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New agentic AI tools bring new threat: agent sprawl

CIO

You may already have a platform to develop and manage AI agents. You may already have two. Or more. This agent sprawl enables agents to operate in more areas of the enterprise but brings increased complexity, adds to security concerns, and can hurt return on investment. Over the last year, vendors have been rushing to add agentic AI products to their offerings.

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U.S. Strike-First Cyber Deterrence Risks Increased Weaponization of Cyberspace

Ooda Loop

Recently, the White Houses nominee to become the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy (ASD-CP) advocated for increased offensive cyber operations and using artificial intelligence (AI) as a means of bolstering the United States ability to deter hostile cyber threat actors. The fairly new senior position serves as the principal cyber advisor to the Secretary of Defense and was […] The post U.S.

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Survey: Software Quality Continues to Be Sacrificed in the Name of Speed

DevOps.com

A global survey of 2,750 IT, DevOps leaders and software developers finds nearly half of respondents (45%) admit their organization prioritizes delivery speed over software quality, with 63% acknowledging their organization deploys code without fully testing it. Only 13% of respondents said their organization is focused on improving software quality.

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Microsoft’s May 2025 Patch Tuesday Addresses 71 CVEs (CVE-2025-32701, CVE-2025-32706, CVE-2025-30400)

Tenable

5 Critical 66 Important 0 Moderate 0 Low Microsoft addresses 71 CVEs including seven zero-days, five of which were exploited in the wild. Microsoft patched 71 CVEs in its May 2025 Patch Tuesday release, with five rated critical and 66 rated as important. This months update includes patches for: NET, Visual Studio, and Build Tools for Visual Studio Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Azure Azure Automation Azure DevOps Azure File Sync Azure Storage Resource Provider Microsoft Brokering

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Struggling to Scale Test Coverage Under Pressure?

When test coverage falls behind release velocity, quality suffers, and your team feels the consequences. This guide outlines when it makes sense to outsource quality assurance (QA), the risks to watch for, and how to scale testing without increasing headcount or slowing down engineering. You will learn how leading teams are leveraging external QA partners to expand coverage, enhance defect detection, and remain aligned with CI/CD timelines.

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I replaced my Pixel 9 Pro with this midrange Android - and can't go back

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

With its focus on design and subtle AI enhancements, the Nothing Phone 3a delivers a distinct midrange smartphone experience.

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How Apoidea Group enhances visual information extraction from banking documents with multimodal models using LLaMA-Factory on Amazon SageMaker HyperPod

AWS Machine Learning - AI

This post is co-written with Ken Tsui, Edward Tsoi and Mickey Yip from Apoidea Group. The banking industry has long struggled with the inefficiencies associated with repetitive processes such as information extraction, document review, and auditing. These tasks, which require significant human resources, slow down critical operations such as Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures, loan applications, and credit analysis.

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Survey Surfaces AI Contest for the Hearts and Minds of DevOps Engineers

DevOps.com

A report published by the Futurum Group finds organizations are exploring multiple paths to employing artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities across the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

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May 2025 Patch Tuesday

Ivanti

May Patch Tuesday resolves five actively exploited and two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities. Spoiler alert: all five zero-days are resolved by deploying the Windows OS update. Also, this month Windows 11 and Server 2025 updates include some new AI features, but they carry a lot of baggage. Literally they are around 4GB! New AI features include Recall, Click to Do and Improved Windows Search.

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When is the best time to book your flight? Google just gave us the golden answer

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Google Flights gathered four years worth of airfare data, and here's what it tells us about finding the cheapest flights and the best days to book.

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Subscription Management in the SaaS World: Challenges and Solutions

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Cloud costs are sky high. How do mid-sized businesses cope?

CIO

Gartner made a bold prediction two years ago that cloud computing will become a business necessity by 2028, and this has proven prescient. The reasons are clear: businesses need to be agile and innovative yet cost-efficient to stay competitive, and the cloud is the foundation of those objectives. This is reflected among Australias mid-sized businesses, which are on a growth trajectory driven by a strong emphasis on innovation.

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How Qualtrics built Socrates: An AI platform powered by Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Bedrock

AWS Machine Learning - AI

This post is co-authored by Jay Kshirsagar and Ronald Quan from Qualtrics. The content and opinions in this post are those of the third-party author and AWS is not responsible for the content or accuracy of this post. Qualtrics, founded in 2002, is a pioneering software company that has spent over two decades creating exceptional frontline experiences, building high-performing teams, and designing products that people love.

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How Upskilling and Operating Models Solve the AI Talent Gap

Dataiku

One of the biggest challenges companies still face in scaling AI and generative AI (GenAI) today? People. Specifically, finding talent with the right combination of AI expertise, business acumen, and the ability to work effectively with AI agents so they can solve real business problems with speed and at scale.

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Takeaways from Coding with AI

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

I thought Id offer a few takeaways and reflections based on last weeks first AI Codecon virtual conference, Coding with AI: The End of Software Development as We Know It. Im also going to include a few short video excerpts from the event. If you registered for Coding with AI or if youre an existing OReilly subscriber, you can watch or rewatch the whole thing on the OReilly learning platform.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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ChatGPT's Deep Research tool can now output detailed PDFs - and I'm impressed

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Now you can share your AI-generated reports more easily with anyone. See how easy it is.

