Software development meets the McNamara Fallacy

The McNamara Fallacy is the idea that it is an error to make decisions purely on measurements or quantitative data. Robert McNamara was the US Secretary of Defense during most of the 1960s, during the first half of the Vietnam War. He came to the position after a...

AI benchmarking tools evaluate real world performance

A new AI benchmark for enterprise applications is now available following the launch of xbench, a testing initiative developed in-house by Chinese venture capital firm HongShan Capital Group (HSG). According to an analysis of the benchmark posted Tuesday by MIT...

Public cloud becomes a commodity

Since the dawn of the public cloud era, the narrative has focused on disruption and innovation. The Big Three providers (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud) have commanded center stage by captivating customers and analysts alike with their...