on-prem ai

QuTS hero 6 signals a deliberate pivot by QNAP: bringing ZFS-based storage into a more “server-like” operational model with built-in high availability, stronger ransomware defenses, and smarter local AI-powered search — but it arrives as a public beta and carries the usual trade-offs of...

When Microsoft closed the Windows 10 support window on October 14, 2025, it did more than flip a lifecycle switch — it forced an operational reckoning for organisations that still run significant numbers of older PCs, industrial systems, and bespoke endpoints that cannot meet Windows 11’s...

Lenovo’s latest SMB play is a clear bet that the next phase of enterprise AI will be decided on Main Street, not just in hyperscalers’ data halls — a set of pre-validated, channel-friendly bundles and partnerships that pair Windows Server Hyper-V readiness, Veeam-protected backup appliances, and...

Microsoft has quietly begun preparing the hardware and operational scaffolding to stop being a pure buyer of frontier AI models and instead build — and run — its own in‑house models at scale, telling employees it will invest heavily in dedicated chip clusters while keeping the OpenAI partnership...

The AI you keep open in a browser tab is doing more than answering queries — it's broadcasting something about how you think, what you value, and how you want the world to work. A recent cultural riff that maps people to their preferred models — from OpenAI’s GPT‑5 users to xAI’s Grok fans and...

In Malaysia’s property sector a quiet but consequential shift is underway: instead of rushing to bolt global AI services into every workflow, a growing number of firms are adopting a go-local AI playbook — hosting open-source models on domestic or company-controlled infrastructure, fine-tuning...

NVIDIA’s push to put Blackwell-class acceleration into standard racks reached a new inflection point this week with the launch of the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition and a family of factory-validated 2U RTX Pro servers from major OEMs — a move designed to make on‑premises AI and...

Ollama’s latest Windows 11 GUI makes running local LLMs far more accessible, but the single biggest lever for speed on a typical desktop is not a faster GPU driver or a hidden setting — it’s the model’s context length. Shortening the context window from tens of thousands of tokens to a few...

Move over, vanilla search: there’s a new way to dig into your data, and it could just change how you interact with everything you ever uploaded to your trusty NAS. No, really — it’s got AI, acronyms, and a healthy dose of self-confidence. QNAP, perennial NAS innovator and provider of...