Category: Computing & data (Page 2 of 87)

Computing and data is a broad category. Our coverage of computing is largely limited to software, and we are mostly focused on unstructured data, semi-structured data, or mixed data that includes structured data.

Topics include computing platforms, analytics, data science, data modeling, database technologies, machine learning / AI, Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, augmented reality, bots, programming languages, natural language processing applications such as machine translation, and knowledge graphs.

Coveo augments AI support

March 5, 2025 / NewsShark

Coveo announced three advancements to augment AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI projects: Coveo for Agentforce, and expanded suite of Coveo APIs and the Coveo Agentic AI Design Partner Program.

Coveo for Agentforce natively integrates into Salesforce, grounding AI agents in contextually relevant, enterprise-wide knowledge—wherever it resides. Coveo for Agentforce is focused on enhancing deployments for large, complex enterprises, to help ensure it delivers the most relevant, up-to-date knowledge instantly. Beyond the first agentic packaged application, Coveo for Agentforce, Coveo’s portfolio continues to grow with both managed and custom AI solutions powered by the Coveo AI-Relevance Platform.

The Coveo suite of APIs has been enhanced to include the Search API, Passage Retrieval API, the Case Classification API and the new Answer API, providing developers with more flexibility to build AI-powered experiences that are precise, secure, and business-aware.

Coveo is also launching an Agentic AI Design Partner Program to collaborate with enterprises. This program allows participants to share their technology needs and challenges while working directly with Coveo’s Product team to tackle the fundamental problems AI applications continue to face.

Coveo for Agentforce is available today in the AgentExchange.

https://www.coveo.com/en/company/news-releases/2025/agenticai

Couchbase unveils Edge Server

March 4, 2025 / NewsShark

Couchbase, Inc., a developer data platform for critical applications in our AI world, launched Couchbase Edge Server, an offline-first, lightweight database server and sync solution designed to provide low latency data access, consolidation, storage and processing for applications in resource-constrained edge environments.

Edge applications that rely solely on cloud databases can be slowed down due to connectivity challenges, but local databases don’t always offer a solution as they can be difficult to deploy within limited computing environments.

Couchbase Edge Server is built on the Couchbase Lite core engine, an AI-ready embedded database for running critical applications on hundreds of thousands of client devices. The Edge Server is deployed as a standalone server and provides support for a simple access interface for local client access. It delivers offline-first benefits through seamless synchronization – downstream with Couchbase Lite-based edge clients and upstream to Couchbase Capella and self-managed Couchbase instances.

Couchbase Edge Server enables organizations to run edge applications efficiently on as little as one gigabyte of RAM on a single board computer. This can dramatically reduce the cost of edge deployments across many locations, by serving communities of web and mobile clients at each location through a local database backend.

https://www.couchbase.com/blog/couchbase-edge-server-lightweight-sync/

data.world announces Archie Chat for enterprise data catalogs

March 3, 2025 / NewsShark

data.world, an enterprise data catalog for the modern data stack, announced the public beta launch of Archie Chat, an AI-powered catalog assistant that improves how users interact with their enterprise data catalog. Archie Chat helps users find answers to their questions quickly through natural language conversation, driving catalog adoption and enhancing data discovery across organizations.

Archie Chat, the evolution of data.world’s AI capabilities, combines knowledge graph technology with modern language model architecture to create a more intuitive data discovery experience. The assistant enables users to interact conversationally with their data catalog, receive guided support with catalog management tasks, and quickly find precise information without specialized query knowledge.

Archie Chat is built specifically for enterprise data environments, ensuring security, accuracy, and contextual relevance. Features include:

Self-hosted language model technology that ensures sensitive data remains under customer control
Transparent “thought process” documentation that shows users exactly where information is sourced
Multi-turn conversations allowing users to refine and follow up on queries naturally
Cross-platform integration with Slack, browser interfaces, and a public API, meeting users where they work
Enterprise-grade security with no data sharing to third parties for model training
Built on data.world’s proprietary AI Context Engine (AICE) for agent orchestration.

https://data.world

TransPerfect introduces Zendesk Support App

March 3, 2025 / NewsShark

TransPerfect, a provider of language and AI solutions for global business, announced its new TransPerfect for Zendesk Support App for translation within Zendesk’s Agent Workspace. The app enables users to easily and instantly translate messages and ticket conversations while integrating seamlessly with the GlobalLink Now API, providing businesses with a solution for cost-effective multilingual content management within Zendesk.

GlobalLink Now is TransPerfect’s suite of AI-powered products, services, and solutions. It provides secure, real-time translations via self-service tools, browser extensions, APIs, and workflow integrations to optimize multilingual content management. It includes a hub and plugin for instant machine translation, alongside AI consulting and generative AI offerings.

Agents using the TransPerfect for Zendesk Support App will be able to:

Leverage neural machine translation, large language models, and human linguists
Provide translations that meet GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and global data standards
Employ instant language detection that eliminates the need for manual language selection, enabling quick agent response times and increasing CSAT and NPS scores
Access on-demand text translation for personalized responses
Support customers in multiple languages with a single support team
Engage customers across different regions without the need for multilingual agents
Automatically submit and close tickets for improved CSAGT scores

https://www.transperfect.com/about/press/transperfect-introduces-zendesk-support-app

IBM to acquire DataStax

February 25, 2025 / NewsShark

IBM announced its intent to acquire DataStax, an AI and data solution provider. DataStax’s technology will enhance IBM’s watsonx portfolio of products accelerating the use of generative AI, helping companies unlock value from vast amounts of unstructured data.

