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

Sovereign clouds are becoming a big deal again

For companies that are required to keep data within a specific country or region, a sovereign cloud may be a key part of a multicloud deployment.

By David Linthicum

Mar 17, 2023 4 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Multicloud

Using Hugging Face machine learning models in Azure

Microsoft is working to bring open source machine learning models into Azure applications and services.

By Simon Bisson

Mar 15, 2023 6 mins

Generative AI Machine Learning Microsoft Azure

Cloud computing is driving a new gig economy in tech

A quiet revolution is going to change the way cloud work gets done. After being laid off, many people are starting their own businesses as cloud pros for hire.

By David Linthicum

Mar 14, 2023 4 mins

Careers IT Skills and Training Technology Industry

How to explain the machine learning life cycle to business execs

For data science teams to succeed, business leaders need to understand the importance of MLops, modelops, and the machine learning life cycle. Try these analogies and examples to cut through the jargon.

By Isaac Sacolick

Mar 13, 2023 7 mins

Data Science Generative AI Machine Learning

The problem with development speed

Instead of focusing on output, think about increasing testing and research and being willing to scrap projects that don't seem likely to succeed.

By Matt Asay

Mar 13, 2023 5 mins

Careers Engineer Technology Industry

Why is your multicloud so slow?

Many complain about the performance of their multicloud deployments these days, and for good reasons. Here are a few areas to look for answers.

By David Linthicum

Mar 10, 2023 3 mins

Cloud Architecture Devops Multicloud

When the robots come

Google Answers told people to throw batteries into the ocean to charge eels and power the Gulf Stream. Then Bing picked it up. What next?

By Andrew C. Oliver

Mar 8, 2023 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning

3 ways to screw up a multicloud deployment

We’re experienced with multicloud, but we’re also making common mistakes. Make sure you plan common services and have all your people on board.

By David Linthicum

Mar 7, 2023 4 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Multicloud

Career paths for devops engineers and SREs

Engineers can use devops as a springboard to architecture, data science, provisioning, machine learning, security, and other fields that need experts.

By Isaac Sacolick

Mar 6, 2023 7 mins

Agile Development Devops Diversity and Inclusion

Companies can’t stop using open source

Even though open source can be more expensive than proprietary software, the time savings and ability to free up developers to innovate are worth it.

By Matt Asay

Mar 6, 2023 4 mins

Engineer Open Source Technology Industry

Forgotten cloud scaling tricks

Architecting for scalability will soon become a lost art. Most architects overlook autoscaling with predictive analytics, resource sharding, and cache invalidation.

By David Linthicum

Mar 3, 2023 4 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing IT Skills and Training

Design effective AI prompts with Microsoft Prompt Engine

Microsoft’s open source tool helps you write code to work with generative AI, ensuring results give correct information and stay on topic.

By Simon Bisson

Mar 1, 2023 7 mins

Development Tools Generative AI Microsoft Azure

Cloud-based quantum computing lets startups compete with Goliaths

Once out of reach for smaller companies, quantum computing services level the playing field. Providers offer access, development kits, and training at more affordable prices.

By David Linthicum

Feb 28, 2023 4 mins

Cloud Computing Quantum Computing Technology Industry

ChatGPT and software development

How can developers use generative AI to write better code, increase productivity, and meet high user expectations?

By Isaac Sacolick

Feb 27, 2023 8 mins

Development Tools Engineer Generative AI

Embrace and extend Excel for AI data prep

Combining machine learning and Excel can get you the data transformation you need while data scientists are scarce.

By Matt Asay

Feb 27, 2023 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Science Machine Learning

Don’t let buzzwords drive your cloud architecture

Many enterprises follow the crowd and choose as many hyped concepts as possible. Don't do it. Work from the requirements to the solution, not the other way around.

By David Linthicum

Feb 24, 2023 3 mins

Careers Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing

When finops costs you more in the end

Cloud finops can save you tons of money on cloud spending and return more value to the business. Unfortunately, mistakes are costing companies big time.

