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How Much Should I Be Spending On Observability?

Honeycomb

Part 2: Observability cost drivers and levers of control I recently wrote an update to my old piece on the cost of observability , on how much you should spend on observability tooling. The answer, of course, is its complicated. Really, really complicated. Some observability platforms are approaching AWS levels of pricing complexity these days. In last weeks piece, we talked about some of the factors that are driving costs up , both good and bad, and about whether your observability bill is (or

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Thanks to AI, the data reckoning has arrived

CIO

In the race to build the smartest LLM, the rallying cry has been more data! That same mantra has made its way to company boardrooms, too. As businesses hurry to harness AI to gain a competitive edge, finding and using as much company data as possible may feel like the most reasonable approach. After all, if more data leads to better LLMs , shouldnt the same be true for AI business solutions?

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From Playing Not to Lose to Playing to Win: A Game Plan for Senior Leaders

Next Level Blog

A few weeks ago, I had breakfast with a friend who spent twenty years as a senior engineer at Intel. Ten years ago, Apple lured him away to build a new engineering team. Knowing Intel has lost roughly 67 % of its market cap in the last five yearswhile NVIDIA has sprinted aheadI asked him, What happened? He didnt hesitate. They wouldnt risk killing the x86 cash cow, so the world passed them by.

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Agents are here — but can you see what they’re doing?

CIO

In a February survey conducted by 3GEM on behalf of SnapLogic, out of 1,000 IT decision makers and transformation leaders , half say large enterprises already use AI agents, with 32% planning to implement them within the year. It also showed that 92% of respondents expect AI agents to deliver meaningful business outcomes over the next 12 to 18 months, and 44% trust AI agents to do as good a job as a human while 40% actually trust the AI more.

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Mastering Apache Airflow® 3.0: What’s New (and What’s Next) for Data Orchestration

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

Apache Airflow® 3.0, the most anticipated Airflow release yet, officially launched this April. As the de facto standard for data orchestration, Airflow is trusted by over 77,000 organizations to power everything from advanced analytics to production AI and MLOps. With the 3.0 release, the top-requested features from the community were delivered, including a revamped UI for easier navigation, stronger security, and greater flexibility to run tasks anywhere at any time.

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From Code to Impact: The New Role of Engineers in an AI-Driven World

DevOps.com

Its no longer a question of if AI will change engineers roles it already has. The real question is, how can engineers amplify their impact in this new reality?Exploring what's next for engineers.

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Endor Labs Adds AI Agents to Automate Application Security Reviews

DevOps.com

Endor Labs today added a set of artificial intelligence (AI) agents to its platform, specifically trained to identify security defects in applications and suggest remediations.

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From legacy to lakehouse: Centralizing insurance data with Delta Lake

CIO

In 2025, insurers face a data deluge driven by expanding third-party integrations and partnerships. Many still rely on legacy platforms , such as on-premises warehouses or siloed data systems. These environments often consist of multiple disconnected systems, each managing distinct functions policy administration, claims processing, billing and customer relationship management all generating exponentially growing data as businesses scale.

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Chainguard Secures $356M Series D At $3.5B

Crunchbase News

Software supply chain security startup Chainguard raised a massive $356 million Series D at a valuation of $3.5 billion as companies look for ways to secure software development. The new funding was co-led by new investor Kleiner Perkins and existing investor IVP. New investors Salesforce Ventures 1 and Datadog Ventures, plus all other existing investors also participated in the round, the company says.

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Broadcom wins Google Cloud Partner of the Year award for fifth year

CIO

Broadcom has once again been recognized with a prestigious 2025 Google Cloud Infrastructure Modernization Partner of the Year for virtualization. This marks our fifth consecutive time being recognized with the honor, a testament to our unwavering commitment to collaborating with Google Cloud to deliver exceptional hybrid cloud solutions. Together, weve built our partnership with customer choice as a top priority, offering flexibility in deployment and unique license portability between on-prem a

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Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.

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From Stranded to Supported: Helping My Customers Land Safely with FireMon

Firemon

When Skybox Security shut down, it raised real concerns for me, not just about employment, but about how the situation could affect the professional credibility Ive built over nearly 25 years in this industry. I had sold Skybox into some of the most security-conscious organizations in Italy, from public sector agencies to enterprise networks, often competing head-to-head with Tufin and AlgoSec.

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Essential steps to maximize ERP project success

CIO

ERP failures can cost millions, tarnish reputations, and even trigger leadership changes. So why do so many projects still lack meaningful executive oversight? With the majority of ERP programs running significantly over budget, its time for C-suite leaders to rethink their role. Executive oversight for ERP programs is mandatory and a standard industry practice, particularly in enterprises where senior leadership is accountable for the programs success or failure.

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Build an AI-powered document processing platform with open source NER model and LLM on Amazon SageMaker

AWS Machine Learning - AI

Archival data in research institutions and national laboratories represents a vast repository of historical knowledge, yet much of it remains inaccessible due to factors like limited metadata and inconsistent labeling. Traditional keyword-based search mechanisms are often insufficient for locating relevant documents efficiently, requiring extensive manual review to extract meaningful insights.

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Shaken, Not Stirred: Tech Buying Process in 2025

CIO

The year of 2025 is expected to a massively disruptive year from Core to Cloud to AI to Gen AI as the futuristic CIO expects tech OEMs and ecosystem partners to declutter tech complexity, demystify hyped technologies to help navigate their career graph and accelerate their companys business. The tech buying process unlike in the past has not stirred across CIOs and their teams in recent years, but it has completely got shaken.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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Stronger Cloud Security in Five: How To Protect Your Cloud Workloads

Tenable

In the first installment of Tenables Stronger Cloud Security in Five blog series, we covered cloud security posture management (CSPM), which focuses on protecting your multi-cloud infrastructure by detecting misconfigurations. Today, we turn to securing cloud workloads, which are the applications and services along with all the resources they need to function that run within your multi-cloud infrastructure.

