Oracle today unveiled the Exadata X11M, the latest in its line of high-performance appliances for AI, analytics, and OLTP workloads. The company says the X11M will give customers substantial speedups across the board at the same starting price as the Exadata appliance it replaces. Based on the latest generation AMD EPYC processors and Oracle Database…
In a data-driven world, financial services organizations are racing to harness the transformative power of AI. However, this journey is not without challenges. We know AI has a data problem. Without the right data in the right place, even the most sophisticated AI strategies fall short. IT leaders in the financial services sector understand that…
The decentralized AI space is rapidly evolving, with innovative platforms finding new ways to optimize resources and enhance machine learning (ML) capabilities. Nodepay is one such platform. It allows users to contribute their unused internet bandwidth by turning it into real-time data pipelines for AI training and development. The startup announced it has secured $7…
The data storage landscape is undergoing a transformational change. AI is changing how systems need to handle both large amounts of data and the speed at which that data can be processed. Where enterprise organizations once depended on traditional SAN/NAS architectures, the explosive growth of unstructured data, now measured in petabytes, has made one thing…
Elastic, the company behind Elasticsearch, has introduced several key enhancements to its platform with the release of Elastic 8.17. The release focuses on performance enhancements, expanded capabilities, and greater operational efficiencies. A key feature of the new release is the general availability of Elasticsearch logsdb index mode. The company claims the new feature reduces the…
The way organizations manage and share data can make or break their ability to collaborate and make informed decisions. Inconsistent data definitions and fragmented documentation often create barriers between teams, limiting efficiency and trust in decision-making. Alation, a data intelligence company, is aiming to address this challenge with the release of Document Hubs – a…
AWS SageMaker has long served as the go-to platform for managing the entire lifecycle of machine learning (ML) and GenAI models. It offers tools to build, train, and deploy these models. The platform is also used to access pre-trained models, build foundation models (FMs), and refine datasets. However, there has been a growing need for…
The success of enterprise AI is closely tied to the quality and accuracy of the data it uses to train its models. This has been underscored by numerous reports that underscore the critical role of data quality. Historically, enterprises worked primarily with structured data, which is clean, well-organized, and easily analyzed. This includes data such…
Cloudera, an enterprise data cloud solutions provider, has agreed to acquire Octopai’s data lineage and catalog platform. The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of this month. This move significantly enhances Cloudera’s data catalog and metadata management capabilities. The struggle to achieve comprehensive data intelligence is a fundamental challenge faced by enterprises…
Cloudera, an enterprise data cloud solutions provider, has agreed to acquire Octopai’s data lineage and catalog platform. The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of this month. This move significantly enhances Cloudera’s data catalog and metadata management capabilities. The struggle to achieve comprehensive data intelligence is a fundamental challenge faced by enterprises…
