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Presto Foundation Announces Contributions by IBM and Uber that Reinforce Commitment to the Presto Open Source Community

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Mittwoch, September 20, 2023

The Presto Foundation announced two significant new contributions to Presto, the open source SQL query engine for data analytics and the open data lakehouse.

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  • The Presto Foundation announced two significant new contributions to Presto, the open source SQL query engine for data analytics and the open data lakehouse.
  • IBM is donating its AWS Lake Formation integration for Presto, and Uber is donating its Redis-based historical statistics provider for Presto.
  • The donation of an AWS Lake Formation integration to the open source Presto community by IBM, which recently joined the Presto Foundation through its acquisition of Ahana, automates the configuration of Presto and AWS Lake Formation.
  • In addition to the two contributions from IBM and Uber, the Presto community is also celebrating additional recent updates.

Abdul Latif Jameel Teams Up With AWS to Power Its Digital Transformation and Signs Renewable Energy Agreement With Amazon

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Dienstag, September 19, 2023

In addition to its agreement with AWS, Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) , part of Abdul Latif Jameel Global Energy and Environment Holding Company Limited (“ Abdul Latif Jameel Energy ”), will provide clean energy capacity to power Amazon’s operations.

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  • In addition to its agreement with AWS, Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) , part of Abdul Latif Jameel Global Energy and Environment Holding Company Limited (“ Abdul Latif Jameel Energy ”), will provide clean energy capacity to power Amazon’s operations.
  • Abdul Latif Jameel is building a companywide analytics, machine learning, and generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) program, powered by AWS, to rapidly develop and introduce new applications across a wide range of industries.
  • In a second agreement with Amazon, Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV), part of Abdul Latif Jameel Energy , will provide renewable energy from five solar projects in Spain to power Amazon’s operations.
  • “Abdul Latif Jameel is undergoing a digital transformation that will help advance a long-term sustainable future,” said Mo Chaara, chief information and digital officer at Abdul Latif Jameel.

Oracle Expands Distributed Cloud Offerings to Help Organizations Innovate Anywhere

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Mittwoch, September 20, 2023

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle CloudWorld -- Oracle continues to expand its distributed cloud offerings to meet organizations' diverse needs and the growing worldwide demand for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services. The latest additions to OCI's distributed cloud include Oracle Database@Azure and MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse on AWS. As a result, organizations gain even more flexibility to deploy cloud services anywhere while addressing a variety of data privacy, data sovereignty, and low latency requirements, as well as access to more than 100 services designed to run any workload. Demonstrating the success of its distributed cloud strategy, Oracle also announced increased global partner adoption of Oracle Alloy.

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  • Oracle Database@Azure, MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse on AWS, and Oracle Alloy provide organizations with more flexibility to deploy cloud services anywhere
    LAS VEGAS, Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle CloudWorld -- Oracle continues to expand its distributed cloud offerings to meet organizations' diverse needs and the growing worldwide demand for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services.
  • The latest additions to OCI's distributed cloud include Oracle Database@Azure and MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse on AWS.
  • Demonstrating the success of its distributed cloud strategy, Oracle also announced increased global partner adoption of Oracle Alloy.
  • "OCI's distributed cloud is designed to give customers as much choice as possible in where and how they deploy cloud services without sacrificing performance, scale, and availability," said Karan Batta, senior vice president, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

TCL Introduces 2023 TV Models with Fire TV

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Donnerstag, September 14, 2023

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TCL®, one of the world's best-selling consumer electronics brands and a leading display technology innovator, today announced pricing and availability for the first TCL televisions in the U.S. with Fire TV built in across its QLED Q Class and Smart S Class. TCL's latest additions featuring Fire TV enhance its portfolio of award-winning televisions, providing smart software options that inspire consumers to enjoy content in a new way.

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  • TCL televisions featuring Fire TV continue our winning formula of high-performance display technologies paired with smart platforms," said Chris Hamdorf, Senior Vice President, TCL.
  • "As a top U.S. TV brand, TCL is dedicated to innovation and of course, our users.
  • TCL's award-winning TV line has long been acclaimed for its unmatched picture performance coupled with near endless entertainment and the 2023 Q6 featuring Fire TV continues that winning combination.
  • The TCL S3 with Fire TV is 1080p FHD and available now in a 32" model (32S350F) at $169.99 MSRP and 40" model (40S350F) at $199.99 MSRP.

NAGRA Launches Multi-DRM Service on AWS Marketplace

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Samstag, September 16, 2023

Sebastian Kramer, SVP Product Management & Business Development said, “NAGRA aims to make its leading solutions as accessible to the market as possible.

