Opinion

The ‘toggle-away’ efficiencies: Cutting AI costs inside the training loop

You don't need the newest GPUs to save money on AI; simple tweaks like "smoke tests" and fixing data bottlenecks can slash your cloud bill and carbon footprint.

By Jayachander Reddy Kandakatla

Mar 20, 20269 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AITechnology Industry

By Gautam Sikka

Mar 20, 20269 mins

Artificial IntelligenceSoftware DevelopmentTechnology Industry

AWS prepares to command an army of AI agents

AWS Labs’ Multi-Agent Orchestrator open source project rethinks distributed computing to make it easier to build sophisticated, efficient, and cost-effective AI systems.

By David Linthicum

Nov 22, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Cloud-Native Generative AI

Azure AI Foundry tools up for changes in AI applications

Microsoft’s launch of Azure AI Foundry at Ignite 2024 signals a welcome shift from chatbots to agents and to using AI for business process automation.

By Simon Bisson

Nov 20, 2024 7 mins

Development Tools Generative AI Microsoft Azure

How to transform your architecture review board

Architecture review boards have gone out of favor in the age of agile and devops, but what's really needed is a more collaborative approach.

By Isaac Sacolick

Nov 19, 2024 7 mins

Agile Development Devops Software Development

Succeeding with observability in the cloud

Cloud observability practices are complex—just like the cloud deployments they seek to understand. The insights observability offers make it a challenge worth tackling.

By David Linthicum

Nov 19, 2024 5 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management

The dirty little secret of open source contributionsprofit from projects

It isn’t the person making the contributions—it’s how easy the contributions make it to use the software.

By Matt Asay

Nov 18, 2024 4 mins

Open Source Technology Industry

And the #1 Python IDE is . . .

PyCharm, VS Code, and five other popular Python IDEs duke it out. Which one do you think takes home the prize?

By Serdar Yegulalp

Nov 15, 2024 2 mins

Programming Languages Python Software Development

Strategies to navigate the pitfalls of cloud costs

Cloud providers waste a lot of their customers’ cloud dollars, but enterprises can take action.

By David Linthicum

Nov 15, 2024 6 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Management

Understanding Hyperlight, Microsoft’s minimal VM manager

Microsoft is making its Rust-based, functions-focused VM tool available on Azure at last, ready to help event-driven applications at scale.

By Simon Bisson

Nov 14, 2024 8 mins

Microsoft Azure Rust Serverless Computing

The Agile Manifesto was ahead of its time

Back in the day, technology limitations forced software development teams to be disciplined, rigid, and inflexible. Thank goodness for SaaS and CI/CD.

By Nick Hodges

Nov 13, 2024 5 mins

Agile Development Application Life Cycle Management Build Automation

The rise of specialized private clouds

For years, private clouds pushed traditional on-prem hardware. Will the recent move towards specialized private clouds, especially for AI, be different?

By David Linthicum

Nov 11, 2024 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Private Cloud

Breaking down digital silos

Want your digital initiatives to succeed? Put the business and tech teams in the same sandbox and let them work together.

By Matt Asay

Nov 11, 2024 4 mins

C-Suite CIO Technology Industry

Serverless computing’s second act

Will the new advances in serverless really address the problems enterprises have, or are they more hype to protect the public cloud providers’ investments?

By David Linthicum

Nov 8, 2024 5 mins

Cloud Computing Serverless Computing

GitHub Copilot learns new tricks

GitHub and Microsoft have taken their AI-powered programming assistant into new territories, tackling code reviews, simple web apps, Java upgrades, and Azure help and troubleshooting.

By Simon Bisson

Nov 7, 2024 8 mins

Development Tools Java Microsoft Azure

Why scrum is dumb

I don’t like scrum, and you shouldn’t either.

By Nick Hodges

Nov 6, 2024 6 mins

Agile Development Software Development

How to support accurate revenue forecasting with data science and dataops

Data science and dataops have a critical role to play in developing revenue forecasts business leaders can count on.

By Isaac Sacolick

Nov 5, 2024 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Science Machine Learning

Cloud providers make bank with genAI while projects fail

Generative AI is causing excitement but not success for most enterprises. This needs to change quickly, but it will take some work that enterprises may not be willing to do.

