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22.11.2024 20:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Can contributing to open source get you a job? Could voluntary work on open source projects be a stepping stone to employment?

Could, or should, you usefully build open-source project work into your job search? Have you tried it?

Our @bryangb.bsky.social ponders the question, after chatting with OpenUK about its report on UK software skills.

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19.01.2024 16:30 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Tape is back on the main menu The news that another of the big players in global file systems, Hammerspace, has integrated tape access into its data orchestration software should

There's many ways to build modern tape storage into your ESG & data governance plans & Hammerspace has just added one more: treat tape as an equal.
How much more will it take to convince the sceptics that, today more than ever, tape remains a top-tier option?
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17.01.2024 14:59 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

What does “Investment in Generative AI” actually mean? I’ve found myself in a number of conversations recently where the discussion has turned to the speed at which organisations are investing in generative AI. More and more, however, I find myself ...

Are you investing in generative AI? Many are, but what does it even mean - is it direct, indirect, something else...?
A clear view here should help a lot with seeing where the real value lies, writes @Dale_Vile on our @ComputerWeekly blog
www.computerweekly.com/blog/Write-s...

09.01.2024 09:52 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

What's the point of AI-enabling a laptop or desktop when there's already so much AI compute power in the cloud? On our Computer Weekly blog, @bryangb.bsky.social explains some of the key whys and wherefores...
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21.12.2023 10:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 2

Why Intel has joined the race for the AI-enabled laptop A new AI battlefield is opening up, not among all the GPU ‘farms’ in data centres around the world, but out at the network edge and in particular on the laptop. This explains why Intel has investe...

Intel's "AI Everywhere" launch last week was more than just the chip giant catching up with its laptop rivals: it also highlights a tectonic shift in application design, writes @bryangb.bsky.social on our Computer Weekly blog.
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19.12.2023 15:48 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

If you're a #VMware user or partner, then you -like us- were probably relieved when the uncertainty over the #Broadcom deal finally ended.
But now you, like us, are probably back to being confused, as Broadcom seems to chuck it all up in the air again...
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11.12.2023 13:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Can contributing to open source get you a job? Could voluntary work on open source projects be a stepping stone to employment? That was one of the intriguing prospects held out at the launch last week of a report with the slightly ominous title .....

New on our ComputerWeekly blog, a meeting with OpenUK leaves our @bryangb.bsky.social wondering - could, or should, you build open source project work into your jobsearch?
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01.12.2023 15:06 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2

Freeform Dynamics analyst opinion - Bryan Betts

After 18 months and challenges from antitrust authorities around the world, Broadcom has finally acquired @vmware.bsky.social. On our Computer Weekly blog this week, @bryangb.bsky.social looks at what Broadcom CEO Hock Tan has planned for the combined company.
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27.11.2023 14:45 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Custom chatbots and model gardens: putting Private AI to work Part 2: More to think about It’s essential to decide where to run your Private AI - or who you will get to run it for you, in some cases - but that is just the start. Assuming that you also want ...

In part 2 of our intro to Private AI on our Computer Weekly blog, we look at some of the key questions to consider, including where to base it and why you might need to get model-focused...
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23.11.2023 13:47 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Understanding the rise and role of Private AI Part 1: AI hype vs fear and doubt The leakage of proprietary IP and other data has been one of the biggest corporate fears around generative AI since the launch of ChatGPT. Some companies even ...

New on our Computer Weekly blog - can we deal with the fears that Generative AI will reveal our company secrets by taking our AI private?
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22.11.2023 12:29 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

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22.11.2023 12:15 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0