Eric Phenix, Author at Gigaom Your industry partner in emerging technology research Fri, 22 Mar 2024 23:59:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 GigaOm Benchmark: Testing Zoom AI Companion https://gigaom.com/report/gigaom-benchmark-testing-zoom-ai-companion/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:00:13 +0000 https://gigaom.com/?post_type=go-report&p=1029390/ This GigaOm Benchmark Report was commissioned by Zoom. Artificial Intelligence has undergone a massive leap forward with the proliferation of generative AI

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Artificial Intelligence has undergone a massive leap forward with the proliferation of generative AI and interactive language models. As recently as two years ago, AI solutions were available exclusively to large enterprises. Today, AI products are breaking ground as mass-market workforce multipliers that are available to end consumers and businesses of all sizes.

Zoom released its AI Companion in September 2023, and it is included at no additional cost with all paid Zoom plans. This report explores Zoom AI Companion as one of the first AI assistants to market in the industry and the value it can provide to organizations. The report will additionally provide insight into what to expect next, as Zoom is continuing to develop new features at an extraordinary pace.

In this report, we will convey a few key points with our testing of Zoom AI Companion: that it effectively and accurately captures the discussion topics of meetings, that it quickly answers questions in the chat interface, and, most importantly, that it is easy for workers to use.

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]]> Assessing Microsoft Dev Box Cloud-Based Developer Workstations https://gigaom.com/report/assessing-microsoft-dev-box-cloud-based-developer-workstations/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:00:07 +0000 https://gigaom.com/?post_type=go-report&p=1024005/ This GigaOm Benchmark report was commissioned by Microsoft. Microsoft Dev Box is a virtual desktop solution purpose-built for software development teams. Dev

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Microsoft Dev Box is a virtual desktop solution purpose-built for software development teams. Dev Box is equipped with a feature set designed to streamline the onboarding process for developers and expedite their path to productivity on projects. Using Microsoft Dev Box, developers can enjoy enhanced performance compared to developing locally, with scalable compute options and Premium SSD based storage ready to build projects of any size. Using the new Customizations for Microsoft Dev Box feature, teams can use a simple YAML configuration file to bring a newly deployed Dev Box to exactly the configuration the developer needs to be ready-to-code.

Our hands-on testing with Microsoft Dev Box shows that it delivers significant benefit over outfitting development teams with traditional laptops or VDI-served workstations. Our findings:

  • Dev Box significantly improved developer productivity and reduced configuration time and IT overhead compared to VDI solutions.
  • Developer typing experience felt as good as on a local machine, even over hotspot and public WiFi.
  • Our testing revealed that a Visual Studio-equipped Dev Box setup produced better performance with the sample Chromium code base than VDI or local clients.

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GigaOm Benchmarks consist of field tests where we conduct real-world testing to validate claims made by vendors and inform technology buyers with industry expertise and repeatable test results. Where quantitative metrics may not fully describe an experience, qualitative metrics and analyst commentary may be used to provide context and product positioning in the market.

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