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Software drives PowerStore adoption through latest security and efficiency enhancements from Dell

Mark Albertson — Fri, 26 May 2023 20:54:54 +0000

Software-driven storage enhancements played a central role in the announcements made by Dell Technologies Inc. this month. Recent advances in PowerStore, Dell’s intelligent all-flash storage portfolio, highlighted security upgrades and new features for operational efficiency and power savings. “Over the last year, since the last time we sat down with you, we’ve delivered over 2,000 […]

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As generative AI accelerates coding for developers, the long-term impact is just beginning

Mark Albertson — Fri, 26 May 2023 15:50:06 +0000

In the select world of elite computer programmers, could artificial intelligence reach a place where it will write a significant amount of their code? For one such developer, it already has. One of the founders of ChatGPT’s OpenAI, Andrej Karpathy, left in 2017 to lead the computer vision team for Tesla Autopilot. Karpathy recently rejoined […]

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Broadcom storage adapters drive microsecond latencies in Dell’s PowerEdge RAID

Mark Albertson — Fri, 26 May 2023 14:55:22 +0000

The launch of Broadcom Inc.’s 9600 series of storage adapters in January introduced a new level of IO processing power and latency reduction. Through integration of Broadcom’s 9600 technology in the Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 12, enterprise customers have been able to realize significant performance gains from a solution that plays a central role in […]

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Partnership with ‘Avatar’ director James Cameron finds common ground with Dell’s sustainability goals

Mark Albertson — Thu, 25 May 2023 18:53:53 +0000

It turns out that the Na’vi and the technology world have a lot in common. The fictional species of extraterrestrial humanoids at the center of the popular “Avatar” movie series come to life on the screen through a decade-long partnership with Dell Technologies Inc. As part of that relationship, film director James Cameron, owner of […]

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APEX enhancements help define Dell’s multicloud strategy for cross-platform storage

Mark Albertson — Thu, 25 May 2023 16:18:26 +0000

The evolution of a “multicloud-by-design” approach became clearer this week, as Dell Technologies Inc. unveiled upgrades to its APEX as-a-service product portfolio. First introduced a year ago as Project Alpine, Dell’s APEX portfolio of hardware and software offerings was enhanced with the addition of APEX Block Storage and APEX File Storage. The latest products were […]

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Project Helix highlights how Dell and Nvidia support customers in the generative AI journey

Mark Albertson — Wed, 24 May 2023 21:53:21 +0000

The launch this week of Project Helix, a joint initiative between Dell Technologies Inc. and Nvidia Corp., signaled a new twist in the evolving saga of generative artificial intelligence. Both companies believe that a combination of Dell’s servers with Nvidia’s newest and fastest GPUs will appeal to customers interested in leveraging AI for business results. […]

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New technologies for the edge and AI highlight day two at Dell Technologies World

Mark Albertson — Wed, 24 May 2023 04:42:42 +0000

Generative artificial intelligence continued to be a major theme at Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas on the conference’s second day with the announcement of Project Helix, a new initiative in collaboration with Nvidia Corp. Project Helix is designed to bring a series of full stack AI solutions to the enterprise, including technical expertise based […]

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Projects become products: Dell unveils its long-term game plan for the edge

Mark Albertson — Wed, 24 May 2023 02:49:34 +0000

When Dell Technologies Inc. places the word “project” in front of a new initiative, it’s sending up a signal flare that starts the clock toward emergence of a new product or platform the next year. Project Alpine, announced last year, transformed into a new set of storage offerings for APEX on Monday with a focus […]

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AI, edge and multicloud lead the conversation in Las Vegas as Dell embraces role as enterprise collaborator

Mark Albertson — Tue, 23 May 2023 01:58:22 +0000

Dell Technologies Inc. kicked off its Dell Technologies World conference in Las Vegas today with a number of additions to its APEX product portfolio. Yet it was artificial intelligence that captured much of the interest in a news conference following the opening keynotes. In a meeting with members of the media this morning, founder and […]

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Three insights you might have missed from the ‘Navigating the Road to Cyber Resiliency’ event

Mark Albertson — Fri, 19 May 2023 18:02:13 +0000

Organizations can’t protect against everything. They can’t predict what will happen next or how severe the attack may be. This places a great deal of focus on resiliency, an ability to recover from a damaging breach. While some organizations may feel that the cybersecurity gap is being closed, a startling number lack confidence in preparedness […]

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What to expect during the ‘Analytics and Cost Optimization’ AWS Startup Showcase event: Join theCUBE June 8

Mark Albertson — Fri, 19 May 2023 14:00:28 +0000

Optimization has emerged as a defining trend within the cloud industry in 2023. Evidence of this can be seen in SiliconANGLE’s recent analysis of comments made by the chief financial officers of the three largest hyperscale cloud companies last month. All three noted that customers were seeking ways to optimize cloud spending, which has contributed […]

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Momento believes in serverless to solve database caching headaches

Mark Albertson — Thu, 18 May 2023 20:30:40 +0000

When users visit Momento Inc.’s website, the message is hard to miss. Right from the opening screen, the company’s motto, “Believe in Serverless,” conveys the startup’s approach. Momento believes in serverless because it drives the company’s mission to automatically optimize, scale and manage cache for businesses large and small. “Serverless just means that we, as […]

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Pepperdata and AWS join forces to tackle big data cost challenges

Mark Albertson — Wed, 17 May 2023 18:53:06 +0000

Founded in 2012, Pepperdata Inc. is a big data infrastructure management company that has grown by moving its cost-savings solutions from on-premises to the cloud. In doing so, Pepperdata has formed a partnership with Amazon Web Services Inc., which leveraged the startup’s technology so that customers can realize savings while using its vast array of […]

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nOps leverages AI to optimize cloud costs in pay-for-savings-only model

Mark Albertson — Wed, 17 May 2023 16:17:00 +0000

In a traditional business model, a vendor provides a service for a fee whether success is realized or not. At the cloud management platform provider nOps Inc., no one gets paid until a customer saves money. This unusual approach is based on optimizing cloud commitments for customers, where savings are compared to on-demand usage and […]

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Archera.ai takes aim at controlling cloud costs through optimized commitment plans

Mark Albertson — Wed, 17 May 2023 15:44:49 +0000

A simple error can lead to costly, wasted cloud resources. One example can be found in the customer whose keystroke mistake led to the spin-up of a cloud instance much larger than was required. No one noticed, the job ran all weekend, and the result was $300,000 in unnecessary charges. Tales such as these are […]

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Vulnerability of business lines to attack drives new conversations around cyber resilience

Mark Albertson — Tue, 16 May 2023 18:00:37 +0000

The cyber-resilience conversation is shifting into a new phase, one where the focus is now on core engines that drive a business. “I’ve been talking to our customers now about cyber resilience and recovery from ransomware destruction for eight years,” said Jim Shook (pictured), director of cybersecurity and compliance practice at Dell Technologies Inc. “We’ve […]

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Data protection moves to the forefront as cyber threats and AI usage expand

Mark Albertson — Tue, 16 May 2023 17:30:34 +0000

The enterprise IT world has moved into a new phase. Until recently, most organizations were rapidly growing infrastructure to meet escalating business demand. However, as the economy cooled and as cyber threats grew, the focus has shifted more toward protecting infrastructure than growing it. “Now when we’re seeing companies reconfigure for what will be the […]

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Majority of organizations lack confidence in existing data protection measures, says Dell survey

Mark Albertson — Tue, 16 May 2023 16:56:09 +0000

Each year, Dell Technologies Inc. releases a Global Data Protection Index report that summarizes survey findings from over 1,000 decision-makers in organizations around the world. In the most recent survey, the company asked about attack preparedness and an organization’s ability to recover, and the latest feedback revealed growing concern. “One of the things we’ve started […]

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Transformative impact of AI and quantum sets the tone for IBM Think

Mark Albertson — Thu, 11 May 2023 19:47:07 +0000

In IBM Corp.’s view of the world, the tech industry is coming to a place where the intersection of cloud, artificial intelligence and quantum computing will trigger a significant transformation. “It’s a massive moment of technological advancement,” Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna (pictured) said in his keynote address during the IBM Think conference in Orlando on Tuesday. […]

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What to expect during theCUBE’s coverage of Dell Technologies World: Join theCUBE May 22-24

Mark Albertson — Thu, 11 May 2023 16:30:38 +0000

The agenda for Dell Technologies Inc.’s upcoming gathering in Las Vegas this month promises to follow a path much like the company itself. At the center will be Dell’s core businesses of compute, networking, PCs and storage. Unquestionably, we’ll hear about the topic of the year, generative AI and large language models. It’s likely we’ll […]

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Three insights you might have missed from the ‘Optimize Your Media Supply Chain’ event

Mark Albertson — Tue, 09 May 2023 20:48:01 +0000

Cloud-native supply chains and advanced video production technologies are becoming a key influence in the media content world. Gartner analysts have predicted that more than 85% of organizations will embrace a cloud-first strategy by 2025, and the media ecosystem is very much a part of that trend. To assess what this will mean for the […]

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Quieter voices may ultimately carry the day in making progress for women in tech

Mark Albertson — Fri, 05 May 2023 20:54:10 +0000

Progress toward greater gender diversity in the technology world appears to have stalled. AnitaB.org has reported that the percentage of women in technical roles stands at 27.6%, more than a percentage point lower than the number reported in 2020. Why progress remains slow is perplexing to some since McKinsey & Co. recently published data showing […]

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Bugcrowd plans to transform the penetration testing market through AI and white-hat hackers

Mark Albertson — Fri, 05 May 2023 18:49:05 +0000

Bugcrowd Inc. has grown from a “napkin moment” sketched out by the founder on an airplane flight 11 years ago to now include an expanding ecosystem of bug bounty programs and, most recently, penetration testing as a service. Last week, the multi-solution, crowdsourced cybersecurity platform announced new capabilities in its Penetration Testing as a Service, […]

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What to expect during the Open Source Summit NA event: Join theCUBE May 10-12

Mark Albertson — Fri, 05 May 2023 00:07:31 +0000

The explosion of interest in OpenAI LLC’s ChatGPT large language model signifies more than just major interest in artificial intelligence. It has boosted interest in open source as well. Since ChatGPT was released into general availability in late November last year, with a free version available to all, a host of open-source equivalents have hit […]

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Data choice and control play strong roles in how Cribl and CrowdStrike provide security solutions

Mark Albertson — Thu, 04 May 2023 16:01:32 +0000

When CrowdStrike Inc. launched its Falcon Fund investment vehicle in 2021, one of the first companies it chose to support was Cribl Inc. Three years later, that investment is making an impact in a number of ways. Aside from the most recent collaboration between the two firms to leverage Cribl’s data streaming expertise, the companies […]

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Data and AI opens access for developers, provides useful signals for security

Mark Albertson — Thu, 04 May 2023 14:24:19 +0000

Recent advances in artificial intelligence have opened up a whole new world of data usage for enterprise developers. The ability of AI to channel massive amounts of data and apply models that will perform near-instant analysis has created a new dynamic where programmers become active participants in how data is used. “Up until now, data […]

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Nvidia and Amazon executives address new age of uncertainty in an AI-powered world

Mark Albertson — Tue, 02 May 2023 21:21:53 +0000

When a tool as powerful as generative artificial intelligence becomes available at large scale, five-year business plans go right out the window. “You can practically hear the shrieks from corner offices around the world as people try to figure out how to do this,” Mat Honan (pictured, right), editor in chief at MIT Technology Review, said in […]

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SBOMs and firewalls are part of Sonatype’s focus on software supply chain security

Mark Albertson — Tue, 02 May 2023 19:24:26 +0000

When there’s a safety issue with a car or a child’s toy, the items usually get recalled and a fix is implemented. Some tech industry leaders are wondering why the same approach isn’t working for software. Log4j is a widely used open-source tool used to collect diagnostics data from applications written in Java. In late […]

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What to expect during the ‘Navigating the Road to Cyber Resiliency’ event: Join theCUBE May 16

Mark Albertson — Tue, 02 May 2023 15:07:52 +0000

Ransomware and supply chain hacks have become threats to organizations globally. Cyber risk puts pressure on organizations to focus on end-to-end security, from the silicon root of trust all the way up the tech stack. This reality was brought to the forefront recently with a supply chain compromise at 3CX, provider of voice-over-IP unified communication […]

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Three insights you might have missed from the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU event

Mark Albertson — Mon, 01 May 2023 21:06:33 +0000

The KubeCon + CloudNativeCon gathering in Amsterdam provided an opportunity for engineers and developers to hear the latest on container, cloud-native and open-source innovation. The rise of artificial intelligence and its impact on the evolution of DevOps, as well as data governance, were prime topics of discussion during the weeklong event. TheCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming […]

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