Today: Vercel unveils a new serverless computing architecture that's better equipped to manage idle resources, nobody knows what Elon Musk's minions are doing to the federal government's servers, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
Vercel's serverless infrastructure was designed at a time when speed was the most important goal. AI apps are a little different, and Fluid Compute is an effort to rebuild that infrastructure for the AI era.
Today on Product Saturday: The Allen Institute for AI releases an actual open-source challenger to DeekSeek's V3 model, Microsoft open-sources a NoSQL database under an old and familiar name, and the quote of the week.
Today: why global companies rolling out new security policies need to make sure their end users understand what they're trying to say, Microsoft hooks up with Mistral, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
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.
Increasingly, in-house technology leaders are tasked with the seemingly impossible mandate of reaping the benefits of next-generation systems while simultaneously reducing legacy technical debt and costs and managing risk.
Today: Snyk's CEO explains how even the security market is prone to slowdowns, Nvidia isn't slowing down for anyone, and the latest moves in enterprise tech.
"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.
Today: how international law enforcement agencies took down one of the most notorious ransomware operators, how two communities are dealing with a surge in data-center building, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
Today: why ridiculous sums of money are being discussed when it comes to chips and AI, the FTC puts AI vendors on notice, and the quote of the week.
Today: How Expedia balances the tech needs of its consumer travel business and B2B customers, Cisco takes a step back, and the latest enterprise moves.
Like many companies that have grown through acquisitions over the years, Rajesh Naidu's job involves integrating those acquisitions onto a common tech stack, which requires taking a hard look at the SaaS applications used by those companies.
Today: why a shakeup in the fast-growing observability market could be underway as businesses start to think differently about data, the early returns for Microsoft Copilot are in, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
The rise of OpenTelemetry coupled with the separation of application data from observability tools could shake up this fast-growing market right as more companies realize they need help managing their cloud apps.
Today: Google rolls out its most powerful LLM to date, U.S. companies form a task force to endlessly debate AI risks, and this week's enterprise moves.
