
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.
Timeline

Last major Windows update of this year coming down the chimney
Users get treated to plenty of quality-of-life improvements

Veo and Imagen 3 really coming to Vertex AI now
Promising a new standard in AI image generation

AWS Connect gets AI features for handling workflows
AWS Connect, AWS' contact center solution, is being enhanced with new (Gen)AI features. The features allow us...

Spotify is restricting developers’ API access
Spotify is no longer allowing developers who build external apps using the platform's Web API access to vario...

Siemens approaches largest ever acquisition via 10 billion loan
A bridge loan of $10.5 billion (€10 billion) should enable Siemens to acquire software maker Altair Enginee...

Biotech startup Cradle raises $73 million in investment round
Cradle raised $73 million in a Series-B investment round. With this, the biotech startup aims to invest heavi...

Microsoft 365 has been suffering from outage for hours, resolution on the way
Since Monday morning, users have been experiencing problems when they want to work with Exchange Online and M...

Microsoft turns off site for licenses and certifications
Microsoft will discontinue its special Get Licensing Ready website on Jan. 1, 2025, for knowledge about and c...

Getting a handle on AI agents with Salesforce’s new Agentic Lifecycle Management
Salesforce previously enabled its customers to build AI agents through Agentforce and was far ahead of the cu...

OpenText Cloud Editions 24.4 brings new features to platform
With version 24.4, OpenText is extending the Cloud Editions platform with new features. In addition to genera...