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VMware goes all-in on the private cloud, as Broadcom unit showcases AI and counters price concerns
Over the past year, the operational word for virtualization giant VMware’s strategic approach has been “private.” From the announcement of its Private AI initiative last August to the unveiling of the latest version of VMware Cloud Foundation today as an innovation for private cloud deployment, the Broadcom Inc.-owned VMware has made it clear where it ...
AWS and Deloitte build on existing collaboration to provide industry-specific enterprise AI solutions
The announcement in July of a multiyear, global investment program between Amazon Web Services Inc. and Deloitte & Touche LLP signaled both a significant expansion of the ongoing relationship between the two technology powerhouses and the increasing influence artificial intelligence, more specifically enterprise AI solutions. The collaboration is focused on scaling generative AI, data and ...
What to expect at VMware Explore 2024: Join theCUBE Aug. 26-28
When the VMware community gathered in Las Vegas last year for the annual Explore event, the company’s acquisition by Broadcom Inc. had yet to be finalized. The $69 billion purchase was completed three months later, and this year’s VMware Explore 2024 conference will be closely watched for signals around how Broadcom intends to manage its ...
What to expect at the Juniper ‘AI-Native NOW’: Join theCUBE August 22
Juniper Networks Inc. is leveraging artificial intelligence to transform network management and operations, an approach that it has described as AI-native networking. The company’s networking strategy in this area was recently highlighted by the unveiling in July of its Ops4AI Lab, a multi-vendor lab for validating end-to-end automated AI data center solutions and operations. It ...
GaiaNet offers decentralized AI platform for model building and monetization
The surge in artificial intelligence is seeing a transformative shift with the advent of decentralized AI, spearheaded by innovative startups such as GaiaNet Inc. GaiaNet is revolutionizing AI applications through a distributed network of individually managed nodes. By leveraging Web3 blockchain technology, it decentralizes model inferencing. “Within centralized AI infrastructure there’s a lot of vendor lock-in, ...
Industry partnerships drive Supermicro’s storage approach for AI server solutions
Partnerships are playing a key role for Supermicro Computer Inc., as it develops AI server solutions that can meet the demands of graphics processing units or GPUs specifically tailored for artificial intelligence workloads. Supermicro’s contribution in this important area received a boost in June when the company introduced rack scale plug-and-play liquid-cooled AI SuperClusters for ...
Defense leads in race to secure AI, but threats to models and data could soon change that
The good news in the cybersecurity world is that wider deployment of artificial intelligence has not yet opened a massive security hole in the world’s computer systems. The bad news: Flaws and vulnerabilities are beginning to appear that could foreshadow major problems ahead. That was the prevailing sentiment expressed by numerous research analysts and industry ...
Big data gets a tailwind: Analysts see AI driving growth of next-gen data platforms
The era of big data has morphed into the era of generative artificial intelligence powered by data innovation. This was of one of the conclusions drawn from the Supercloud 7: Get Ready for the Next Data Platform event, as theCUBE Research Analysts looked back on the first day of discussion and prepared for Day Two. ...
Analysts foresee changes ahead as database vendors navigate shifting landscape in compute engines for AI
Data applications are now being built on different platforms for different use cases, and artificial intelligence is one of the key drivers behind which compute engines for AI an enterprise may want to use. Databricks Inc. and Snowflake Inc. are in the hurricane’s eye of this change as the point of control shifts from the ...
Enhancements for Microsoft Purview expand capabilities for data governance and security
Microsoft Corp. has announced general availability for its Microsoft Purview Data Governance solution, and it has deployed new innovations to help business users manage the growing challenges associated with a vast data landscape. “The approach that we’ve taken, and this is based on a lot of the customer feedback we received, is how do we ...