Today: Meta releases its Llama 3 foundation model with a big emphasis on developers, Cisco takes Splunk's observability tech into security, and the latest enterprise moves.
Today: the bill comes due for the massive ransomware attack on UnitedHealth's financial subsidiary, the Linux Foundation wants to build an open GenAI app development platform, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
Forks are by definition messy in the early innings, but without smoking-gun evidence that OpenTofu stole its code any intimidation attempt by HashiCorp looks a little desperate.
Google announced plans this week to bring its Gemini foundation model into its database strategy, giving administrators new tools to maximize uptime and generate SQL code.
"The more significant decision is, 'what is your strategy for centralizing the data?' Because these data platforms do not do that; they are the place that it gets centralized to, but they do not centralize anything."
The most important issue in AI is a lack of open models that could allow researchers — who know surprisingly little about how the generative AI craze that upended the tech industry actually works — to set the parameters of the larger discussions around AI regulation.
"When you have way too many companies chasing way too few opportunities, you go through a cycle like this and only the best will survive." McKay thinks Snyk has found a path forward.
Nishita Henry's job involves helping Deloitte's clients find opportunities and avoid problems while operating on AWS. After several years of rapid change for clients that needed a cloud computing strategy, another disorienting time has arrived thanks to the rise of generative AI.
It became clear in 2023 that the incredible growth in enterprise tech spending during the early years of the pandemic was a mirage, rather than a new baseline. Redpoint's Scott Raney isn't sure how quickly the good times will return.
AWS evolved into one of the biggest businesses enterprise tech has ever seen by taking the Home Depot approach; it offers everything companies need to build digital experiences around their businesses, but it's up to you to find it and put it together. However, the market has shifted.
Tom Eggemeier believes that a key product-strategy decision Zendesk made long before most of us had heard the term "generative AI" could spark a rebound in the company's fortunes.
Rowan Trollope started work as the new CEO of Redis earlier this year in February, arguably a low point for enterprise tech growth. Redis hasn't been immune to those trends, but it has also enjoyed the spoils of the generative AI hype cycle.
Cloud computing sparked an explosion of entrepreneurship in enterprise software, but 15 years later, the situation has gotten out of hand, according to Asana CIO Saket Srivastava.
The only thing that hasn't changed about data in the nearly two decades that Vikas Ranjan has been shaping T-Mobile's data strategy is its strategic importance to the company.
Smita Hashim's new job as Zoom's chief product officer is to help it become a broader player in enterprise software. In her view, this new era of hybrid work is opening up new product possibilities built for teams with a mixture of employees in the office and at remote locations.
