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Unpacking the state of cloud-native applications
The evolution of cloud-native applications has become a topic of great significance to enterprises. The transition toward these applications, their deployment strategies and the choices organizations make regarding modernization are key factors shaping the digital landscape in a recent discussion I had with Paul Nashawaty, principal analyst from Enterprise Strategy Group, a TechTarget company. Paul ...
At Black Hat, getting past enterprise cybersecurity ‘Oh sh*t!’ moments
The annual enterprise cybersecurity conference Black Hat exploded into Las Vegas this week, giving the Moscone-constrained RSA Conference earlier this year a run for its money. On the one hand, cybersecurity’s popularity is understandable. Bad actors continue to innovate, and threats continue to proliferate. The cybersecurity needs of organizations continue to multiply as a result. ...
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Dynatrace unveils security analytics for proactive threat defense in cloud applications
Dynatrace Inc., known in the fields of unified observability and security, recently announced its new Security Analytics solution. Integrated within the Dynatrace platform, this solution is designed to enhance an organization’s defense against threats in hybrid and multicloud setups. The offering uses Davis AI, combining predictive and causal AI technologies, to provide security analysts with ...
COMMENTARY
AI as the next computing platform
Generative artificial intelligence has rapidly captured the imagination of millions, thanks to the way it uses a broad range of inputs to create new stories, code, images, music, video and more. For organizations seeking business value from this dynamic, it is the underlying process, not the eye-popping results, that raises the critical strategic consideration of ...
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What is a data product?
We have had data on the brain for the past few months. Building on the discussion of the brewing battle for data platform dominance, I thought it would be good to unpack what a data product is. We are basing this definition, which we will continue to evolve, on conversations we had with Shinji Kim, ...
ANALYSIS
Equinix reports strong earnings amid growing demand for digital infrastructure
Equinix Inc., the supplier of data centers, continues to showcase robust performance and growth. The company’s second-quarter earnings report today reveals strong demand for digital infrastructure, bolstered by increasing adoption of artificial intelligence integration and what the company claims is a commitment to hybrid cloud architectures. This analysis will delve into Equinix’s second-quarter results, highlighting key figures ...
GUEST COLUMN
Five best practices to capture AI value
Artificial intelligence has the potential to create substantial business value for organizations, but AI teams often find it challenging to realize and communicate these benefits. In fact, Gartner research has found that difficulty measuring AI value and a lack of understanding around AI benefits and uses are top barriers to its implementation. AI technologies are unique in that they can ...
API cyberattacks projected to jump nearly tenfold by 2030
New research from cloud-native application programming interface management firm Kong Inc. and an outside economist projects that API attacks will jump nearly 1,000% by 2030. The study, conducted by Kong analysts and Dr. Christopher Whaley, an associate professor at Brown University, studied attacks using APIs as entry points. It projects that the frequency of API ...
ChatGPT can write ransomware, but what about incident response plans?
In a relatively short amount of time, generative artificial intelligence platforms such as OpenAI LP’s ChatGPT have shown immense capabilities in how we can advance the way we use artificial intelligence in our everyday lives – from critical business functions to personal advice and recommendations. Whether developing SEO-friendly content, building marketing strategies, writing code or ...
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The brewing battle for data platform dominance
Given that data platforms have an estimated total addressable market in the tens of billions of dollars, it comes as no surprise that every vendor offering data-related solutions is striving to secure its share of this highly lucrative market. But the real question is: How do these different approaches compare? Today, on a new segment ...