Tag: cloud

  • Can you add AI to existing application – it’s unsatisfying…so far

    Can you add AI to existing application – it’s unsatisfying…so far

    If you program enterprise apps, it’s likely in Java. And if you Java, you probably use the Spring Framework. Come to the Spring conference by the Spring people, SpringOne, August 25th to 28th in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada. There’s several sessions posted now: you can see there’s stuff from foundational Spring stuff, AI and MCP,…

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  • OVHcloud chief in sovereignty talks with Euro Commission –

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  • Europe’s Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U.S. Tech Dominance Against It – “A few years ago, everyone was saying, ‘They’re our trusted partners.’ There’s been a radical change.” // Last week I hear people talking about “Euro Cloud,” a very new idea of building out public cloud infrastructure in Europe that, I assume, has…

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  • Private Cloud’s Comeback: Driving the Enterprise IT Reset –

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  • Why is digital sovereignty important right now? –

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  • Google Expands Sovereign Cloud to Address EU Data Sovereignty Requirements – “These deployments bring Google Cloud’s full capabilities – including GPU-based support for AI – to customers under local operational control. This approach ensures that data remains under national jurisdiction, a critical factor for regulated sectors in Europe, and positions Google as a cooperative partner…

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  • OpenAI gives ChatGPT access to cloud-based documents and third-party research tools – The way to compete with AI is with the apps, the functionality they have, the outcomes they let you get – the stuff you can do with them.

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  • Re: Still a lot of private cloud, numbers of cloud repatriation (higher than I thought)

    Re: Still a lot of private cloud, numbers of cloud repatriation (higher than I thought)

    The Clouds You know, I’ve never really looked at the Flexera State of Cloud surveys. I think they’re accepted as legit, and they have many years of data to make those multi-year charts I like. Here’s a quick one my favorite question, “where are the apps?”: Sources: Flexera State of Cloud Report, 2018, 2019, 2020,…

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  • Cloud Repatriation is Getting Complicated – The repatriation thought-leading is taking hold. Even the bomb thrower is soaking in the ambient thought leadering!

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  • MCP Is the New Control Point in AI—Are CIOs Ready for the Lock-In Battle? – They get the date of the spec’s release wrong (it was November 2024), and it has that Futurum cable TV news vibe, but good points are made, e.g.: “Will MCP remain truly portable, or will each vendor implement its own…

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  • Snowflake must wait on customers’ on-prem renewal cycles – You have to wait for the contract renewal window to put big systems in place, especially something as “heavy” as data.

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  • PepsiCo taps AWS to accelerate digital transformation, AI adoption | CIO Dive – ”Enterprises across industries are facing ballooning cloud bills as AI adoption drives up costs. Nearly 3 in 4 IT pros blamed the AI boom for ‘unmanageable’ cloud bills last year.”

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  • Broadcom Helps GCI Transform Operations and Services on the Alaskan Frontier – “The self-service, cloud-like capabilities of Tanzu Data Services also meant that developers could deploy databases in a matter of minutes, greatly accelerating time-to-market for new services and features.”

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  • Public sector still hanging on to private cloud • The Register – ”While 80 percent of decision-makers in government bodies report using a hybrid cloud arrangement, 36 percent said their organization still operates an internal private cloud as their primary platform.” // You have to image that, now, this number will sustain and go higher…

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  • A head full of bologna

    A head full of bologna

    Lots of links and stuff this episode: AI isn’t a coworker, it’s just automation wrapped in hype. Tech moves fast, but nothing lasts—except bad takes, questionable business models, and the creeping realization that managers just want fewer humans to manage. Meanwhile, we live like kings and don’t even notice. Put it on ice Good episode…

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  • Ten Trends That Shaped the Cloud Market in 2024 – ”Around 60% of cloud buyers told IDC’s 3Q24 Cloud Pulse Survey October 2024 that their business’ IT or digital infrastructure currently requires major transformation, and 82% said their cloud also required modernization.” // Good summary of a very expensive analyst report.

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  • Clouded Judgement 1.30.25 – The Year of AI Applications – Finance-nerd explanation of the “this is actually great!” case for last week: “What’s happened over the last 12 months is the cost per API call (ie the cost for inference) for these models has plummeted. Open source models like Llama, R1 from DeepSeek, etc have…

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  • GKE and its developer appeal to scale workloads – Giving people what they need to operate at “Google Scale”…whether they need to or not.

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  • There’s a lot of apps running in private cloud – surveys and charts

    There’s a lot of apps running in private cloud – surveys and charts

    Fun with charts: Relative to your interests How Cloud Ingestion Pricing Eats Your Budget – ”Essentially, yes, the cloud can be cheaper — but only if you’re using it the right way.” Microsoft and Google Are Forcing Customers to Adopt AI at a Premium Price: What Customers Need to Know – “84 million customers x…

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  • How Cloud Ingestion Pricing Eats Your Budget – ”Essentially, yes, the cloud can be cheaper — but only if you’re using it the right way.”

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