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Pitch, a platform for making and sharing presentations, raises $85M on a $600M valuation

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PowerPoint may still dominate the landscape for presentations in many people’s minds, but some might say that legacy status also makes Microsoft’s software ripe for disruption. Pitch, a presentation startup from Wunderlist’s founders, raises $30M more to take on PowerPoint.

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Cloud storage startup Wasabi raises $250M to reach unicorn status

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Two at the forefront are David Friend and Jeff Flowers, who co-founded Wasabi, a cloud startup offering services competitive with Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3). Wasabi, which doesn’t charge fees for egress or API requests, claims its storage fees work out to one-fifth of the cost of Amazon S3’s.

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What is data architecture? A framework to manage data

CIO

Its an offshoot of enterprise architecture that comprises the models, policies, rules, and standards that govern the collection, storage, arrangement, integration, and use of data in organizations. It includes data collection, refinement, storage, analysis, and delivery. Cloud storage. Cloud computing.

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How MCP can revolutionize the way DevOps teams use AI

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Imagine, for example, asking an LLM which Amazon S3 storage buckets or Azure storage accounts contain data that is publicly accessible, then change their access settings? MCP makes it possible to integrate AI into a wide variety of common DevOps workflows that extend beyond familiar use cases like code generation.

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Are enterprises ready to adopt AI at scale?

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This requires greater flexibility in systems to better manage data storage and ensure quality is maintained as data is fed into new AI models. Data fabric presents an effective means of unifying data architecture, making data seamlessly connected and accessible, leveraging a single layer of abstraction.

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Trade routes of the digital age: How data gravity shapes cloud strategy

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Today, data sovereignty laws and compliance requirements force organizations to keep certain datasets within national borders, leading to localized cloud storage and computing solutions just as trade hubs adapted to regulatory and logistical barriers centuries ago. This gravitational effect presents a paradox for IT leaders.

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CIOs must become chief IT evangelists

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Individuals who succeed in these roles are influencers who understand technology value propositions and how to present them to prospective customers. This includes describing in straightforward language the infrastructure — network, storage, processing, and so on — that supports the project, and why infrastructure investments are needed.

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