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Google Opens Up Gemini 2.0, Touting Multimodal Capabilities

Google opened up access to Gemini 2.0, a significant update to its flagship AI, targeting enterprise users and developers with enhanced multimodal capabilities and improved performance.

2025 Nutanix Cloud Index Marks 'An Inflection Point with GenAI'

GenAI dominates the new Nutanix Cloud Index, the latest in a years-long series of surveys the hybrid multicloud specialist publishes to measure global enterprise progress with cloud adoption. The 2025 report published today reveals that GenAI is changing organizations' priorities, with security and privacy being a primary concern.

Configuring ESXi 8 on a Raspberry Pi 5

In part three of his series, Tom Fenton configures ESXi to use an NTP server for precise time synchronization, enables SSH access, and adds a datastore for storing and running virtual machines.

Cloud Security Org Weighs In on DeepSeek AI Just as Data Leakage Reported

The Cloud Security Alliance has weighed in on the debut of revolutionary and controversial DeepSeek AI with strategic implications and action items just as a report was published on data leakage from the platform.

Installing ESXi 8 on a Raspberry Pi 5

Tom Fenton walks through the process of installing and using ESXi 8 on the Raspberry Pi 5, providing a hands-on opportunity to explore VMware virtualization technology or to run ARM-based VMs.

Cloud Giants Offer DeepSeek AI, Restricted by Many Orgs, to Devs

Microsoft, Amazon and Google have all embraced new open-source DeepSeek AI technology from a Chinese company, despite its usage being banned by many organizations due to concerns about data security, privacy, compliance, and national security risks.

Cybersecurity for Non-Experts

A self-described "one-person Security Operations Center" deeply invested in Microsoft-centric security imparts commonsense advice for different target groups: IT pros, developers and end users.

VMware ESXi 8 on a Raspberry Pi 5

Tom Fenton, who literally wrote the book about ESXi 7 on a Raspberry Pi 4 hobbyist computer, now tackles ESXi 8 on a Pi 5, the new "computer in a keyboard."

What Makes a 'Cloud Leader?'

The new "2025 State of the Cloud" report from multicloud specialist Rackspace defines and explains the characteristics of a "cloud leader."

How Useful Is New Raspberry Pi 500 'Computer in a Keyboard?'

After introducing the new device, Tom Fenton explores the Pi 500's hardware specs more thoroughly and discusses its usefulness as a home and office computer.

VMware Defections Continue: Nutanix Welcomes Evalueserve

Post-acquisition defections have been trumpeted by benefactors, with the latest being Nutanix announcing that Evalueserve, a global research and analytics firm, has chosen Nutanix to replace its VMware-based virtualization infrastructure.

Nvidia Blasts Biden AI Move, Lauds Trump Actions as Trade Groups Add to Backlash

Tech organizations and companies blasted this week's AI moves by the Biden administration, with Nvidia slamming the U.S. president's actions and comparing current government policies unfavorably with those of president-elect Donald Trump.

Hands On with Raspberry Pi 500, a Computer in a Keyboard

The Raspberry Pi 500 integrates a Pi computer into a full-sized keyboard, offering a compact computing platform, says Tom Fenton in his first look.

Top 10 GenAI Apps Most Often Blocked by Organizations

A new survey-based report from cloud security specialist Netskope explores cybersecurity threats, including the dangers of GenAI and the related apps that are most often blocked from employee use by organizations.

Deploying Containers on Specialized Flatcar OS

Tom Fenton concludes his exploration of Flatcar Container Linux, recently accepted as an incubating project by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.

With Rise of AI, Metaverse Org Decries 'Premature Declarations of its Demise'

"The term 'metaverse' has weathered a significant hype cycle, where inconsistent definitions led to confusion and premature declarations of its demise" -- Metaverse Standards Forum

Installing Flatcar Container Linux on VMware Workstation

After it catches his attention at KubeCon, where it was accepted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation as an incubating project, Tom Fenton tackles deployment.

Responsible AI Is Just Good Business: Microsoft-IDC Report

The "Responsible AI" movement seeks to help organizations build and maintain trust with users, stakeholders and society at large -- and maybe even avoid those pesky "AI-Kills-Humanity" scenarios -- but a new report indicates it just makes good business sense, too.

Hands On with Open-Source Flatcar OS for Containers

After it catches his attention at KubeCon, where it was accepted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation as an incubating project, Tom Fenton puts it through its paces.

Prepare for Ransomware in 2025: Baseline Practices for Cloud Security

Ransomware is at an all-time high, and it will only get worse in 2025. To help organizations prepare for the new-year onslaught, cloud architect Joey D'Antoni shared his hard-won expertise, starting with the basics.

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