October 20, 2023
Blogs
October 18, 2023
Gutsy—$51 Million to Revolutionize Security Governance
By Craig Kennedy Gutsy—$51 Million to Revolutionize Security Governance On Tuesday, October 10th, a trio of former Palo Alto Networks employees came out of stealth mode and announced their newest cybersec
October 16, 2023
Nvidia and the Escalating Chip War With China
By Adam Pease Nvidia and the Escalating Chip War With China The US Commerce Department just announced new restrictions aimed at limiting the export of high-tech chips, particularly those that power cutting-
October 13, 2023
Mitel Buys Atos’ Unify UC&C Business Unit – Market Consolidation Continues
By Jim Lundy Mitel Buys Atos’ Unify UC&C Business Unit – Market Consolidation Continues Last week Mitel announced that it had completed the acquisition of Unify, the business unit that was part of t
Atlassian Buys Loom as Demand for Micro Video Surges
By Jim Lundy Atlassian Buys Loom as Demand for Micro Video Surges Today, Atlassian announced its intent, via a definitive agreement, to acquire Micro Video provider Loom. This is both an endorsement of Loom as well
Box Launches Box Hubs, Doubles Down on Box AI
By Jim Lundy Box Launches Box Hubs, Doubles Down on Box AI Box held its annual Box Works Conference virtual event yesterday and it didn’t disappoint. The event was strong – and probably could have been
October 10, 2023
What is AI Architecture?
By Betsy Burton What is AI Architecture? Today, nearly every application and service provider are either already supporting artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities or promoting future plans. This means we are all
October 9, 2023
AI’s Integration into Modern Healthcare
By Adam Pease AI’s Integration into Modern Healthcare Google has just recently announced that its Cloud services will expand to include specialized support for healthcare providers powered by generative A
October 6, 2023
Contentsquare Buys Heap – Expands Its Analytics Playbook
By Jim Lundy Contentsquare Buys Heap—Expands Its Analytics Playbook Contentsquare announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to buy Heap.io. Heap is based in the Bay Area and it has similar bu
Content Marketing: How AI is Redefining SEO and Content Strategy
Content Marketing: How AI is Redefining SEO and Content Strategy Content marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) have become critical components of a successful online presence. However, as technology advances, so
October 5, 2023
Johnson Controls Cyberattack – Is Our Critical Infrastructure At Risk?
Johnson Controls Cyberattack—Is Our Critical Infrastructure At Risk? By: Craig Kennedy On September 27th, Johnson Controls filed a Form 8-K to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicating that it had exper
How Can You Guide and Manage the Usage of AI?
How Can You Guide and Manage the Usage of AI? The recent increase in the use of Artificial Intelligence applications and services has been dramatic. Fueled in large part due to generative AI, and particularly text ( Cha
October 3, 2023
OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 Meets Bing AI Services: A New Era in Image Generation
By Adam Pease OpenAI's DALL-E 3 Meets Bing AI Services: A New Era in Image Generation OpenAI's latest image generator, DALL-E 3, is now available through Microsoft's Bing AI services. This blog discusses the new imag
September 29, 2023
ChatGPT Gains Internet Access
ChatGPT Gains Internet Access By Adam Pease OpenAI has recently announced that its state-of-the-art language models are now equipped with internet access. This blog discusses the news and its implications for AI capab
AWS Bedrock Generally Available—Amazon’s Generative AI Launch
By: Craig Kennedy AWS Bedrock Generally Available—Amazon’s Generative AI Launch Yesterday, AWS announced the general availability of Bedrock, its generative AI service initially launched back in April that offers a v
PQC Coalition—Securing the Future of Encryption
By Craig Kennedy PQC Coalition—Securing the Future of Encryption On Tuesday, September 26th, a new coalition of cybersecurity organizations tasked to promote the awareness and adoption of post-quantum cryptography was
September 28, 2023
Amazon and Anthropic – Amazon Gets Serious about Generative AI
By: Craig Kennedy On September 25th, Amazon and Anthropic announced a strategic collaboration between the two companies with Amazon pledging to invest $1.25 billion in Anthropic upfront with an option of increasing this
September 27, 2023
Meta and Salesforce Seeking to Re-hire Workers
By Betsy Burton Meta and Salesforce Seeking to Re-hire Workers I recently saw several news stories about some high-tech companies seeking to rehire employees that they had either laid off or had left on their own. Most n
September 25, 2023
Cisco Buys Security Firm Splunk for $28 Billion – Did It Overpay?
By Jim Lundy Cisco announced a $28 billion cash deal to buy Cyber Security firm Splunk. The deal is roughly six times Splunk’s revenue – and a 30% premium over its current stock price. Cisco is in a race to
September 22, 2023