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Exclusive: Sandisk open-sources technique to speed testing of ultra-high-capacity SSDs
The capacity of solid-state storage devices is soaring, with 32 terabytes now commonplace and 256-terabyte models expected to start shipping early next year, but all that bounty has also introduced a problem: The time required to test drives before putting them into operation has skyrocketed. Now Sandisk Corp. has released to open source a technique ...
Enterprise AI moves from pilots to production as HPE tackles the execution problem
Enterprise AI has entered a new phase — one defined less by experimentation and more by execution. Across industries, organizations are discovering that moving AI from pilot projects into production-grade systems is not a modeling problem, but an operational one shaped by infrastructure readiness, data governance and organizational discipline. That execution gap is where Hewlett ...
Nutanix broadens sovereign cloud support
Nutanix Inc. is expanding its Nutanix Cloud Platform this week with new capabilities designed to help enterprises and government agencies build and operate distributed sovereign cloud environments while maintaining centralized security, control and resilience. The company is also adding new cloud management and migration aimed at enticing users of VMware Inc. virtualization. The announcement targets organizations ...
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AI agents help solar farm developer navigate shifting needs and regulations
Building community solar gardens at the pace Novel Energy Solutions LLC is keeping leaves little room for missteps. The Saint Paul, Minnesota, builder of community solar gardens has completed more than 75 projects since its 2012 founding, including a massive 10-megawatt facility for Minnesota’s largest electric cooperative (pictured) completed last June. More than 100 projects ...
TransUnion improves device detection to counter rising fraud threats
TransUnion LLC has introduced a major upgrade to its Device Risk fraud-detection platform, adding new capabilities designed to improve device recognition, identify anomalies and apply adaptive machine learning in real time. The company said the enhancements provide businesses with clearer visibility into risky digital behavior as well as improved clarity on legitimate transactions. Citing its ...
ThoughtSpot aims agents at the analytics lifecycle
ThoughtSpot Inc. today introduced a suite of business intelligence agents designed to automate major components of the analytics workflow, spanning data modeling, dashboard creation, embedded development and real-time analytical queries. The four agents — SpotterModel, SpotterViz, SpotterCode and an upgraded Spotter 3 — extend the company’s push into what it calls “agentic analytics,” a model ...
Coder introduces governance stack for hybrid human/agent development teams
Open-source development platform builder Coder Technologies Inc. today is unveiling a suite of governance and execution capabilities designed to help enterprises integrate artificial intelligence coding agents into their software development lifecycles without compromising security, compliance or platform control. The launch extends the company’s self-hosted developer-environment platform to a “full-stack foundation for governed AI development,” aimed ...
Salesforce defines Informatica’s role in unified data strategy
Salesforce Inc. today released details about its thinking in acquiring Informatica Inc. despite that company’s apparent overlap with Salesforce’s MuleSoft integration subsidiary. Executives said the deal is central to building a unified data foundation for agentic artificial intelligence and resolving long-standing issues of fragmented enterprise context. The acquisition addresses a core obstacle in enterprise AI adoption: ...
IBM will acquire Confluent to address growing needs for real-time data in AI models
IBM Corp. said today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire streaming data firm Confluent Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at about $11 billion, paying $31 per share in cash for all outstanding Confluent common stock. Confluent sells an enterprise version of the open-source Kafka data streaming platform, which it said is used by ...
Resemble AI hauls in $13M for its different approach to deepfake detection
Resemble AI, a Toronto and San Francisco-based startup focused on securing generative artificial intelligence systems, today announced a $13 million funding round and the launch of what it calls the industry’s strongest deepfake detection model. The investment brings the company’s total funding to $25 million. Resemble AI’s technology is urgently needed. A recent study by ...