Microsoft joins AI race at last: two models mark its first move
In March 2024, Microsoft set up its own AI team. The goal was clear: to break away from its reliance on OpenA...
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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Adobe acquires Workfront for $1.5 billion to boost Experience Cloud
Today, Adobe announced that it has signed a deal that it will acquire the marketing software company Workfron...
IFS gains expertise in utilities vertical
Swedish software company IFS has acquired Clevest Solutions. Clevest specialises in workforce management in t...
Rumour: Microsoft working on ‘computer in the cloud’
Microsoft appears to be planning to add a Cloud PC offering to Azure soon. It would consist of a virtual comp...
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Infor helps companies modernise with cloud-first ERP
Infor is one of the software vendors firmly committed to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in the cloud. Whe...
Microsoft Teams to get multi-account sign-in support or not
Microsoft Teams is scheduled to get multi-account sign-in as of December 2020, according to the latest Micros...
GitHub threatens to ban users uploading YouTube-dl copies
GitHub has issued a warning for users who upload copies of YouTube-dl's source code to the platform. After th...
Microsoft disables access to some control panel pages
The move is part of a years-long trend to modernize the Windows interface. Microsoft is continuing to move...
Intel acquires startup specializing in machine learning
Intel has acquired the Israeli startup Cnvrg.io. The startup makes a platform that data scientist can build a...
Amid pandemic, SAP offers financial help for customers
SAP CEO Christian Klein tells Bloomberg that sales weakness is evidence of Cloud transition. SAP CEO Chris...
Amazon Web Services to launch its own public container registry
AWS's move is in response to Docker Hub imposing pull limits on some classes of customers. Amazon Web Serv...