AWS tries a telco tack; Teradata's new vector
Today on Product Saturday: AWS spruces up its Outposts server gear for wireless carriers, Teradata jumps on the vector database train, and the quote of the week.
Today: why AWS is building an applications business with a specific focus, Microsoft and Google report cloud earnings, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
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.
Today: data center experts outline how AI workloads are going to upend a lot of design choices, Okta's customer service team suffers a security breach, and the quote of the week.
Welcome to Runtime! Today: why vector databases are so hot right now, Microsoft open-sources an interesting application development platform, and the latest enterprise moves.
Behind every breakthrough in enterprise technology over the past few decades you'll find a database. This year, as engineering managers and CIOs are being asked to articulate a generative AI strategy in the middle of a hype cycle for the ages, the vector database is having its coming-out party.
Today: The Commerce Department places new restrictions on shipments of AI chips to China, a critical vulnerability in Cisco router software is being actively exploited, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
Today: why Principal Financial Group splits its workloads between AWS and MIcrosoft Azure, Google Cloud becomes the latest to offer customers generative AI indemnity protections, and this week in enterprise moves.
For many years financial services companies Principal Financial Group started its transition to the cloud just before the pandemic made the need for modern digital services an existential crisis, and has only accelerated that process since Kathy Kay came on board.
Today: Runtime read the 254-page Ofcom report on cloud computing competition so you don't have to, Microsoft's GitHub is losing a lot of money serving up code suggestions, and the latest funding for enterprise tech startups.
Today: why Zendesk's CEO thinks structured data will help it find success in the AI era, the U.K. puts AWS and Microsoft under a regulatory microscope, and this week's enterprise moves.
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.
DocuSign's service was built before the cloud, but last year it realized it needed to move to the cloud to handle data residency requirements and its plans for AI services.