Even companies eager to jump on the GenAI bandwagon have struggled to organize their data and get past deployment hurdles, and nobody likes to spend all that time, effort, and money to build technology that can't be shipped because it can't be trusted.
Happy New Year! Today: after years of hype and investment, enterprise generative AI applications are still awaiting their breakout moment, the data-center investment boom continues, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
This year marked a turning point for enterprise tech as spending recovered and the economy stabilized following years of rising interest rates and supply-chain disruption. While no one knows what lies ahead, here are five things we thought summed up a pivotal year.
Today: Microsoft rolled out its second wave of Copilot feature upgrades ahead of a pivotal year for its AI strategy, AWS throws Intel a lifeline, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
Today: Salesforce jumps on an AI bandwagon with its trademark enthusiasm, Apple reveals more details about its secure private cloud infrastructure, and the latest enterprise moves.
For years, Oracle tried to convince longtime database customers who wanted to shed their on-premises data centers to run those databases on Oracle's public infrastructure cloud, slamming AWS at every turn. Times have changed.
Why Oracle's decision to bring its flagship database to the cloud leader is a turning point, Microsoft claims progress in making quantum computers more reliable, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
Today: Anthropic throws its hat in the enterprise AI ring, AT&T has had it with Broadcom's changes to VMware licensing, and the latest moves in enterprise tech.
Today: how coding assistants could change the conventional wisdom about enterprise software, why Elastic is back on the open-source train, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
Today: how one CockroachDB user plans to keep going rather than go along with a licensing change, why building new data centers is getting tricky, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
After Cockroach Labs announced earlier this month that CockroachDB would switch to a proprietary model, Oxide Computer Company decided to take a unique approach to preserving its investments in Cockroach's open-source software.
Today: Anyscale wants to prove you can maintain a healthy open-source project while making money, Microsoft changes the way it reports Azure revenue, and the latest enterprise moves.
Anyscale is built around Ray, an open-source project that was designed to help AI workloads scale. But in recent years, commercial pressures have forced several companies with similar open-source origin stories to put restrictions on their projects to ward off competition.
Why AMD's $5 billion bet on data-center systems design could make Intel's problems worse, OpenAI brings fine-tuning to its most powerful enterprise model, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
Today: Why Anyscale brought in a seasoned enterprise tech executive as customers move to the find-out stage of generative AI, a busy week for GitHub, and the latest moves in enterprise tech.
