NTT DATA and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed a multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) to help enterprises modernize legacy systems and scale responsible agentic AI across various industries. This partnership focuses on cloud transformation, cloud-native modernization, and AI integration to deliver tailored enterprise solutions.

• The agreement aims to accelerate enterprise transformation in four priority areas, including AI-driven large-scale cloud transformation and industry cloud solutions on AWS.
• NTT DATA has formed a dedicated AWS Business Group, staffed by nearly 11,000 AWS-certified experts, with plans to certify close to 10,000 more over the next three years.
• The collaboration will develop dozens of new industry-specific, AI-driven cloud solutions on AWS for sectors like financial services, healthcare, public sector, and manufacturing.

Instagram is reportedly accelerating its feature development, with leaks revealing three significant upcoming changes: user-controlled exit from Close Friends lists, a direct shortcut to “Manus AI”, and a potential new premium subscription tier.

• Users will soon be able to voluntarily remove themselves from someone's Close Friends list, with a confirmation warning that the user will no longer see their exclusive content.
• A new “Manus AI” shortcut has been spotted in the settings, suggesting a dedicated workspace for creators, possibly linked to Meta’s broader generative AI initiatives.
• A new paid subscription is rumored to offer advanced features like unlimited audience lists, follower insights, and “stealth viewing” of stories.

Vertiv has launched Vertiv Next Predict, an AI-powered managed service designed to revolutionize data center maintenance by providing predictive intelligence. This platform moves away from traditional reactive approaches, focusing instead on analyzing asset behavior to mitigate risks before they materialize, and ensuring operational continuity for AI-driven data centers.

• The service industrializes operations by analyzing asset behavior before risks materialize, ensuring a unified, resilient foundation for AI-driven data centers.
• Ryan Jarvis, vice president of the global services business unit at Vertiv, stated that Vertiv Next Predict helps data centers unlock uptime by shifting to a proactive, data-driven strategy.
• The platform uses AI-based anomaly detection to identify deviations, a predictive algorithm to assess operational impact, and root cause analysis for efficient resolution across a broad range of Vertiv™ power and cooling platforms.