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Oracle Corp. announced today that its Globally Distributed Autonomous Database is generally available. Aimed at customers that have strict data sovereignty requirements, usually because of regulations, the product has all the features of the Oracle Autonomous Database with additional controls over data distribution …
StarCoder2 AI code generator released with support for 619 programming languages
ServiceNow Inc., Hugging Face Inc. and Nvidia Corp. today released StarCoder2, the latest version of the trio’s StarCoder family of open-source large language models for code generation. The companies said StarCoder2 is faster and more flexible than its predecessor and includes features …
Broadcom/VMware targets telecom network modernization and security at the edge
Broadcom Inc.’s VMware subsidiary is rolling out new features across its 5G, software-defined wide-area network, secure access service edge and edge computing products today that are aimed at helping communications service providers modernize their networks and create new services. They include a …
Geofencing helps construction firm avoid $2.5M in equipment theft
When your business is installing the infrastructure needed to deliver network services over miles of often unpredictable territory, you need a lot of heavy equipment in the field. And sometimes that equipment gets stolen. Until four years ago, theft had been a …
Dell bids to ease cloud transformation for network service providers
Dell Technologies Inc. today introduced a range of new products for communications service providers that are intended to facilitate network cloud-based operations and simplify the deployment, automation and support of disaggregated network cloud infrastructure. Citing decades of experience working with telecom providers, …
Observability startup SigScalr plans to revolutionize log search
SigScalr Inc., developer of an open-source observability application designed to process large volumes of data, is emerging today with $1.76 million in pre-seed funding. Founded by a former Salesforce Inc. observability engineer, the company’s Siglens platform is a columnar analytical database that …
Informatica CEO sees growth returning following cloud pivot
Coming off strong quarterly results that beat analysts’ forecasts and sent its stock to a 52-week high, data integration vendor Informatica Inc. is preparing to resume steady long-term growth with healthy profitability, Chief Executive Amit Walia said in an interview with SiliconANGLE. …
VMware moves to quell concern over rapid series of recent license changes
In the wake of widespread customer confusion over a series of license changes announced in December, Broadcom Inc.’s VMware subsidiary is positioning the moves as simplifying its product portfolio and accelerating development while making it easier for customers to move to virtual …
Oracle adds logistics modeling and trade incentive optimization to its supply chain suite
Oracle Corp. today added new features to the Transportation Management and Global Trade Management, components of its Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing suite that are aimed at improving logistics operations, reducing costs and automating regulatory compliance. The most significant new capability is enhanced …
AI hallucinations: The 3% problem no one can fix slows the AI juggernaut
Early this year Dagnachew Birru playfully asked ChatGPT how Mahatma Gandhi used Google LLC’s G Suite to organize resistance against British violence. To his surprise, the generative artificial intelligence bot obliged. Gandhi “created a Gmail account and used it to send emails …