Category: Thought Leadership
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One RAG Chatbot, Five Tech Stacks: Open Source vs Azure, AWS, IBM & VMware
A RAG chatbot is one pipeline. This maps every stage – ingestion, embeddings, vector DB, retrieval, LLM, hosting, guardrails – onto open source, Azure, AWS, IBM watsonx and VMware on-prem, so you can see who does what.
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halfvec: Cut Your pgvector Index in Half – Same Answers
How pgvector’s 16-bit halfvec type shrinks a vector index by about 50% with negligible impact on retrieval quality or speed – with a real 9,000-page RAG example.
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How to Become a Broadcom Knight: A Step-by-Step Guide
A plain-language, step-by-step guide to earning Broadcoms highest partner recognition – what the Knights program is, who qualifies, the certifications you need, and how to get nominated.
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Secure Enterprise AI with VMware Private AI on VCF 9 (HCLTech White Paper)
HCLTech white paper: securing enterprise AI with VMware Private AI on VCF 9 — data protection, compliance, control and sovereignty.
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Framework to Analyze Malicious Behaviour in Cloud Environment using Machine Learning Techniques
Framework to Analyze Malicious Behaviour in Cloud Environment using Machine Learning Techniques | IEEE Conference Publication | IEEE Xplore
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Security Analysis and Fraud Prevention in Cloud Computing
Security Analysis and Fraud Prevention in Cloud Computing | 38 | The R
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Behavior Analysis and Crime Prediction using Big Data and Machine Learning
International Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering
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Data Control in Public Cloud Computing: Issues and Challenges
Data Control in Public Cloud Computing: Issues and Challenges | Bentham Science Publishers
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Global Best Practices in Early Childhood Education: Comparative Analysis of India and Countries with Advanced ECE Systems
Global Best Practices in Early Childhood Education: Comparative Analysis of India and Countries with Advanced ECE Systems – Pranay Jha, Amrita Jha, 2026
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Protected: Most common questions that you need to find before starting a Research
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List of Publications – Journal Articles, Books, Chapters
Title of Publication Name of Journal / Conference Authors ISSN No/ VOL No, Issue No How can your IT Infrastructure Withstand the Pressure of Digitalization? International Journal of Research in Electronics and Computer Engineering Dr. Pranay Jha*, Dr Ashok Sharma http://nebula.wsimg.com/b205966c404e7bf650de85b2f6c3a86e?AccessKeyId=DFB1BA3CED7E7997D5B1&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 IJRECE Vol.7 Issue 1(January-March 2019)ISSN:2393-9028(Print)|ISSN:2348-2281(Online) Behavior Analysis and Crime Prediction using Big Data and…
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Dr Pranay Jha
Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.
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