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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) vs  Amazon Web Services (AWS) Choose OCI for these reasons: Cost and Pricing Compute and Storage: OCI is 30% to 50% cheaper.   Data Egress: OCI gifts the first 10 TB/mth of outbound internet data transfer for free, whereas AWS charges for outbound data traffic.  Pricing Structure: OCI has identical pricing across the globe, while AWS charges different prices depending on region.  Database and Enterprise Workloads Oracle Integration: OCI is purpose-built to run Oracle Database, Exadata, and Oracle E-Business Suite at significantly lower total cost and higher transaction throughput (30–50% faster) than AWS.  Licensing: OCI applies a 1:1 core licensing factor for Oracle Bring Your Own License (BYOL), compared to the 2:1 penalty ratio often enforced by AWS and Azure.  Infrastructure and Performance Noisy Neighbors: OCI uses isolated network virtualization architecture to reduce performance interference from other ten...

 Adoption of AI Advice: 1) Not trust AI 100% to do everything 2) LLM not run workflow 3) Sandbox it 4) Log everything 5) Least privilege 6) Start slow with using AI 7) AI sucks at math 8) Time stamp tool 9) Shell mcp 10) Galileo AI to add guardrails

 AI in Computer Security Well written reports about new AI tests in computer security: https://www.cybergym.io/

AI Environment   I was asked how to create an environment for AI that would I do for a business firm that is not a software firm. Thought it was a great question faced by many people.  This blog entry is an attempt to answer that question: Option 1 1) Get and Install  Docker    Download Docker.    A different option from a Docker container is an Edera container. ( https://edera.dev/ )  2) Create Docker Container ( Sandbox ) with Config file    The safest and easiest way to isolate your AI is running Ollama in a Docker container .     Why Docker?  Docker creates a strict security sandbox. The AI cannot see or touch the host computer's files unless you explicitly map a specific folder to it.  You can configure the Docker container with a restricted network bridge, preventing the AI from reaching the internet or sensitive company servers.      A suggested Docker config file is below.   ...