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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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These 11 Charts Show The State Of Startup Investing At The Beginning Of 2025

Crunchbase News

In Q1 2025, we again saw investment in late-stage startups surge, while venture capitalists spent less money on seed- and early-stage startups globally. That continues a clear trend that has emerged from the Crunchbase dataset in recent quarters: Large, established startups are landing outsized deals and more money, while the youngest companies struggle with fewer investment dollars.

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Vibe Coding, Vibe Checking, and Vibe Blogging

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

For the past decade and a half, I’ve been exploring the intersection of technology, education, and design as a professor of cognitive science and design at UC San Diego. Some of you might have read my recent piece for O’Reilly Radar where I detailed my journey adding AI chat capabilities to Python Tutor , the free visualization tool that’s helped millions of programming students understand how code executes.

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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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Subscription Management in the SaaS World: Challenges and Solutions

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How to plan for a new business technology operating model

CIO

You dont need an LLM to tell you what the biggest change to IT departments is this year. The evidence is everywhere. Take for example our latest Pulse C-suite survey , published in January where 86% of surveyed executives plan to up their investment in generative AI in 2025, and 60% expecting their gen AI solutions to be scaled across the business a major jump from 36% in 2024.

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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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TSMC Warns of Limits of Ability to Keep Its AI Chips From China

Ooda Loop

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. listed the challenges of ensuring export control compliance by its customers, months after the companys artificial intelligence silicon was found to have flowed to US-sanctioned Huawei Technologies Co. via intermediaries. TSMCs role in the semiconductor supply chain inherently limits its visibility and information available to it regarding the downstream use or […] The post TSMC Warns of Limits of Ability to Keep Its AI Chips From China appeared first

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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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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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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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Use Amazon Bedrock Intelligent Prompt Routing for cost and latency benefits

AWS Machine Learning - AI

In December, we announced the preview availability for Amazon Bedrock Intelligent Prompt Routing , which provides a single serverless endpoint to efficiently route requests between different foundation models within the same model family. To do this, Amazon Bedrock Intelligent Prompt Routing dynamically predicts the response quality of each model for a request and routes the request to the model it determines is most appropriate based on cost and response quality, as shown in the following figur

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How the 2026 Medicare Advantage Rate Announcement Creates New Opportunities for Health Tech Innovation

John Snow Labs

Enhancing Risk Adjustment Accuracy and Revenue Integrity with AI-Powered HCC Coding In April, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its 2026 Medicare Advantage (MA) Rate Announcement, projecting a 5.06% average increase in payments to MA plans. Thats a notable jump from the 3.70% increase we saw in 2025. More than just a financial adjustment, this signals growing confidence in the Medicare Advantage modeland with it, growing expectations.

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The leadership imperative in a technology-enabled society — Balancing IQ, EQ and AQ 

CIO

In todays rapidly evolving digital and socio-economic landscape, modern IT leadership must actively embrace innovation not as a trend, but as a strategic imperative.This requires a balanced approach to risk, where innovation is pursued to maximize the benefits of emerging technologies within well-defined guardrails to manage disruption without stifling creativity.Not only are risk management and cybersecurity a top priority, but there is immense pressure from high-tech industry leaders to embra

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Few Bright Spots In Asia’s Slowing Venture Market

Crunchbase News

Asias venture market continues to decline at an alarming rate , and its not just China weighing it down. Four of the top six venture markets in the region saw declines. Along with China, India, Singapore and Japan all sank lower. Only Israel and Japan saw upticks as the region continues to battle economic fluctuations, conflicts, geopolitical tensions and a possible trade war.

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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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ConfusedComposer: A Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Impacting GCP Composer

Tenable

Tenable Research discovered a privilege-escalation vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that is now fixed and which we dubbed ConfusedComposer. The vulnerability could have allowed an identity with permission (composer.environments.update) to edit a Cloud Composer environment to escalate privileges to the default Cloud Build service account.

