BigDATA Wire

PLANO, Texas, July 10, 2026 — Simplilearn, a global leader in digital upskilling, in collaboration with UC Santa Barbara Professional and Continuing Education (UCSB PaCE), has launched the Professional Certificate in AI and Machine Learning program. The program covers machine learning, deep learning, generative AI, agentic AI, and machine learning operations (MLOps).

July 10, 2026 — DKRZ has introduced a new Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) system for its data archive. The new infrastructure significantly accelerates both the archiving of and access to archived climate model data. Following a public tender, NEC was awarded the contract to supply and implement an HSM solution based on NEC hardware and Versity’s ScoutAM software. Credit: DKRZ The HSM system manages DKRZ’s entire tape-based long-term storage infrastructure.

AI agents help financial institutions scale operations with greater speed, consistency, and governance RALEIGH, N.C., July 10, 2026 — Abrigo has announced the Abrigo Agentic Platform Experience (APX), its new agentic platform designed to help financial institutions automate, orchestrate, and scale work across their growth and risk management functions.

Hitachi Intelligent Infrastructure Monitoring, combined with the ServiceNow AI Platform’s data and analytics capabilities, helps transform real-time operations data into automated action DALLAS, July 10, 2026 — Hitachi Digital Services has announced it has partnered with ServiceNow to strengthen reliable and efficient management of mission-critical infrastructure.

Meta has announced that it will start manufacturing a new custom AI chip from September as part of its plan to boost its overall computing power to 14 GW. This is a major milestone in the company’s goal to reduce reliance on external chip suppliers. Code-named Iris, the new chip has completed the testing phase without any major issues, signaling that it is ready for production. The chip is expected to power Meta’s AI inference workloads more efficiently while helping lower infrastructure costs.

New storage, software and computing frameworks set the stage for next-generation data tools and research support July 9, 2026 — As artificial intelligence becomes more integrated into scientific workflows, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility continues to improve its computing, storage and software frameworks and develop new tools that enhance the ARM data user experience.

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 9, 2026 — Rambus Inc., a premier chip and silicon IP provider making data faster and safer, today announced its DDR5 9600 Server RDIMM chipset designed to deliver industry-leading memory performance for next-generation data center platforms.

GREATER NOIDA, India and PRINCETON, N.J., July 9, 2026 — Coforge Limited, an AI-native engineering services leader, today announced the launch of SecureEdge2Cloud, a next-generation AI-powered, Zero Trust security offering built on the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform. The offering enables organizations across industries to securely accelerate digital transformation, strengthen cyber resilience, and confidently adopt cloud, AI, and modern digital technologies.

SEOUL, South Korea, July 9, 2026 — Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a global leader in advanced memory technology, has announced mass production of PM1763, the company’s PCIe 6.0-based enterprise solid state drive (SSD) optimized for next-generation AI and HPC server environments.

The report focuses on internal development platforms’ role in automation and the use of AI within infrastructure management. MINNEAPOLIS, July 8, 2026 — Perforce Software, the modern DevOps Tech Stack that ensures AI control, announced the findings of its latest State of DevOps Report: Platform Engineering 2026, which surveyed 820 technology professionals worldwide. The report examines the role platform engineering practices play with AI maturation and adoption across organizations.