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29 May

SAS Institute unveils AI breakthroughs – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsChat-GPTMark Albertson, SiliconANGLE, Three insights you might have missed from theCUBE’s coverage of SAS Innovate

Major advancements in generative artificial intelligence and expanding use cases were just part of the agenda at SAS Institute Inc.’s SAS Innovate gathering in Las Vegas last week. The data analytics provider outlined its vision for industry-specific AI integration and enhanced decision-making, driven by new AI models and partnerships. Companies around the globe are seeking to harness the power of AI and the discussion at SAS Innovate centered around how to leverage the fast-moving technology to solve problems and realize tangible business results. At SAS Innovate, theCUBE analysts discuss advancements in gen AI. “It’s consistently solving the quality problems,” said…

29 May

AI drives cloud growth and cloud growth drives earnings upside – for some – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsChat-GPTAI drives cloud growth and cloud growth drives earnings upside -- for some, Robert Hof, SiliconANGLE

Artificial intelligence drove higher cloud spending this past quarter, and that in turn drove earnings upside for the likes of Google, Microsoft and SAP. Less so, however, for Intel, IBM, ServiceNow and Meta, which haven’t yet seen the AI bump they hope to get or, in Meta’s case, are spending big on it well ahead of the revenue opportunity. That was the gist of a mixed week for tech’s first big slug of earnings reports, with more coming next week: Amazon, Advanced Micro Devices, Samsung, Qualcomm and others. Another positive sign this week for the entire tech industry ecosystem was Rubrik’s…

29 May

MinIO expands its enterprise object storage offering to handle AI workloads – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIMinIO expands its enterprise object storage offering to handle AI workloads, Paul Gillin, SiliconANGLE

Saying generative artificial intelligence model training has changed the game in object storage, cloud-native storage startup MinIO Inc. today launched what it says is a major expansion of its product line that addresses the data creation and management needs of exabyte-scale infrastructure. MinIO sells a high-performance, Kubernetes-native object store compatible with Amazon Web Services Inc. S3 and permits rapid access to cloud-hosted data. Object storage is a highly scalable method for storing a wide variety of structured and unstructured data types distributed across multiple hardware devices. MinIO says that more than half of Fortune 500 companies use its software-defined object storage. The company said…

29 May

IBM’s AI-driven storage solutions: Future-ready data management – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsChat-GPTAI-driven data: theCUBE analysts assess IBM's future-ready storage solutions, Chad Wilson, SiliconANGLE

As the digital landscape continues to evolve, IBM Corp.’s commitment to innovation and adaptability positions it as a key player in shaping the future of data management. The computing giant stands at the forefront of the technological landscape with its AI-driven approach to data storage. “This is a key part of the conversation,” said John Furrier (pictured, left), theCUBE Research executive analyst. “The future is coming here. It’s now. The future is now. AI’s now. Infrastructure is really hard.” Furrier spoke with theCUBE Research’s Dave Vellante (center), chief analyst, and Rob Strechay (right), principal analyst, at IBM’s “Future-Ready Storage Redefining…

29 May

Honing business data with AI real-time analytics – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIAccelerating AI with real-time analytics: Startups on 'the growth curve' weigh in, SiliconANGLE, Victor Dabrinze

A ground-up overhaul is currently underway in the realm of data architectures, and generative artificial is at its heart. Traditional databases no longer suffice; instead, modern applications demand enhanced data structures capable of accommodating AI integration seamlessly. With data volumes rising exponentially, is real-time analytics the key to honing that binary gold to unlock new value points for businesses? “It’s not just that there is a new category of applications, like chatbots and other things, that are being created, but every application now is getting enhanced with AI,” said Venkat Venkataramani (pictured, right), co-founder and chief executive officer of Rockset Inc. “The…

29 May

CEOs of Microsoft, Nvidia and other tech giants join federal AI advisory board – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsChat-GPTCEOs of Microsoft, Maria Deutscher, Nvidia and other tech giants join federal AI advisory board, SiliconANGLE

A group of prominent tech executives will join the Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board, a panel tasked with advising the federal government on the use of AI in critical infrastructure. The Wall Street Journal reported the development today. According to the paper, the panel comprises not only representatives of the tech industry but also academics, civil rights leaders and the chief executives of several critical infrastructure companies. In all, the Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board will have nearly two dozen members. Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Satya Nadella, Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI’s San Altman are among…

28 May

Intel’s future, IBM’s new acquisition and Rubrik goes public – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsChat-GPTIBM’s new acquisition and Rubrik going public, On theCUBE Pod: Thoughts on Intel’s future, Ryan Stevens, SiliconANGLE

It was a rough week for Intel Corp., as its stock slid after the company reported disappointing first-quarter financial results and a weak outlook. Providing the bigger picture around that news was one focus for theCUBE Research industry analysts John Furrier (pictured, left) and Dave Vellante (right) on the latest episode of the CUBE podcast. Intel Chief Executive Office Pat Gelsinger acknowledged that market demand was somewhat weaker than expected, adding the company is forecasting a drop in gross margins in Q2, even though the company is expecting rising revenues. Meanwhile, Intel Chief Financial Officer David Zinsner said significant startup…

28 May

Introducing Dell’s Data Lakehouse platform for enterprises – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAISiliconANGLE, The data lakehouse easy button: Dell and Starburst's vision for seamless data integration, Victor Dabrinze

Today’s businesses generate swathes of enterprise, customer and product data — but the challenge lies in operationalizing the resource. With data loads still growing at the enterprise level, is the data lakehouse the missing piece in the puzzle? “I think people need a better answer — I think that better answer is basically an easy button that works with their data gravity versus against it,” said Vrashank Jain (pictured, left), product manager at Dell Technologies Inc. “Then they need help from an expertise perspective. They need a bench of people who just know exactly what they’re doing. They can come in and help customers stand this up, run and manage…

28 May

OpenAI signs content licensing agreement with the Financial Times – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsChat-GPTMaria Deutscher, OpenAI signs content licensing agreement with the Financial Times, SiliconANGLE

OpenAI today announced that it’s partnering with the Financial Times to make articles from the storied newspaper accessible to its large language models. As part of the collaboration, the companies will make certain Financial Times content available to users of ChatGPT. OpenAI said the deal covers “select attributed summaries, quotes and links to FT journalism.” It didn’t specify when the content will become accessible or in which versions of ChatGPT. Besides bringing Financial Times articles to the chatbot, OpenAI will also use the content to train new AI models. The deal is part of a broader effort by the company to…

28 May

Confluent simplifies integration between Kafka stream processing and Iceberg storage – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIConfluent simplifies integration between Kafka stream processing and Iceberg storage, Paul Gillin, SiliconANGLE

Confluent Inc. today announced new features in its cloud service that make it easier for users of its Apache Kafka-based streaming engine to store data in the Apache Iceberg table format. The new Confluent Tableflow enables users to convert Kafka topics, associated schemas and metadata to Iceberg tables with one click and better supports feeding analytic workloads in data lakes and data warehouses. That compares with what had previously been a “painful” process, said Addison Huddy, vice president of Kafka at Confluent. “Today, you have to think about how to partition data, consume it and write it out to S3 in…