Quick Take: 2024 Red Hat Summit Wrap-Up
Red Hat held its annual Red Hat in Denver, Colorado, showcasing significant innovations in AI and policy automation, reinforcing Red Hat’s commitment to advancing AI applications within the enterprise sector. Key highlights included the introduction of “Policy as Code” in the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, expansions in the Red Hat Lightspeed portfolio to incorporate […]
Quick Take: Dynatrace FQ4 2024 Earnings
Dynatrace wrapped up its fiscal year 2024 with robust financial performance and strategic advancements. The company’s ARR exceeded expectations, crossing the $1.5 billion mark, growing 20% year-over-year. This growth is bolstered by significant deals, including a landmark 9-figure TCV deal, highlighting Dynatrace’s competitive edge in the observability and AI ops markets.
Research Brief: IBM & Palo Alto Networks Strategic Partnership
IBM and Palo Alto Networks recently entered into a groundbreaking partnership, driving a substantial shift in the cybersecurity landscape. The new collaboration leverages each company’s strengths to enhance AI-powered customer security outcomes, while also moving IBM’s QRadar offering to Palo Alto Networks.
Research Note: IBM QisKit 1.0 Quantum SDK Release
IBM released significant enhancements to Qiskit, its widely used quantum software platform. These enhancements show its evolution from a software development kit launched in 2017 into a comprehensive software stack.
Research Report: Taming the AI-enabled Edge with HCI-based Architectures
Despite the tremendous business benefits of edge computing, it arrives with complex challenges, including managing geographically dispersed nodes, security risks, and integrating with existing IT infrastructure. These challenges can best be addressed with an architecture built around Hyper-Converged Infrastructure, which streamlines management and enhances performance.
Quick Take: AWS Leadership Transition
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is undertaking a significant leadership change as longtime CEO Adam Selipsky steps down to “prioritize family time” after a 14-year tenure with the company. Matt Garman, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at AWS, is slated to succeed Selipsky effective June 3.
Quick Take: New Dell PowerEdge Models
Dell Technologies announced enhancements to its PowerEdge server portfolio. The servers are designed for versatility and aim to simplify operations across various sectors, including CSPs, small businesses, and edge operations.
Research Note: Google Trillium TPU
The Trillium TPU, Google’s sixth-generation TPU, was announced at Google I/O. It promises unprecedented compute performance, memory capacity, and energy efficiency for generative AI training and inference.
Research Note: New ServiceNow GenAI Capabilities
At its Knowledge 2024 event, ServiceNow introduced a series of generative AI capabilities to enhance productivity and drive innovation across enterprise operations. These developments significantly enhance ServiceNow’s AI offerings.
Research Note: Datadog Q1 2024 Earnings
Datadog recently released its fiscal Q1 2024 earnings, beating consensus estimates on earnings and revenue, but disappointed analysts with its guidance.