Databricks pitches Lakewatch as a cheaper SIEM — but is it really?

Databricks has previewed a new open agentic Security Information and Event Management software (SIEM) named Lakewatch that signals its first deliberate step beyond data warehousing into security analytics. The data warehouse-provider is pitching Lakewatch as a lower-cost alternative to traditional security tools, arguing that consolidating security analytics into its data platform can reduce overall spend….

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Google targets AI inference bottlenecks with TurboQuant

Google says its new TurboQuant method could improve how efficiently AI models run by compressing the key-value cache used in LLM inference and supporting more efficient vector search. In tests on Gemma and Mistral models, the company reported significant memory savings and faster runtime with no measurable accuracy loss, including a 6x reduction in memory…

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Rethinking VM data protection in cloud-native environments

After many years of being relatively static, the enterprise virtualization landscape is shifting under our feet. As organizations reassess their reliance on traditional hypervisors, driven by cost, licensing disruption, or a broader push toward modernization, many are exploring Kubernetes as the natural consolidation point for both containerized and virtual machine workloads. This is often referred…

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A data trust scoring framework for reliable and responsible AI systems

Digital transformation today is more than just automating tasks or speeding up calculations. It’s reshaping how we make decisions. People used to rely on their own experience and negotiation skills, but now algorithms are often taking over. While this shift improves efficiency and scale, it also introduces a critical challenge: managing knowledge reliably across automated decision systems….

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