Achieving Proper Data Governance by Training Centrally; Inferring Locally; and Protecting Data Everywhere
After devoting much of 2023 to AI pilots and experiments following the debut of ChatGPT and GenAI, AI-minded organizations are now working to scale their AI initiatives to capitalize on their early but limited successes. Their goal? To integrate advanced AI capabilities across their operations for greater efficiency, innovation, and competitiveness. An April KPMG survey found that … continue reading
Mirantis Introduces OpenStack for Kubernetes
Mirantis, providing organizations with total control over their strategic infrastructure using open-source software, today announced the release of Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes (MOSK) 24.2 with an exclusive dynamic resource balancer feature that automates workload distribution to solve hotspot and “noisy neighbor” problems. Now, MOSK automatically redistributes workloads within a cluster helping to balance resource consumption to prevent … continue reading
Microsoft Entra gets several improvements in July update
Microsoft has announced a number of updates to its identity and access management (IAM) solution, Microsoft Entra. The company is starting to roll out user experience updates to the Microsoft Authenticator app. The app will soon categorize key actions, such as credentials configured in the app, additional sign-in methods, and account management options. Microsoft is … continue reading
Cloudflare users can now block AI bots, scrapers, and crawlers by changing one setting
Cloudflare has added a new option in its settings to help its customers easily block AI bots, scrapers, and crawlers with a single click. Companies building generative AI models use web scrapers to get content to train their models with. “Google reportedly paid $60 million a year to license Reddit’s user generated content, Scarlett Johansson … continue reading
IBM and Microsoft partner to help companies modernize security operations
IBM and Microsoft have announced a new partnership designed to help companies modernize their security operations and protect themselves from cloud identity threats. To help companies be better protected against cloud identity threats, the two companies created a new offering based on IBM Consulting’s automation, accelerators, and industry domain knowledge and the Microsoft Entra suite … continue reading
Q&A: Bad bots and their impact across the internet
Bots are becoming more and more of a challenge for companies to deal with. To learn more about how bots impact different industries, we spoke with Nick Rieniets, field CTO of Kasada, on the most recent episode of our podcast Get With IT. They had recently released a report on this topic, so we invited … continue reading
AWS adds ability to group Amazon WorkSpaces virtual desktops into pools of similar users
AWS has just announced that customers can now create pools, or groups, of non-persistent virtual desktops through Amazon WorkSpaces. These pools can then be shared across a group of users, and each user in a pool gets the same applications and experience. According to AWS, users can access the virtual desktops via a browser, desktop … continue reading
Chrome will no longer trust certificates from Entrust starting in November
In a move to strengthen user privacy and security in Chrome, Google has announced that new certificates from the certificate authority (CA) company, Entrust, will no longer be trusted, starting in November. Google cited a “pattern of compliance failures, unmet improvement commitments, and the absence of tangible, measurable progress in response to publicly disclosed incident … continue reading
Working toward AIOps maturity? It’s never too early (or late) for platform engineering
Until about two years ago, many enterprises were experimenting with isolated proofs of concept or managing limited AI projects, with results that often had little impact on the company’s overall financial or operational performance. Few companies were making big bets on AI, and even fewer executive leaders lost their jobs when AI initiatives didn’t pan … continue reading
Snipe-IT – ITOps Times Open Source Project of the Week
Snipe-IT is an open-source IT asset and license management tool that can help IT teams get more visibility into what they own, who has an asset, and where it is. The platform has an admin dashboard that shows recent asset activity, such as items that have been checked in/out or were recently updated or deleted. … continue reading
Empowering SMBs to compete with big brands using AI and SaaS technology
Business is moving fast. In today’s evolving landscape, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are facing unprecedented challenges. However, they also have more opportunities to get creative and leverage technologies more so than ever before. As they strive to compete with larger brands, SMBs are increasingly turning to advanced technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and … continue reading
Report: Open source will pave the way for intelligent networking
Telecommunications vendors are moving towards an innovative future, with many adopting technologies like open source software, cloud-native architectures, and network APIs. A recent report from the Linux Foundation explored how these companies are using these technologies today and how open source will be critical to adopting AI-based networking, or intelligent networking. “The future of intelligent … continue reading
Amazon SQS receives optimizations that reduce latency, increase capacity, and improve scalability
Amazon has announced that it made several improvements to Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) to reduce latency, increase fleet capacity, improve scalability, and reduce power consumption. Amazon SQS is a messaging queue for microservices, distributed systems, and serverless apps, and it’s been around since 2006. The company is announcing that it improved the connection … continue reading
Omdia: serverless computing, valued at $19bn is the fastest-growing cloud service
New analysis from Omdia’s Cloud Software & Services Intelligence Service shows that serverless computing has now reached $19bn with public cloud hyperscalers taking the largest share of this market. The dominant vendor is Amazon AWS taking 47.3% of market share followed by Microsoft Azure at 38.9%. Omdia forecasts this market to grow to $41bn by 2028 with a CAGR of 16.5%. Following a … continue reading
