Cloud and IT strategies in a time of global upheaval
Finally, involve cross-departmental decision-makers. Cloud strategy is now a critical business concern, not merely an IT issue. Aligning technology, legal, and financial perspectives ensures that trade-offs won’t catch you by surprise. By embracing diversification, planning ahead, and reducing exposure to geopolitical risks, enterprises can build the resilient IT strategies necessary for today’s volatile world. The […]
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Google I/O 2025: All eyes on AI and Gemini
If you’re ready for a break from artificial intelligence, Google I/O won’t be your safe haven. The annual developer conference — which starts next week in Mountain View, Calif. — and also offers a large virtual option, is expected to focus heavily on Google’s latest developments in AI, especially its Gemini family of products. Google […]
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Databricks to acquire open-source database startup Neon to build the next wave of AI agents
AI building AI After the $1 billion acquisition, Neon’s serverless Postgres architecture will be integrated with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, allowing developers to quickly build and deploy AI agents without having to concurrently scale compute and storage. This approach can prevent performance bottlenecks while simplifying infrastructure and reducing cost, Databricks says. Many of the […]
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Accessibility in Microsoft Edge with ARIA and ARIA Notify
In the past decade or so, there’s been a push to put everything online. From customer service to interactions with local and national governments, we’ve moved away from the call center to the web and self-service. That push has streamlined interactions and simplified complex relationships, but it has also shown us a significant weak spot: […]
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Agentic mesh: The future of enterprise agent ecosystems
Agents are event-driven Event-driven architecture supports how agents operate. Instead of relying on rigid point-to-point integrations, agents must be able to discover, communicate, and subscribe to each other dynamically. Through technologies like Apache Kafka and Apache Flink, which support scalable, decoupled communication, agents tap into shared event streams, subscribe to topics, react to new data, […]
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SAS supercharges Viya platform with AI agents, copilots, and synthetic data tools
To that end, SAS has introduced new governance resources to help organizations assess their current AI governance maturity in four essential areas: oversight, compliance, operations, and culture. Known as the AI Governance Map, the tool is the latest addition to the company’s suite of governance products. And more are on the way; SAS has announced […]
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Cloud repatriation hits its stride
Simultaneously, a new breed of AI infrastructure providers is rising, offering bare metal, GPU-as-a-service, or colocation solutions purpose-built for machine learning. These platforms attract business by being more transparent, customizable, and affordable for enterprises tired of chasing discounts and deciphering complexity in hyperscaler pricing. The hyperscalers are responding with hybrid and multicloud offerings—even working to […]
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Sizing up the AI code generators
Google Gemini 2.5 Pro-Exp: The UI specialist with identity issues Google’s Gemini 2.5 release ships a one-million-token context (two million promised) and is currently free to use in many places (I’ve yet to be charged for API calls). It shines at UI work and is the fastest model I’ve used for code generation. The catch: […]
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Google updates Gemini 2.5 Pro model for coders
Google has updated its Gemini 2.5 Pro AI model with stronger coding capabilities, hoping developers would begin building with the model before the Google I/O developer conference later this month. Released May 6, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (I/O edition) is accessible in Google AI Studio tool and in Vertex AI. Commenting on the update, Google […]
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Node.js 24 drops MSVC support
Node.js 24 has been released. The latest version of the open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime upgrades the Google V8 JavaScript engine to version 13.6 and the NPM package manager to version 11. Node.js 24 also drops support for MSVC, Microsoft’s C/C++ compiler, and ClangCL is now required to compile Node.js on Windows. Introduced on May 6 […]
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