Platform Engineering, Storage, Gestalt IT, Technology, HPC, DDN, Microsoft, Cloud and Security Events (320.3.5) Wednesday AM
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Platform Engineering
Survey Surfaces Higher Platform Engineering Success Rates
A survey of 1,000 platform engineers and IT decision-makers in the U.S., United Kingdom and the Asia Pacific (APAC) finds that 22% claim to have been extremely successful, with another 72% reporting they have been moderate to very successful....more
The Expanding Horizon Of Platform Engineering: Devops-Focused Or Beyond?
Platform engineering has emerged as a cornerstone of modern IT operations, creating standardized and reusable infrastructure to streamline workflows, automate processes and enable efficient development cycles....more
Metrics That Matter: Enhancing Efficiency Of Platform Engineering
While platform engineering is relatively new, it is not entirely novel. According to the 'State of DevOps Report: The Evolution of Platform Engineering' by Puppet in 2024, 43% of organizations report having had a platform team for three to five years already....more
Storage
Storage For AI Q&A
Our recent SNIA Data, Networking & Storage Forum (DNSF) webinar, 'AI Storage: The Critical Role of Storage in Optimizing AI Training Workloads,' was an insightful look at how AI workloads interact with storage at every stage of the AI data pipeline with a focus on data loading and checkpointing....more
288,076 Hard Drives Tested By Backblaze
As of the end of 3Q24, Backblaze was monitoring 292,647 HDDs and SSDs in its cloud storage servers located in our data centers around the world....more
Gestalt IT
WiFi Isn't Always The Best Solution
Wi-Fi is the most dominant client connectivity option on the market today. The growth of ubiquitous computing has only happened because of the mass deployment of Wi-Fi....more
US Antitrust Actions Challenge Tech Deals
The US Department of Justice is looking at two big IT companies, potentially making waves in the enterprise IT space. They are asking a federal judge to force Google to sell or spin off its Chrome browser, arguing that integration with Google's other products, particularly Android, Search, and the Play store, is anti-competitive....more
Technology
The Evolution Of Hashing Algorithms: From MD5 To Modern Day
The journey of cryptographic hash functions mirrors the evolution of digital security itself. From the early days of MD5 to modern quantum-resistant algorithms, each generation of hash functions has emerged from the lessons learned from its predecessors....more
Top 10 Technology Trends To Watch In 2025
2025 Tech Forecast: The Top 10 Trends to Keep an Eye On...more
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HPC
The Evolution Of Liquid Cooling In AI Systems: Insights From SC24 (38 M)
As artificial intelligence continues to redefine the computing landscape, the heat dissipation challenges posed by AI chips demand increasingly sophisticated cooling solutions....more
An Inside Look At El Capitan: Facts Beyond The Numbers
Top500 this week crowned El Capitan as the fastest supercomputer in the world. It has a peak speed of 1.72 exaflops, which is about 20 times faster than its predecessor at LLNL, Sierra....more
AI Market Bigger Than Expected, And Growing Faster
As far as we have been concerned since founding The Next Platform literally a decade ago this week, AI training and inference in the datacenter are a kind of HPC....more
Ford Lead Says HPC, GPUs, AI Are Keys to Driving Progress
Like all auto manufacturers, Ford is pursuing what can only be described as a profound digital transformation....more
DDN News
DDN Supplying Storage For xAI's Colossus Supercomputer
DDN storage is being used in an expansion phase of Elon Musk's xAI Colossus supercomputer....more
Empowering AI Evolution: How DDN Redefines Data Intelligence For The Digital Era
Based on the need for organizations to harness the full potential of their data, turning it into a strategic asset that drives innovation, efficiency and competitive advantage, data intelligence is vital....more
DDN Appliance Upgrades Boost Gpu Performance And Capacity Efficiency For AI Processing
With the launch this week of upgrades for its data intelligence platform, DataDirect Networks Inc. has signaled its intent to bring significant scalability and GPU performance to the infrastructure necessary for processing AI workloads....more
DDN Delivers World's Leading Data Intelligence Platform To Swisscom For State-Of-The-Art AI Infrastructure
DDN and Swisscom Collaborate to Deliver Leadership-Class, NVIDIA-Powered AI Infrastructure to Protect Data Sovereignty...more
Microsoft News
Microsoft Customers Share Impact Of Generative AI
From enhancing customer experience to accelerating research and development, organizations across industries share stories of AI successes...more
Microsoft Ignite 2024 Key Announcements And Industry Implications
At Microsoft Ignite 2024, the event unveiled advancements aimed at enhancing AI-driven productivity, developer efficiency, security, and customization across its ecosystem....more
Microsoft's New Mini PC Can't Run Apps
A mini PC that doesn't do anything. That's the general idea behind Microsoft's newest product, Windows 365 Link. It can't run apps and doesn't have a traditional operating system; it's just a box that logs into the Windows 365 cloud desktop platform....more
Cloud Events
Modernizing Financial Applications and Securing Cloud Migration with GitLab & AWS (Dec. 5th)
Join us to learn how your organization can modernize its financial applications and securely migrate to AWS cloud while maintaining the highest standards of compliance, security, and performance....more
CxO Security Events
Mastering DevSecOps in 2024: Insights on AI-Driven Security (Dec. 5th)
Join us as we examine the key findings from the Black Duck 2024 DevSecOps report....more
DevSecOps 'Friends', Webinar Series: The One with Platform Engineering (and the Happy Developers) (Dec. 10th)
Learn from industry experts how to craft 'golden paths' for developers, integrate seamless automation, and optimize workflows that eliminate bottlenecks - all while ensuring security and compliance....more
Managing Dependencies at Enterprise Scale (Dec. 11th)
Join us on this webinar, with Justin Clareburt and Liora Milbaum, as they discuss the critical role of dependency management, and explore how Renovate can revolutionize your software development practices....more
Security News
Vulcan's Q3 Vulnerability Watch
This report objectively captures the most-significant CVEs and vulnerabilities identified in the third quarter of 2024. This isn't just a top ten list, but takes the extra steps to outline exposure risk specifications and to provide practical mitigation actions....more
Vulcan's report objectively captures the most-significant CVEs and vulnerabilities identified in the third quarter of 2024. This isn't just a top ten list, but takes the extra steps to outline exposure risk specifications and to provide practical mitigation actions.
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