5 data center predictions: Surging demand and tighter rules squeeze operations
Rising workloads, tougher sustainability regulations, and cost pressures will increasingly squeeze data center operators in 2024 and force tradeoffs between business expansion and infrastructure reliability.
Weighing risk and reward with gen AI vendor selection
Generative AI has created an unprecedented pace of technological change, but complications of choosing AI vendors have grown in equal measure. So tech leaders need…
Upskilling ramps up as gen AI forces enterprises to transform
As companies race to add generative models into products and workflows, massive investment to upskill workforces on prompt engineering and ethical AI emerges as a…
Data centers unprepared for new European energy efficiency regulations
Regulatory pressure is driving IT teams to invest in more efficient servers and storage and improve their data-center reporting capabilities.
5 ways to boost server efficiency
Right-sizing workloads, upgrading to newer servers, and managing power consumption can help enterprises reach their data center sustainability goals.
3 ways to fix old, unsafe code that lingers from open-source and legacy programs
Code vulnerability is not only a risk of open-source code, with many legacy systems still in use — whether out of necessity or lack of…
8 top industries for private 5G
Manufacturing, transportation and logistics lead the way among the top industry verticals for private 5G deployments.
5 ways to deploy your own large language model
Building a new large language model (LLM) from scratch can cost a company millions — or even hundreds of millions. But there are several ways…
Data loss prevention vendors tackle gen AI data risks
Businesses are using DLP tools to help secure generative AI and reduce risks of ChatGPT and similar applications.
Do traditional data stacks have a use versus modern options?
Traditional data stacks differ from modern data stacks in the use of cloud and advanced analytics tools. Update on-premises data stacks to gain niche advantages…
Hot (and not hot) networking skills
Flexibility and willingness to learn are prized over specialization. SASE, SD-WAN and ZTNA skills are in demand.
4 reasons why gen AI projects fail
Data issues are still among the chief reasons why AI projects fall short of expectations, but the advent of generative AI has added a few…
The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far
In 2022, the big AI story was the technology emerging from research labs and proofs-of-concept, to it being deployed throughout enterprises to get business value.…
How companies are putting embedded genAI to good use
Enterprise software vendors of all stripes are beginning to add generative AI features to their applications. Here’s how Stream Financial, NFP, and Thomson Reuters are…
5 areas where zero trust can’t protect your organization
With growing adoption of zero trust, CISOs must look at all possible blind spots across the organization, be that unmonitored IoT devices or third-party systems,…
GenAI in productivity apps: What could possibly go wrong?
In addition to controlling the use of ChatGPT and other standalone tools, companies now have to grapple with generative AI being built into the productivity…
Generative AI dominates VMware Explore news
Highlights include a private AI platform developed with Nvidia that lets enterprises run generative AI applications on their proprietary data within VMware’s hybrid cloud infrastructure.
Regulatory uncertainty overshadows gen AI despite pace of adoption
Enterprises—and their technology vendors—continue to fall over themselves to add gen AI capabilities to tools and platforms. But moving too fast can expose companies to…
Advanced analytics challenges limit analytics, AI benefits
Traditional advanced analytics are not going to disappear with the rise of generative AI. Cultural and quality challenges hinder organizations as attention shifts to new…
VMware Cloud gains faster ransomware recovery, expanded management capabilities
Among the announcements at the VMware Explore conference is a new IBM-managed service based on VMware Cloud editions.
VMware NSX+ centralizes cloud networking and security for multicloud environments
VMware NSX+ is a new cloud-managed service that enables consistent network operations and centralized security policy creation and enforcement in multicloud environments.
VMware combines SASE and edge management in new orchestration platform, announces private 5G service
News from the VMware Explore conference includes a unified management platform for VMware’s SASE and edge computing stack, along with a new managed private mobile…
VMware, Nvidia team on enterprise-grade AI platform
VMware Private AI Foundation with Nvidia will enable enterprises to customize models and run generative AI applications on their own infrastructure in their data centers,…
3 strategies that can help stop ransomware before it becomes a crisis
For those hoping to avoid the pay-or-not-to-pay ransomware dilemma, there are three things to focus on that can help CISOs: create incident response plans, improve…
Introducing the GenAI models you haven’t heard of yet
Beyond the household names for generative AI models, a burst of other options are emerging for the enterprise. Here’s a look at some that might…
Hybrid mesh firewall platforms gain interest as management challenges intensify
Different types of firewalls, including hardware, virtual, cloud-native, and firewall as a service, can be deployed and managed from a central interface with a hybrid…
Flight to cloud drives IaaS networking adoption
Demand for cloud connects/interconnects is rising as enterprises commit to multicloud and SaaS application environments, and that’s driving greater interest in IaaS cloud networking services,…
Why API attacks are increasing and how to avoid them
Growing use of APIs give attackers more ways to break authentication controls, exfiltrate data, or perform disruptive acts.
Gartner: SSE landscape shifts as vendors add more security services
Vendors are stacking their security service edge (SSE) suites with even more security functions, according to the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant.
How diverse teams lead to better data
Getting business value out of data requires data that’s accurate, comprehensive, and unbiased. Having a team composed of people with varying demographic, educational, and professional…