Palo Alto, the multi-billion Google Cloud Strike deal

Palo Alto, the multi-billion Google Cloud Strike deal

Image: Generated by Google’s Nano Banana With attacks on AI infrastructure nearly universal, Palo Alto Networks and Google Cloud are expanding their partnership through a multibillion-dollar deal that more deeply integrates security into Google Cloud’s AI and infrastructure services. Palo Alto Networks said the deal is designed to give customers confidence in scaling AI workloads, … Read more

IBM Aims to Expand AI with $11B Confluent Acquisition – TechRepublic

IBM Aims to Expand AI with $11B Confluent Acquisition - TechRepublic

Source: IBM IBM has AI on its mind and plans to acquire Confluent, a data streaming company built on Apache Kafka, in an $11 billion deal. The deal announced today (Dec. 8) will see IBM buy all of Confluent’s remaining stock for $31 per share, bringing under its wing the platform used by thousands of … Read more