Building blocks of AI: How storage architecture shapes AI success
COMMISSIONED: On a bustling factory floor, an advanced AI system orchestrates a symphony of robotic arms, each performing its task with precision. This AI-driven automation has revolutionized the manufacturing...
VAST’s Data Engine previewed
Analysis. VAST Data is getting ready to launch its DataEngine software, providing automated pipeline operations to make AI faster and more responsive to events. We referenced a VAST Data...
Storage news roundup – 9 August 2024
Cloud storage provider Backblaze pulled in $31.3 million revenues during calendar Q2, up 27 percent YoY, and it reported a $10.3 million loss versus the $14.3 million net loss...
Data orchestration coming to Datadobi unstructured data management
Blocks & Files interviewed Denise Natali, the new VP for Americas sales at Datadobi, over email about the firm's views on unstructured data management. Datadobi provides a StorageMAP facility...
Storage news ticker – August 2
Data protector Acronis has shared research from the first half of 2024 in its biannual cyberthreats report, “Acronis Cyberthreats Report H1 2024” The report found that email attacks have...
GenAI only as good as its data and platforms
COMMISSIONED: Whether you’re using one of the leading large language models (LLM), emerging open-source models or a combination of both, the output of your generative AI service hinges on...
Hazelcast embraces vector search
Hazelcast is adding vector search capability to its flagship Hazelcast Platform, which combines distributed compute, in-memory data storage, and integration for enterprise AI applications.
GenAI technologies, including large language models...
Storage Ticker – 25 July 2024
Cloud storage provider Backblaze has appointed its first CRO, Jason Wakeam, whose past experience includes serving as the VP of global sales and OEM at SnapLogic. He’s also worked...
Your AI strategy called: It wants you to free the data
Commissioned: The importance of data has never been more salient in this golden age of AI services. Whether you’re running large language models for generative AI systems or predictive...
Dell enhances data lakehouse with faster query speeds and more
Dell has boosted the query speed of its data lakehouse, added and upgraded connectors, and improved monitoring and security.
In March, Dell announced a data lakehouse element of its AI...
SingleStore: We do vectors and you don’t need knowledge graphs
Vector-specific databases and knowledge graph extensions are being promoted as a way to have GenAI large language models (LLMs) access unstructured and block data. SingleStore, a database provider, claims that...
World’s biggest firms struggle with data debt … and therefore AI
A lack of comprehensive data strategies among Global 2000 enterprises is curtailing use of AI tools and undermining business goals, according to research.
Nearly 85 percent of enterprise leaders agree...