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Google launches Pricing API to help enterprises optimize cloud costs
Pricing API will provide an inventory of public services and SKUs along with account-specific custom prices and discounts with additional metadata, down to the SKU level.
How to tell if your cloud finops program is working
A solid finops process can keep the CFO's team happy and everyone out of jail. Too many enterprises lack a formal program, and it's time to get on board.
Google Project IDX brings AI to cloud-hosted development environments
Google Cloud service combines Codey-powered AI assistance and templates for popular JavaScript frameworks in a cloud-hosted Linux VM. Google said support for Python, Go, and other languages is coming soon.
Understanding OneLake and lakehouses in Microsoft Fabric
Microsoft Azure’s new, unified data platform aims to be your one-stop shop for analytics and machine learning at scale.
You can’t run away from technical debt
Like student loans and credit card balances, technical debt is holding you back or even killing your business. Unfortunately, the cloud can't always save you.
Salesforce Einstein Studio to help enterprises train generative AI models
Einstein Studio can also help enterprises connect their data from Salesforce Data Cloud to third-party AI offerings including Amazon SageMaker and Google’s Vertex AI for model training.
Cloud may be overpriced compared to on-premises systems
Cloud was the go-to choice for the past five years, but we could see traditional systems become more viable. Savvy architects consider all the options.
The tug-of-war between optimization and innovation in the CIO’s office
Should budget go to innovations or fixing existing systems so they don’t bankrupt you? The future of your business may ride on the answer.
Low code AI with Power Apps and Power Automate
Microsoft's AI Builder introduces low-code generative AI capabilities to Power Apps and Power Automate. Let's see how the preview features stack up.
The open source licensing war is over
It’s time for the open source Rambos to stop fighting and agree that developers care more about software’s access and ease of use than the purity of its license.
Ease into similarity search with Google’s PaLM API
Learn how to use Google Cloud Vertex AI and the PaLM 2 large language model to create text embeddings and search text ranked by semantic similarity.
The lost art of cloud application engineering
AI-driven coding is now in wide use, but we may not know all the risks of using it until the damage has been done. Think security problems and code that wastes resources.
AWS updates Amazon Bedrock service with new large language models
Apart from adding new features to Amazon Bedrock, AWS has also launched a new generative AI service, dubbed AWS HealthScribe, to help automatically create clinical documentation.
The power of process mining in Power Automate
Process mining is now part of Microsoft’s process automation suite, giving you the KPIs and visualizations you need to identify bottlenecks in both manual workflows and software processes.
The downsides of microservices architecture
Microservices came in with a great deal of momentum a few years ago, but now we’re seeing their drawbacks for applications on cloud platforms.
How WebAssembly will transform edge computing
By enabling cloud-native back ends to run on operational edges, Wasm allows us to deploy business logic closer to users or data, even to places Kubernetes and containers can’t go.
Megatrend alert: The rise of ubiquitous computing
Powered by edge computing, IoT, and 5G, today's systems are decentralized, context-aware, and real-time interactive.
Customizing Microsoft Dev Boxes with code
Configuration as code is coming to Microsoft’s Azure-hosted workstations, allowing us to use WinGet, YAML files, and PowerShell DSC to deliver ready-to-run toolchains to developers.
Where quantum computing is already delivering value
While gate model quantum computing holds immense promise for tomorrow, quantum annealing systems are solving complex optimization problems for enterprises today.
