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Amazon Bedrock: A Boon for the Financial Services Industry

Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that provides access to foundation models from top AI providers, enabling organisations to build and scale generative AI applications. It is specifically designed to bring AI solutions to the financial sector. Let's explore all that it can do...

Quantum-Safe VPNs: The Future of Secure Communication

As quantum computing continues to advance, it poses a significant threat to traditional cryptographic algorithms that secure our digital communications. Virtual private networks (VPNs), which rely heavily on encryption, are particularly vulnerable. Quantum-safe VPNs utilise post-quantum cryptographic algorithms to protect against quantum attacks.

Popular Open Source Toolkits for Quantum Machine Learning

Quantum machine learning is becoming increasingly popular due to its ability to solve the complex problems of the AI age. Here are a few open source libraries and frameworks that help with quantum computations.

Quantum Computing: Harnessing Open Source for Innovation and Accessibility

We explore how open source initiatives are shaping the future of quantum computing, making it more accessible and driving innovation through collaboration.

How Quantum Computing Differs from Classical Computing

Despite being in its infancy, quantum computing has numerous potential applications in modelling, cybersecurity, AI/ML, and other fields. But how do quantum and classical computing compare with each other? Let's find out...

From Bits to Qubits: The Growth Story of Quantum Computing

Quantum computing may still be in the early stages of evolution, but its potential impact on everyday life is significant. We delve into the key concepts behind it, the reasons for its rapid growth, and how global advancements are shaping its future.

Pytket: A Comprehensive Guide to Quantum Circuit Design

Pytket stands out as a powerful toolkit in the realm of quantum computing, offering a suite of features that cater to both researchers and industry practitioners. Its key strengths include optimisation, platform-agnostic support, flexible quantum circuit design and hybrid algorithm support. These features make Pytket a versatile tool for various quantum computing applications, from machine learning and cryptography to optimisation problems in industrial settings.

Cirq: The Open Source Framework for Programming Quantum Computers

Explore the key features, capabilities, and impact of Cirq, an open source quantum computing framework developed by Google, on the quantum programming landscape.

The Role of Open Source in Accelerating Quantum AI

Here's an overview of how open source frameworks are being utilised to build quantum machine learning models, including quantum neural networks and quantum kernel methods. The challenges and future directions in the quantum AI landscape are also discussed.

Quantum Machine Learning: An Overview

Quantum machine learning (QML) is a burgeoning field at the intersection of quantum computing and artificial intelligence. In recent years, the integration of quantum mechanics with machine learning algorithms has sparked substantial interest among researchers and technologists alike. Here's a quick look at the essentials of creating quantum algorithms for AI models, their practical use cases on open source platforms, and best practices for implementing these advanced algorithms.

Blockchain: Transforming Automotive Traceability, Payments, Sustainability

From advanced battery passports to carbon credits and fortified payments, blockchain is reshaping EV data handling and connectivity.

"Developers are wasting their time with Kubernetes alone!"

At Open Source India 2024, Ram Iyengar, Chief Evangelist, Cloud Foundry Foundation, raised a few eyebrows with his cogent arguments about ways to manage and deploy infrastructure. OSFY's Yashasvini Razdan got some exclusive takes on alternatives for scalable application deployment and management, and the role of Cloud Foundry Foundation in this business....

Helgrind: Detecting Synchronisation Issues in Multithreaded Programs

Let's explore how Helgrind can be used to detect and debug multithreading issues with the help of a multithreaded C program.

The Perfect Process of Booting a PC

Booting a PC seems as simple as eating a cake. But are you aware of all that goes on behind-the-scenes to bake a delicious cake or seamlessly boot a PC?

Exploring eBPF and its Integration with Kubernetes

eBPF, a game-changing technology that extends the capabilities of the Linux kernel, offers significant advantages for Kubernetes networking. It also greatly improves Kubernetes observability by capturing detailed telemetry data directly from the kernel. Read on to find out how its integration with Kubernetes has immense benefits.

Deploying Generative AI LLMs on Docker

Built on massive datasets, large language models or LLMS are closely associated with generative Al. Integrating these models with Docker has quite a few advantages.

Containerisation: The Cornerstone of Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Success

Open source containerisation software provides the flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and community support needed to build and manage complex multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments. By leveraging this software, businesses can unlock the full potential of multicloud and hybrid cloud architectures while minimising vendor lock-in risks.

From Virtual Machines to Docker Containers: The Evolution of Software Development

Containerisation and Kubernetes have eased software development, making it faster and better. Let's see where these are headed, looking at trends that are making life easier for developers.

India's Leap in Supercomputing: Innovating for Tomorrow

As India strides towards self-sufficiency in supercomputing, embracing this evolution isn't just an option-it is pivotal for global competitiveness and technological leadership.

SageMath: A Quick Introduction to Cybersecurity

In the previous articles in this SageMath series, we delved into graph theory and explored its applications using SageMath. In this seventh article in the series, it is time to shift our focus to another crucial subfield of computer science: cybersecurity and cryptography.

Efficient Prompt Engineering: Getting the Right Answers

OpenAl's GPT-3 and GPT-4 are powerful tools that can generate human-like text, answer questions, and provide insights. However, the quality of these outputs depends heavily on how you frame the input, or prompt. Efficient prompt engineering ensures you get the right answers by designing inputs that guide the AI towards relevant, clear, and useful responses. Let's find out how to craft effective prompts with examples.

Analysing Linus Torvald's Critique of Docker

This article looks at Docker's security flaws, particularly its shared-kernel model, and contrasts it with traditional VMs for better isolation. It discusses Linus Torvalds' concerns, explores mitigation techniques, and proposes a roadmap for building a more secure containerisation platform using hardware-assisted virtualisation, true isolation, and a robust orchestration layer.

Managing a Hybrid Cloud: An Overview

The hybrid cloud market is on a high, with businesses discovering its many benefits. Let's explore what it entails to adopt such a cloud model and why an organisation should consider moving to it.

"Openness challenges the traditional closed nature of hardware IPs to create standardised solutions"

In an interview with EFY's Yashasvini Razdan, Alex P. James, Dean of Academics at Digital University Kerala, argues that an open AI hardware ecosystem could democratise access to hardware design tools and IPs, much like the Linux movement did for software.

Meeting Special Education Needs with Open Source Software

Children and adults with special needs require special education. Cboard is free and open source software for special children, but a lot of work is still needed in this domain, especially in India.

A Guide to SSL 2.0: Security Flaws and Evolution to SSL 3.0

The importance of cybersecurity cannot be overstated. The SSL 2.0 handshake protocol plays a great role in ensuring data remains secure and does not reach the wrong hands. But it does have some weaknesses, and hence the emergence of SSL 3.0.

Trusted Platform Modules: Locksmith in the Basement?

Tech giants are embedding special chips into their systems to ensure your data stays safe, even if you lose your device.

Understanding Cluster Analysis through Python Libraries

Discover how Python libraries simplify data clustering for better business insights...

A Beginner's Guide to Cloud Computing

Cloud computing has grown exponentially since the early 2010s and there are no signs of its popularity waning anytime soon. This is because it offers benefits to developers, organisations and customers alike.

A Guide to Optimising Costs in the Cloud

Keeping cloud costs optimal is essential for the financial health of any enterprise. However, organisations encounter quite a few challenges when they migrate from on-premises data centres to the cloud using a lift-and-shift strategy. The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) helps to mitigate these challenges and optimise costs.