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IBM launches professional services for Cisco networks

February 20, 2024

Via: Network World

IBM has significantly expanded its Cisco-focused professional services with new support and implementation options aimed at helping customers build more tightly integrated, better performing networks. IBM’s Technology Lifecycle Services (TLS) group has added support for Cisco’s software defined networking and […]


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Making cloud infrastructure programmable for developers

February 20, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Most developers don’t use infrastructure as code (IaC), argues AWS tech lead Chris Munns. But to those top 10% to 15% of developers who do use modern development technologies such as IaC go the spoils. Even if the audience for […]


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AWS expands free AI training course catalog

February 16, 2024

Via: CIO Dive

Tech vendors have poured billions into their AI initiatives, prioritizing the technology across product roadmaps. But it’s a fruitless effort if enterprises won’t jump on board, which puts pressure on vendors to clear adoption roadblocks. As companies deployed new AI-powered […]


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BigID adds access governance targeted at sensitive data and privileges

February 15, 2024

Via: CSO Online

Cloud data security and compliance provider, BigID, has announced adding an access governance capability to its existing offerings to help hunt down exposed sensitive data and overprivileged user accounts. The capability is targeted at helping organizations improve security posture, mitigate […]


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Oracle Autonomous Database adds AI conversation support

February 15, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Oracle has updated its Autonomous Database offering in an effort to maintain its lead over competing cloud-based database services from rivals such as AWS, Google Cloud, IBM, and Snowflake. Oracle Autonomous Database is an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) service. Oracle […]


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Cisco to lay off more than 4K in restructuring

February 15, 2024

Via: CIO Dive

Cisco’s workforce trim adds another name to the running list of providers laying off workers in the first quarter of the year. SAP announced a restructuring program to focus resources behind AI, the company said in January. The plan will […]


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Microsoft invests €3.2 billion in AI and the cloud in Germany

February 15, 2024

Via: CIO

Microsoft will invest €3.2 billion in Germany by the end of 2025 to double the artificial intelligence and cloud capacities of its data centers there. The company also wants to train more than 1.2 million people in digital skills. Brad […]


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5 things to consider before you deploy an LLM

February 14, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

If the screwdriver were invented by the tech industry today, then it would be widely deployed for a variety of tasks, including hammering nails. Since the debut of ChatGPT, there has been a growing fervor and backlash against large language […]


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How to get started with Python

February 14, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Python is often described as an easy language—both easy to learn and easy to use. Python makes it easy to develop powerful software for an enormous variety of applications. But it can be as difficult to get started with Python […]


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6 steps for CIOs enabling global IT operations

February 13, 2024

Via: CIO Dive

Delivering an integrated IT experience wherever you do business around the world – especially after the release of ChatGPT – means more than simply setting up a few servers outside your borders and offering extended help desk hours for employees. […]


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3 killer apps for cloud-based generative AI

February 13, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

I’ve been working with artificial intelligence systems since the 1980s. Back then, AI was considered a revolution in leveraging computer systems to achieve unheard-of capabilities. Things are much the same today with generative AI (genAI). But to avoid the mistakes […]


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Oracle cloud: Generating value with AI

February 13, 2024

Via: Computer Weekly

When Oracle first launched its cloud strategy in 2012, founder and CTO Larry Ellison talked about how few IT businesses “cross the chasm” to new technologies. The inference was that Oracle was bold and brave, prepared to embrace change quickly, […]


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Cisco could lay off thousands of employees as part of restructuring

February 12, 2024

Via: Network World

Networking giant Cisco is planning to restructure its business, which may involve laying off thousands of employees, according to a Reuters report. The restructuring plans may be announced later this week in an earnings call, according to the Reuters report. […]


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Addressing cloud waste: 4 steps to cloud computing cost optimization

February 12, 2024

Via: CIO

From the get-go, the cloud promised to help companies scale up their architectures in seconds, run their applications faster, never turn away a transaction, and save money through economies of scale. How could any CIO or application manager resist the […]


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5 tips for calculating business value in a multicloud world

February 12, 2024

Via: CIO

An IT leader on the way to the promised land comes to a fork in the road. There’s a sign up ahead with two arrows. The arrow pointing to the left path says: This way lies oral surgery. An arrow […]


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HSBC and Google Cloud partner up for climate tech startup growth push

February 9, 2024

Via: Computer Weekly

Google is teaming up with HSBC to make it easier for climate tech companies that run their on the internet search giant’s cloud platform to access financial support. The partnership will see members of the Google Cloud Ready – Sustainability […]


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Why companies are leaving the cloud

February 9, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Don’t look now, but 25% of organizations surveyed in the United Kingdom have already moved half or more of their cloud-based workloads back to on-premises infrastructures. This is according to a recent study by Citrix, a Cloud Software Group business […]


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Steampipe unbundled: From cloud APIs to your database

February 8, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

We’ve seen how Steampipe can unify access to APIs, drive metasearch, enforce KPIs as code, and detect configuration drift. The enabling plugins were, until recently, tightly bound to the Steampipe binary and to the instance of Postgres that Steampipe launches […]


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Microsoft reportedly in discussions with CISPE to remedy ‘unfair’ cloud software licensing practices

February 8, 2024

Via: Computer Weekly

Microsoft has reportedly opened discussions with the Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE) trade body with a view to resolving concerns about how customers that run the tech giant’s online productivity tools on its competitors’ public clouds are charged. […]


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Cisco launches Motific hub to streamline generative AI deployment

February 7, 2024

Via: Network World

Cisco is delivering a cloud-based service that gives enterprise customers a centralized hub for managing generative AI elements such as large language models (LLM), security controls, APIs and more. Called Motific, the service promises to help streamline and accelerate the […]