein Bots....
Discord ends sale talks with Microsoft
The COVID-19 pandemic has tilted the tables toward the social network. Messaging platform Discord has end...
Microsoft lets Linux applications with a GUI run on Windows
Microsoft has made it possible to run Linux applications with a GUI on Windows. It is an extension of the exi...