Today: As is tradition, AWS released all the news that won't make the re:Invent keynote ahead of time, the Allen Institute for AI introduces a powerful and truly open-source AI model, and the quote of the week.
Today: what Amit Zavery hopes to accomplish at ServiceNow, Nvidia continues to be the bellwether for AI growth, and the latest enterprise moves.
This era of enterprise software is either the dawn of a new era of corporate productivity or the most hyped money pit since the metaverse. ServiceNow's Amit Zavery talks about the impact of generative AI, how SaaS companies should think about AI models, and his decision to leave Google Cloud.
Nobody has any idea when a real quantum computer will actually impact enterprise tech, but NIST wants companies to upgrade their security sooner rather than later.
A software update with one more variable than expected crashed 8.5 million Windows computers. Should Windows security vendors continue to have access to the kernel?
The shared-responsibility model is groaning under the weight of the modern security environment. Snowflake's ongoing nightmare should be a wake-up call for any infrastructure or SaaS provider that they need to do more to protect their customers, because the old model is no longer working.
Global teams across an enterprise are likely to speak different languages, of course, but also might be using different keyboard layouts with different characters. Those differences can lead to confusion about password requirements that could hinder collaboration and even compromise security.
"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.
Improving cybersecurity is one of the most important challenges companies face on a day-to-day basis, according to enterprise technology vendors, who preach that mantra right up until they see a massive trend like generative AI come along and can't help but blurt out "squirrel!"
