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A strategic approach to legacy platform modernization: Minimizing risk while maximizing value

CIO

Legacy platforms meaning IT applications and platforms that businesses implemented decades ago, and which still power production workloads are what you might call the third rail of IT estates. IT leaders often worry that if they touch legacy systems, they could break them in ways that lead to catastrophic problems just as touching the high-voltage third rail on a subway line could kill you.

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Binning MapType, Keeping Yield. How Variant Delivered 10x Speed for Semiconductor Test Logs in Databricks

Xebia

“The fine art of data engineering lies in maintaining the balance between data availability and system performance.” Ted Malaska At Melexis, a global leader in advanced semiconductor solutions, the fusion of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is driving a manufacturing revolution. By deploying predictive analytics and intelligent automation, the company optimizes production yields, preempts equipment failures, and ensures the precision demanded by automotive and i

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How to Integrate Event-Driven Ansible With Kafka

Dzone - DevOps

Integrating event-driven Ansible with Kafka enables seamless real-time automation by continuously monitoring Kafka topics and triggering Ansible playbooks based on specific events. This integration is particularly beneficial in IT operations, where it streamlines automated incident response, reducing reliance on manual intervention. Leveraging Kafkas distributed architecture ensures high scalability, rapid event processing, and improved system resilience.

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It's five grand a day to miss our S3 exit

David Heinemeier Hansson

We're spending just shy of $1.5 million/year on AWS S3 at the moment to host files for Basecamp , HEY , and everything else. The only way we were able to get the pricing that low was by signing a four-year contract. That contract expires this summer, June 30, so that's our departure date for the final leg of our cloud exit. We've already racked the replacement from Pure Storage in our two primary data centers.

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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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HDR10+ Now Streaming on Netflix

Netflix Tech

Roger Quero , Liwei Guo , Jeff Watts , Joseph McCormick , Agata Opalach , AnushMoorthy We are excited to announce that we are now streaming HDR10+ content on our service for AV1-enabled devices, enhancing the viewing experience for certified HDR10+ devices, which previously only received HDR10 content. The dynamic metadata included in our HDR10+ content improves the quality and accuracy of the picture when viewed on thesedevices.

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New York Startup Funding Off To A Slow Start In 2025

Crunchbase News

For New York metro-area startups, its starting out as a big year for exits. This month, Google announced plans to acquire New York-based cybersecurity provider Wiz for $32 billion in what could rank as the largest startup acquisition of all time. Meanwhile, another metro-area company Livingston, New Jersey-based CoreWeave is on track to go public at a reported target valuation around $32 billion.

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Building a Scalable ML Pipeline and API in AWS

Dzone - DevOps

With rapid progress in the fields of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), it is important to deploy the AI/ML model efficiently in production environments. This blog post discusses an end-to-end ML pipeline on AWS SageMaker that leverages serverless computing, event-trigger-based data processing, and external API integrations. The architecture downstream ensures scalability, cost efficiency, and real-time access to applications.

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The Most Overlooked Part of Difficult Conversations? Location, Location, Location.

Let's Grow Leaders

Difficult Conversations: It’s not just WHAT you say, BUT WHERE you say it If youve ever been blindsided by feedback via Slack, had your stomach drop at a cryptic text from your boss, oryes, it happensbeen let go over Zoom, youre not alone. One of the most common complaints I hear about difficult conversations is where they are held. We talk a lot about what to say in a difficult conversation, and how to say itbut we dont talk enough about where that conversation should happen.

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Enable Amazon Bedrock cross-Region inference in multi-account environments

AWS Machine Learning - AI

Amazon Bedrock cross-Region inference capability that provides organizations with flexibility to access foundation models (FMs) across AWS Regions while maintaining optimal performance and availability. However, some enterprises implement strict Regional access controls through service control policies (SCPs) or AWS Control Tower to adhere to compliance requirements, inadvertently blocking cross-Region inference functionality in Amazon Bedrock.

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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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How CIOs are stepping up as business strategists

CIO

Once a strictly tech role managing an organizations internal needs, the CIO role has seen a massive tectonic shift. With technology rapidly shaping business outcomes, and the tech infrastructure supporting every aspect of business, CIOs much deservedly now occupy a seat at the table. We speak to CIOs about their multifaceted role, and how theyve embraced the change in their scope.

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Cybersecurity Firm Island Raises $250M, Jumps Valuation To $4.8B

Crunchbase News

Dallas-based enterprise browser developer Island raised a $250 million Series E at a $4.8 billion valuation. The new round was led by Coatue Management , with several existing investors participating in the round, per the company. The new valuation represents a 60% jump from last April when Island raised a $175 million Series D at a $3 billion valuation, also led by Coatue.