By David Linthicum

Feb 21, 2023 4 mins

Careers Cloud Management Cloud Storage

AI still requires human expertise

AI generates a lot of answers and saves a lot of time, but it’s too often incomplete or untrustworthy.

By Matt Asay

Feb 20, 2023 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Emerging Technology Version Control Systems

The cost and sustainability of generative AI

All the people using DALL-E to create images or letting ChatGPT write their term papers are eating up a lot of cloud resources. Who’s going to pay for all this?

By David Linthicum

Feb 17, 2023 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Generative AI

Cobol in .NET with Otterkit

Old languages never die, they just get ported to a new runtime. Here’s a look at a new open source project for .NET that can help modernize Cobol.

By Simon Bisson

Feb 15, 2023 6 mins

C# Microsoft .NET Open Source

The good and bad of ‘zero-touch’ cloud operations

We’re getting closer to true zero-touch cloud operations, or so we keep hearing. Take a clear-eyed look at the advantages and disadvantages before jumping in.

By David Linthicum

Feb 14, 2023 4 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management Devops

Zero-shot learning and the foundations of generative AI

This alternative to training with huge data sets has potential for business, but data science teams will need to spend time on research and experimentation.

By Isaac Sacolick

Feb 13, 2023 6 mins

Generative AI Machine Learning Natural Language Processing

Gatsby, Netlify, and the gravitational pull of general-purpose platforms

Developers want snazzy and innovative, but CIOs want stable and safe. The Gatsby acquisition shows an attempt to bridge those two desires.

By Matt Asay

Feb 13, 2023 5 mins

Development Tools Technology Industry Web Development

3 reasons not to repatriate cloud-based apps and data sets

A close examination of specific business needs may reveal that staying in the cloud is the best choice for most applications and workloads.

By David Linthicum

Feb 10, 2023 5 mins

Careers Cloud Security Technology Industry

Data is a stumbling block for most multicloud deployments

If multicloud is your preferred architecture, you better have a solid plan for interoperability, security, portability, and centralized management. Do you?

By David Linthicum

Feb 7, 2023 4 mins

Cloud Computing Data Integration Multicloud

Why observability in dataops?

Because building reliable data pipelines is hard, and the first step to becoming a data-driven organization is trusting your data.

By Isaac Sacolick

Feb 6, 2023 7 mins

Data Integration Data Quality Devops

Where the tech jobs are

The tech industry may be cutting jobs left and right, but every industry needs technologists, from farm equipment and healthcare to retail and financial services.

By Matt Asay

Feb 6, 2023 4 mins

IT Skills and Training Open Source Technology Industry

How multicloud changes devops

More clouds, more complexity, more challenges. Now’s the time to prepare for the impact multicloud will have on your devops teams.

By David Linthicum

Feb 3, 2023 4 mins

Cloud Architecture Devops Multicloud

Getting started with Azure OpenAI

Microsoft’s Azure-hosted OpenAI language models are now generally available, and it’s surprisingly simple to use them in your code.

By Simon Bisson

Feb 1, 2023 8 mins

Development Tools Generative AI Microsoft Azure

MLops is the hot new cloud computing career path

Amid the popularity of ChatGPT, MLops spending will surge in 2023 as leaders increase investments in machine learning. Cloud pros should take a look.

By David Linthicum

Jan 31, 2023 4 mins

Careers Cloud Computing Machine Learning

Google blew it with open source layoffs

The decision to cut people who built the foundation that supports Google’s open source and cloud successes seems incredibly shortsighted.

By Matt Asay

Jan 30, 2023 5 mins

Careers Open Source Technology Industry

The downsides of cloud-native solutions

Cloud-native development is having a great run of popularity and growth, but complexity and vendor lock-in are the trade-offs for agility and reliability.

By David Linthicum

Jan 27, 2023 4 mins

Careers Cloud Computing Software Development

Can AI replace cloud architects?

AI systems get more impressive every day. Today’s AI can automate the tasks of many information workers, so those in cloud jobs worry they're next.

