Topic: ai
What’s new for IT professionals from Microsoft Ignite
Microsoft’s annual development and IT conference, Microsoft Ignite, kicked off this morning, with announcements ranging from the general availability of Microsoft Security Exposure Management to the Windows Resiliency Initiative. Here is a list of some of the highlights from the event: Microsoft Security Exposure Management This new solution — now generally available — provides dynamic … continue reading
Pure Storage announces new offering to address storage challenges of generative AI
The storage company Pure Storage today announced the Pure Storage GenAI Pod, which is an AI-powered storage solution designed to help companies scale their storage infrastructure as their AI needs grow. The new offering features turnkey designs for deploying generative AI (GenAI) initiatives, which allows companies to reduce the time, cost, and skill needed to … continue reading
ServiceNow adds new governance capabilities to Now Assist platform
ServiceNow is introducing new governance capabilities across its generative AI platform Now Assist so that companies can utilize GenAI without compromising security, privacy, and compliance. “Enterprises across every industry are embracing a future of greater autonomy and productivity, all in service to their employees, customers, and overall business impact,” said Jon Sigler, senior vice president … continue reading
Microsoft launches Azure OpenAI Data Zones to give customers more flexibility over data residency
Microsoft has announced a new deployment option in Azure OpenAI that provides more flexibility and control over data privacy and residency for companies in the United States and European Union. With Azure OpenAI Data Zones, customers can process and store data within specific geographic areas without compromising performance. According to Microsoft, Data Zones allow for … continue reading
RHEL AI 1.2 adds support for new hardware accelerators from Lenovo and AMD
Red Hat has announced the latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI), its platform for developing, testing, and running LLMs. “Building on the success of our initial release of RHEL AI 1.1 on September 5, 2024, this version furthers our commitment to empowering developers, AI engineers and data scientists by lowering the … continue reading
ClearML’s GPU-as-a-Service provides multi-tenant access to AI infrastructure
The AI development platform ClearML is making it even easier for companies with multiple teams working on AI solutions to get the infrastructure they need. GPU-as-a-Service provides access to large on-premise or cloud computing clusters that are multi-tenant so that multiple teams can work off them. ClearML tracks compute consumption, data storage, API calls, and … continue reading
Simbian’s new AI Agents enable more efficient security operations
The AI-powered IT security company Simbian has announced a set of three new AI Agents that can “work alongside security teams to enhance the intelligence, speed, and coverage of their entire security program.” SOC Agent investigates and responds to security alerts, leveraging knowledge from security experts, the company’s playbooks, and user guidance to create responses … continue reading
DigitalOcean launches GPU Droplets to provide AI infrastructure as a service
DigitalOcean is launching GPU Droplets, which are NVIDIA H100 virtual servers for running AI infrastructures, allowing anyone to work with AI without needing to manage the underlying infrastructure. NVIDIA H100 GPUs are one of the most powerful GPUs available today, according to DigitalOcean, and they include 640 Tensor Cores and 128 Ray Tracing Cores, which … continue reading
ManageEngine creates Decision Intelligence platform for enhanced IT operations
ManageEngine today introduced Spotlight, an AI-driven contextual recommendations engine, as part of the company’s upgrade of its Analytics Plus solution to version 6.0. Spotlight is designed to spot inefficiencies in IT operations and offer remediation strategies. In its announcement, ManageEngine, a Zoho Corporation company, said Spotlight can give IT managers more immediate analysis of metrics … continue reading
ServiceNow’s Now Platform Xanadu release helps companies improve operational resiliency with AI
ServiceNow has released the latest version of its Now Platform, bringing improvements around operational resiliency and productivity, AI assistance, database performance, and more. The Now Platform Xanadu release introduces new automation capabilities to streamline application management, issue resolution, and operations, improving overall productivity and operational resiliency. Enterprise Architecture, which is an expansion of the company’s … continue reading
Report: AI may have benefits across enterprise, but it’s causing trouble for IT
A majority of IT leaders are worried about the cybersecurity implications brought on by the introduction of AI into their organizations. According to Flexential’s 2024 State of AI Infrastructure Report, 95% of IT leaders said that AI has made their organization more vulnerable to cyberthreats. About half of the respondents believe this is because the … continue reading
Red Hat brings AI to hybrid cloud with RHEL AI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) is a foundation model platform for developing, testing, and running generative AI models that enterprise applications are utilizing. It comes as a single bootable image — complete with IBM’s open source Granite LLMs and the InstructLab model alignment tools — that can be easily redeployed to servers across … continue reading