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  • Sebastian Kramer, SVP Product Management & Business Development said, “NAGRA aims to make its leading solutions as accessible to the market as possible.
  • Offering our multi-DRM solution for sale in the AWS Marketplace is the first of several capabilities from the NAGRA Active Streaming Protection framework that we’ll be offering to AWS customers via the AWS Marketplace.
  • It enables AWS customers to locate, test, buy and deploy software designed for Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • The NAGRA multi-DRM solution provides AWS customers with:
    Scalable content protection solution optimized for high-demand content (e.g.

Granica Introduces Chronicle AI for Deep Data Visibility for Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage Customers

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Donnerstag, September 14, 2023

Granica Chronicle provides rich analytics and observability for data with a deep focus on access.

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  • Granica Chronicle provides rich analytics and observability for data with a deep focus on access.
  • Chronicle also speeds time to value for new customers of Granica Crunch , the platform’s data reduction service, and Granica Screen , the data privacy service.
  • Pete Sonsini, Venture Advisor, NEA, and Granica Board Member, observed, “Successful AI is efficient AI, and getting and staying efficient starts with data.
  • Granica’s new AI-powered cloud data infrastructure analytics service helps organizations keep their data compliant and safe for AI use, cost-effectively.

Dremio Unveils Next-Generation Reflections: A Leap Forward in Accelerating SQL Query Performance on the Data Lakehouse

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Mittwoch, September 13, 2023

Dremio , the easy and open data lakehouse, today announced the launch of its next-generation Reflections technology, revolutionizing the landscape of SQL query acceleration.

Key Points: 
  • Dremio , the easy and open data lakehouse, today announced the launch of its next-generation Reflections technology, revolutionizing the landscape of SQL query acceleration.
  • Dremio Reflections pave the way for sub-second analytics performance across an organization's entire data ecosystem, regardless of where the data resides.
  • Dremio has also optimized how Reflections are refreshed to further enhance query performance and drive cost efficiencies.
  • Dremio Reflections eliminate performance challenges for BI dashboards and reports, and eliminate the need for data teams to export data from the lakehouse into BI extracts or imports for analytics.

Cloudera Signs Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS

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Mittwoch, September 6, 2023

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloudera, the data company for trusted enterprise artificial intelligence (AI), announced today that it has signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS). This agreement  strengthens Cloudera's relationship with AWS and demonstrates their commitment to accelerate and scale cloud native data management and data analytics on AWS. Through this agreement, Cloudera will leverage AWS services to deliver continuous innovation and lower costs to customers with Cloudera open data lakehouse on AWS for trusted enterprise generative AI.

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  • SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloudera, the data company for trusted enterprise artificial intelligence (AI), announced today that it has signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS).
  • This agreement  strengthens Cloudera's relationship with AWS and demonstrates their commitment to accelerate and scale cloud native data management and data analytics on AWS.
  • Through this agreement, Cloudera will leverage AWS services to deliver continuous innovation and lower costs to customers with Cloudera open data lakehouse on AWS for trusted enterprise generative AI.
  • "Deepening our collaboration with AWS gives customers even more reasons to choose to run the Cloudera Data Platform on AWS.

The BMW Group Selects AWS to Power Next-Generation Automated Driving Platform

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Dienstag, September 5, 2023

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced the BMW Group has chosen AWS as the preferred cloud provider for its automated driving platform.

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  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced the BMW Group has chosen AWS as the preferred cloud provider for its automated driving platform.
  • By collaborating with AWS, the BMW Group, along with our partner, Qualcomm Technologies, is building our new automated driving platform on AWS’s scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure.
  • The BMW Group has also joined Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., to co-develop next-generation automated driving systems based on the open and modular Snapdragon Ride Platform.
  • Placing the BMW Group’s automated driving platform in the cloud helps break down development silos within vehicle software teams at the BMW Group and helps foster greater global collaboration with suppliers to accelerate automated driving innovation.

Descope Announces No-Code User Journey Orchestration Using Third-Party Connectors

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Dienstag, August 29, 2023

Customers can add data and actions from connectors to their user journey flows for use cases, such as risk-based authentication, bot mitigation, localization, identity verification, and identity orchestration.

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  • Customers can add data and actions from connectors to their user journey flows for use cases, such as risk-based authentication, bot mitigation, localization, identity verification, and identity orchestration.
  • Connectors will extend Descope’s capabilities by allowing customers to weave third-party actions and custom app logic into their user journey flows in a few clicks.
  • Use cases for connectors include:
    Disseminating user identity traits to downstream CDP and CRM solutions such as Segment and HubSpot.
  • “Our integration with Descope enables customers to apply this deep fraud intelligence at the most important part of the user journey – signup and login.