Many monolithic IT systems have morphed into distributed solutions based on service-based architectures, but with monoliths making a comeback, the important thing is to find the right approach for a specific situation.
While the process of establishing a network path between two networks tends to be somewhat straightforward, DNS name resolution can be an issue.
It's high time for Microsoft to have a rebirth -- the death spiral of its attitude to security needs to change.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 09/05/2023
An application is an idea that has code, data and infrastructure, and choosing whether to build a conveyor belt or to put up guard rails along the path is important in maintaining velocity to the cloud.
OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Enterprise, while Microsoft introduced Bing Chat Enterprise in the Windows Copilot Preview and Google announced a flurry of enterprise AI-related news items at its Google Cloud Next '23 conference.
The expected deluge of AI-related news at this week's big VMware Explore 2023 conference sees a "Private AI" initiative with chipmaker NVIDIA, along with AI integrations to the Anywhere Workspace platform and much more.
VMware debuted a new solution, jointly developed with NVIDIA, that aims to address the legal, privacy and security concerns around the use of generative AI in enterprises.
VMware detailed its latest protections against ransomware -- along with disaster recovery improvements -- as its big VMware Explore 2023 conference kicked off in Las Vegas, citing moves across several properties.
A $10 billion-plus investment put advanced generative AI tech into everything from Bing search to Microsoft 365 office apps to even Windows itself, with some prices rising accordingly.
Paul's review: Entra Internet Access makes a lot of sense, while Entra Private Access is an interesting evolution of the existing App Proxy and could be a no-brainer for SMBs with on-premises resources.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 08/17/2023
Here's how organizations build scaling groups to create and delete instances in response to a workload's demands.
Maybe Google didn't like Microsoft using AI to challenge its search supremacy, as the company introduced a browser-based, cloud-hosted development environment that could rival offerings like Visual Studio Code for the Web.
The move from the Chinese company comes shortly after U.S.-based Meta (known for Facebook) made big AI news by <a href="https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2023/07/24/llama-2-sites.aspx" target="_blank">open sourcing its Llama 2 LLM</a>.
"I believe it will transform every application, industry and business."
Vegas veteran Tom Fenton has the inside scoop on cool and fun non-techy things to do between VMware Explore 2023 sessions.
Content helps Spring developers build microservices, web apps, serverless, event-driven, reactive and cloud workloads.
After earlier choosing his top hybrid-workforce-themed (Horizon) sessions earlier, Tom turns to general sessions covering NVMeoF, Kubernetes, NUMA and more.
Microsoft announced its Cloud Partner Program has been rebranded the "Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program," infusing AI into the program's name and wares.
Paul Schnackenburg talks identity in general, how it fits in with the other security tools and services he has covered and the different parts of Microsoft Entra, along with how they solve various identity-related problems.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 06/27/2023
AWS might be seen as late to the cloud giant AI party as Microsoft's "new Bing" rolled out along with multiple AI Copilots for many products and services, after which Google offered up its experimental Bard AI search engine while developing its own new large language models (LLMs), but Amazon has made some moves of its own.