A new report from Tangoe sheds light on FinOps implementations, artificial intelligence, and how to improve cloud costs and financial predictability. Cloud has taken every industry by storm. But the report shows that, despite the apparent benefits, “a variety of challenges still get in their way, mostly around cost control, security expertise, and a skills gap.” Furthermore, the ongoing “cloud sprawl” has not helped these issues.
At the recent AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, AWS took a handful of press and analysts to the TPC Summerlin golf course in Las Vegas to understand how the PGA TOUR is considering using AI. On the driving range, the PGA TOUR and AWS had set up a Generative AI demo with Scott Gutterman, Senior VP of Digital Operations with the PGA TOUR, and a handful of PGA TOUR and LPGA tour golf pros.
A recent survey conducted by AWS and Morning Consult reveals a significant shift in business attitudes and plans toward responsible artificial intelligence for the upcoming year. A key finding from the survey’s many results: a remarkable 77 percent of the respondents acknowledge the importance of responsible AI, with younger leaders—aged 18 to 44—showing a higher familiarity with the concept of responsible AI compared to their older counterparts.
Amazon Web Services Inc.’s re:Invent is in the books, and if there was any question about whether the show is back, there shouldn’t be. Two years ago, participation was capped as we emerged from the pandemic. Last year, some businesses still had not fully embraced travel and trade shows, and that kept the show from achieving the level of audience it has had in the past.
Cisco Systems Inc. is holding the Asia-Pacific, Japan and China version of Cisco Live this week in Melbourne, Australia, where the highlight was the security news, as the company gave its cyber portfolio a shot of artificial intelligence. Historically, Cisco and security have had somewhat of an on-again, off-again relationship – like Cardi B and Offset.