The acquisition also builds on IBM’s commitment to open-source AI. DataStax is the creator of AstraDB and DataStax Enterprise, NoSQL and vector database capabilities powered by Apache Cassandra; and Langflow, the open-source tool and community for low-code AI application development.

IBM will continue to support, engage, and innovate with the open-source Apache Cassandra, Langflow, Apache Pulsar, and OpenSearch communities in which DataStax participates. IBM’s long-standing commitment to open-source AI includes the open-source IBM Granite foundation models and Instruct Lab, an approach to advancing true open-source innovation around LLMs.

IBM helps clients scale generative AI and transform their business using enterprise data. The acquisition of DataStax enhances these efforts. Their vector database excels at harnessing unstructured enterprise data and accelerating its time to value, and Langflow provides a graphical, low-code design environment and component orchestration for generative AI apps that facilitates collaboration across diverse skillsets.

The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2025.

https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-02-25-ibm-to-acquire-datastax,-deepening-watsonx-capabilities-and-addressing-generative-ai-data-needs-for-the-enterprise

Foxit adds multi-document analysis to mobile AI Assistant

February 25, 2025 / NewsShark

Foxit, a provider of PDF and eSignature products and services, helping knowledge workers to increase productivity and do more with documents, today announced the addition of multi-document analysis to its AI Assistant feature within its mobile apps for iOS and Android. This new and unique capability enhances the AI Assistant’s functionality, enabling users to analyze multiple documents simultaneously directly from their mobile devices.

The introduction of multi-document analysis caters to the evolving needs of professionals who require efficient tools to manage and process large volumes of information. The new feature is designed to simplify workflows by allowing users to:

Summarize Multiple Documents at Once: Create concise summaries for all uploaded documents, saving time by avoiding the need to review each individually.
Ask Questions Across Files: Get answers that draw insights from multiple documents simultaneously, ideal for comparing contracts, reports, or research materials.
Extract Key Information: Pinpoint critical data, such as deadlines or figures, or find patterns and trends from across multiple files in seconds.

The multi-document analysis feature is now available in the latest update to Foxit’s PDF Reader and PDF Editor mobile apps for iOS and Android.

https://foxit.com

Adobe brings Photoshop to iPhone & expands web version

February 25, 2025 / NewsShark

Adobe announced it is bringing Photoshop to mobile and expanding the web experience, with Photoshop on iPhone available today and Android coming later this year. The new mobile app is designed for a new generation of image and design enthusiasts to the potential of Photoshop in an easy-to-use mobile interface. Photoshop’s new app brings existing customers the ability to make edits anywhere.

Adobe’s new Photoshop Mobile and Web plan delivers more advanced image editing and design capabilities to mobile and web creators, including tools for precise selections, targeted adjustments, advanced color corrections, expanded access to commercially safe AI with Firefly-powered generative AI tools, full format support for opening and editing any Photoshop document and more. The new offering allows creators to work on the same project across devices.

Photoshop is also introducing a new Photoshop Mobile and Web plan which enables more creative power and precision with expanded access to Photoshop on the web and advanced editing features on mobile.

The free Photoshop mobile app offers premium upgrades through a new Photoshop Mobile and Web plan at $7.99/month or $69.99/annually, which includes additional features on mobile and iPad, along with access to Photoshop on the web.

https://news.adobe.com/news/2025/02/photoshop-mobile-web

MongoDB acquires Voyage AI

February 24, 2025 / NewsShark

MongoDB, Inc., a database for modern applications, announced it has acquired Voyage AI, a provider of embedding and reranking models for AI applications. Integrating Voyage AI’s technology with MongoDB will enable organizations to easily build trustworthy, AI-powered applications by offering accurate and relevant information retrieval deeply integrated with operational data.

The risk of hallucinations has limited the use of AI applications for mission-critical use cases. These hallucinations typically occur when the AI model lacks sufficient understanding or context of data within an enterprise.

Companies need high-quality retrieval that ensures the most relevant information is extracted from their data with precision. Voyage AI’s advanced embedding and reranking models enable applications to extract meaning from specialized and domain-specific text and unstructured data—ranging from legal and financial documents to images, code, and enterprise knowledge bases. Their models are trusted by Anthropic, LangChain, Harvey, and Replit. Currently, Voyage AI’s embedding models are the highest-rated zero-shot models in the Hugging Face community. Voyage AI’s expertise in embedding models and retrieval architectures will enhance MongoDB’s AI capabilities to solve challenging problems with building and scaling AI applications.

Voyage AI’s embedding and reranking models will remain available through Voyage AI, AWS Marketplace, and Azure Marketplace.

https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/redefining-database-ai-why-mongodb-acquired-voyage-ai

Category: Computing & data (Page 2 of 87)

Coveo augments AI support

Couchbase unveils Edge Server

data.world announces Archie Chat for enterprise data catalogs

TransPerfect introduces Zendesk Support App

IBM to acquire DataStax

Foxit adds multi-document analysis to mobile AI Assistant

Adobe brings Photoshop to iPhone & expands web version

MongoDB acquires Voyage AI

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