Quick Take: IBM Power S1012

IBM Power Portfolio

IBM expanded its server portfolio with the introduction of its new IBM Power S1012. Based on IBM’s Power10 processor, the new server offers up to three times more performance per core compared to its predecessor, the Power S812, in a 1-socker half-width form factor.

Research Note: IBM Open Sources Granite Code Models

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IBM is releasing its Granite code models to the open-source community, aiming to simplify coding for a broad range of developers. The Granite models, part of IBM’s wider initiative to harness AI in software development, range from 3 to 34 billion parameters and include base and instruction-following variants.

Quick Take: HPE Zerto Updated Cyber Resilience Vault w/ HPE Alletra Storage MP

HPE Zerto

Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, enhanced its Cyber Resilience Vault with a new HPE Alletra Storage MP integration. The integration enhances the vault’s immutability features, ensuring that data copies remain inaccessible to threat actors. It also offers a 100% data availability guarantee for the landing zone within the vault.

Riverbed’s New Platform Approach to AI-powered Observability

Riverbed Platform

This week at the 2024 RSA conference, observability company Riverbed launched an aggressive update to its advanced AI-powered observability platform. The new platform includes several new solutions and features built on an open architecture, addressing critical visibility challenges across public cloud, Zero Trust, SD-WAN, and remote work environments.

Research Note: SentinelOne Purple AI Updates

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At the 2024 RSA Conference, SentinelOne announced a significant leap in this ongoing battle with recent enhancements to its Singularity platform, specifically through the capabilities of Purple AI—advancements that see artificial intelligence play a more proactive and autonomous role in protecting digital assets.

Research Note: Elastic’s AI-Focused SIEM Updates

At the 2024 RSA Conference, Elastic introduced significant enhancements to its Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution, Elastic Security. The upgrades, revealed at the recent RSA Conference, are a substantial leap in the evolution of security operations centers (SOCs).

Quick Take: Panasas Rebrands as VDURA, Shifts to SaaS Model

VDURA

Legacy parallel file system provider Panasas is transitioning from hardware sales to focusing on the public cloud under its new brand, VDURA. Traditionally, Panasas offered the PanFS software platform, which supports high-capacity drives and diverse connectivity options targeting the HPC market.

Research Report: Oracle Database Vector Search

Oracle Database 23ai

Oracle introduced full support for vectors, including vector search, in its just-released Oracle Database 23ai. Known as AI Vector Search, this capability represents a significant advancement in how databases can store, index, and search data semantically.

Quick Take: Google Cloud Threat Intelligence

Google Threat Intelligence

Google announced its new Google Threat Intelligence at the 2024 RSA Conference in San Francisco. The latest offering addresses longstanding issues in threat intelligence by offering a more comprehensive view and easier operationalization of data.