Data to decisions examines the enablement of data-driven decisions across organizations. Holistic, data-informed decisions require a multi-disciplinary approach that combines performance monitoring with traditional business intelligence and analytic technologies. In addition, data-driven decisions are increasingly delivered in the context of business applications rather than in separate, analytic interfaces.
To that end, here are a some of the announcements that team Constellation Research thought were interesting even if they didn't get all the attention.
CFO Jeremy Cox said HPE was seeing "promising indicators of continued demand in the areas of the market we are prioritizing, especially in AI."
Amazon Web Services made the case at re:Invent that it should be your complete AI stack with Amazon Q, a horizontal generative AI tool that will be embedded throughout AWS and backed up with Amazon Bedrock and infrastructure for model training and inference powered by Trainium and Inferentia processors.
Amazon Web Services launched Graviton4, its custom chip for multiple workloads, with big improvements over last year's Graviton3. AWS also launched the latest versions of its Trainium and Inferentia processors, two GPUs that may be able to bring the price of model training down.
Salesforce will support Amazon Bedrock, AWS' managed service for foundational models with one API. Amazon Bedrock will also be available through Salesforce's Einstein Trust Layer.
"Strong sales of the NVIDIA HGX platform were driven by global demand for the training and inferencing of large language models, recommendation engines, and generative AI applications," says CFO.
Dairyland Power Cooperative, a La Crosse, Wis., is a utility designed to serve rural areas and supply power to customers in four states. It also sits in the middle of multiple trends including energy transition, sustainability and the convergence of information and operational technologies.
Critical and creative thinking, problem solving, and design are the top skills employers are banking on as generative AI is widely adopted through 2028, according to an Amazon survey.
Microsoft hires ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. "We have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and in continuing to support our customers and partners," says Satya Nadella.
