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Google’s Gemma 4 shines on local systems – both big and small
Google’s Gemma 4 comes touted as the latest evolution of Google’s multi-modal model offerings. Gemma 4 not only offers...
AI is upending the SaaS game
It’s quite clear that agentic coding has completely taken over the software development world. Writing code will never...
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Monitor pipeline
Azure Monitor pipeline is now generally available.Azure Monitor pipeline provides a centralized control point for...
[In preview] Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files advanced ransomware protection
Azure NetApp Files advanced ransomware protection (ANF ARP) is now in GA (General Availability). ANF ARP is designed...
Retirement: Transition to Entra ID (formerly known as Azure AD) to query data from Azure Monitor application insights by September 30, 2026
*Note: Previously announced to be retired March 31, 2026. We have extended the retirement date to September 30, 2026....
Snowflake offers help to users and builders of AI agents
Snowflake is enhancing Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Code to create a unified experience connecting enterprise...
Amazon’s $5B Anthropic bet is really about compute, not just cash
Amazon on Monday said it was investing an additional $5 billion in Anthropic, a move that analysts say is aimed as...
From the engine room to the bridge: What the modern leadership shift means for architects like me
We all agree that the role of the technology leader is being rewritten in real time, and if you’re building the...
Addressing the challenges of unstructured data governance for AI
Large enterprises in regulated industries, especially in data-rich financial services and insurance, have invested...
The cookbook for safe, powerful agents
As companies move from experimenting with AI agents to deploying them in production, one pattern becomes clear:...
Enterprises are rethinking Kubernetes
For years, Kubernetes held an almost mythic place in enterprise IT. It was positioned as the control plane for the...
GitHub pauses new Copilot sign-ups as agentic AI strains infrastructure
GitHub has paused new sign-ups for several individual Copilot plans and tightened usage limits, saying newer agentic...
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Monitor supports native OTLP ingestion using the Azure Monitor Agent
Azure Monitor now supports native ingestion of OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) signals. Send telemetry directly from...
Hackers exploit Vercel’s trust in AI integration
Frontend cloud platform Vercel, the creator of Next.js and Turbo.js, has warned about a data breach after a...
Best practices for building agentic systems
Agentic AI has emerged as the software industry’s latest shiny thing. Beyond smarter chatbots, AI agents operate with...
Making agents dull
I’ve been arguing for a while now that enterprise AI won’t really take off until it gets boring. Not boring in the...
[Launched] Generally available: Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7 on Azure Databricks
Azure Databricks now supports Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7 through Azure Databricks AI Model Serving. Claude Opus 4.7 is...
Retirement: Azure Functions runtime v3 on Linux Consumption will stop running September 30, 2026
Azure Functions runtime v3 was retired on December 13, 2022. As part of ongoing efforts to reduce reliance on legacy...
Oracle delivers semantic search without LLMs
Oracle says its new Trusted Answer Search can deliver reliable results at scale in the enterprise by scouring a...
[Launched] Generally Available: Configure AKS backup using a single Azure CLI command
Azure Backup now provides a simplified experience to configure backup for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters...