A Dimensional Research survey commissioned by Backblaze found nearly all large organizations face hidden cloud storage charges that limit flexibility and drive data lock-in.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new Gartner survey of 253 infrastructure and operations leaders reports that 54% are adopting AI to reduce costs, with budget limits and integration cited as the top challenges and guidance to start with targeted pilots.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Brien Posey explains that a large language model’s performance depends more on architecture, training, and data quality than on its parameter count alone.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A component designed to perform tasks faster than general-purpose processors.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The simultaneous execution of multiple tasks across multiple processors.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A high-performance computing system.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The rate at which a system  transmits or processes data over a given period.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Indicates how many read and write operations a storage device can complete per second.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A physical or logical separation that isolates a computer from untrusted systems or connections.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The period during which a program is executing on a computer.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A data storage architecture that manages information as discrete objects.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A secure communication method that routes network traffic through a protected tunnel.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An isolated computing environment used to execute, test or analyze code.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An isolated, configurable virtual network within a public cloud.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A virtual desktop instance hosted in a public or private cloud.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A dependency on a specific supplier’s technology, platform or service.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An international standards body.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A cloud computing environment dedicated to a single organization.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A cloud model where infrastructure is made available to multiple customers.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In which hardware, software and data are hosted in an organization’s own physical facilities.