Access Point: Weekly News Roundup For IT Executives – Nov. 1, 2024

Access Point is a weekly roundup of major tech news for midmarket IT executives on the go.

Anthropic Claude’s New ‘Computer Use:’ 5 Things To Know

Anthropic recently made several announcements, including an upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet and a new model called Claude 3.5 Haiku. One announcement that seems to be generating the most buzz is a new “computer use” capability within Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

One expert says the new feature outpaces similar capabilities in OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

What is computer use and why is it exciting those in the AI space? Here are five things to know about Anthropic Claude’s new computer use feature.

SnapLogic’s New Offering Delivers Agentic AI To The Midmarket

SnapLogic, which creates generative integration platforms, unveiled its latest offering, Agent Creator, a new platform that lets organizations build their own agents that scale and can integrate with over 1,000 systems.

Report Highlights IT Leaders’ Resiliency Worries, Plans Since CrowdStrike Outage

A new report from Cockroach Labs, maker of cloud native distributed SQL database solutions, shows that resiliency is at the forefront of concerns based on a survey of 1,000 senior cloud and technology executives across the globe.

Protect AI Releases 'Bug Bounty' Report On October 2024 Vulnerabilities

The vulnerabilities involve tools used to build machine language models that fuel artificial intelligence applications.

Tackling Tech Debt: Advice For Midmarket IT Leaders

Midmarket IT leaders share their experiences with tech debt and one CEO shares his advice.

First ‘CHIPS For America’ Semiconductor R&D Facility Set To Open

The push for leadership in the semiconductor space comes amid concerns over tensions between the U.S and China and over conflict between China and Taiwan, according to the Council on Foreign Relations, an independent, nonpartisan think tank on international relations.

The Balancing Act Of Effectively Managing Offshore And Onshore IT Resources

The pros and cons of outsourcing IT.