Research Reports
Research Brief: Oracle Exadata on Exascale Infrastructure
Oracle announced the general availability of the Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure, offering extreme performance, reliability, availability, and security for Oracle Database workloads. This new infrastructure is now available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), catering to any workload size for all Oracle Database customers.
Research Brief: Oracle HeatWave GenAI
Oracle HeatWave GenAI is now generally available. The release features the industry’s first in-database large language models (LLMs), automated vector store, scale-out vector processing, and natural language conversations informed by unstructured content.
Research Brief: Dell AI Factory
At NVIDIA GTC earlier this year, Dell announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to deliver the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA that was heavily based on NVIDIA technology. At this year’s Dell Tech World, Dell went further, introducing its own Dell AI Factory, while also updating the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA.
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 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.
Research Report: Oracle Database Vector Search
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.