
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

Google parent Alphabet records strong Q1 results thanks to AI and cloud
Alphabet has presented strong quarterly figures, with a 12 percent increase in revenue despite growing AI com...

Windows 11 25H2 shows signs of life: what can we expect?
New information suggests that Windows 11 25H2 will be a minor update. A recent Windows 11 preview build conta...

AI agents Researcher and Analyst strengthen Microsoft 365 Copilot
The latest update to Microsoft 365 Copilot introduces AI-driven search functionality, known as reasoning mode...

ServiceNow gains as U.S. government buys into its services
ServiceNow shares rose sharply in after-hours trading after the company reported better-than-expected first-q...

SAP continues its cloud growth: 27 percent increase in revenue
Cloud revenue amounted to €4.99 billion in the last quarter, an increase of 27 percent compared to the same...

Cisco ThousandEyes: resilient networks start with global insight
Restarting the router doesn't cut it anymore

ESA and IBM join forces for AI Earth observation
IBM is collaborating with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop an AI system that uses satellite data to...

New OpenAI models hallucinate more often than their predecessors
According to OpenAI's own tests, the latest reasoning models, o3 and o4-mini, hallucinate significantly more ...

IBM aims for simplicity with AI agents and automation
IBM wants to look beyond 'just' AI. The company has set out to merge existing workflows and automation with t...

Analysis: Oracle beats SAP in ERP market
Oracle has taken over the top position of SAP as the largest provider of ERP applications in 2024. With reven...