Harnessing the Power of Conversational AI with Azure OpenAI for Enhanced Efficiency and Security

Conversational AI, specifically with Azure OpenAI Services, has revolutionized enterprise work by automating customer service, providing valuable insights, and enhancing employee training. The combination of Azure OpenAI Services and Power Apps allows for secure and efficient handling of inquiries and automation of processes, increasing productivity. The integration of custom chatbots with existing enterprise systems simplifies the process of finding answers and provides a user-friendly experience. The advanced security features of Azure OpenAI services ensure the protection of sensitive information and prevent data breaches. Power Automate enables the creation of automated workflows that can be triggered by the chatbot, allowing the chatbot to automate processes and complete tasks on behalf of the user. The integration of Power Apps with Azure OpenAI Services allows for seamless access to powerful AI capabilities within apps without needing to switch to a separate interface or application. #AzureOpenAI #ConversationalAI #PowerAppsAutomation #softcorpremium

Snowflake updates target generative AI demand from enterprises | InfoWorld

Cloud-based data warehouse company, Snowflake, is focusing on large language models (LLMs) and generative AI as it seeks to disrupt the traditional market. The company has launched Snowpark Container Services, which allows developers to build applications in any programming language, and partnered with Nvidia to access its AI Platform for training LLMs. Snowflake has also released a self-developed LLM called Document AI and introduced the Snowpark Model Registry for machine learning model operations. Additionally, Snowflake is advancing the integration of Streamlit into its Data Cloud Platform and extending the use of tables to an enterprise's own storage. #SnowflakeDisruptsMarket #LLMsAndGenerativeAI #DataCloudPlatform #softcorpremium

AWS Week in Review – Step Functions Versions and Aliases, EC2 Instances with Graviton3E Processors, and More – June 26, 2023 | AWS News Blog

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced several updates and launches, including the ability to maintain multiple versions of workflows and create aliases with AWS Step Functions, a new Amplify UI Builder Figma plugin, and the availability of EC2 instances with Graviton3E processors. Other updates include improved logging functionality, support for Trace Analytics with the OpenSearch Grafana data source plugin, and increased provisioned throughput for Amazon EFS. AWS also announced several upcoming events and opportunities for learning and collaboration. #AWSUpdates #CloudComputing #AWSCommunity #softcorpremium

Build resilient apps with Azure App Service and Azure Load Testing

Azure Load Testing is a service for simulating large-scale traffic to test the performance and reliability of web applications and APIs hosted on Azure App Service. It helps identify performance bottlenecks, validate application components, and optimize costs. With a unified dashboard, it provides actionable insights to maintain and improve application resilience. Users can create quick tests or upload JMX files for complex testing scenarios, set fail criteria, and integrate load testing into their CI/CD pipeline. Azure Load Testing documentation and a demo application are available, and feedback can be provided through the feedback forum. #AzureLoadTesting #WebPerformanceTesting #CloudTestingSolutions #softcorpremium

How Databricks is adding generative AI capabilities to its Delta Lake lakehouse | InfoWorld

Databricks has announced new tools aimed at helping data professionals develop capabilities in their data lakehouse. The new tools include a proprietary enterprise knowledge engine called LakehouseIQ, a large language model tuning tool named AutoML, and open source foundation models. LakehouseIQ enables enterprise users to search for data and insights from Delta Lake using natural language queries, while AutoML allows users to fine-tune foundational models. Databricks' updates may give it an edge over rival Snowflake in the development of generative AI applications. #DatabricksUpdates #DataLakehouse #AIApplications #softcorpremium

Using Workload Identities for Bicep Deployments in GitHub Actions - DEV Community

The article discusses using workload identities in GitHub Actions for automated authentication when deploying resources to Azure. It covers creating federated credentials, authorizing workload identities to contribute to resource groups, and setting up workload identities in GitHub Actions. #GitHubActions #AzureDeployment #WorkloadIdentities #softcorpremium

Crossplane 101 & GCP ( GCP Organisation Policy using Upbound Terraform Provider) : Part 2 | by Bhavishya Gupta | Google Cloud - Community | Jun, 2023 | Medium

This blog post is the second part of a series on deploying organization policies in GCP using Terraform crossplane provider. The blog covers the setup of crossplane gcp provider and the implementation of organization policies using crossplane upbound terraform provider on GCP. The post includes sample code for creating a GCS bucket and implementing an organization policy that skips default network creation for new projects. The post also recommends using remote state or the Kubernetes remote state backend to ensure the provider container's /tf directory is not lost as provider-terraform does not persist state. #GCPdeployment #Terraformcrossplane #organizationpolicies #softcorpremium

Has your lift and shift been a clunker in the cloud? | InfoWorld

Many applications that were moved to public clouds without modernization or refactoring are not meeting expectations. These applications are not leveraging cloud-native services and are causing issues such as high costs, performance problems, and security and governance issues. There are options to address these issues, including doing nothing (which is not responsible), partially modernizing the applications by upgrading certain capabilities, or fully modernizing the applications by rebuilding them using containers and leveraging cloud-native services. Each option has its pros and cons, with cost being a major downside for full modernization. However, allowing sub-optimized applications to run on a platform that charges for wasted resources is not serving the business well. #cloudoptimization #modernizationjourney #cloudnativedesign #softcorpremium

