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Humane, a stealthy hardware and software startup co-founded by an ex-Apple designer and engineer, raises $100M

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Tiger Global Management is leading the round, with SoftBank Group, BOND, Forerunner Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures also participating. 5 consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment strategies. This is a Series B, and it’s coming from some very high-profile backers. One sign of where all that funding will be going.)

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Avoid generative AI malaise to innovate and build business value

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Sixty-six percent of C-level executives are ambivalent or dissatisfied with the progress of their AI or GenAI efforts, according to Boston Consulting Group 1. Reach consensus on strategy. On-premises will allow you to customize your model and support it with hardware optimized to handle heavy compute and storage loads.

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Private cloud makes its comeback, thanks to AI

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Generative AI shifts the cloud calculus Somerset Capital Group is one organization that has opted to go private to run its ERP applications and pave the way for generative AI. Global spending on enterprise private cloud infrastructure, including hardware, software, and support services, will be $51.8 The Milford, Conn.-based

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CIOs sharpen tech strategies to support hybrid work

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Those principles, along with lessons learned during recent years, have helped Pfeiffer sharpen her tech strategy for supporting hybrid work in 2023. The same goes for any hardware (e.g., laptops) being used. And IT is deploying a collaboration platform from Miro to better meet the needs expressed by hybrid teams, Error says.

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Inferencing holds the clues to AI puzzles

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It turns out LLM inferencing with RAG running open-source models on-premises can be 38% to 75% more cost-effective as compared to the public cloud, according to new research 1 from Enterprise Strategy Group commissioned by Dell Technologies. The percentage varies as the size of the model and the number of users grows.

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Lexmark International’s Vishal Gupta on next gen tech leadership

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As the CEO of a search firm dedicated to developing this “next gen technology leadership” talent pipeline, I’m always on the lookout for executives on the edge of change, so I spoke with chief information and technology officer Vishal Gupta to learn more about Lexmark’s growth strategy. The silos were inhibiting our velocity.

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VMware customers take wait-and-see approach amid Broadcom changes

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Broadcom engaged with VMware customers as it reworked a go-to-market strategy for the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), its comprehensive private cloud offering. It demonstrated that all too often, as innovative companies expand, decisions are made incrementally, not holistically as part of a larger, comprehensive strategy.”