Research Notes

Research Note: IBM Granite 3.0 Models

Steve McDowell October 27, 2024

IBM recently released Granite 3.0, its third generation of LLMs, designed to balance performance with safety, speed, and cost-efficiency for enterprise use. Its flagship model, Granite 3.0 8B Instruct, is a dense, instruction-tuned LLM optimized for enterprise tasks, trained on 12 trillion tokens across multiple languages and programming languages.

Research Note: Google Cloud Database & Related GenAI Announcements

Steve McDowell October 27, 2024

Google Cloud recently announced a series of significant upgrades to its database solutions, emphasizing its commitment to supporting enterprise generative AI (gen AI) applications. The new capabilities focus on enhancing developer tools, simplifying database management, and modernizing database infrastructure.

Research Note: Dell AI Portfolio Updates

Steve McDowell October 21, 2024

Dell Technologies made significant strides in AI infrastructure with its Integrated Rack 7000 (IR7000) launch and associated platforms for AI and HPC. The announcements introduce enhancements in computing density, power efficiency, and data management, catering specifically to AI workloads.

Research Note: Cognizant Neuro AI Platform Updates

Steve McDowell October 21, 2024

Cognizant recently announced significant enhancements to its Cognizant Neuro AI platform, providing enterprises with an innovative solution for rapidly discovering, prototyping, and scaling AI use cases to improve decision-making and unlock new revenue streams.

Research Note: SentinelOne Autonomous Cybersecurity Announcements

Steve McDowell October 18, 2024

SentinelOne unveiled several announcements at its recent OneCon 2024 customer event, each of which bring the company closer to delivering on its vision of making the Autonomous Security Operations Center (SOC) a reality.

Research Note: Atlassian New Focus Collaboration Tool

Steve McDowell October 14, 2024

At its recent Team ’24 Europe event, Atlassian announced Focus, a new enterprise strategy and planning tool aimed at helping leadership teams manage and align their strategic goals with execution across the organization. Focus is integrated with Atlassian’s existing tools, especially Jira and Jira Align, offering real-time insights into progress on strategic initiatives.