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: A look back at some of the most notable developments from the past year and the last Runtime Roundup of 2024.
Today: why security software customers should hold their vendors to a higher standard, the Wiz kids turn down Google, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
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.
Today: why the decades-old bargain that governed cloud security is showing its age, OpenAI thinks smaller is better, and the latest moves in enterprise tech.
Today: How AT&T might have limited the damage from a devastating breach, Google goes shopping for security talent, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
Today: AWS outlines its vision of how generative AI tools could finally deliver on the promise of low-code development, Microsoft cuts a deal with its European cloud rivals, and the latest enterprise moves.
Today: Snowflake admins can now set stronger login security practices for their users, how the AI boom is forcing Google to acknowledge that carbon offsets don't work, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
Today: why using generative AI to automate entry-level jobs could backfire, the ransomware part of the Snowflake data leak story is well underway, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
In an interview at the Data Cloud Summit, Ramaswamy described how enterprise customers are working with generative AI, outlined growth opportunities for Snowflake's future, and lamented the "insular" culture at Google that denied it the opportunity to lead the generative AI transition.
Today: Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi promises to unify the open-format split, a former Microsoft employee reveals new details about its broken security culture, and the latest enterprise moves.
Every company understands the value of their corporate data, but it's easy to lose track of priorities when trying to update their toolsets, especially during the generative AI frenzy. Here's how eight experts think companies should navigate the tricky road to the modern data stack.
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.
Today: DocuSign President Inhi Cho Suh explains its hybrid cloud strategy and plans for generative AI, Zoom takes on Microsoft Office and Google Docs, and the latest funding rounds in enterprise tech.
