How enterprise AI can ease the data gravity burden
COMMISSIONED: Among the many tough decisions IT leaders face is where to best host AI workloads.
Whether you’re deploying traditional AI applications that predict supply chain performance or launching generative...
Seagate sampling 36 TB HAMR disk drive
Seagate is pushing out its capacity leadership position on Toshiba and Western Digital by sampling an Exos M 36 TB disk drive using its HAMR technology, currently the highest...
MariaDB adds vector search in Gen AI DB push
The open-source MariaDB database now has a vector search capability, allowing customers' businesses to access a single, complete database supporting transactional, analytical, semi-structured, and now artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
The...
BMC Software enhances mainframe data storage and AI services
BMC Software has released data storage and AI productivity enhancements to its mainframe services.
The January 2025 update to the BMC AMI portfolio “breaks new ground” in enabling what is...
AI data companies dominate new unicorn list from BestBrokers
Companies built around AI data systems dominate entrants to the latest unicorn list compiled by broking comparison site BestBrokers, with Databricks and WEKA mentioned.
Unicorns are defined as privately owned...
Lenovo goes shopping, plonks Infinidat in the basket
Lenovo is buying privately-owned enterprise block array storage supplier Infinidat for an undisclosed amount.
Systems supplier Lenovo's storage line-up is centered on small and medium enterprises. It was built up...
UnifabriX on how tech can tear down AI memory wall
UnifabriX claims its CXL-connected external MAX memory device can deliver substantial AI processing performance improvements.
The company’s MAX memory technology was described in an earlier article. UnifabriX CEO Ronen Hyatt...
NetApp offloads Spot, Cloudcheckr to Flexera
NetApp is selling its Spot and CloudCheckr CloudOps portfolios to FinOps business Flexera for a reported $100 million.
Spot provides ways to find and use the lowest cost public cloud...
Informatica deepens Databricks dealings
Data integration and management supplier Informatica has strengthened the integration of its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) with Databricks’ Data Intelligence Platform, including support for AI Functions.
Databricks supplies an...
VAST enters 2025 with consolidated EBox and GCP support
Analysis: Having erected a substantial AI-focused stack of software components in 2024, announced a partnership with Cisco, and delivered software upgrades, how is VAST Data positioned at the start...
Can synthetic data help scale AI’s data wall?
COMMISSIONED: As with any emerging technology, implementing generative AI large language models (LLMs) isn’t easy and it’s totally fair to look side-eyed at anyone who suggests otherwise.From issues identifying...
Panmnesia snags award for GPU CXL memory expansion
A Panmnesia scheme to bulk up a GPU’s memory by adding fast CXL-accessed external memory to a unified virtual memory space has won a CES Innovation award.
Panmnesia says large-scale...