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D-Wave puts a third quantum computer in the cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

While viable general-purpose quantum computing is still a way off, D-Wave Systems has just deployed its third cloud-based quantum annealing system and has updated its coding tools to tackle new categories of enterprise optimization problems. Optimizing optimization.

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Google’s Contact Center AI Platform aims to optimize customer service

CIO Business Intelligence

In a bid to help enterprises optimize customer service, Google Cloud is extending its Contact Center AI (CCAI) service with the ability to integrate with CRM (customer relationship management) applications in order to provide real-time insights and data analytics. Modernizing the contact center with CCaS.

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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year

CIO Business Intelligence

Even though Nvidia’s $40 billion bid to shake up enterprise computing by acquiring chip designer ARM has fallen apart, the merger and acquisition (M&A) boom of 2021 looks set to continue in 2022, perhaps matching the peaks of 2015, according to a report from risk management advisor Willis Towers Watson.