Upcoming articles: Compliance, data storage and generative AI

The first of two articles will look at how data is handled by generative AI applications, such as chatGPT or Bard.

I am looking for analysts or other industry experts who can address the following points:

  • When you use a chatbot or generative AI tool, where does all the generated content go, in terms of physical storage?
  • What are the compliance implications of using a chat tool? 
  • Does a user’s data go into the training pool for AI learning?
  • How is chat-like content backed up? How do I backup chat content in the enterprise.
  • If my company wants to train and offer chat-like functionality, what are the storage (and compute) requirements?

Note the deadline for input for this first article is Wednesday 7th June, 1700 London time.

The second part will look at how generative AI could be (or even is) being used to manage data storage and compliance.

  • Can it be used for storage configuration, setting up backups, checking compliance etc?
  • Can chat tools be used to streamline reporting back to users?
  • Can they be used to categorise data?
  • Can they be used to protect data against ransomware or other threats?

The deadline for input for this article is Wednesday 14th June, 1700 London time.

Please email with your suggestions/leads.

Computer Weekly: Storage articles, November 2021

I am working on the following Computer Weekly articles, and am looking for analyst or other expert input:

Cloud storage compliance pitfalls (deadline for contributions: November 11th)

What are the main laws and regulations that affect UK-based organisations using the cloud?

The piece will look at key areas of compliance, with a focus on the top 4 or 5 that might cause compliance issues, when storing data in the cloud.

Edge storage – an explainer (deadline for contributions: November 15th)

What is edge storage, where, why and how is it used?

What are the challenges around edge storage, including data protection, security, compliance and relocating data?

What solutions are available, on-premises and in the cloud?

Horizontal vs vertical scaling in storage (deadline for contributions: November 21st)

This is a slightly more technical piece, looking at how some storage systems are designed to scale vertically, some horizontally, and more rarely, some both (see this previous piece on HCI for background).

The piece is likely to cover:

  • NAS and SAN systems on-premises
  • On-premises HCI
  • Scaling in cloud storage

Plus why a CIO would specify one or the other (assuming you can’t have both). I will look at vendor resources for this piece, as well as potentially end user examples.

Please get in touch via the usual email address