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Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

To solve the problem, the company turned to gen AI and decided to use both commercial and open source models. With security, many commercial providers use their customers data to train their models, says Ringdahl. Plus, some regions have data residency and other restrictive requirements. Finally, theres the price.

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The Power Of Open Source: Cloud-Native Is Transforming As AI Takes The Limelight

Forrester IT

In that report, we analyzed how the cloud-native ecosystem, driven by open-source software (OSS), has been powering architecture modernization across infrastructure and application development, enabling platform-driven innovation in the meantime across a spectrum of technology domains such as data […]

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Open-source: Get SLAs to protect network apps with open-source components

Network World

The continuous influx of open-source software (OSS) into enterprise IT departments is, in many ways, an enormous boon to both vendors and users. For end-users, one of the chief advantages is—at least in theory—the improved security that’s part of the usual sales pitch for open source software.

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China banks on open source in AI cold war with US

CIO Business Intelligence

See also: US GPU export limits could bring cold war to AI, data center markets ] China has not said its last word yet. And thanks to the development of AI in the open-source model,hardware availability is no longer a problem, because models are voluntarily tested and improved by their users, e.g., from Europe.

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LLMOps for Your Data: Best Practices to Ensure Safety, Quality, and Cost

Speaker: Shreya Rajpal, Co-Founder and CEO at Guardrails AI & Travis Addair, Co-Founder and CTO at Predibase

However, productionizing LLMs comes with a unique set of challenges such as model brittleness, total cost of ownership, data governance and privacy, and the need for consistent, accurate outputs.

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Snowflake Streamlit Acquisition to Add Open-Source Dev Framework

Information Week

Cloud-based data warehouse-as-a-service provider Snowflake announced plans to acquire Streamlit, a provider of an open-source framework that makes it easier for developers and data scientists to build and share applications.

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Stratoshark brings Wireshark-style analysis to cloud system calls

Network World

The open-source Wireshark network protocol analyzer has been a standard tool for networking professionals for decades. Stratoshark is designed to be agnostic to the specific cloud networking approach, focusing on collecting data at the endpoint level rather than relying on the networking layer.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value.

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success.

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Use Cases for Apache Cassandra®

In this white paper, discover the key use cases that make Cassandra® such a compelling open source software – and learn the important pitfalls to avoid.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases.

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Solving Open Source Complexity with a Managed Data Infrastructure Platform

With its unparalleled flexibility, rapid development and cost-saving capabilities, open source is proving time and again that it’s the leader in data management. But as the growth in open source adoption increases, so does the complexity of your data infrastructure.

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Ultimate Guide to the Cloud Data Lake Engine

Cloud data lake engines aspire to deliver performance and efficiency breakthroughs that make the data lake a viable new home for many mainstream BI workloads. Key takeaways from the guide include: Why you should use a cloud data lake engine. What workloads are suitable for cloud data lake engines.