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JFrog Combines DevOps, DevSecOps, MLOps with Qwak Buy

Jun 27, 2024 | thenewstack.io | Chris Preimesberger |Rick Houlihan |Joe Fay |Darryl Taft

DevOps platform maker JFrog, the first company to develop a binary code management repository for developers, revealed Tuesday that it has acquired Tel Aviv-based Qwak to add AIOps and MLOps capabilities to its platform for building and securing AI and machine learning applications. JFrog is the single system of record for all software packages (binaries), including models stored in Artifactory, which has been Qwak’s model registry of choice for several years.
PostgreSQL vs. MongoDB: Which Is Better for GenAI?

Jun 27, 2024 | thenewstack.io | Rick Houlihan |more. Previously |Rick led the.. |Jonathan Siddharth

Generative AI (GenAI) applications consume data differently than traditional online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads. They process data in small chunks, typically on rows and tables and with relatively simple data structures. Large language model (LLM) training, on the other hand, requires rich document structures or binary objects that can be multiple kilobytes or even megabytes in size.
OpenTofu Gains State Encryption, So What’s Next

Jun 17, 2024 | thenewstack.io | Ohad Maislish |Chris Preimesberger |Rick Houlihan |Joe Fay

When OpenTofu was first announced, a common refrain from the community was, “If you deliver state encryption, we’ll migrate.” Lo and behold, the much-awaited state encryption feature has shipped in OpenTofu v1.7. We recently compiled a list of reasons now is the time to consider migrating to OpenTofu, and this is just one more reason to consider.
Why the Document Model Is More Cost-Efficient Than RDBMS

May 25, 2023 | thenewstack.io | Rick Houlihan |more. Previously |Rick led the.. |Randy Fay

A relational database management system (RDBMS) is great at answering random questions. In fact, that is why it was invented. A normalized data model represents the lowest common denominator for data. It is agnostic to all access patterns and optimized for none. The mission of the IBM System R team, creators of arguably the first RDBMS, was to enable users to query their data without having to write complex code requiring detailed knowledge of how their data is physically stored.