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AI-powered metadata: Informatica’s role in the future of data management

The journey to AI-integrated metadata systems As theCUBE Research has been tracking, the transformation of data management systems has been gradual yet profound. Over the past decade, organizations have increasingly recognized the value of separating computational power from data storage, leading to more centralized data consolidation and management. Informatica Inc., a data integration and management ...
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What to know about AI at this year’s RSA Conference

Last year, the RSA Conference was dominated by the conversation around artificial intelligence and machine learning. Just months after the initial release of ChatGPT, virtually every vendor took the opportunity to tell visitors about how its platform or tool is powered by AI/ML engines, but few of those visitors were able to verify those claims ...
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Security budgets are growing, but so is vendor sprawl

Organizations continue to spend more on security, with 87% of firms expecting to increase spend on cybersecurity in the next 12 months. But are we safer? It’s estimated that firms on average have between 60 and 75 security tools installed. Although leading vendors logically market the benefits of addressing tools sprawl and complexity through consolidation, ...
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AI can see clearly now: Why transparency leads to ethical and fair AI systems

Although artificial intelligence has proved its ability to reshape industries, redefine customer experiences and reimagine business operations, it also carries inherent risks. And though robots haven’t overtaken the world as foreshadowed time and time again by science fiction movies, there’s a very real threat to businesses of AI going awry. One of the key components ...
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Adobe Summit highlights personalization at scale with generative AI

Adobe Summit 2024 put individualized digital experiences on full display. Personalization at scale is exceedingly difficult. By applying artificial intelligence, Adobe Systems Inc. showed off its ability to bring custom experiences to the masses and do so with trusted, enterprise-grade content. Moreover, Adobe highlighted an expanded total available market for its three major business segments ...

How to make your office a magnet to attract employees

Return-to-office initiatives are in the news more and more lately, but is mandating employees to return the best approach? Cisco Systems Inc. Chief Executive Chuck Robbins is taking a different approach. Instead of a mandate, Cisco has reimagined its offices to make them a magnet for employees to return. I toured its offices at Penn1 ...
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Platform engineering, API platforms and intelligent agents dominate innovation at KubeCon Paris

The sizzle at this past week’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe in Paris was all about Kubernetes-based infrastructure for generative artificial intelligence. The steak, in contrast, was all about platforms. I attend conferences such as KubeCon to uncover particularly innovative vendors who are pushing the boundaries of their respective technologies. Since is my seventh article for ...
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Transforming supply chain resilience with generative AI and data

Generative artificial intelligence has struck like a bolt of lightning, rapidly moving from an industry buzzword to a robust business opportunity. A report by Gartner indicates that chief supply chain officers are investing in growth through new technology investments, with many anticipating allocating an average of 73% of their supply chain information technology budgets to areas ...

Harnessing data for retail excellence: Inside Walmart’s Element AI platform

Not many enterprises can tackle the complexity and expense of building a full-scale machine learning platform from the ground up, but not many are Walmart Inc. The retail giant intends to infuse artificial intelligence throughout its operations and wants the maximum flexibility to use whatever models, toolkits and cloud resources its developers prefer. The result ...
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How executive leaders can manage the impacts of the US executive order on AI

The recent U.S. Executive Order on Safe, Secure and Trustworthy AI has major implications for U.S. and non-U.S. entities across the public, private, academic, nongovernmental organization, and consumer and citizen ecosystems. The EO also has an impact on U.S. federal agencies and those who work with them. It will undoubtedly have a significant impact on the ...