Red Hat ends the RHEL clones’ free lunch | InfoWorld

Red Hat's announcement that CentOS 7 will be end-of-lifed has prompted enterprises to consider their post-CentOS 7 options. Red Hat encourages them to migrate to RHEL in the cloud, but enterprises may consider free RHEL alternatives like AlmaLinux or Rocky Linux. However, these clones may not be viable for commercial use, guarantee compatibility or be able to maintain updates, and may not have the technical expertise to support mission-critical systems. Additionally, Red Hat may no longer publish source code in a manner that allows these organizations to exist without creating their own code. #CentOS7 #RHEL #EnterpriseLinux #softcorpremium

Generative AI with Large Language Models — New Hands-on Course by DeepLearning.AI and AWS | AWS News Blog

DeepLearning.AI and AWS have collaborated to create a new hands-on course on Coursera's platform focused on generative AI with large language models (LLMs). Generative AI allows for the creation of new content and ideas, and LLMs have the ability to understand, learn, and generate text that is similar to human-produced text. The course covers the entire project lifecycle of generative AI, including scoping the problem, choosing an LLM, adapting the LLM to specific domains, optimizing the model for deployment, and integrating it into business applications. The course is divided into three weeks of content and includes hands-on labs hosted by AWS. #GenerativeAI #DeepLearning #Coursera #softcorpremium

When low-code and no-code can accelerate app modernization | InfoWorld

Organizations are looking to modernize legacy applications, break down monolithic application architectures into services, and migrate to public or private cloud infrastructure. However, recent research shows that 79% of application modernization projects fail, leading many CIOs and devops teams to dread resorting to a lift and shift approach. As an alternative, organizations are turning to low-code and no-code platforms to accelerate application modernization. Low-code and no-code platforms can help rebuild legacy applications quickly while addressing their shortcomings, but it's important to partner with stakeholders on evolving business processes and review how low-code and no-code platforms can accelerate development while simplifying ongoing maintenance. #applicationmodernization #lowcodeplatforms #nocodeplatforms #softcorpremium

Data Leaders Feel The Pressure To Prioritize Generative AI Over Higher Returning Investments, Survey Says 

The article discusses the findings from surveys conducted at the Snowflake Summit and Databricks Data + AI Summit 2023. The surveys reveal that data leaders are feeling pressure to invest in Generative AI, the adoption of cloud data warehouses and lakes is increasing rapidly, self-service analytics and data adoption are top priorities for data leaders, and there is a focus on cost optimization. Both Snowflake and Databricks are heavily leaning into generative AI and other programmatic features. The potential of generative AI and its impact on data teams is still uncertain. Overall, the article praises the summits for delivering exciting new features and making data management more accessible. #DataLeadership #GenerativeAI #CloudData #softcorpremium

Automate Data Sharing with Collibra and AWS Lake Formation | AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog

Collibra and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are collaborating to develop products and capabilities that facilitate data intelligence for customers, including new capabilities that make it easier to migrate data and workloads to the cloud, as well as enhancements to search, collaboration, business process automation, and analytics. The collaboration enables data platform teams to provide secure data access at scale, service enterprise governance requirements, and enable self-service data analytics. Collibra and AWS Lake Formation enable customers to automate data governance in a data marketplace. #DataIntelligence #CloudMigration #DataGovernance #softcorpremium

How Snowflake Optimized its Virtual Warehouses for Sustainability Using AWS Graviton | AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog

Snowflake, a data cloud provider, has reduced its carbon emissions and improved performance efficiency by transitioning to AWS Graviton-based virtual warehouses. This move has helped Snowflake to meet its sustainability goals and deliver a faster, more energy-efficient experience to its customers. By leveraging AWS's innovative energy-efficient products, Snowflake is able to reduce its carbon footprint per virtual warehouse credit by an estimated 57%. The transition to Graviton-based instances also improved performance by 10% for customers. Snowflake's transition to Graviton-based instances was executed through a configuration change on its cloud provisioning layer, so that all new requests and workloads launched on the Snowflake platform seamlessly used AWS Graviton-based instances by default, wherever they are available. #AWSGraviton #CloudSustainability #EnergyEfficiency #softcorpremium

IBM acquires software management company Apptio for $4.6 billion - Back End News

IBM is acquiring software company Apptio for $4.6 billion to strengthen its automation and cloud capabilities. Apptio offers financial and operational IT management and optimization software, which will complement IBM's existing resource optimization, observability, and application management offerings. The acquisition will provide clients with a 360-degree technology business management platform that stretches across their entire technology landscape. IBM believes that Apptio's solutions will provide companies with solutions that can be utilized across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. #IBMandApptio #CloudCapabilities #TechnologyBusinessManagement #softcorpremium