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Cloud Computing

Enterprises Grapple With Pros, Cons (and Costs) of Cloud-First Strategy

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As enterprise spending on cloud continues to skyrocket, some leaders are questioning when enough is enough and weighing alternatives.

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Enterprise AI

How AI Helps Doctors Fill Patient Care Gaps

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Will AI Be Setting Your Salary Soon? Some Workers Hope So

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Microsoft Wants to Improve AI-Powered Code Generation

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Enterprise AI

Adobe Wants to Frame Digital Content Creation

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Adobe’s system would use machine learning to help AI deliver the content that users want from large language models.

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Enterprise AI

Bloom Energy, Brookfield Form $5B Partnership Reimagining AI’s Power Supply

Bloom Energy teams with Brookfield Asset Management to help cover a 75-gigawatt shortfall in US electrical power due to the AI boom.

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Cybersecurity

In Security, ‘There’s Two Sides to AI,’ Box CISO Says

CIO Upside sat down with Box’s recently appointed CISO to discuss emerging threats, AI agents in security and her new role.

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Enterprise AI

How OpenAI’s Partnership With Oracle Could Alter the AI Landscape

Even for major AI firms, ‘you can’t do it alone.’

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Data

Salesforce Patent Could Recycle AI Model Outputs

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Reusing old responses could help save the model energy.

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Cloud Computing

IBM Patent Could Rein In Power-Hungry Data Centers

As AI development eats up a whole lot of power, tech firms could be looking for solutions.

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Semiconductors

In Quantum Computing Investment, ‘The Race is On’

‘It will require a lot of R&D investment to unlock that potential.’

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Enterprise AI

Salesforce Layoffs Add Fuel to AI Job-Automation Fire

With many workers in a state of uncertainty, ‘ignoring those fears risks disengagement and turnover,’ one expert said.

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Data

Who’s Who? Identity Questions Undermine Model Context Protocol

‘There cannot be room for hallucination in that question.’

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Cybersecurity

Legacy Code Might Be Holding Your Enterprise Back

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More than 60% of U.S. companies run outdated code that cannot support cloud or AI.

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Enterprise AI

Microsoft Targets AI’s Bias Problem in Recent Patent

Bias is one of the fundamental issues that AI developers face as they build and deploy models.

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Enterprise AI

Developers Need More Than Speed to Succeed

‘It’s never just about your lines of code produced,’ said Capital One’s Catherine McGarvey.

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Cloud Computing

Oracle Patent May Help Cloud Platforms Work Together

The goal is to allow cloud customers to get the best of both worlds when it comes to multi-cloud architecture.

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Regulation

What Enterprises Need to Know About Silicon Valley’s Pro-AI Super PACs

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‘They’re trying to lock in certain rules that makes building and selling AI easier, cheaper and faster.’

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Enterprise AI

How Salesforce Uses Agents to Follow Up on Thousands of Leads

‘It’s pure creation of gold from sawdust on the floor,’ one executive said.

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Data

IBM Patent May Help Clean Data Pipelines

‘Well-organized data pipelines provide the foundation for a range of data projects.’

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Enterprise AI

Why Zoho Built its Own Proprietary Language Model

You don’t need an LLM that can do everything, one developer argues. Bespoke design is more effective and less expensive.

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