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The importance of Snowflake Inc. in the enterprise AI ecosystem is not necessarily its contribution to the analytics warehouse. What will be more significant going forward is Snowflake’s role as an enabler of intelligent data apps. Snowflake’s pivot to the world of …
Inside the race to connect quantum and exascale computing
The way to look at quantum computing is not as a replacement for traditional computing architectures, but rather as a complement to them. There is the central processing unit, the graphics processing unit and, soon, quantum. Industry experts believe that all three …
The big tent: Dell’s expanding partnerships demonstrate strategic shift in enterprise infrastructure
A significant reorganization is currently taking place within the enterprise infrastructure market, which means that Dell Technologies Inc. will play a prominent role in the outcome. To be successful, however, Dell must continue to expand its “big tent” of collaborators. Dell has …
A $10T bet: Coupa leverages data to build its case for AI and autonomous spend management
At the tech world’s poker table, Coupa Software Inc. is betting that $10 trillion in cumulative spend gives it an edge in artificial intelligence. Who’s to say it’s wrong? That’s how much Coupa’s executives say has been run through the company’s platform …
Fuel for the AI factory: Data orchestration becomes Dell’s guiding star in the new age of machine intelligence
Dell Technologies Inc.’s launch of the AI Factory two years ago this month was positioned by the company as “advancements to manage and protect the data that fuels AI innovation.” This one phrase encapsulated what became Dell’s transformation from hardware infrastructure provider …
Inside Freshworks Refresh 2026: theCUBE’s analyst-led coverage airs May 21
In 2010, an engineer at a cloud-based business software company in India became enamored with an idea to build uncomplicated service software to deliver valuable customer and employee experiences and founded Freshdesk as a result. Freshdesk became Freshworks Inc. and evolved into …
What to expect during Dell Technologies World: Join theCUBE May 18-20
Following a multiyear journey to advance its artificial intelligence agenda, Dell Technologies Inc. is arriving at a moment it has long been preparing for: the AI factory as the next model for enterprise infrastructure. Dell has been building toward this moment based …
Dell and Intel advance secure AI factories with trust-first infrastructure
The general-purpose data center computing environment is taking on a new role as the AI factory, transforming data into intelligence at industrial scale. The rise of the AI factory has captured the attention of leading enterprise players, yet there is another aspect …
Inside IBM Think: theCUBE’s analyst-led coverage airs May 20
When it comes to artificial intelligence, enterprises want speed, lower cost and security. For IBM Corp., these are the value points it wants to provide for its hybrid AI customers. The computing giant has wrapped this strategic approach in a model that …
Agentic opportunity: OpenAI and Stripe build for rising tide of new entrepreneurial firms
In corporate parlance, any metric on a chart that shows rapid, significant growth over a short period of time is known as a “hockey stick.” On Wednesday, Stripe Inc. Chief Executive Patrick Collison shared a slide at his firm’s annual conference that …