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CIO Journal is marking its 10th anniversary by asking corporate leaders to share their views on the evolving role of business and technology. Thomas Kurian, chief executive of Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud, says the role of the chief information officer has changed materially as technology has grown more important to business. Increasingly, CEOs view technology as a differentiator and look to the CIO for expertise, he said. Mr…. Source link

CIO Journal is marking its 10th anniversary by asking corporate leaders to share their views on the evolving role of business and technology. Thomas Kurian, chief executive of Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud, says the role of the chief information officer has changed materially as technology has grown more important to business. Increasingly, CEOs view technology as a differentiator and look to the CIO for expertise, he said. Mr…. Source link

Tesla’s (TSLA) Berlin Gigafactory is now live, and it will be super important to the EV giant’s future, analysts say. On Tuesday, the factory received CEO Elon Musk, who presented customers with the first Model Ys made at the facility. Tesla’s new factory is 20 or so miles southeast of the German capital and houses roughly 10,000 employees. The factory cost north of $5.5 billion to construct. “We view the opening of Giga Berlin as one of the biggest strategic endeavors for Tesla over the last… Source link

COLUMBIA, Md. & DENVER, November 15, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BigBear.ai, a leading provider of artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data analytics, and cyber solutions, and Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR), a software company that builds enterprise data platforms for use by organizations with complex and sensitive data environments, today announced that they have entered into a commercial partnership under which BigBear.ai’s and Palantir’s products will be integrated to… Source link

Gaps in Google’s cybersecurity strategy make banks, financial institutions, and larger enterprises slow to adopt the Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with deals often going to Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services instead. It also doesn’t help that GCP has long had the reputation that it is more aligned with developers and their needs than with enterprise and commercial projects. But Google now has a timely opportunity to open its customer aperture with new security offerings… Source link

By Sam Nussey and Shinji Kitamura TOKYO (Reuters) -Panasonic Corp sold its stake in electric car maker Tesla Inc for about 400 billion yen ($3.61 billion) in the year ended March, a spokesperson for the Japanese company said on Friday. The sale comes as the bicycles-to-hair dryers conglomerate is seeking to reduce its dependence on Tesla and raise cash for investing in growth. Panasonic’s battery business is dominated by Elon Musk’s Tesla, but the two firms have had a tense relationship at… Source link

FRANKFURT, Germany and SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Google Cloud and Commerzbank, a leading German commercial bank with a strong international focus, announced today that they are expanding their collaboration by entering into a five-year, strategic partnership. With the help of Google Cloud, Commerzbank will move a significant number of its banking applications to the cloud, a continuation of a comprehensive digital transformation strategy underway since 2017. Google… Source link

MADRID and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BBVA and Google Cloud today announced a new strategic partnership to transform the bank’s security strategy by optimizing and improving its security infrastructure. As part of this global agreement, BBVA will collaborate with Google Cloud in the development of groundbreaking new artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models to predict and prevent cyberattacks against its banking infrastructure, providing a more… Source link

BBVA is the first bank in Europe to deploy Chronicle, Google Cloud’s security analytics platform that allows teams to store and analyze all their security data in one place to detect and investigate threats at scale. BBVA will incorporate Google Cloud´s innovative artificial intelligence capabilities into its security strategy and shape its “Security Operations Center (SOC) of the Future.” … Source link

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and LOWELL, Ark., Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Google and J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., one of the largest transportation logistics companies in North America, today announced a multi-year strategic alliance to accelerate J.B. Hunt’s digital transformation and collaborate on next-generation supply chain platform technology. Powered by… Source link