Daily AI Roundup: The 5 Coolest Things on Earth Today
First published on AIThority on July 29, 2021.
AI Daily Roundup starts today! We are covering the top updates from around the world. The updates will feature state-of-the-art capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation, Fintech, and human-system interactions. We will cover the role of AI Daily Roundup and its application in various industries and daily lives.
IBM and SAP SE announced that SAP intends to onboard two of its finance and data management solutions to IBM Cloud for Financial Services to help accelerate IBM cloud adoption within the financial services industry. The collaboration will be designed to help the companies address the industry’s stringent compliance, security and resiliency requirements, while supporting business transformation and innovation for financial services institutions.
University Of California Merced Supports Rapid Growth With Oracle Cloud
The University of California Merced has successfully implemented Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) to support its rapid growth. With the solutions, the university will be able to leverage the latest innovations in automation and predictive analytics to increase business efficiencies, improve insights, and make more informed decisions.
Workiva Extends Value Of Cloud Platform With Launch Of New SaaS Marketplace
Workiva Inc. launched The Workiva Marketplace, filled with more than 140 Workiva-built and partner templates, services and 60 no-code connectors that streamline existing processes and solve new business problems all within the Workiva cloud platform’s connected and secure ecosystem.
Threat Stack Announces Support for Amazon EKS on AWS Fargate
Threat Stack, a leader in cloud security, announced it has expanded its AWS Fargate Security Monitoring to include Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS). Using the Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform, businesses can gain full-stack observability into AWS EKS on AWS Fargate within minutes to detect threats and maintain compliance throughout their cloud infrastructure.
YouAppi, a leading global marketing platform for the world’s largest mobile brands, announced an integration with Vungle, a leading mobile performance marketing platform, for high-quality mobile inventory. YouAppi has experienced a staggering 1,441% growth since the partnership’s inception in January 2020, with projections indicating continued growth through 2021.
Atos announces it has reached an agreement to acquire Visual BI, one of the leading and fastest growing firms focusing exclusively on Cloud Data Analytics and Business Intelligence in the US. Visual BI is a Snowflake Elite partner, Microsoft Gold Partner for Data & Analytics and is an SAP partner. The company also supports the technology platforms from market leading partners such as Fishtown Analytics, Fivetran, Tableau, HVR Software, Qlik, Theobald Software and Alteryx.
Contentful Closes $175 Million Funding Round LED by Tiger Global
Contentful, the leading content platform for digital-first business, announced it has closed a $175 million Series F funding round, with a valuation of over $3 billion. Tiger Global led the round with Base10 Advancement Initiative and Tidemark also joining Contentful’s existing investors.