As the technology world has grown more complicated through an explosion in artificial intelligence use cases, it has also led to challenges for cybersecurity professionals. Generative AI applications must be secured, the infrastructure around AI needs to be protected, and there is a constant worry about new threats driven by AI-powered tools. For major cloud ...

Cloud- and AI-based threats now top the list of concerns for IT and cybersecurity professionals, as they struggle to contain the proliferation of unstructured data across modern environments. This concern was one of the key findings from a recent survey by theCUBE Research, according to Christophe Bertrand, principal analyst at theCUBE. Respondents cited cloud and ...

A survey of enterprise customers conducted by SiliconANGLE and theCUBE Research last year found that there was clear momentum toward adoption of open-table formats such as Apache Iceberg. The experience of technology platform company Komodo Health Inc. provides further evidence that the shift toward open-table formats, which enable any compute engine to operate on any ...

At Snowflake Inc.’s annual conference in June, the company introduced several platform updates designed to expand interoperability, improve performance and reduce operational cost. The focus of these enhancements was artificial intelligence and how Snowflake intends to help customers embrace the agentic revolution. “It’s the ability to leverage organizations’ data to effectively drive productivity through AI, through ...

In Formula One racing, where cars move through a racecourse at speeds that can exceed 230 miles per hour, every millisecond matters. In its quest to maximize race car performance, the Aston Martin Formula One Team relies on Net App Inc.’s infrastructure for data insights that can bring it first across the finish line. “Every aspect ...

NetApp Inc. and Intel Corp. recently unveiled a jointly developed solution to reduce customer friction in AI deployment. The offering, AIPod Mini, removes the need for deep data science familiarity and reduces complexity through a combination of Intel Xeon 6 processors, an integrated artificial intelligence software stack and NetApp’s data management technology. “What’s unique about ...

Having a backup storage system that can be trusted to bring critical data back quickly in the event of a ransomware attack is emerging as a key requirement in enterprise cybersecurity. This need is also a core tenet for Object First Inc., the Veeam-focused, object-based backup solutions company. Its Ootbi offering, named for “out-of-the-box immutability,” ...

Is there a place for artificial intelligence and machine learning in today’s enterprise storage technology? Infinidat Ltd.’s data storage system offerings demonstrate how AI/ML can be leveraged for primary storage at scale. Infinidat employs Neural Cache, a patented technology driven by AI and machine learning techniques, to intelligently place data in a tiered storage design. ...

Two Snowflake Inc. executives left the company last year to start a new venture designed to leverage agentic AI and simplify data operations. The startup, Genesis Computing Inc., is backed with investment from Snowflake itself, and the agents are focused on streamlining the arduous process of creating and managing complex data pipelines. One of those ...

When AI and data come together, marketing initiatives for a business can suddenly become more powerful. This has been the experience of Denise Persson (pictured, right), a nine-year veteran of Snowflake Inc., who is the company’s chief marketing officer. Persson has found that AI can transform campaigns through personalized approaches and a finely-honed message. “Data ...