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Cloudera, the only true hybrid platform for data, analytics, and AI, today announced it has partnered with Mercy Corps, a global organisation working with communities in 40 countries affected by crisis, disaster, poverty and climate change to address urgent needs and develop long-term solutions. The collaboration, formed through Cloudera's participation in Tech To The Rescue's AI for Changemakers programme, leverages Cloudera’s new AI inference solution with NVIDIA AI on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enable Mercy Corps to advance the precision and effectiveness of its aid distribution technology. Mercy Corps is present in countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Myanmar. In regions like the Middle East and Africa, agricultural crises can quickly become humanitarian disasters, threatening millions of lives. Despite this urgency, humanitarian organisations often struggle to access timely, accurate data to anticipate and respond effectively to these crises and minimise...

Avanade has launched seven new Microsoft-powered AI services tailored to help mid-market organisations in Asia Pacific accelerate growth and emerge as market leaders. According to Avanade, mid-market organisations in Asia Pacific are poised to gain the most from AI but often constrained by limited resources for risk and implementation as well as strategic guidance to fully maximise the technology. Research from the company found that 84% of mid-market business leaders in Asia Pacific believe they are at risk of losing competitive edge through not moving fast with AI, and 95% of them have accelerated legacy modernisation plans because of AI.  This rapid embrace of AI comes with challenges, including a lack of resources and strategic guidance to fully leverage the technology. To help mid-market organisations realise the value of AI in Asia Pacific’s dynamic and diverse markets, Avanade has introduced a suite of new services that combines its industry and technical expertise with Mic...