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CIOs rethink public cloud as AI strategies mature

CIO

CIOs have begun to rethink their reliance on the public cloud for AI and other workloads, with resurgent interest in private cloud and on-premises environments accelerating. While the public cloud provides the flexibility to spin up large numbers of GPUs for AI experimentation, CIOs are looking to private cloud or on-premises environments as their AI strategies mature , and settle into predictable AI workloads, to limit spending and protect data privacy, says Greg Whalen , CTO of data observabil

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Implementing Fine-grained Authorization in Databricks Unity Catalog

Xebia

Introduction Data is a crucial yet sensitive asset for businesses. But how can we safeguard sensitive information while ensuring the right people have access? Fine-grained authorization in Databricks Unity Catalog empowers organizations to implement robust, role-based data security policies. By leveraging features such as row-filters and column masks, organizations can achieve precise control over data visibility.

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Linux Desktop: What Makes KDE Plasma So Appealing?

The New Stack

If you’ve done any reading or searching about Linux , then you’ve probably run across plenty on the different desktops that are available to the open source operating system. There’s GNOME, Xfce, Budgie, Pantheon, i3, Cinnamon, MATE and so many more. One particular Linux desktop that gets plenty of attention is KDE Plasma , which is one of the more popular desktop environments available.

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The Rise Of The Ultra-Unicorns: $5B+ Startups Are Leading The Private-Market Herd In 2025

Crunchbase News

Editor’s note: This article is part of a series looking at how the venture and startup landscape has evolved over the past 10 years. Read more articles about seed funding , Series B trends, the rise of megafunds and the unicorn backlog over the decade. Of the nearly 1,600 companies on The Crunchbase Unicorn Board , a small but ultra-elite club of private companies valued at $5 billion or more is growing across multiple metrics, an analysis of the data shows.

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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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VS Code’s Open Source AI Revolution: A New Chapter for Developers

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Data Management in the Modern Data Stack and age of AI: A Call to Action

Xebia

Introduction We’re seeing a surge of interest in Data Management from companies of all sizes. But this interest is often born out of struggle. They’re wrestling with fundamental questions: Can we trust this data? What’s the single source of truth? What does this data actually mean? How are these metrics calculated? Why are our pipelines and dashboards constantly breaking?

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Sharded vs. Distributed: The Math Behind Resilience and High Availability

The New Stack

Probability is the branch of mathematics that deals with uncertainty. It helps us understand the likelihood of different outcomes occurring. Below, we consider two alternative architecture options for scaling a database horizontally and employ probability theory to show that one architecture is more reliable than the other by a factor of 60,000. Horizontal Database Scaling Architecture Options Application-Level Sharding Application-level sharding uses domain-specific knowledge to partition data

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Expert Generalists need specialists (and LLMs)

Martin Fowler

While we've spent this article praising the Expert Generalist, Unmesh, Gitanjali, and I simultaneously do not deny the value of specialist knowledge. To be the most efficient, a team needs some specialist skill. We've also observed that Expert Generalist capabilities are considerably more valuable when working with LLMs.

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This $120 Android tablet proves you don't need to spend hundreds for a mobile entertainment device

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

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Subscription Management in the SaaS World: Challenges and Solutions

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Unlocking business transformation through agentic AI

CIO

Digital transformation is not merely about adopting new technologies; it’s about fundamentally rethinking how an organization operates and delivers value to its customers. A transformational journey typically involves multiple stages from recognizing the need for change to implementing and sustaining new ways of working. Throughout this journey, agentic AI solutions can play a pivotal role by automating processes, enhancing decision-making and driving innovation.

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Be Careful Using GitHub PAT With Repo Scope

Xebia

Did you know that when you’re using a Github personal access token (PAT) with the repo scope, it gives you more permissions than just accessing your repositories? If not, you should take a look into this blog post. What is a GitHub PAT? A classic GitHub PAT gives you the possibility to authenticate using a token against Github , and it’s going to impersonate as your user account.

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A Guide To Migrating From Fluentd To Fluent Bit

The New Stack

Editor’s note: This article is part of a series. Read also, based on excerpts from the Manning book, “ Fluent Bit with Kubernetes ”: Fluent Bit, a Specialized Event Capture and Distribution Tool Fluent Bit: Core Concepts What’s Driving Fluent Bit Adoption? Fluentd was created over 14 years ago and continues to be one of the most widely deployed technologies for log collection in the enterprise.

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Quick Decisions: How to Collaborate When You Have to Decide Fast

Let's Grow Leaders

When urgency strikes, and you need quick decisions. Skip the swirl—not the people. You’ve got 20 minutes and you need to make a few quick decisions. There’s no time to wrangle a cross-functional roundtable or schedule a “quick” sync (you know, the kind that somehow lasts 47 minutes). So you do what most people do—you trust your gut, make the call, and brace for the fallout.

