<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Howard Young Tech’s Blog</title><description>Howard Young Tech — enterprise cloud architecture, custom engineering, and AI-forward strategy. 30+ years of deep systems expertise.</description><link>https://howardyoung.tech/</link><item><title>HY Tech Insights Issue 2</title><link>https://howardyoung.tech/hy-tech-insights/hytech-insight-2026-03-25/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://howardyoung.tech/hy-tech-insights/hytech-insight-2026-03-25/</guid><description>Is your business ready for the $200 Billion AI boom? 📈 Today’s tech news shows that 98% of companies have moved to cloud-native systems. From new high-speed storage solutions to massive data center expansions, the world is building the engine for the next decade of growth.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>HY Tech Insights Issue 1</title><link>https://howardyoung.tech/hy-tech-insights/hytech-insight-2026-03-23/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://howardyoung.tech/hy-tech-insights/hytech-insight-2026-03-23/</guid><description>The &quot;AI Tax&quot; just became a &quot;Efficiency Dividend.&quot; 📉 IBM &amp; Nvidia just cut data mart costs by 83% by moving SQL to GPUs. Stop saving GPUs for LLMs and start using them to fix your burn rate.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What is All-Flash Tiered Backup?</title><link>https://howardyoung.tech/kb/kb-all-flash-tiered-backup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://howardyoung.tech/kb/kb-all-flash-tiered-backup/</guid><description>Tiered All-Flash Backup is a storage architecture that uses different grades of flash memory for data protection. The &quot;performance tier&quot; allows for near-instant restoration of critical systems after a cyberattack, while the &quot;capacity tier&quot; uses high-density flash (like QLC) to store massive amounts of historical data more efficiently than traditional tape or disk.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What is Vector Indexing (DiskANN)?</title><link>https://howardyoung.tech/kb/kb-vector-indexing-diskann/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://howardyoung.tech/kb/kb-vector-indexing-diskann/</guid><description>Traditional vector search lives in RAM. It’s fast, but it’s expensive. Once you hit 100M+ vectors, your cloud bill doesn&apos;t just grow—it explodes</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>