Topic: ai
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
SUSE: Cloud security incidents down this year, but companies remain vigilant
Companies are experiencing fewer cloud security incidents this year than in years past, yet they still have concerns related to cloud and edge. This is according to SUSE’s latest Securing the Cloud report, which surveyed 820 IT engineers, architects, developers, security managers, and directors across the US, Germany, UK, France, and the Netherlands. According to … continue reading
Report: C-suite doesn’t have a ton of confidence in IT teams currently
C-suite executives are losing confidence in the ability of their IT teams to deliver basic services, leading to concerns over how advanced technologies like generative AI can be implemented successfully. According to a new survey of 2,500 C-suite executives, conducted by IBM, only 47% of respondents believe their IT teams are effective at delivering basic … continue reading
AMD acquires hyperscaler ZT Systems for $4.9 billion
AMD has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ZT Systems, a company that provides hyperscale server solutions. AMD says this purchase is part of its overall AI strategy, as ZT Systems’ offerings will help customers deploy AMD-powered AI infrastructure at scale. Over the last year, AMD has invested over $1 billion to … continue reading
Who’s going to pay for AI?
Enterprise AI is a broad topic, ranging from predictive analytics to generative AI, robotics, image recognition, natural language processing (NLP), chatbots and machine learning-based applications that perform complex tasks more efficiently and accurately than humans. Think AI on the manufacturing line to predict and prevent machine failures. Or AI in a nursing home to alert … continue reading
Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeed brings generative AI help to the platform
Using Red Hat OpenShift is about to get easier, because Red Hat is launching the developer preview of OpenShift Lightspeed, a generative AI assistant for the platform. Lightspeed can answer users’ questions about OpenShift, assist with troubleshooting, and can offer insights on building, deploying, and managing hybrid cloud applications. For instance, a user could ask … continue reading
IBM: Average cost of data breaches rises to $4.88 million
According to new research from IBM, in 2024, the average cost of a data breach rose to $4.88 million, which is a 10% increase from last year. IBM’s findings imply that the costs have risen because the collateral damage from a breach — lost business, post-breach customer costs, etc — is having a greater impact … continue reading
PagerDuty embeds generative AI across its Operations Cloud platform
PagerDuty has announced the availability of PagerDuty Advance, a series of generative AI capabilities embedded across the PagerDuty Operations Cloud. PagerDuty Advance Assistant for Slack allows users to get a summary of an incident from within Slack. The assistant anticipates common diagnostic questions and can also suggest troubleshooting steps to help enable faster incident resolution. … continue reading
Hitachi Vantara’s Hitachi IQ portfolio is now available with certification from NVIDIA
Hitachi Vantara is trying to help IT teams set their companies up for AI adoption with the general availability of the Hitachi IQ platform and the Hitachi Vantara AI Discovery Service. Its AI platform Hitachi IQ will enable customers to access the infrastructure needed to realize the value of AI, the company explained. In its … continue reading
Q&A: Is nuclear energy the key to meeting the demands of AI workloads?
AI requires a whole lot of power to run, and as more and more AI workloads are added, the power demand will just get greater. According to a report from Schneider Electric, in 2023 AI consumed 8% of the total power demanded by data centers, and this number is expected to grow to 15-20% by … continue reading
Cloudflare users can now block AI bots, scrapers, and crawlers by changing one setting
Cloudflare has added a new option in its settings to help its customers easily block AI bots, scrapers, and crawlers with a single click. Companies building generative AI models use web scrapers to get content to train their models with. “Google reportedly paid $60 million a year to license Reddit’s user generated content, Scarlett Johansson … continue reading
