Five Minute Briefing - Information Management
February 8, 2024
Five Minute Briefing - Information Management: February 8, 2024. A concise weekly report with key product news, market research and insight for data management professionals and IT executives.
News Flashes
The Biden administration officially named a top White House aide as the director of the newly established safety institute for artificial intelligence. Elizabeth Kelly will lead the AI Safety Institute at the National Institute for Standards and Technology, which will be part of the Commerce Department. Already several top companies in the AI space are pledging their involvement, joining a new safety consortium to play a part in supporting the safe development of generative AI.
DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc., the developer cloud optimized for startups and growing digital businesses, is debuting the latest iteration of DigitalOcean Backups, an incremental backup offering for DigitalOcean Droplets—the company's virtual machines that deliver dependable uptime with 99.99% SLA, simple security tools, and predictable monthly pricing. DigitalOcean Backups now offer faster and more frequent backups that protect users from data disruptions, ensuring that business stays supported and continuous in the face of ongoing threats.
SolarWinds, a leading provider of simple, powerful, secure observability and IT management software, is debuting a variety of improvements for its SaaS-based, self-hosted, on-prem observability solutions. SolarWinds' solutions—which are engineered to monitor and observe complex, distributed environments from anywhere—will experience greater management capabilities and full-stack visibility from these AI-powered enhancements, according to the vendor.