IBM pushes Watson AI to the masses

Modern Infrastructure Digest News and advice for creating tomorrow's data center | February 21, 2019 FEATURED STORY AI democracy, hybrid clouds top IBM Think takeaways By Darryl K. Taft, News Writer IBM's bold push of its Watson AI technology to the masses might produce product and service opportunities, but the democratization of AI won't happen overnight. (SearchCloudComputing.com) Advertisement NEWS   Google Cloud to absorb Alooma cloud data migration tools Google Cloud has inked a deal to buy Israeli startup Alooma, maker of cloud data migration tools that can pull information from diverse data sets into the cloud. This move follows last year's acquisition of cloud migration vendor Velostrata. (SearchCloudComputing.com)   Pure Storage adds ObjectEngine backup to all-flash gear Pure Storage all-flash arrays include FlashBlade NAS and FlashArray block storage systems. The vendor has added ObjectEngine all-flash backup and an RDMA-enabled fabric adapter for NVMe. (SearchStorage.com) EXPERT ADVICE   Software from non-IT vendors -- what's the risk? The new software economy is full of tools from non-IT companies that compete with the big, established IT software vendors, which comes with benefits and risks. Weigh the pros and cons around support, availability and other factors before committing. (SearchITOperations.com)   Pick the right GPU with these considerations There are a lot of GPU specs to evaluate during the selection and purchasing process. Focus on processing power, memory and OS support to narrow down potential options for your data center and ensure hardware compatability and effective performance. (SearchDataCenter.com)   Navigate the vGPU market with ease Major GPU vendors Intel, AMD and Nvidia already provide support for GPU virtualization using different technology and software. The next step is to merge CPU and GPU functionality to handle a multitude of tasks. Get to know the current market and be on the lookout for new types of cores. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   VMware focuses on multi-cloud management products The VMware CloudHealth acquisition has added one more piece to the multi-cloud management puzzle. To cut spending, you can now use this cost management tool alongside the rest of VMware's cloud management suite. (SearchVMware.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Modern Infrastructure Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Data Center and Virtualization Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2016 TechTarget. All rights reserved.