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How cloud cost visibility impacts business and employment
New data reveals some interesting information about cloud cost management and the fear of being fired. Should we rethink our approaches?
DBOS: A better way to build applications?
An operating system on top of a distributed database, DBOS is a tantalizing glimpse of something that may eventually turn out to be cool.
The temptation of AI as a service
Enterprises may find it faster and easier to deploy their AI models in a public cloud that runs them as a service. AWS is jumping on this trend.
Using Inspektor Gadget for Kubernetes observability
An open-source collection of low-level tools helps you troubleshoot cloud-native applications by delivering key data from the heart of the Linux kernel.
Do you need to repatriate from the cloud?
Repatriation is one route to cost savings. Switching development patterns from long-running services to WebAssembly-powered serverless functions is another.
Snowflake’s open-source Arctic LLM to take on Llama 3, Grok, Mistral, and DBRX
Arctic will be available under the Apache 2.0 license and can be accessed via Snowflake Cortex for serverless inference or across providers such as AWS, Azure, Nvidia, Perplexity, and Together AI.
AWS moves Amazon Bedrock’s AI guardrails, and other features to general availability
The updates include new large language models and a capability to import custom models, which is currently in preview.
The cloud is not a slam dunk platform for generative AI
With public cloud providers chasing generative AI, it may be a surprise when dollars flow in other directions. Vendors and customers have a lot to consider.
The dawn of intelligent and automated data orchestration
Enterprise workflows desperately need what iPhone and Android users have enjoyed for years—ready access to files wherever and whenever they’re needed, regardless of where the files are physically located.
7 innovative ways to use low-code tools and platforms
Low-code platforms aren't just for web forms and simple integrations anymore. Here are seven innovative ways small and large enterprises are stretching the limits of what low-code can do.
AWS Snowmobile drives into the sunset
Customer demand for more efficient methods and faster online data transfer capabilities have led AWS to exit the data trucking business.
Cloud cost management is not working
As cloud costs got out of control, we turned to cost optimization approaches and tools, and have little to show for it. What now?
OpenAI's Assistants API gets a boost
The OpenAI Assistants API, used to build AI assistants, has been updated with faster and expanded file search, vector stores, and a new tool choice parameter.
Qdrant offers managed vector database for hybrid clouds
Qdrant Hybrid Cloud is based on the open-source Qdrant vector similarity search engine and vector database written in Rust.
3 secrets to deploying LLMs on cloud platforms
Let’s not make the same mistakes we did 10 years ago. It is possible to deploy large language models in the cloud more cost-effectively and with less risk.
Better application networking and security with CAKES
How the CAKES stack, centered on Kubernetes, addresses API, networking, security, and compliance challenges while speeding up delivery and lowering costs.
The cloud is benefiting IT, but not business
A recent study shows that the cloud benefits the IT department more than other business areas. That’s not enough to make it a success.
Six key takeaways from Google Cloud Next ’24
Generative AI was the dominant theme at Google Cloud Next ’24, as Google rolled out new chips, software updates for AI workloads, updates to LLMs, and generative AI-based assistants for its machine learning platform Vertex AI.