By David Linthicum

Nov 5, 2024 5 mins

Cloud Computing Data Management Generative AI

The cloud reaches its equilibrium point

Workloads in the cloud and workloads on premises are both reasonable choices. Enterprises are about evenly split between the two.

By Matt Asay

Nov 4, 2024 5 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Overlooked cloud sustainability issues

Unsustainable demands for AI are on the horizon. People will soon have to stop fake-caring about cloud sustainability and give a damn for real.

By David Linthicum

Nov 1, 2024 5 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Python is the most popular language on GitHub

Python was in the spotlight all last month, with a new release and a couple of big wins. Here are our picks for the best news and tutorials for Python developers in October.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Nov 1, 2024 2 mins

Programming Languages Python Software Development

OpenHCL: Understanding Microsoft’s open source paravisor

Microsoft is building Azure’s secure virtual infrastructure in public, a step toward expanding trusted execution.

By Simon Bisson

Oct 31, 2024 8 mins

Cloud Security Microsoft Azure

Developers don’t belong on an assembly line

Software is a product unlike any other. Forcing developers to track the time on tasks of indeterminate duration has many downsides — and no upsides.

By Nick Hodges

Oct 30, 2024 6 mins

Careers Engineer Software Development

Rise of the cloud computing opposition

IT management’s call for strategic alignment and cost efficiency is leading to a new era of choices that will drive cloud innovation and collaboration.

By David Linthicum

Oct 29, 2024 5 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management Multicloud

Open source gets complicated

Global politics, chip wars, and the ever-present confusion of managing AI source code. It’s been a tough week for open source.

By Matt Asay

Oct 28, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Open Source Technology Industry

A look at risk, regulation, and lock-in in the cloud

In some countries, the government is attempting to regulate cloud computing, and cloud providers are suing each other over competition and lock-in. Where does that leave enterprises?

By David Linthicum

Oct 25, 2024 5 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing

Enter the Neoverse with Azure’s Cobalt servers

Microsoft’s own Arm hardware is now available on the Azure cloud, ready to offer power savings and higher density.

By Simon Bisson

Oct 24, 2024 7 mins

Cloud Computing Kubernetes and Containers Microsoft Azure

Why we get buggy software

Someone has to eat the turd sandwich, and it usually ends up being the software developers and the QA team.

By Nick Hodges

Oct 23, 2024 6 mins

Application Life Cycle Management Software Development

Agile and devops for SaaS and low-code developmentrisks

Software as a service and low-code platforms can make some aspects of agile and devops easier, but not without adjustments. Here's how to modify your team's best practices for SaaS and low-code environments.

By Isaac Sacolick

Oct 22, 2024 9 mins

Agile Development Devops No Code and Low Code

Is data gravity no longer centered in the cloud?

AI and other forces are lessening the gravitational pull of public cloud platforms. This trend might be good for enterprises.

By David Linthicum

Oct 22, 2024 5 mins

Cloud Computing Data Architecture Data Management

Stopping the rot in AI spending

Emerging AI governance tools offer a step toward visibility and control of what’s happening in a company’s AI applications.

By Matt Asay

Oct 21, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Risk Management

True multithreading in Python at last!

Python 3.13 is here and finally free of the GIL. Get started with the free-threaded build now. Also, find out why Anaconda is the leading Python distro for data science, explore a generative AI project written in Python, and discover flamegraphs in P

By Serdar Yegulalp

Oct 18, 2024 2 mins

Programming Languages Python Software Development

AI stagnation: The gap between AI investment and AI adoption

Despite soaring investments in artificial intelligence, the shortage of AI skills is stifling enterprise implementations.

By David Linthicum

Oct 18, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Careers Devops

Secure Azure Kubernetes with Advanced Container Networking Services

Microsoft bundles open source security and observability tools for its managed cloud-native platform.

By Simon Bisson

Oct 17, 2024 7 mins

Cloud-Native Kubernetes and Containers Microsoft Azure

Why are we still confused about cloud security?

We’re building too much complexity and are ill-trained to secure it. The result will be breach after breach, while enterprises wonder what happened. Get a clue now.

