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• Meet ETCIO SEA Transformative CIOs 2024 Winner Mohd Hanapi Bisri

  ​Here's a sneak peek into the innovative measures implemented by Mohd Hanapi Bisri, our ETCIO SEA Transformative CIOs 2024 Winner.

  

• Google locks in Salesforce cloud deal for $2.5 billion in major expansion

  This expanded partnership provides crucial flexibility, empowering customers to develop tailored AI solutions that meet their specific needs, rather than being locked into a single model provider.

  

• Zendesk to acquire Local Measure, expanding AI-powered voice

  Local Measure's deep expertise in voice and CCaaS combined with its seamless integration with the AI capabilities of Amazon Connect, will enable Zendesk to deliver more advanced automation, smarter agent assist tools, and greater flexibility and scalability for companies managing large-scale service operations.

  

• Alibaba to invest more than $52 billion in AI over next 3 years

  Alibaba said the total investment amount exceeds the company's spending in AI and cloud computing over the past decade.

  

• Microsoft scales AI transformation across sectors and startups in Singapore

  ​As part of the MOU signed with Microsoft Singapore, NUS Enterprise will run a 2025 ‘Generative AI Accelerate Programme’ delivered through its BLOCK71 incubator to fast-track the growth of pre-Series A startups innovating in generative AI.

  

• One-third of CDAOs cite measuring data, analytics and AI impact as top challenge: Gartner

  For the overwhelming majority (more than 90%), value- and outcome-focused areas of the data and analytics (D&A) leader’s role have become their main remit over the past 12 to 18 months and will continue to be a concern going forward.

  

• OpenText launches next-gen OpenText Cybersecurity Cloud with AI threat detection and response

  OpenText is dedicated to helping organisations gain the strongest defense postures possible, in a machine-to-machine attack world.

  

• Together AI raises $305M Series B funding

  The funding round, which values the company at $3.3 billion, arrives as Together AI unveils plans for an unprecedented expansion of its AI Acceleration Cloud, with plans for large deployment of NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs.

  

• AiHPC and Equinix pioneer OrchAI to propel Hong Kong’s global health innovation hub

  This strategic collaboration aims to accelerate healthcare and life sciences R&D, clinical trials and the application of advanced biomedical technologies in Hong Kong, attracting top-notch innovative enterprises and research organisations from around the world to set up operations in the city.

  

• Cyrus Adaggra on how Equinix is leveraging AI to drive optimisation of its data centers

  In an exclusive interaction with us, Cyrus Adaggra, President, Asia-Pacific for Equinix, shared his observations on the impact of AI on the data center industry in APAC and what additional efforts data center providers have to take in order to move towards their net zero goals.

  

• Lambda raises $480M in funding to expand AI Cloud platform

  This investment will accelerate the expansion of the Lambda Cloud platform, Lambda Model Inference API, and Lambda Chat AI Assistant.