By David Linthicum

Jan 24, 2023 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Architecture Generative AI

Best practices for devops observability

Implement observability in strategic areas of the software development life cycle, especially with complicated microservices and cloud-native apps.

By Isaac Sacolick

Jan 23, 2023 6 mins

App Testing Build Automation Devops

Rational exuberance drives IT spending

Enterprises seem to recognize that the flexibility and other benefits of cloud (machine learning, IaaS) are even more critical in uncertain times.

By Matt Asay

Jan 23, 2023 4 mins

Careers Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Which cloud workloads are right for repatriation?

The idea of cloud repatriation is sensitive and often misunderstood. Let’s do some back-of-the-napkin calculations to see where it might make sense.

By David Linthicum

Jan 20, 2023 5 mins

Careers Cloud Architecture Technology Industry

Easier documentation with GitHub Pages

GitHub Pages lets you manage content exactly the same way you manage code, pushing from content development branches to main to publish new content. It’s a great way to ensure that code and documentation are delivered side by side.

By Simon Bisson

Jan 18, 2023 7 mins

Development Tools Software Development Version Control Systems

Today’s industry clouds are different

Vertical industry clouds have key capabilities that were missing in the past. With various granularity levels and better integration, vertical clouds will work this time.

By David Linthicum

Jan 17, 2023 3 mins

Careers Cloud Computing Software Development

What kind of future will AI bring enterprise IT?

Think of artificial intelligence as a useful tool to help a company take small steps forward, rather than something to supplant people.

By Matt Asay

Jan 16, 2023 5 mins

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning

Poor cloud architecture and operations are killing cloud ROI

It's old news that some enterprises are not getting the expected value from cloud computing. It’s time to be real about the core causes and how to fix things.

By David Linthicum

Jan 13, 2023 3 mins

Careers Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing

Defining a cloud solution by the skills you actually have

Everyone wants top-of-the-line cloud architecture, but many are finding they have to compromise and work with the skills they can find and afford.

By David Linthicum

Jan 10, 2023 4 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing IT Skills and Training

5 ways devops can reduce energy consumption

Move forward on sustainability goals by gathering usage data and making smart decisions about cloud and automation.

By Isaac Sacolick

Jan 9, 2023 6 mins

Careers Devops Technology Industry

2023 is all about analytics

Getting your data to tell you what you don’t know requires analytics. And analytics requires cloud.

By Matt Asay

Jan 9, 2023 5 mins

Analytics Cloud Computing Data Quality

Did AI blow up your cloud bill?

Enterprises must balance their interest in artificial intelligence with cloud cost overruns. It's a good time to look at the value cloud-based AI actually brings.

By David Linthicum

Jan 6, 2023 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Machine Learning

SpiderLightning: Making WebAssembly cloud applications portable

Inside one of the technologies that powers Azure Kubernetes Service’s WebAssembly support, and promises to make applications portable across clouds and other hosts.

By Simon Bisson

Jan 4, 2023 7 mins

Development Tools Microsoft Azure Multicloud

2023 could be the year of public cloud repatriation

With cloud costs and complexity higher than expected, many enterprises are making a U-turn and putting applications and data back in traditional systems.

By David Linthicum

Jan 3, 2023 4 mins

Careers Cloud Architecture Technology Industry

Tools to manage SLOs and error budgets

Feature flags, reliable alerts, and dashboards help site reliability engineers maintain performance while operating within the devops life cycle.

By Isaac Sacolick

Jan 2, 2023 6 mins

App Testing Development Tools Devops

New Year’s resolutions for cloud pros

Look forward to a new year and new ways to beef up your cloud computing skills. Here are some ways to prepare for whatever the future may bring.

By David Linthicum

Dec 30, 2022 4 mins

Careers Cloud Computing IT Skills and Training

When will cloud computing stop growing?

The pandemic caused a huge cloud computing growth spurt, and cloud is now the foundation for all emerging technology. Growth will continue, but the rate is debatable.

By David Linthicum

Dec 27, 2022 5 mins

Cloud Computing Emerging Technology Technology Industry