By David Linthicum

Oct 15, 2024 5 mins

Cloud Security Identity and Access Management Security Infrastructure

The not-so-subtle superpower of a web page is that it can basically do whatever it wants when you request it. In other words, social media is irritating by design.

By Nick Hodges

Oct 15, 2024 6 mins

Technology Industry

Making generative AI work for you

Find the sweet spot where genAI boosts your productivity but doesn’t get you in over your head where you can’t tell good output from bad.

By Matt Asay

Oct 14, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Generative AI

How to leverage APIs for IT-enabled information capability

Web APIs facilitate the sharing of functionality and data across platforms, opening up new possibilities for business expansion and innovation. Here’s how to take advantage of them.

By Shawn McCarthy

Oct 14, 2024 13 mins

APIs Data Governance Data Management

AI is killing cloud sustainability

The construction of more data centers to support AI systems makes it hypocritical to discuss sustainability at the same time. Sustainable AI is an oxymoron right now.

By David Linthicum

Oct 11, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Generative AI

Microsoft’s Drasi: A lightweight approach to event-driven programming

Microsoft’s open-source data change processing platform promises a whole new way of building and managing cloud applications that generate a constant flow of events.

By Simon Bisson

Oct 10, 2024 9 mins

Cloud-Native Kubernetes and Containers Libraries and Frameworks

Embracing your inner on-premises self

How many enterprises are revisiting on-premises solutions in a cloud-dominated era for better cost management, security, and performance?

By David Linthicum

Oct 8, 2024 6 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Technology Industry

California’s vetoed AI bill: Bullet dodged, but not for long

SB 1047 missed the mark. A far better solution to managing AI risks would be a unified federal regulatory approach that is adaptable, practical, and focused on real-world threats.

By Kjell Carlsson

Oct 8, 2024 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Technology Industry

5 ways data scientists can prepare now for genAI transformation

GenAI is undoubtedly changing how data scientists and analysts work, including tools, processes, and deliverables. Here’s what data scientists can do now to prepare.

By Isaac Sacolick

Oct 7, 2024 10 mins

Data Science Generative AI Software Development

Open source isn’t going to save AI

The cloud computing market is just the latest of many historical precedents showing that markets coalesce around a few big companies.

By Matt Asay

Oct 7, 2024 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Open Source Technology Industry

Why cloud security outranks cost and scalability

Too many businesses believe that adequate security is too expensive. Here are some ways to keep costs manageable.

By David Linthicum

Oct 4, 2024 5 mins

APIs Cloud Security Cloud-Native

Understanding VBS Enclaves, Windows’ new security technology

Microsoft is protecting Recall’s vector indexes in trusted execution environments. It adds a bit of computational overhead, but is a must for data security.

By Simon Bisson

Oct 3, 2024 8 mins

Data and Information Security Kubernetes and Containers Windows Security

The battle cry of 2025: Do cloud local!

Businesses are recognizing the benefits of specialized GPU clouds, general-purpose IaaS providers, and regional cloud options.

By David Linthicum

Oct 1, 2024 5 mins

Cloud Computing Multicloud Technology Industry

The worst programmer I knowcode that makes little sense

You may have heard it said that ‘All code is legacy code.’ It’s a useful guiding principle — and truer than we want to admit.

By Nick Hodges

Oct 1, 2024 6 mins

Careers Engineer Software Development

Crescendo makes AI boring—and profitable

An AI startup is turning call centers into a successful model of using AI to support human employees.

By Matt Asay

Sep 30, 2024 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Technology Industry

Is it possible to save money and run on a public cloud?

Companies think their only choices are repatriation or complaining about the high costs of the public cloud. There's a third option, but it takes work.

By David Linthicum

Sep 27, 2024 5 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Management

Python in VS Code gets even better

Microsoft's new all-in-one data-science pack for Python in VS Code gave developers plenty to celebrate this month. Also check out Modin (a drop-in replacement for Pandas), Hy 1.0.0, and Spyder 6.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Sep 27, 2024 2 mins

Development Tools Programming Languages Python

What’s next for Azure API Management?

Microsoft’s API management service just passed 10 years, 35,000 customers, and 2 million managed APIs. What have we learned, and what’s in store for the future?

By Simon Bisson

Sep 26, 2024 8 mins

APIs Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure