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Accenture, Pegasystems Roll Out Joint Service (07/17/2017)
Accenture and Pegasystems rolled out the joint Intelligent Customer Decisioning as a Service offering. This cloud-based product is designed to help telecom service providers advance marketing strategy. In particular, the pay-per-use service provides access to Accenture's business team to help run real-time marketing campaigns on Pegasystems' lineup of AI (artificial intelligence)-driven decision-marketing solutions.
Accenture and Pegasystems rolled out the joint Intelligent Customer Decisioning as a Service offering. This cloud-based product is designed to help telecom service providers advance marketing strategy. In particular, the pay-per-use service provides access to Accenture's business team to help run real-time marketing campaigns on Pegasystems' lineup of AI (artificial intelligence)-driven decision-marketing solutions.
AWS Changes Service Agreement to Protect Users' Intellectual Property (07/17/2017)
Two recent changes to the Amazon Web Services' (AWS) user agreement provide intellectual property protections to the company's users. First, AWS has dropped a contentious clause that required customers to agree that they would never file a patent infringement lawsuit against the cloud vendor. According to Geekwire, the language appeared to give AWS the right to contest any patent lawsuit filed by current or former customers. "Depending on how a court interpreted the clause, this could have allowed AWS to expand into virtually any customer's market without having to worry if it was violating patents, and prevent customers from asserting their patents against a hypothetical suit filed by AWS." In a second development, the company has added a new clause that pledges assistance to any client sued for patent infringement over services that run on AWS. Microsoft instituted a similar policy covering its cloud customers earlier in the year. Geekwire notes that "Steps like this will make life a little harder for cloud patent trolls, who will now have to go directly after the all big public cloud companies and their well-funded legal departments if they want to sue a software company using public cloud infrastructure."
Two recent changes to the Amazon Web Services' (AWS) user agreement provide intellectual property protections to the company's users. First, AWS has dropped a contentious clause that required customers to agree that they would never file a patent infringement lawsuit against the cloud vendor. According to Geekwire, the language appeared to give AWS the right to contest any patent lawsuit filed by current or former customers. "Depending on how a court interpreted the clause, this could have allowed AWS to expand into virtually any customer's market without having to worry if it was violating patents, and prevent customers from asserting their patents against a hypothetical suit filed by AWS." In a second development, the company has added a new clause that pledges assistance to any client sued for patent infringement over services that run on AWS. Microsoft instituted a similar policy covering its cloud customers earlier in the year. Geekwire notes that "Steps like this will make life a little harder for cloud patent trolls, who will now have to go directly after the all big public cloud companies and their well-funded legal departments if they want to sue a software company using public cloud infrastructure."
AWS Improves Sign-In Options (07/17/2017)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is making it easier for users to sign in to an AWS account. Until now, customers had been required to use an account-specific URL. With the change, both root users and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) users will be able to sign in from the AWS Management Console's home page. Root users will enter their email address and password, while IAM users can enter their account ID (or account alias) and then their user name and password. With these changes, updates to password managers may be required so that they work with the new sign-in experience. The move to user-generated log-ins is being seen as a sign that use of AWS is becoming more widespread in companies to the point that admins are no longer the central point of access and users are interacting more and more directly with the service.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is making it easier for users to sign in to an AWS account. Until now, customers had been required to use an account-specific URL. With the change, both root users and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) users will be able to sign in from the AWS Management Console's home page. Root users will enter their email address and password, while IAM users can enter their account ID (or account alias) and then their user name and password. With these changes, updates to password managers may be required so that they work with the new sign-in experience. The move to user-generated log-ins is being seen as a sign that use of AWS is becoming more widespread in companies to the point that admins are no longer the central point of access and users are interacting more and more directly with the service.
IBM Contributing to Blockchain Solution in Europe (07/19/2017)
IBM and Borsa Italiana announced that they are developing a blockchain solution to digitize securities issuances in Europe. This technology is designed to streamline the processes of tracking and managing shareholder information, creating a distributed, shared registry that contains a record of all shareholder transactions to "open up new opportunities for trading and investing."
IBM and Borsa Italiana announced that they are developing a blockchain solution to digitize securities issuances in Europe. This technology is designed to streamline the processes of tracking and managing shareholder information, creating a distributed, shared registry that contains a record of all shareholder transactions to "open up new opportunities for trading and investing."
Microsoft, Dun & Bradstreet Reach Agreement (07/19/2017)
Microsoft reached an agreement with Dun & Bradstreet, a commercial data and analytics firm, to provide the latter's data services through Microsoft's cloud-based services. With this agreement, Microsoft will serve as a "strategic cloud provider," with Dun & Bradstreet powering core applications and building new services on Microsoft Azure, in addition to using Microsoft's intelligent cloud-based services to modernize its applications. Dun & Bradstreet data will also be made available within Dynamics 365 through a joint, co-sell arrangement. The first offerings are slated to be made available to the market "later this year."
Microsoft reached an agreement with Dun & Bradstreet, a commercial data and analytics firm, to provide the latter's data services through Microsoft's cloud-based services. With this agreement, Microsoft will serve as a "strategic cloud provider," with Dun & Bradstreet powering core applications and building new services on Microsoft Azure, in addition to using Microsoft's intelligent cloud-based services to modernize its applications. Dun & Bradstreet data will also be made available within Dynamics 365 through a joint, co-sell arrangement. The first offerings are slated to be made available to the market "later this year."
Oracle Announces "Significant" Update to Oracle Cloud at Customer Family (07/19/2017)
Oracle introduced a "significant" expansion in the number of services that are available through its Oracle Cloud at Customer portfolio. With this round of updates, Oracle now provides coverage for the "major" PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) offerings in addition to new SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) services. In particular, the Oracle Cloud at Customer services include infrastructure, data management, Big Data and analytics, application development, enterprise integration, security, and pay-per-use
Oracle introduced a "significant" expansion in the number of services that are available through its Oracle Cloud at Customer portfolio. With this round of updates, Oracle now provides coverage for the "major" PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) offerings in addition to new SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) services. In particular, the Oracle Cloud at Customer services include infrastructure, data management, Big Data and analytics, application development, enterprise integration, security, and pay-per-use