Dragging the mainframe into the AI era
Today: IBM and Arm strike a partnership to keep customers on mainframes as AI coding agents circle a modernization opportunity, Google drops a new open model, and the latest enterprise moves.
Model Context Protocol (MCP) was introduced last November by Anthropic, which called it "an open standard that enables developers to build secure, two-way connections between their data sources and AI-powered tools." After kicking the tires for a few months, vendors are jumping on board.
Today: Why AI infrastructure builders are getting excited about Anthropic's Model Context Protocol, a security research company denies Oracle's security breach denial, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
Today on Product Saturday: Cloudflare introduces a new set of security tools for AI applications, HPE tackles data lakes in hybrid clouds, and the quote of the week.
Today: Writer CEO May Habib explains her company's generative AI strategy, Ampere and Arm get a little cozier, and the latest enterprise moves.
Writer has raised $326 million to build a "full stack" approach to generative AI by developing its own LLMs and building application tools around those models. CEO May Habib thinks using synthetic data and a collaborative process will spur enterprise AI adoption.
Tuesday's $32 billion acquisition of Wiz — a cloud security platform designed to work across all major cloud providers — will be a test of Google Cloud's commitment to work with its competitors and a signal of whether security trumps other considerations when it comes to buying cloud services.
Today: Why Google just made Wiz its largest acquisition ever, Nvidia unveils the next generation of its GPU lineup, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
Today on Product Saturday: A popular programming language just got a big boost from Microsoft, Crusoe adds new services to its AI cloud, and the quote of the week.
Today: why companies building generative AI applications might not need to wait for perfection, The Linux Foundation gets bigger, and the latest enterprise moves.
Today: four perspectives on building AI infrastructure that can launch quickly and stand the test of time, ServiceNow buys an enterprise AI assistant company, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
Today on Product Saturday: AWS spruces up its Outposts server gear for wireless carriers, Teradata jumps on the vector database train, and the quote of the week.
Today: Salesforce announces a new version of its Agentforce platform while Microsoft wades into CRM, CoreWeave's biggest customer might be having second thoughts, and the latest enterprise moves.