Hardware, Software and GenAI
What’s Hot 🔥
Beyond the Buzzwords 🐍
2024 D&A Trends that are NOT GenAI 🫶
2024 Outlook on Canadian Economy 🇨🇦
National Trivia Day 🖼️
Thursday, January 4th, 2024 Edition 06
What’s Hot ? 🔥
Intel joins GenAI throng with Articul8 AI
According to Intel, the Articul8 AI platform uses intellectual property (IP) and technology developed by the chip giant, is designed to “keep customer data, training and inference within the enterprise security perimeter” and can run on cloud, hybrid or on-premises compute and storage stacks. (Source: telecomtv.com)
Persistent Announces Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS to Accelerate Generative AI Adoption
This strategic collaboration with AWS will help Persistent to further increase the impact it delivers to its clients that are embracing generative AI. Through this teaming, Persistent will have access to additional resources from AWS to build proofs of concept to help clients identify tangible business outcomes from generative AI. (Source: stockhouse.com)
How Gen AI Could Drive Demand For Snowflake's Data Management Software
Look no further than Walt Disney (DIS) for reasons why software maker Snowflake (SNOW) has thrived. Like many large U.S. companies, Disney's vaunted theme parks turned to Snowflake when it wanted to modernize its Big Data strategy. (Source: investors.com)
Beyond the Buzzwords 🐍
In the spirit of National Trivia Day, here's our buzzword for this week.
python
Python was created by Guido van Rossum, and first released on February 20, 1991. While you may know the python as a large snake, the name of the Python programming language comes from an old BBC television comedy sketch series called Monty Python’s Flying Circus. (Source: pythoninstitute.org)
Top 2024 D&A Trends (that aren't GenAI) 🫶
Alteryx used data from Google Trends to understand which other topics are growing in interest. Then, compared them to benchmark data to provide possible explanations for the trends as we head into 2024.
1. Data Management and Governance
2. Data Privacy and Security
3. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications
4. Operational Efficiency through Automation
Canadian Expert Outlook on 2024 🇨🇦
Deloitte Canada says the Canadian economy will return to growth in the second half of 2024, with interest rate cuts as early as this spring.
The firm's economic outlook report predicts stagnant growth during the first half of the year as the effects of higher interest rates continue to work their way through the system.
Deloitte says inflation is still uncomfortably high at 3.1 per cent as of November, but it's unlikely the central bank will hike rates further.
However, Deloitte Canada chief economist Dawn Desjardins says we shouldn't expect interest rates to return to their pre-pandemic lows.
Desjardins says momentum in the economy and the job market is poised to improve in the second half of 2024 as confidence starts to recover.
(Source: Canadian Press by CTVNews)
It's National Trivia Day! 🖼️
Can you guess correctly without googling?
Q: What is the name of the Google computer that beat a professional player at Go?