Challenging the Cloud-Only Path to AI Innovation: A Critical Look at Vendor-Led AI Roadmaps

In this contributed article, Saulo Bomfim, Vice President, Product and Service Strategy at Rimini Street, suggests that as major enterprise software vendors limit their AI offerings to cloud-only platforms, organizations face mounting pressure to migrate—but instead of jumping into costly cloud transitions, IT leaders should first be aware of these four key challenges that could impact their AI transformation journey, and a viable solution to combat them all.

SurrealDB Launches Surreal Cloud, a Fully Managed Database Service That Tackles the Complexity Issues Faced by Developer Teams

SurrealDB, the ultimate multi-model database, announced the launch of Surreal Cloud, a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) offering. In its first iteration, enterprises now have access to a fully managed solution for developers that want to leverage the power and flexibility of SurrealDB without the complexities of managing infrastructure.

HEAVY.AI Accelerates Big Data Analytics with Vultr’s High-Performance GPU Cloud Infrastructure

Vultr, the privately held cloud computing platform, announced a partnership with GPU-accelerated analytics platform provider HEAVY.AI. Integrating Vultr’s global NVIDIA GPU cloud infrastructure into its operations, HEAVY.AI can interactively query and visualize massive datasets, enabling faster, more efficient decision-making for customers across diverse sectors.

Building Trust in AI: Qlik’s Latest AutoML Enhancements Offer Transparent Explainability and Improved Business Outcomes

Qlik®, a global leader in data integration, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), announced new enhancements to its AutoML capabilities. These updates make it easier for analytics teams to build and deploy high-performing machine learning models, providing native analytics to explain predictions in real-time.

Neo4j Transforms Its Cloud Database Portfolio to Accelerate Graph Adoption & GenAI for the Enterprise

Graph database and analytics leader Neo4jⓇ announced a major transformation of its Aura cloud database management system (DBMS) portfolio – making it dramatically easier for enterprises to try, build, and accelerate graph in production for any workload or use case.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Introduces One-click-deploy AI Applications in HPE Private Cloud AI 

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) announces HPE Private Cloud AI is available to order and introduces new solution accelerators to automate and streamline artificial intelligence (AI) applications. HPE Private Cloud AI is a turnkey, cloud-based experience co-developed with NVIDIA to help businesses of every size build and deploy generative AI (GenAI) applications that was introduced as part of the NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE portfolio.

deepset Launches Studio for Architecting LLM Applications with Native Integrations to deepset Cloud and NVIDIA AI Enterprise

deepset, the mission-critical AI company, today announced an expansion of its offerings with deepset Studio, an interactive tool that empowers product, engineering and data teams to visually architect custom AI pipelines that power agentic and advanced RAG applications. AI teams are now able to more easily build top-tier composable AI systems, and immediately deploy them in cloud and on-premises environments using deepset Cloud and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software.

Cohesity Bolsters Cyber Resilience with GenAI Capabilities 

Cohesity, a leader in AI-powered data security and management, today extended its first-mover advantage in GenAI detection and recovery capabilities with the addition of significant new enhancements to the Cohesity Data Cloud. These improvements allow customers to use Cohesity’s built-in AI capabilities to rapidly detect, investigate, and address potential threats within their environment, enabling them to restore operations far more quickly.

Qlik Releases Qlik Talend Cloud, Providing Reliable AI Foundations for the Modern Enterprise

Qlik®, a global leader in data integration, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), announced the general availability of Qlik Talend Cloud, a comprehensive integrated solution designed to enhance data trust and accessibility for AI value creation at scale. Underpinned by trusted Qlik and Talend® technologies, trusted by some of the world’s largest brands, Qlik Talend Cloud is designed to facilitate responsible enterprise AI adoption. 

Teradata Collaborates with Google Cloud on Enterprise-Scale Trusted AI Offerings that Accelerate Time-to-Value and ROI

Teradata (NYSE: TDC) announced that it will offer Teradata VantageCloud Lake on Google Cloud, featuring updates that are designed to leverage the strengths of both Teradata and Google Cloud to deliver Trusted AI with the expertise, scale, and technology that enterprises require.