Voltron charges AI data, brighter than Apache Spark?
Data is mushrooming. Because data sets are getting bigger (every day) and because we’re seeking to extend the realm and purview of data analytics and data models across increasingly vast and typically ever more distributed data topographies, our ability to evidence reach and scope in data has nev... Read more
Cyber Resilience Act: manufacturers responsible for open-source code
New obligations must protect laptops, mobile applications and smart devices from online threats. A revision of the act holds the manufacturers accountable for the cybersecurity of their products. On the financial side, manufacturers also seem to be losing out.
The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is ... Read more
ChatGPT anniversary overshadowed by worries
ChatGPT has been in operation for one year today. But the celebration gets overshadowed by the recent crisis within OpenAI, in which the chatbot even lost its owner for a short period.
The generative AI chatbot ChatGPT is one year old today. During this year, the tool was transformed into sever... Read more
No, nobody’s going to be an ‘Nvidia rival’ anytime soon
With much fanfare, one AI startup after another is being lauded as an "Nvidia rival". It's about time we stop doing that. Beside the fact that no one can match Nvidia's performance edge in the short term, the overblown messaging doesn't do justice to the very real accomplishments made by AI startup... Read more
AWS forgets to re:Invent, lashes out at competition
AWS re:Invent was the event to convince that AWS is still at the forefront of innovation. A different wind has been blowing in the IT world since COVID, and that wind has picked up with the introduction of generative AI. AWS seems to have a strong headwind where Google and Microsoft are sailing alo... Read more
SAP brings low-code closer to pro-code
The SAP BTP is the foundation for streamlining business processes. The platform is increasingly getting AI to streamline everything, from application development to integration and data management to analytics.
SAP's AI strategy has been shaken up with regularity in recent years, but as far as w... Read more
Ukrainian ransomware gang attacked victims from 71 countries, ringleader arrested
A large-scale operation against a Ukrainian ransomware gang has proved successful. Seven national units worked together alongside Europol and Eurojust to track down the ringleader and 11 accomplices. The profile of the as-of-yet unnamed group shows once again how agile and wide-reaching cybercrimin... Read more
Broadcom immediately sets up Carbon Black for sale
From now on, Carbon Black is a separate "business unit" within Broadcom's portfolio. In doing so, Broadcom is cutting its endpoint security offering loose from the rest of VMware, which itself has now been split into several divisions.
Update 29-11: Carbon Black (CB) is unlikely to remain part o... Read more
Enter the age of the wooden data center; Vertiv introduces TimberMod
Vertiv today announces an expansion of its prefab modular offerings. TimberMod is made of wood. It should boost the general rise of prefab modular data center construction.
Last week we were guests in Rugvica, Croatia at Vertiv. A few years ago, the company commissioned a factory there dedicate... Read more
Europe divided: what will remain of the AI Act?
Events in the AI world always give Europe the opportunity to mention the EU AI Act once again. The act is often used in the same sentence with "leading agreement" and seems to be a solution to the problems and challenges facing the AI world today. But what will be left of the legislation as critic... Read more