How Hambrecht Uses Machine Learning to Up its Venture Hit Rate 3X
Venture capital is a “hit business.” The relatively few hits pay for the high percentage of flops. Venture capitalists are risk takers who embrace the high-risk/high-reward equation. It's the ...Full Article
AWS Upgrades Nvidia GPU Cloud Instances for Inferencing, Graphics
Graphics processor acceleration in the form of G4 cloud instances have been unleashed by Amazon Web Services for machine learning applications. AWS (NASDAQ: AMZN) on Friday (Sept. 20) announced ...Full Article
Is All-Flash Storage Needed for Deep Learning?
Organizations building deep learning data pipelines may struggle with their accelerated I/O needs, and whenever I/O is the question, the usual answer is “throw flash/SSD at it.” Certainly expensive ...Full Article
Dell’s AMD-Powered Server Line Targets High-End Jobs
Dell Technologies rolled out redesigned servers this week based on AMD’s latest Epyc processor that are geared toward data-driven workloads running on increasingly popular multi-cloud platforms. Dell, which has ...Full Article
AI-HPC Convergence in Financial Services: Getting Real about Real Time
Intra-day rebalancing of risk portfolios initiated by voice command while at home, central bank-backed cryptocurrencies, transaction clearing and settlement cut from three days to a few hours – these ...Full Article
Enterprise Networks Still Falling Short
Network bandwidth and overall performance remain concerns for digital enterprises as they roll out data analytics and edge computing efforts. Nearly two-thirds of companies surveyed by management consultant Accenture ...Full Article
AWS, Bloomberg Go Global with Data Feed
Bloomberg, the financial data giant, is expanding its partnership with Amazon Web Services to extend private cloud access to its real-time market data feed to global customers. The partners ...Full Article
Google’s ML Compiler Initiative Advances
Machine learning models running on everything from cloud platforms to mobile phones are posing new challenges for developers faced with growing tool complexity. Google’s TensorFlow team unveiled an open-source ...Full Article
U.S. Non-Military AI Investments Near $1B
The White House projected this week that U.S. civilian research agencies will spend nearly $1 billion on AI research during the next fiscal year. The estimate was released by ...Full Article
AI Career Notes: September 2019 Edition
In this monthly feature, we’ll keep you up to date on the latest career developments in the enterprise AI community -- promotions, new hires and accolades. Here's the AI ...Full Article