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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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Our favorite rugged portable SSD is almost 50% off at Amazon ahead of Prime Day

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

The Crucial X10 is a rugged portable SSD with multi-platform compatibility. And right now at Amazon, you can save $270 on the 6TB model in this early Prime Day 2025 deal.

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3 industries where agentic AI is poised to make its mark

CIO

Agent-based AI is fast becoming the hottest technology in IT. Recognized by Gartner as climbing steadily toward the peak of inflated expectations, agentic AI may take between five and 10 years to reach peak productivity, according to the research firm. IDC shares this view, pointing out that AI assistants currently dominate the market but autonomous agents will be the ones that triumph in the medium to long term.

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Leading With Heart In An AI-Driven World

Xebia

While we’re understandably dazzled by AI’s potential for efficiency and innovation, there’s a far more profound question we must ask: What does this mean for our people? How do we lead with humanity when the algorithms are getting smarter every day? Every leader today stands at a crossroads. Down one path, AI is implemented as a cold, calculating instrument of control (Big Brother Is Watching), inadvertently amplifying existing biases (“sexist AI” recruitment).

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Testing OpenAI Codex and Comparing It to Claude Code

The New Stack

This has been quite the month for “agentic” products. I had a good experience with Claude Code in one post and then compared it to Google Jules. Meanwhile, you can read elsewhere about the new Gemini CLI, and I’ll cover Warp’s “Agentic Development Environment” shortly. But with this post I’ll look at OpenAI Codex , released last month, which OpenAI describes as a “cloud-based software engineering agent.” As with the other products I’ve

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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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Cato Networks Lands $359M As Cybersecurity Funding Holds Strong

Crunchbase News

Tel Aviv-based cloud security provider Cato Networks announced Monday that it raised $359 million in Series G funding at a valuation of more than $4.8 billion. Investors in the round include Vitruvian Partners and Ion Crossover Partners , joined by existing backers Lightspeed Venture Partners , Acrew Capital and Adams Street Partners.The new financing brings total funding to date for the 10-year-old company to over $1 billion.

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I used the $799 Nothing Phone 3, and these features surprised me in the best way

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

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Business survival requires an IT org that stands apart

CIO

Book reviewers agree that the best biographies focus on telling a complete story of how the life being discussed deviates from those around it. I believe an essential and all too frequently missing part of the CIO narrative and organizational strategy is how our IT differs from the IT of others in our sector, with granular elaboration of the benefits associated with said variance.

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The Unwritten Playbook: Winning as a Team

Xebia

The Unwritten Playbook: Winning as a Team Team Whispering: Navigating the Human Dynamics No One Prepared You For "We’ve gone through three project managers already," the client director told me casually as we walked to my first team meeting. "The team can be… challenging. But I’m sure you’ll be fine." My stomach tightened.

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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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The Impact of Regular Training and Timely Security Policy Changes on Dev Teams

The New Stack

As development teams expand to meet growing business demands, maintaining both technical excellence and security becomes increasingly challenging, especially with advancing AI applications. For teams to thrive during periods of expansion and AI innovation, they must strategically balance growth with ongoing skills development and robust security protocols.

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AV1 @ Scale: Film Grain Synthesis, The Awakening

Netflix Tech

Unleashing Film Grain Synthesis on Netflix and Enhancing Visuals for Millions Li-Heng Chen , Andrey Norkin , Liwei Guo , Zhi Li , Agata Opalach and Anush Moorthy Picture this: you’re watching a classic film, and the subtle dance of film grain adds a layer of authenticity and nostalgia to every scene. This grain, formed from tiny particles during the film’s development, is more than just a visual effect.

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I finally found the ultimate USB-C charger for traveling

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Unlocking future AI-driven innovation by modernising yesterday’s legacy systems

CIO

Amidst evolving technological disruptions, legacy systems risk slowing down the pace of innovation for businesses. As these are often the technical backbone of their operations, it’s critical to update these systems if companies are to remain competitive, adapt to changing market trends, and drive operational efficiency. “The big problem with legacy modernisation has always been that it’s very hard just to understand what a system does today, particularly if it’s old or even inaccessible,” say

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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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Automate the Boring Parts of Parenthood with LLMs

Xebia

I make it no secret that I have kids. It comes with lots of joys and occasional sorrows—and sometimes things that can be boring and feel repetitive. One such thing is getting those emails from schools (and when you have kids in 4 different schools, you get at least 4) saying when the school holidays and school-specific days off occur. Such emails may contain tables as the following for nation-wide holiday or this for school-specific days off.

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Cache vs. Database: How Architecture Affects Performance

The New Stack

Although caches and databases were created for distinctly different purposes, boundaries are blurring. Databases’ internal caching mechanisms have become increasingly efficient – and caches increasingly leverage disk storage rather than relying solely on RAM. So does it make sense to replace your cache with a persistent database? To extend your cache memory space onto flash storage?

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Google Adds Gemini CLI to AI Coding Portfolio

DevOps.com

The beauty of Gemini CLI lies in its approach to solving a common developer pain point: The constant context switching between development environments and AI assistance.