Research Notes

Research Note: IBM Releases Granite Model for DocLing Document Processing

Steve McDowell October 1, 2025

IBM recently released Granite-Docling-258M, a specialized vision-language model for document conversion that operates at 258 million parameters under an Apache 2.0 license. The new model is a production-ready iteration of the experimental SmolDocling-256M-preview released earlier this year and incorporates architectural improvements and stability enhancements.

Research Note: Cloudera Adds Support for Dell ObjectScale

Steve McDowell September 28, 2025

Cloudera announced the integration of Dell ObjectScale into its AI-in-a-Box offering, positioning the collaboration as a comprehensive Private AI platform for enterprise-scale deployments.

The new integration allows Cloudera’s compute engines to operate directly against Dell’s object storage infrastructure, creating what the vendors characterize as a validated, integrated data platform.

Research Note: Pure Storage September Platform Updates

Steve McDowell September 28, 2025

At its recent Accelerate event in New York, Pure Storage announced a comprehensive platform refresh, introducing six major product updates that span high-performance storage arrays, AI acceleration capabilities, cloud-native services, and advanced storage modules.

Research Note: Pure Storage Enhances Cyber-Resilience

Steve McDowell September 26, 2025

At its recent Accelerate event in New York, Pure Storage unveiled a comprehensive expansion of its cyber-resilience capabilities.

Research Note: MongoDB Application Modernization Platform (AMP)

Steve McDowell September 18, 2025

At its recent MongoDB.local NYC event, MongoDB launched its Application Modernization Platform (AMP), seeing the database vendor’s expansion into full-stack enterprise application transformation services.

The new platform combines AI-powered code transformation tools, proven migration frameworks, and professional services to modernize legacy applications for MongoDB’s Atlas cloud platform.

Research Note: CrowdStrike to Acquire AI Security Firm Pangea

Steve McDowell September 18, 2025

CrowdStrike announced its intent to acquire Pangea Cyber for a reported $260 million, adding specialized AI security capabilities to its expanding agentic security platform.

Pangea targets a critical vulnerability in enterprise AI: protecting AI agents and LLMs from prompt injection attacks and other AI-specific threats.