Digital transformation continues to be a top initiative for enterprises. As they embark on this journey, it is essential they leverage data strategically to succeed. Data has become a critical asset for any business—helping to increase revenue, improve customer experiences, retain customers, enable innovation, launch new products and services, and expand markets.To capitalize on the data, … [Read more...]
The good and bad of 'zero-touch' cloud operations
Zero-touch cloud operations is the concept of automating cloud operations (cloudops) processes to minimize the need for human intervention. Specifically, it involves automating the deployment, configuration, scaling, monitoring, and resolution of issues on all cloud platforms (public and private), and even extends to traditional legacy systems and edge computing systems as well.Physically, it is a … [Read more...]
JDK 20: The new features in Java 20
Java 20, or Java Development Kit (JDK) 20, the next planned version of standard Java, has reached the release candidate stage, having completed rampdown phases. The six features officially marked for the release are either in an incubation or in a preview stage. These include scoped values, record patterns, pattern matching for switch statements and expressions, a foreign function and memory API, … [Read more...]
10 reasons to worry about generative AI
Generative AI models like ChatGPT are so shockingly good that some now claim that AIs are not only equals of humans but often smarter. They toss off beautiful artwork in a dizzying array of styles. They churn out texts full of rich details, ideas, and knowledge. The generated artifacts are so varied, so seemingly unique, that it's hard to believe they came from a machine. We’re just beginning … [Read more...]
Zero-shot learning and the foundations of generative AI
We may remember 2022 as the year when cognitive AI techniques went from the labs to mainstream use. ChatGPT, a conversational AI that answers questions, went from zero to one million users in under a week. Image generation AIs DALL-E 2, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion opened public access and captured the world’s attention with the variety and quality of images generated from short phrases and … [Read more...]
Gatsby, Netlify, and the gravitational pull of general-purpose platforms
It’s been over a week since Netlify purchased Gatsby on February 1, 2023, “to accelerate adoption of composable web architectures,” and all the buzzwords are finally falling into place. Gone is any mention of the Jamstack (though you can still find its community humming along). Gone are the comments about how the two compete. Today it’s all love and roses between the two companies … [Read more...]
Android 14 preview for developers arrives
Google has released a first Developer Preview of its Android 14 mobile OS, emphasizing tablets and foldables as well as improvements for data transfers and battery life.The preview was unveiled on February 8. Version 14 builds on work done in Android 12L and 13 to support tablets and foldable form factors. The goal with every release is to make it easier to optimize an app across all Android … [Read more...]
3 reasons not to repatriate cloud-based apps and data sets
Repatriation seems to be a hot topic these days as some applications and data sets return to where they came from. I’ve even been tagged in some circles as an advocate for repatriation, mostly because of this recent post.Once again I will restate my position: The overall goal is to find the most optimized architecture to support your business. Sometimes it’s on a public cloud, and sometimes it’s … [Read more...]
GitHub lays off 10% of workforce, plans to go fully remote to cut costs
GitHub, the software development and version control service provider owned by Microsoft, announced it would be cutting 10% of its workforce and transitioning the remaining employees to remote work in order to safeguard the company’s immediate financial stability.“We announced a number of difficult but necessary decisions and budgetary realignments to both protect the health of our business in the … [Read more...]
GitHub lays off 10% workforce, plans to go fully remote to cut costs
GitHub, the software development and version control service provider owned by Microsoft, announced it would be cutting 10% of its workforce and transitioning the remaining employees to remote work in order to safeguard the company’s immediate financial stability.“We announced a number of difficult but necessary decisions and budgetary realignments to both protect the health of our business in the … [Read more...]
Deno 1.30 backs built-in Node.js modules
Version 1.30 of the Deno JavaScript/TypeScript runtime, published late January 2023, emphasizes support for built-in Node.js modules and offers a major update to the configuration file.With Deno, npm packages have already had access to built-in Node.js modules such as fs (file system), path, process, and others through the runtime’s Node.js compatibility layer. In release 1.30, published January … [Read more...]
The best new features in ASP.NET Core 7
A major part of Microsoft’s “cloud-first” .NET 7 release in November, ASP.NET Core 7 brings powerful new tools to the web development framework to help developers create modern web applications. Built on top of the .NET Core runtime, ASP.NET Core 7 has everything you need to build cutting-edge web user interfaces and robust back-end services on Windows, Linux, and macOS alike.This article … [Read more...]
Intro to Remix: A leader in full-stack evolution
While not as well known as some of the larger JavaScript frameworks, Remix has earned a reputation as one that stands out. Some of the good ideas first introduced by Remix, which went open source in 2021, have been absorbed into other frameworks, as well.At the highest level, Remix is a full-stack JavaScript framework in the style of Next.js: it supports server-side rendering (SSR) of a … [Read more...]
BrandPost: Yellowbrick Leads Performance with the Most Built-in Accelerators
Intel® recently announced their 4th generation Xeon® processor, codenamed “Sapphire Rapids” — a powerful and diverse compute engine with more built-in accelerators than any other CPU in the market. Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with built-in accelerators boost performance and efficiency without the need for additional CPU cores or dedicated hardware.As a gold status partner in … [Read more...]
BrandPost: SingleStore Named Select Launch Partner for Intel Sapphire Rapids
In July 2022, we announced our acceptance into the prestigious Intel’s Disruptor Initiative as a Gold Status Partner.The Disruptor Initiative is concentrated on delivering best-in-class, AI, and data-centric enterprise use cases. Intel also recently joined SingleStore in the launch of our new partner marketplace: SingleStore Connect. As a launch partner of the Fourth … [Read more...]
BrandPost: WWT and Intel Are Making a New World Happen, Together – How Wonderful Is That?
I had the opportunity to speak with Chad Bockert and Carolyn Henry about WWT and Intel's long-standing partnership. During the conversation, we talked about how their shared cultures — and the actions both organizations have taken over the years — have influenced their organization's brand messages. Since its inception, WWT has thrived on a culture of innovation and … [Read more...]
BrandPost: ScyllaDB Teams Up with Intel to Achieve Staggering NoSQL Performance
ScyllaDB, the company behind the ScyllaDB database for data-intensive applications that require high performance and low latency, announced that it is achieving staggering performance results on the new AWS I4i instances powered by the 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with an all-core turbo frequency of 3.5 GHz.Recent benchmarks compared ScyllaDB performance on AWS i4i.16xlarge vs. … [Read more...]
DataStax launches Astra Block to support Web3 applications
DataStax on Wednesday said that it was launching a new cloud-based service, dubbed Astra Block, to support building Web3 applications.Web3 can be defined as a decentralized version of the internet where content is registered on blockchains, tokenized, or managed and accessed on peer-to-peer distributed networks.Astra Block, which is based on the Ethereum blockchain that can be used to program … [Read more...]
BrandPost: CoreWeave to Offer New 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors for Accelerated CPU Performance
On January 10, Intel launched its new 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors — which will soon be available on CoreWeave Cloud. Formerly codenamed Sapphire Rapids, the processors deliver greater system power efficiency and performance that can't be achieved by simply adding more cores.CoreWeave will include 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors in its NVIDIA HGX H100 server … [Read more...]
BrandPost: Introducing the Redis/Intel Benchmarks Specification for Performance Testing, Profiling, and Analysis
Redis and Intel are collaborating on a “zero-touch” performance and profiling automation to scale Redis’s ability to pursue performance regressions and improve database code efficiency. The Redis benchmarks specification describes cross-language and tools requirements and expectations to foster performance and observability standards around Redis-related technologies.A primary reason for Redis’s … [Read more...]