Brian Njuguna

Brian is a staff writer for theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio. He has written for a variety of publications, including Blockchain.News and Capital.com. Brian has a penchant for technological innovations, including blockchain, cloud computing, data science, and cryptocurrencies, as he believes that they will reign supreme as the world gears toward the Fourth Industrial Revolution. He loves to attend rugby sporting events, travel, and listen to music. Brian lives in Nairobi, Kenya, and holds a bachelor’s of economics and statistics from Kenyatta University.

Latest from Brian Njuguna

Gen AI retail transformation: How AWS is reshaping inventory accuracy, personalization and ROI

Generative AI is shifting retail from reactive execution to real-time decision-making, changing how merchants forecast demand, position inventory and engage customers at scale. As retailers face tighter margins and faster consumer cycles, gen AI is emerging as an operational lever rather than a marketing add-on. Amazon Web Services Inc. is pushing that shift into production, ...

OpenSearch’s community surge reshapes the future of AI-powered search

AI-powered search is entering a new phase, one where semantic understanding, richer context and personalization converge to turn routine queries into meaningful, conversational results. Instead of returning static lists, modern systems surface insights that feel tailored, intuitive and immediately actionable. OpenSearch Dashboards amplify that shift by transforming traditional data visualization into an intelligence layer that ...

Semantic and multimodal search moves mainstream as Jina AI gains traction

As artificial intelligence accelerates across every industry, Jina AI is emerging as one of the few platforms capable of redefining how organizations actually find, interpret and act on their data. Jina AI is moving search far beyond keyword matching, pushing it into a semantic, multimodal, long-context world that mirrors how people think. The result is ...

Inside the growing Oracle–Microsoft alliance reshaping enterprise AI data strategy

As artificial intelligence rapidly advances, AI-powered data solutions transform raw information into a strategic superpower — driving smarter decisions, accelerating operations and delivering deeply personalized customer experiences. As markets grow more dynamic and consumer expectations surge, Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp. have strengthened their multicloud collaboration with AI-powered data solutions — led by Oracle Database@Azure ...

Data encryption becoming the defining layer of next-gen cloud architectures

Enterprise-grade data encryption turns sensitive information into a secure, trusted asset, empowering organizations to innovate confidently without compromising security. Vast Data Inc. is rolling out data encryption built around a multi-layered security model that protects data at rest and in transit. The design adds stronger key management, secure deletion and more precise access controls, according ...

Inside the rise of hybrid AI PCs and what it means for everyday work

As artificial intelligence automates routine work and elevates human decision-making, redefining hybrid AI in the modern workplace has become essential. By combining human intelligence with machine-driven speed and scale, organizations can offload repetitive, data-intensive tasks while giving people more room for strategy, creativity and innovation. Dell Copilot+ PCs — built on Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC architecture — ...

Solidigm–MinIO team up as AI infrastructure demands intensify

To determine the power, reliability and scalability of the next generation of artificial intelligence systems, AI infrastructure upgrades are essential because they determine performance, reliability and broad usability. To accelerate AI infrastructure upgrades, Solidigm launched an AI Central Lab that enables advanced solid-state drive benchmarking through a strategic partnership with MinIO Inc., according to Avi ...

Kubiya pushes agentic engineering into the real world of AI deployment

Agentic engineering is redefining intelligent systems by replacing static automation with autonomous, goal-driven artificial intelligence agents capable of reasoning, acting and collaborating dynamically. Kubiya Inc. harnesses agentic engineering to optimize on-demand capacity and artificial intelligence-driven project planning, enabling efficient resource management. By integrating with Kubernetes, OpenShift and other orchestrators, the platform dynamically scales infrastructure to ...

On-prem gen AI gains momentum as enterprises shift from POC to production

Organizations are rethinking their AI strategies as the limits of cloud-only approaches come into focus. On-prem gen AI is emerging as a pragmatic counterweight — delivering advanced models with the control, security and high-performance computing needed for production-grade work, all without relying on external cloud dependencies. Dell is leaning into that shift. Its AI Factory ...

Red Hat champions zero-trust AI to secure data and AI workloads

Since artificial intelligence systems are both valuable targets and potential risk amplifiers, implementing zero-trust AI is crucial in today’s digital landscape. Red Hat Inc. is pioneering zero-trust AI, turning trust into a continuous process that boosts safety, accountability and reliability in critical environments. By enforcing ongoing verification, strict access controls and compartmentalization, it protects sensitive ...