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Cuatro objetivos a perseguir al desarrollar habilidades en IA

CIO

Tras descubrir los elevados costes que supone contratar expertos en inteligencia artificial (IA) externos a la organizacin, algunos CIO han impulsado nuevas formas de desarrollar habilidades internas , no solo dentro del departamento de TI, sino en toda la empresa. Muchos de los pioneros se centraron en cuatro mtodos distintos que ahora deberan tenerse en cuenta para los programas de formacin en IA de cualquier organizacin.

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The DevOps Bottleneck: Why IaC Orchestration is the Missing Piece 

DevOps.com

Infrastructure -as-code (IaC) is not just a nice-to-have but is a necessity for scaling DevOps without burning out your team.

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Diplomatic spat ignites as Poland accuses Russia of sabotage 

Ooda Loop

Poland is accusing Russia of sabotage, summoning the countrys ambassador and closing its consulate in Krakow. The actions were announced on Monday, coming as Poland reported that following an investigation, it was revealed that a massive fire in Warsaw in May 2024 at a shopping center had been orchestrated by Russian intelligence services. Polands role […] The post Diplomatic spat ignites as Poland accuses Russia of sabotage appeared first on OODAloop.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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Advancing Cybersecurity in Australia

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Browser Achieves IRAP Assessment Government organisations and critical infrastructure entities are the custodians of some of the most important and sensitive data in the world. This data and the systems that they process underpin some of the most fundamental functions in modern society, from the provision of food, water, power to the management of welfare, finance and national security information.

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This $400 Motorola has no business being this good (and it comes with a stylus)

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Despite its midrange price point, the Moto G Stylus 2025 punches well above its weight with a snappy chipset and brilliant AMOLED screen.

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The ERP system enabling Billerud to become totally data driven

CIO

Throughout its 150 years, Billerud has a long tradition of adapting to change in the forest and paper industry. Today, the company has 5,800 employees in over 19 countries, and nine production units in Sweden, Finland, and the US. In the past, a proper business system was only available in the US, but over the coming years, the entire global operation will be linked to SAP S/4Hana, as the system gets rolled out to all nine production units.

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CVE-2025-4427, CVE-2025-4428: Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) Remote Code Execution

Tenable

Remote code execution vulnerability in a popular mobile device management solution from Ivanti has been exploited in the wild in limited attacks Background On May 13, Ivanti released a security advisory to address a high severity remote code execution (RCE) and a medium severity authentication bypass vulnerability in its Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) product, a mobile management software that can be used for mobile device management (MDM), mobile application management (MAM) and mobile content

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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437,000 Impacted by Ascension Health Data Breach 

Ooda Loop

A recently disclosed data breach of healthcare system Ascension Health is impacting over 437,000 patients. Although the incident did not involve Ascension Healths systems, a business partner of Ascension was victim to the hack which inadvertently exposed patient data. Hackers were able to target a vulnerability in Ascensions third-party software. Patients in Alabama, Michigan, Indiana, […] The post 437,000 Impacted by Ascension Health Data Breach appeared first on OODAloop.

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JavaScript Recipe with Closures, Currying and Arrow Functions

Apiumhub

Lets not kid ourselvesalthough JavaScript is the most popular and widely used programming language today, it also carries a strong wave of hate (although PHP still holds the crown, I think). And lets be honest: some of that hate is justified. The infamous == operator, the handling of global variables and scope, falsy values, and the management of this nothing that hasnt already been discussed a thousand times.

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Your old router could be a security threat - here's why and what to do

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

The FBI is alerting people with older, unsupported routers that they could be targeted by malware.

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The IT Review That Saved Lives: How Lumus Imaging CIO Got It Right

CIO

When youre one of the largest healthcare providers in Australia, infrastructure isnt just a cost centreits a clinical enabler. For Lumus Imaging the stakes were high: an aging, inflexible IT infrastructure was slowing diagnostic workflows and threatening to limit the providers ability to keep up with fast-evolving AI-driven technologies. Lumus Imaging is a significant provider of diagnostic imaging services in Australia, said Alex Larson, Group CIO of Lumus Imaging.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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Smarter Software Sourcing in the Age of AI

IDC

AI is reshaping more than operations it’s redefining how organizations source software. CIOs now lead procurement strategies that demand speed, strategic alignment, and machine-augmented decision-making. In a world where every tool promises GenAI, smart sourcing is no longer tactical its transformational. Todays software procurement hinges on using AI to reshape vendor consideration, governance [.

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India and Pakistan Hold Talks Aimed at Extending Cease-Fire 

Ooda Loop

On Monday, officials from India and Pakistan held talks over extending the fragile ceasefire between the two countries. The agreement has stopped the most expansive fighting between the two states in decades, but it could collapse at any moment. India has announced that civilian flights will resume in its north, and all airports in Pakistan […] The post India and Pakistan Hold Talks Aimed at Extending Cease-Fire appeared first on OODAloop.

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Shaping The Future of Connected Product Innovation  

Perficient

We are thrilled to announce that Perficient has been recognized in Forrester’s recent report, “The Connected Product Engineering Services Landscape, Q2 2025.” Forrester defines connected product engineering services providers as: Firms that conceive, design, develop, launch, and scale new connected (or embodied) products that combine a physical product with digital applications to directly deliver new revenue for their clients.