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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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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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The Open Cloud Era: The Quiet Tech Revolution Coming To The Enterprise

Crunchbase News

By Gleb Budman A quiet revolution is on the horizon for the tech industry, but its future impact will be loud. Businesses have been trapped for too long within the walled gardens of traditional cloud providers, where high egress fees, limited options and unaffordable pricing are holding back their potential. They are seeking an open cloud: The freedom to choose storage from one provider, compute from another and specialized AI services from a third, all working together seamlessly without puniti

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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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How Infosys improved accessibility for Event Knowledge using Amazon Nova Pro, Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Elemental Media Services

AWS Machine Learning - AI

This post is co-written with Saibal Samaddar, Tanushree Halder, and Lokesh Joshi from Infosys Consulting. Critical insights and expertise are concentrated among thought leaders and experts across the globe. Language barriers often hinder the distribution and comprehension of this knowledge during crucial encounters. Workshops, conferences, and training sessions serve as platforms for collaboration and knowledge sharing, where the attendees can understand the information being conveyed in real-ti

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Veracode Extends Scope and Reach of DevSecOps Portfolio

DevOps.com

Veracode today updated its risk management tool to provide integration with Kubernetes runtime environments, increased integration with code repositories to make it simpler to identify the origin of vulnerabilities and, available shortly, an ability to add tags and classifications to help streamline remediation efforts.

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When AI writes the laws: UAE’s bold move forces a rethink on compliance and human touch

CIO

The United Arab Emirates has taken a bold step by becoming the first country to officially use AI to help draft, review, and update its laws. Announced during a Cabinet meeting led by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the initiative introduced a new Regulatory Intelligence Office powered by an advanced AI system. This system will bring together federal and local laws, court rulings, government procedures, and public service data into one massive platform to track the real-time impact of law

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The Next Electric Unicorns: How the Electron Economy Turns Dumb Power Into Smart Platforms

Crunchbase News

By Evan Caron While Silicon Valley obsesses over the latest AI hallucinations, the real revolution is powering the computer you’re reading this on. Its the electron economy where electricity becomes as programmable as software. The $21 trillion gold rush Twenty-one trillion dollars. That’s how much will be invested in the energy transition, according to BloombergNEF.

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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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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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Turn to Exposure Management to Prioritize Risks Based on Business Impact

Tenable

Each Monday, the Tenable Exposure Management Academy provides the practical, real-world guidance you need to shift from vulnerability management to exposure management. In this post, Tenable CSO Robert Huber shares practical advice on using an exposure management program to focus on risks that have business impact. You can read the entire Exposure Management Academy series here.

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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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Fintech Isn’t Just Back, It’s Being Rearchitected For AI

Crunchbase News

By Simon Wu In tech circles, weve been hearing it a lot: fintech is back. But for early-stage founders, it doesnt always feel that way. In categories such as consumer and business banking, spend management or payments, the room is already crowded. Companies including Chime 1 , Ramp , Mercury and Stripe dominate the news cycle and have become the perceived winners, soaking up capital and customer mindshare.

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Revolutionize QA: GAPs AI-Driven Accelerators for Smarter, Faster Testing

GAP's AI-Driven QA Accelerators revolutionize software testing by automating repetitive tasks and enhancing test coverage. From generating test cases and Cypress code to AI-powered code reviews and detailed defect reports, our platform streamlines QA processes, saving time and resources. Accelerate API testing with Pytest-based cases and boost accuracy while reducing human error.

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The OODA Network: The Challenges and Promise of Deep Tech for National Security Innovation and American Competitiveness

Ooda Loop

Leaders from the U.S. intelligence and defense sectors are sounding the alarm: The pace of technological disruption is outstripping institutional agilityespecially when it comes to adopting dual-use innovations and mitigating emerging threats. The post The OODA Network: The Challenges and Promise of Deep Tech for National Security Innovation and American Competitiveness appeared first on OODAloop.

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Amazon Bedrock Prompt Optimization Drives LLM Applications Innovation for Yuewen Group

AWS Machine Learning - AI

Yuewen Group is a global leader in online literature and IP operations. Through its overseas platform WebNovel , it has attracted about 260 million users in over 200 countries and regions, promoting Chinese web literature globally. The company also adapts quality web novels into films, animations for international markets, expanding the global influence of Chinese culture.

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Global tariffs shake up CIOs’ IT agendas

CIO

CIOs have long been adept at the art of the pivot a skill that will serve them well as they cope with the fallout of global tariffs that have sent organizations into a tailspin over the past few weeks. Already, IT is feeling the impact on infrastructure and supply chains, and CIOs are decreasing capital expenditures and scaling back projects or delaying them altogether.