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DataStax said it will acquire Logspace, which is the company behind Langflow, an open-source framework for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) applications. Logspace's Langflow team will continue to run independently with a focus on development and community.
Langflow features visual tools to iterate on data flows and build LangChain RAG applications and deploy them in a click.
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Matt Wood, Vice President of AI at AWS, outlined how enterprises will mix and match multiple models depending on use case, the need for orchestration and how regulated industries may have an advantage in adopting genAI.
Wood spoke with industry analysts including me and Doug Henschen at AWS' New York offices. Here are some of the key themes to note.
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Palantir will move its workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in a partnership that also includes the two companies jointly selling to governments as well as enterprises.
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CEOs are ramping up generative AI adoption as they shift from pilots to active usage, according to the Winter 2024 Fortune/Deloitte CEO survey.
The survey, based on 107 CEOs mostly in the US, found 56% of respondents rank efficiency and productivity as the primary benefit. According to the survey, 58% of CEOs say they are already implementing genAI to automate manual tasks, up from 40% in October, and 45% say they are reducing operating costs.
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Generative AI and automation will mean low-code coding platforms will become strategic for enterprise transformation efforts. By 2025, Constellation Research estimates more than two-thirds of enterprises will have a standardized low-code tool in house.
That's a big takeaway from Constellation Research analyst Holger Mueller, in a recent published report Key Trends for Low Code in 2024 and Beyond. Mueller wrote:
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Constellation analyst Steve Wilson sits down with Editor-in-Chief Larry Dignan to explain the definition, importance, and future of confidential computing for enterprise technology.
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🎬 ConstellationTV episode 77 is here! Watch co-hosts Doug Henschen and Dion Hinchcliffe analyze the latest #enterprise tech news with Larry Dignan (AT&T data dump, Microsoft security pledge, Databricks new open-source LLM).
Then Constellation analyst Stephen Wilson explains the concept of confidential #computing and Doug hears from Kris James of Sparex Limited about his experience using Zoho #technology. Watch until the end for bloopers!
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CompTIA is projecting that data scientists and analysts, cybersecurity analyst and engineers and software developers will see the most job growth in 2024 as hiring trends normalize.
Those in-demand roles are expected to post the most job growth over the next decade.
The projections in CompTIA's State of Tech Workforce 2024 report forecasts 300,000 net new IT workers this year, a gain of 3.1%. IT job growth in 2023 was 1.2%.
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Quantinuum and Microsoft have claimed a breakthrough in fault tolerant quantum computing that can lower error rates and improve reliability.
Fault-tolerant quantum computing has been the Holy Grail for the industry as vendors and researchers race to minimize errors. Quantinuum, which recently raised $300 million, is the product of the merger between Honeywell Quantum and Cambridge Quantum Computing in 2021.
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Intel outlined its Intel Foundry results as it recast its financial reporting segments and added a new CFO as the unit aims for break even.
The chipmaker outlined its new reporting segments and historical results. It also named Lorenzo Flores as chief financial officer of Intel Foundry. Flores was CFO of Xilinx.
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It's open season for middle managers across technology and multiple industries, but it remains to be seen how short-sighted this trend ultimately becomes.
Yes folks, this is an ode to middle managers--the people who manage projects, serve as a buffer to executives, and lead teams in smaller batches. Today, we've gone from the COVID-19 era of over hiring to cutting out layers of management. In true American fashion, the pendulum swings all the way to the other side with little to no balance in the middle.
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Blue Yonder's acquisition of One Network Enterprises, which offers a platform for autonomous supply chain resiliency, for $829 million is a bid to become a data hub for diversified sourcing and value chain collaboration.
With the purchase, Blue Yonder, a standalone unit within Panasonic, is looking to provide a platform to plan, execute and network supply chains. One Network is known for its Digital Supply Chain Network platform.
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Innovation, Leadership & Communication
DisrupTV Episode 358 — Featuring Rob Wolcott, Kaihan Krippendorff, Jeremie Kubicek & Jon Reed
In this episode, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage with:
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What Every Tech Vendor CEO and CFO Should Know About Their CMO’s Wasted Investments In Vanity Metrics
Marketing professionals face massive pressure to show that their marketing investments have paid off. In a zero-interest rate environment, budgets were flush and marketers had a lot of leeway in building brand, hosting amazing events, and buying ads to improve market presence. However, a shift to a five percent interest rate environment has many CMO’s focused on performance marketing, showing return on investment, and moving MQLs from SQLs as fast as they can.
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Amazon said it will invest another $2.75 billion into Anthropic to bring its total investment to $4 billion. The deal highlights the urgency of the generative AI arms race as hyperscalers create spheres of large language model influence.
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Databricks launched DBRX, an open-source large language model that aims to enable enterprises to customize models with their own data.
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Adobe laid out a host of Experience Cloud enhancements, data collaboration and customer journey applications, custom Firefly models and a marketing copilot co-developed with Microsoft to connect Adobe's Experience platform with Microsoft 365 applications.
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Canva said it will acquire Affinity, a UK company with a design suite that competes with Adobe's Creative Cloud.
The timing of the Canva-Affinity deal is notable given Adobe Summit kicks off this week.
In a blog post, Canva Co-Founder and COO Cliff Obrecht said Affinity's photo editing and design software is used by more than 3 million people. Canva plans to scale that reach by pitching Affinity to the 175 million people who have used its software.
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If 2023 was the year of generative AI pilots, 2024 will be about moving to production and 2025 will likely be warp speed. Why? The generative AI building blocks are falling into place.
In recent weeks, three mileposts have highlighted where enterprise generative AI was headed.
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Innovation & Co-Creation in the Future of Work
DisrupTV Episode 357 — Featuring Grant Halloran, Jeremy Utley, Kian Gohar & Chris Deaver
In this episode, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage with:
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Sixty-two percent of CFOs say their organizations are allocating less than 1% of corporate budgets to generative AI next year, according to Deloitte's CFO Signals survey for the first quarter. Another 37% of CFOs expect 1% to 10% of budgets to be allocated to generative AI.
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