Observability Is Most Cited Challenge for ML and LLM Adoption
Observability and monitoring is the most cited challenge when moving ML models into production. The Institute for Ethical AI & Machine Learning conducted a survey on the state of production ML in the fourth quarter of 2024. The other key takeaway is that custom-built tools […]
Cloud Sustainability, Repatriation and Cost Optimization: Updated Stats
“The State of the Cloud Report” has been published for 13 straight years. I’ve read so many of these reports that I’ve seen private cloud usage surge several times amid the broader trend toward multicloud adoption. The latest edition by Flexera provides new data about […]
AI Models Deployed in the Cloud Increases, Per Data Science Study
Ignore the anecdotal stories you’re hearing about AI workloads driving a migration from the cloud to on-premises and private cloud environments. In 2024, only 27% of professional respondents in Anaconda’s latest “State of Data Science” report deploy most of their models to on-premises servers, which […]
Developer Productivity: Who’s Tracking It? Not Many
Only 35% of these engineers responsible for developer productivity and/or experience actually follow and stay informed of the latest trends and discussions related to developer experience and developer productivity.
Direct Contribution, Indirect Financing Most Effective for Open Source
Throwing money at a problem is not the best way to get things done, whether in business, charity, or the open source economy. Two recent studies prove the point. Non-monetary reasons for contributing topped the list when over a thousand contributors to free and open […]
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Information Security Spending: Don’t Be Fooled by Overconfidence
Spending on information security continues to increase, but those gains may decelerate as companies become more confident in their security posture. Maybe too confident. Although many reports show that cybersecurity is a top driver of technology spending, Scale Venture Partners’ recent survey of 300 executives […]
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ICOs Reveal Weakness in Open Source Blockchain Business Models
The blockchain and cryptocurrency world provides quantifiable proof that open source can both help and hurt a project’s likelihood of financial success, according to Early Evidence on the Role of Disclosure in the Unregulated Crypto Market, which quantifies the success of 776 initial coin offerings (ICOs) […]
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Open Source Policies for Dependencies
Have you ever read a survey report that claims that a certain percentage of companies use open source? We think those findings are almost always misleading. Practically every company in the world is using an open source component in their software stack. A better approach […]
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