Jack VaughanNew tune: Oracle and AWS sign cloud pact at Oracle Cloud WorldSince Oracle really got serious about the cloud back in 2018, its ‘Oracle’s Generation 2 Cloud Platform’ has evolved in a number of ways…Sep 10Sep 10
Jack VaughanAppreciation: Neil Raden, skeptical data analytics and AI examiner, at 71Noting the recent passing of Neil Raden, who was one of the most unforgettable characters I ever met in my computer trade press days. His…Jun 27Jun 27
Jack VaughanOpenAI GPT-4o Lands with Mini Thud or: Generative AI balances Hype and Reality in Chatbot Market…It’s still too early to gauge Generative AI’s limits. That is another way of saying a circus atmosphere of hyperbole and demo theatrics is…May 19May 19
Jack VaughanJohn Sinclair, Blues Poet, at 82THIS IS SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT FOR ME [NOT TECHIE]. IN NON-TECHNICAL POETRY DAYS I GOT TO KNOW JOHN SINCLAIR..ON HIS PASSING, I PAY…Apr 5Apr 5
Jack VaughanObserver Monitor: SolarWinds views observability on multicloudToday’s observability movement pits newbies fresh out of a few consulting gigs against established performance players with the “burden” of…Mar 31Mar 31
Jack VaughanEvolving technology paradigms create rising complexityMedia colleague Dan Muse, editor-in-chief for SDxCentral.com, recently covered Gartner’s report on muted CIO spending plans. Emerging from…Feb 12Feb 12
Jack VaughanPASCAL language originator Nicholas Wirth, 89Nicholas Wirth, whose 1970 creation of the PASCAL programming language dramatically influenced the development of modern software…Jan 12Jan 12
Jack VaughanWho took my soapbox?As 2023 came to its end, a New York Times suit affirmed a general impression that Generative AI and ChatGPT would find some friction on the…Jan 6Jan 6
Jack VaughanIs AWS a diminishing AI laggard — or is it right about on time?AWS is lagging and racing to catch up in Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs). Or so an industry meme holds. When the COVID…Dec 10, 2023Dec 10, 2023
Jack VaughanAndrew Ng on AI use cases — Echoes of HadoopLLMs and Generative AI are the next steps forward for machine learning, the not-so-little engine that saved AI from the horror of…Oct 24, 2023Oct 24, 2023