Cliff Saran

5 days ago | computerweekly.com | Cliff Saran

Concerns over support for VMware recently made the headlines following a critical vulnerability and the subsequent patch, which was limited to certain versions of the product. Now, it appears that VMware users may well face audits from Broadcom, which purchased the virtualisation software company in 2022 for $69bn. Broadcom ended the sale of perpetual software licences in 2024. Its stated goal has been to move customers to a recurring revenue stream by providing VMware products as a service.

6 days ago | computerweekly.com | Cliff Saran

European businesses are falling behind those in the US when it comes to using artificial intelligence (AI) at work, a report from Forrester has found. The analyst firm reported that more firms in the US than in Europe provide regular AI training to their employees. The research also showed that many decision-makers wrongly assume their organisation has offered staff formal AI training. In other cases, AI training might not be mandatory or not very effective.

6 days ago | computerweekly.com | Cliff Saran

The practice of making deals on golf courses seems to be alive and well. And it is IT leaders and their teams that are having to pick up the pieces following the agreed purchase of unsuitable tech after a business chief is showered with corporate hospitality. There is nothing wrong with corporate hospitality. Tech firms can spend as much as they like trying to entice new and existing customers. Good luck to them. But which business leader would admit their decisions are swayed by such enticement?

6 days ago | computerweekly.com | Cliff Saran

SAP’s sales tactic of circumventing IT and enterprise resource planning (ERP) teams to go directly to business heads when selling its Rise cloud ERP product is putting pressure on IT leaders, analyst Gartner has warned. Among the key challenges is SAP’s ambition to reduce customisation of the core ERP system, which simplifies upgrades but limits the ability to adapt the ERP to meet unique business requirements.

1 week ago | techtarget.itmedia.co.jp | Cliff Saran

KAI Schedulerは、AIワークロード（AI関連のタスク）の効率的な管理を目的としたツール「NVIDIA Run:AI」の中核機能として開発された。GPU不足が深刻化する中で、限られたGPUリソースを複数のチームやプロジェクト間で公平かつ効率的に分配するための仕組みを提供する。NVIDIAによれば、KAI SchedulerはGPUリソースの需要変動を管理し、割り当てまでの待機時間を短縮する。GPUリソースの保証や適切な割り当ても実現している。 GitHubの公式リポジトリの情報によると、KAI Schedulerは、小規模な対話型タスクから大規模なトレーニングや推論まで、Kubernetesクラスタ内におけるさまざまなAIワークロードを対象にする。NVIDIAは、異なるアプリケーション間での公平性を維持しつつ、最適なGPUリソース割り当てを保証すると説明している。 このツールにより、Kubernetesクラスタの管理者は、GPUリソースを動的にワークロードに割り当てられるようになる。KAI Schedulerは他のスケジューラーと共存して動作することも可能だ。...