The cloud cost wake-up call I predicted
A stark reminder of cloud complexity surfaced when one company was hit by a staggering $65 million cloud monitoring bill in just one quarter, underscoring the urgency for businesses to gain visibility into their spending. As I’ve consistently preached, “Control your costs or your costs will control you.” Organizations are finally recognizing the need to […]
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5 successful smart city projects (free PDF)
Smart cities have been promised for years. The rise of more powerful mobile devices, sensors, and the promise of 5G connectivity means we may be getting closer to realizing the benefits of a smart city. From vehicle-to-infrastructure projects, which have the potential to make sidewalks and streets safer, to harnessing the cloud, and IoT-enabled smart […]
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Best IoT conferences and events to attend in 2025
The internet of things, more commonly referred to as IoT, is a foundational element of modern IT and computing infrastructure. With IoT, the internet extends beyond just connecting servers and computers; it connects a diverse universe of devices. IoT devices are a technology domain that encompasses consumer, industrial and embedded devices. These devices include […]
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Researchers build a bridge from C to Rust and memory safety
“I think [this technique] could have a lot of value for developers coding in C since it can jumpstart the transition to Rust and also aid in helping these programmers learn Rust, which can be a challenging transition,” said Jim Mercer, program VP, software development, DevOps & DevSecOps at IDC. “It is not quite a […]
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Almost nothing remains of Software AG
The management of Software GmbH, which will continue to act as the holding company for ARIS, Adabas & Natural (A&N) and the central functions of the Software AG Group, has been transferred by financial investor Silver Lake Partners to Martin Biegel, Martin Clemm, Robin Colman and Toktam Khatibzadeh with immediate effect. Important contribution to development […]
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Internet of Things (IoT) cheat sheet
The Internet of Things, also known as IoT, refers to the billions of interconnected devices, machines and sensors that collect and exchange data via an internet connection. The resulting data is known collectively as “big data.” Currently, IoT is taking every industry by storm. Whether it’s a sensor delivering data about the performance of a […]
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5 ways data teams must lead in AI-driven organizations
“Layers of IT and governance bureaucracy are slowing down data access and making it harder to speed new innovations, improve supply-chain logistics, and deploy innovative AI applications,” says Moritz Plassnig, chief product officer at Immuta. “With the acceleration and adoption of AI, killer apps are no longer the focus; data is the new app, and […]
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Intro to Ktor: The HTTP server for Kotlin
Now, if we want to generate more sophisticated content from that endpoint, like a list of quotes and their authors, we can switch to using Ktor’s HTML DSL. First, we need two more imports, which are already part of the project because we included the DSL in the generated project: import io.ktor.server.html.* import kotlinx.html.* And […]
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Fine-tuning Azure OpenAI models in Azure AI Foundry
You’re now ready to start training your fine-tuned model. This is a batch process, and as it requires significant resources, your job may be queued for some time. Once accepted, a run can take several hours, especially if you are working with a large, complex model and a large training data set. Azure AI Foundry’s […]
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3 forecasts about time-series forecasting
Forecasting expertise may shift towards approaches and algorithms for evaluating accuracy and model fairness. We’ve seen this shift in the large language model (LLM) space, where organizations looking to incorporate them need to validate models and ensure they’re free from systematic bias. We’ll need to do that same work in forecasting as it becomes easier […]
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