Author: Mark Beccue

December 8, 2023

Mark Beccue

Research Note

The Push for Open Systems: IBM Launches AI Alliance

New Alliance Promotes Open Source and Open Systems and Might Push Global Policy

Mark Beccue, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines the push for open systems from IBM’s AI Alliance.

AI, Machine Learning

December 5, 2023

Mark Beccue

Research Note

Amazon Q: What It Means for AWS’s AI Business

Amazon Q Is the Latest AI Assistant—What Are the Drivers for AWS?

Mark Beccue, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines what Amazon Q means for AWS’s AI business.

AI, Machine Learning

December 5, 2023

Mark Beccue

Research Note

Amazon SageMaker HyperPod Claims 40% Reduction in AI Training Time

Reduced AI Training and Inference Costs Could Have Huge Market Impact

Mark Beccue, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines AWS’s claims that Amazon SageMaker HyperPod provides 40% reduction in AI training time.

AI, Machine Learning

December 5, 2023

Mark Beccue

Research Note

Guardrails for Amazon Bedrock Show AWS Gets Generative AI

Compared with Microsoft and Google Offerings, the New Service Is the Most Advanced Tool for Managing LLM Outputs

Mark Beccue, Research Director at The Futurum Group, discusses how Guardrails for Amazon Bedrock shows that AWS gets generative AI.

AI, Machine Learning

December 5, 2023

Mark Beccue & Keith Kirkpatrick

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Enterprise – Decision Maker IQ Survey Dashboard

This study seeks to uncover the current state, vendor & product preferences (e.g., NPS/sentiment/brand satisfaction), and near-term (12 months) buying plans for Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the Enterprise. There are 159 vendors rated by our decision maker panel in this survey. This survey was conducted in Q4 2023 and will be updated every six months (next publication targeted for Q3 2024). Assumptions: Enterprises are either outsourcing AI or they are building in-house capabilities and expertise. Method: Online Survey. Timeframe: October 2024 was fielded in Q4 2023 between the week of September 25th and October 2nd, 2023. Line of Questioning (LOQ): Created and vetted by two expert Futurum Group AI analysts and a survey specialist. Responses: Reviewed and qualified by two expert Futurum Group AI analysts and a survey specialist. N = 1,009 (sample size). Geography – United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France (translated for local language and spend offered in local currency – USD, GBP, EURO).

November 27, 2023

Mark Beccue

Research Note

Microsoft Orca 2: The Biggest Generative AI Breakthrough Since ChatGPT

Outperforming LLMs, Microsoft’s Orca 2 Is in the Vanguard of Smaller, Better Language Models that Will Unleash the Commercial Use of AI

Mark Beccue, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines how Microsoft’s Orca 2 might be the biggest generative AI breakthrough since ChatGPT.

AI, Machine Learning

November 22, 2023

Mark Beccue

Research Note

HPE Offers Turnkey Solution for AI Training

On-Premises AI Accelerates with AI Compute Stack from HPE and NVIDIA

Mark Beccue, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s announcement of a turnkey supercomputing solution for generative AI designed to accelerate the training and tuning of AI models using private data sets.

AI, Machine Learning

November 22, 2023

Mark Beccue

Research Note

HPE Invests in LLM Aleph Alpha to Fuel On-Premises AI Strategy

A Strategic Partnership in a Highly Secure, Private On-Premises AI Stack Key for Many Enterprise Markets

Mark Beccue, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines HPE’s investment in Aleph Alpha LLM to fuel on-premises AI strategy across enterprise markets.

AI, Collaboration, Machine Learning

November 21, 2023

Mark Beccue

The AI Moment

AI Chip Trends, RAG vs. Fine-Tuning, AI2 – The AI Moment, Episode 5

Mark Beccue, Research Director, AI at The Futurum Group shares his insights on the latest developments in enterprise AI.

November 20, 2023

Mark Beccue

Research Note

Windows AI Studio: Jumpstart for On-Device AI?

On-Device AI Is Both an Opportunity and a Challenge

Mark Beccue, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines Microsoft’s launch of Windows AI Studio, a new AI experience to help enterprises and developers jumpstart local AI development and deployment on Windows.