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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. So we augment with open source, he says. Right now, the company is using the French-built Mistral open source model. Open source models also offer companies more flexibility in when to upgrade.

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What is SONiC and how can enterprises try the open-source NOS?

Network World

Interest in the open-source network operating system SONiC is rising as major networking vendors and start-ups look to offer resources to help enterprises give SONiC a try. The Linux-based NOS was created by Microsoft for its Azure data centers and then open-sourced by Microsoft in 2017. What is SONiC? Who created SONiC?

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Linus Torvalds advises open-source developers to pursue meaningful projects, not hype

Network World

At the Open Source Summit (OSS) EU event in Vienna, Austria, on Sept. 16, the always colorful Linus Torvalds took the stage in a fireside chat to detail his views on the latest open source and Linux developments. Among the news: The free5GC open source 5G core software project is moving to the Linux Foundation.

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Cisco takes inspiration from Iron Man for its AI-driven platform engineer

Network World

When AI agents begin to proliferate, a new, open structure will be needed so they can securely communicate and collaborate together to solve complex problems, Cisco stated. AGNTCY, meanwhile, will help develop the industry open-source cooperation Cisco Outshift envisions for the Internet of Agents and more.

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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. There’s a good reason why Apache Cassandra® is quickly becoming the NoSQL database of choice for organizations of all stripes.

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SONiC pioneer Aviz Networks raises $17M for AI network management push

Network World

Networking software provider Aviz Networks today announced a $17 million Series A funding round to accelerate its growth in open networking solutions and artificial intelligence capabilities. Shukla said he wants Aviz to be a guiding force in the industry on how to really do AI for networking. “We

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Open source software: Ways for CISOs to quell the fear

CIO Business Intelligence

For many stakeholders, there is plenty to love about open source software. Developers tend to enjoy the ability to speed application development by borrowing open source code. CFOs like the fact that open source is often free or low in cost. The age-old question: How secure is open source software?