Intel and Microsoft: Intelligent Edge to Cloud Solutions

Microsoft and Intel: Delivering an AI-Ready Platform

Microsoft and Intel® have had a decades long partnership of co-engineering SQL workloads both on premises and in Azure. With a focus on performance, security and scalability, customers can benefit from a future-ready foundation built for the era of AI. This engineering relationship also ensures that for every new generation of Intel Xeon® Scalable processors, customers can get the most from their SQL workloads.

AI & Emerging Tech

OpenAI takes AI price war to next level with GPT-6 Sol, Luna pricing
The vendor is reacting to U.S. rivals Google and Anthropic, as well as the growing popularity of open source models.
Anthropic unveils Opus 5.5: powerful performance, still premium price
The AI lab still lags in the price war with rivals.
The automated workforce: Physical AI's labor impact
Humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles and other machines will augment some jobs, replace others and create new roles. Emerging use...

Cybersecurity

Human or AI: A CISO's guide to identifying machine threats
AI is making it harder to discern if the adversary is human or machine. Here's how CISOs can spot machine-driven threats and ...
Cybersecurity burnout is an operational threat: AI can help
Analyst burnout is more than just a wellness issue; it's a critical security risk. At the Billington Cybersecurity Summit, ...
Can 'agent canaries' catch rogue AI before it escapes?
AI agent canaries could become valuable security tripwires if enterprises treat them as sensors rather than safeguards.

Enterprise Software

Questions to ask ERP vendors before using AI agents
C-suite leaders must ask what tasks an AI agent performs and how much value it provides as a result. Learn other questions to ask...
A buyer's guide to personalization software products
Personalization software enables businesses to customize customer experiences. But the market is muddled with varying products, ...
5 ERP integration challenges that COOs need to be aware of
COOs face five key ERP integration challenges: data compatibility issues, high costs, organizational resistance, security risks, ...

IT Infrastructure

Power grid operator faces data center stress test
A Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission analysis projects a sharp deterioration in grid reliability if data center demand ...
Jev decision model touted as quicker, cheaper LLM alternative
TypeSafe AI's Jev offers developers an alternative to general-purpose reasoning models for routing and decision-making in agentic...
Lenovo extends virtualization support as AI complicates decisions
As many organizations look to replace their primary hypervisor, IT leaders must balance optimizing for their AI strategy while ...

IT Strategy

Gartner sees CIOs becoming AI 'evidence custodians'
A conventional log may not be enough. CIOs could need end-to-end evidence showing what AI did, why it was allowed and what ...
Persistent AI memory adds another layer to enterprise data
Persistent AI memory is spreading across enterprise platforms, adding a data layer that must be mapped and validated against ...
ERP access control debt can turn old roles into current risk
ERP access control can drift far from the business roles and responsibilities it was designed to reflect. CIOs need to treat ...

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