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Nvidia says NeMo microservices now generally available

CIO

Nvidia today announced the general availability of neural module (NeMo) microservices, a modular platform for building and customizing gen AI models and AI agents. NeMo microservices integrate with partner platforms to provide features including prompt tuning, supervised fine-tuning, and knowledge retrieval tools. Nvidia views its NeMo microservices as the building blocks that help enterprises build data flywheels, or feedback loops where data is collected from interactions or processes and then

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Balancing AI Workers of the Future With Human Talent of Today in Software Development

DevOps.com

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming pivotal across industries and the app development market is no exception. Every app in the world is on track to be reinvented with AI. Even the most basic, single-purpose apps in Windows, such as Notepad and Paint, are now infused with AI to enhance productivity.

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World’s first operating system for quantum computers unveiled — it can be used to manage a future quantum internet

Ooda Loop

Scientists have developed the world’s first operating system designed for quantum computers, which could let quantum computers connect with each other, thereby paving the way for a quantum internet. An operating system, such as Microsoft Windows or Apple iOS, is the program responsible for managing every other application on a computer. However, most quantum computers […] The post World’s first operating system for quantum computers unveiled it can be used to manage a future q

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Surviving The Scale: The Lessons I Learned From Growing A Unicorn

Crunchbase News

By Dimitri Masin Youve built a viable solution to a real-world problem, convinced investors to invest in your venture, and started to grow your customer base. Just 7.4% of startups reach Series A so youve already beaten the odds. Surely the most challenging part is behind you. But scaling brings new challenges often tougher than those youve already faced.

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Microsoft just launched powerful AI ‘agents’ that could completely transform your workday — and challenge Google’s workplace dominance

Ooda Loop

Microsoft announced today a major expansion of its artificial intelligence tools with the Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring release, introducing new AI agents designed to function as digital colleagues that can perform complex workplace tasks through deep reasoning capabilities. In an exclusive interview, Aparna Chennapragada, Chief Product Officer of Experiences and Devices at Microsoft, […] The post Microsoft just launched powerful AI agents that could completely transform your workday

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Cloud Workload Protection, Now Operating at Full Context

Prisma Clud

Cloud workload protection (CWP) changed the game when it arrived. For the first time, teams could extend security controls into new cloud native workloads where traditional security methods no longer sufficed. This meant scanning container images, virtual machines, and serverless functions for vulnerabilities and compliance issues and without slowing development.

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3 More Healthcare Orgs Hit by Ransomware Attacks 

Ooda Loop

Healthcare organizations are being consistently targeted by ransomware actors, and three big organizations operating in the sector this week suffered attacks. A dialysis firm, DaVita, was first impacted by a ransomware attack on April 12. Then, on April 14, Bell Ambulance of Milwaukee disclosed a data security incident. The Medusa ransomware group had claimed an […] The post 3 More Healthcare Orgs Hit by Ransomware Attacks appeared first on OODAloop.

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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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Your Meta Ray-Bans just got a big update for free - and it feels like science fiction

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Previously limited to early access in certain countries, this new out-of-this-world feature is expanding to all owners.

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Nvidia announces general availability of NeMo tools for building AI agents

Ooda Loop

Nvidia Corp. today announced the general availability of NeMo microservices, a set of tools designed to assist developers get artificial intelligence agents up faster by tapping into AI inference and information systems at scale. Agents have become a focal point for creating digital teammates capable of driving workforce productivity for knowledge and service workers by […] The post Nvidia announces general availability of NeMo tools for building AI agents appeared first on OODAloop.

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The 2025 Work Trend Index Annual Report: The Year the Frontier Firm Is Born

Perficient

The 2025 Work Trend Index Annual Report, titled “The Year the Frontier Firm Is Born,” explores the transformative impact of AI on business and knowledge work. This comprehensive report delves into how AI is reshaping organizations, creating new roles, and redefining workflows. Frontier Firms are redefining how we perceive teamwork by synergizing human judgment and AI agents.

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Transforming Medicare Risk Adjustment with Generative AI Lab

John Snow Labs

Introduction Healthcare organizations are under increasing pressure to improve the accuracy and efficiency of clinical documentation and risk adjustment. With the rise of value-based care, Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) coding has become essential to support accurate reimbursement and reflect the true complexity of patient populations. To support this, Generative AI Lab 7 brings built-in HCC coding support to accelerate and streamline clinical annotation workflows.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Umbra Space

Ooda Loop

Umbra is a vertically integrated space technology company specializing in high-resolution, all-weather Earth observation through advanced synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites. Headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, with additional offices in Austin and Northern Virginia, Umbras mission is to deliver global omniscience by providing unparalleled access to top-quality satellite data.

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GenAI in Software Development with Nathen Harvey

DevOps.com

Nathen Harvey, DORA Lead at Google Cloud, delves into how generative AI is rapidly reshaping the software development landscape, presenting both exciting opportunities and complex challenges. Harvey reflects on his own journey, from early web operations and his time at Chef to leading the DORA program after its acquisition by Google.

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China Has an Army of Robots on Its Side in the Tariff War

Ooda Loop

Chinas secret weapon in the trade war is an army of factory robots, powered by artificial intelligence, that have revolutionized manufacturing. Factories are being automated across China at a breakneck pace. With engineers and electricians tending to fleets of robots, these operations are bringing down the cost of manufacturing while improving quality.