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The role of developer skills in agentic coding

Martin Fowler

As agentic coding assistants get more capable, Birgitta Böckeler is trying them to change existing codebases. This has led to some impressive collaboration sessions, but she's needed to intervene, correct and steer all the time. In her latest post , she describes examples of these interventions, giving ideas of the types of skills we currently need to correct the tools' missteps.

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Use New Lenses to Think Critically

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Looking at a problem from different angles may help you uncover a solution you never would have seen before. Another set of critical thinking toolsfor defining your problem is looking at the problemthrough new lenses.Can you change the point of view?Can you change context?And can you change reality?Let’s look at what those mean. Changing point of view.How is the problem defined from the perspectiveof the CEO, of the frontline staff,of customers, of adjacent groups?

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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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Foundation Model for Personalized Recommendation

Netflix Tech

By Ko-Jen Hsiao , Yesu Feng and Sudarshan Lamkhede Motivation Netflixs personalized recommender system is a complex system, boasting a variety of specialized machine learned models each catering to distinct needs including Continue Watching and Todays Top Picks for You. (Refer to our recent overview for more details). However, as we expanded our set of personalization algorithms to meet increasing business needs, maintenance of the recommender system became quite costly.

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AI in the Enterprise: 5 key findings of AI usage and threat trends

CIO

Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly shifted from buzz to business necessity over the past yearsomething Zscaler has seen firsthand while pioneering AI-powered solutions and tracking enterprise AI/ML activity in the worlds largest security cloud. Enterprises are increasingly adopting AI tools to enhance productivity, automate workflows, and accelerate decision-making.

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The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: Fleetio And Mercury Nab Massive Rounds

Crunchbase News

Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2025 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the weeks top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out the biggest funding rounds of last week here. A big week for big-money rounds.

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Generative AI-powered game design: Accelerating early development with Stability AI models on Amazon Bedrock

AWS Machine Learning - AI

In the competitive world of game development, staying ahead of technological advancements is crucial. Generative AI has emerged as a game changer, offering unprecedented opportunities for game designers to push boundaries and create immersive virtual worlds. At the forefront of this revolution is Stability AIs cutting-edge text-to-image AI model, Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large (SD3.5 Large), which is transforming the way we approach game environment creation.

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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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Delighting the Client

Perficient

In the last decade, delighting the customer has been quite popular in digital marketing. Clients have focused on user experience both online and offline. A delighted customer becomes loyal with brand affinity and drives long-term growth through positive word-of-mouth. At Perficient , we manage two levels of delight: our clients and their customers. By delighting their customers, we also delight our clients.

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CVE-2025-1097, CVE-2025-1098, CVE-2025-1974, CVE-2025-24513, CVE-2025-24514: Frequently Asked Questions About IngressNightmare

Tenable

Frequently asked questions about five vulnerabilities in the Ingress NGINX Controller for Kubernetes, collectively known as IngressNightmare. Background The Tenable Security Response Team (SRT) has compiled this blog to answer Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) regarding IngressNightmare. FAQ What is IngressNightmare? IngressNightmare is the name given to a series of vulnerabilities in the Ingress NGINX Controller for Kubernetes , an open source controller used for managing network traffic in Kube

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SAP adoption surges in Europe as enterprises embrace cloud

CIO

Enterprises in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland are accelerating their transition to cloud-based ERP solutions, with SAP playing a key role in their digital transformation strategies. Besides, there has been a significant rise in SAP S/4HANA and cloud adoption, reflecting a broader shift toward scalable and efficient IT infrastructure, according to a report by Germanys largest SAP user group, DSAG.

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The 3 Golden M&A Rules Founders And CEOs Should Follow

Crunchbase News

By Anas Nader With signs indicating that 2025 will finally bring the upswing in M&A the market has long been predicting, many management teams (and their investors) will be looking to pursue a buy and build strategy this year. For founders who are used to being in sales mode, the pivot to being a buyer can be a tricky gear change. Last year, I helmed my scale-up through its first acquisition , bringing a fellow healthtech company into our business.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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The ‘living globe’ that can help drones fly without GPS

Ooda Loop

Before the advent of GPS, especially at sea, navigation meant finding your position by looking up at the stars. Today, when the Global Positioning System isnt workingor gets jammed by electronic warfaredrones are learning to do something similar, orienting themselves by looking down at the Earth instead. This concept underpins a growing wave of efforts […] The post The living globe that can help drones fly without GPS appeared first on OODAloop.

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Power Fx in Power Automate Desktop

Perficient

Power Fx Features Power Fx is a low-code language expressing logic across the Microsoft Power Platform. It’s a general-purpose, strong-typed, declarative, and functional programming language described in human-friendly text. Makers can use Power Fx directly in an Excel-like formula bar or Visual Studio Code text window. Its concise and straightforward nature makes everyday programming tasks easy for both makers and developers.

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Who's Afraid of AI Risk in Cloud Environments?

Tenable

The Tenable Cloud AI Risk Report 2025 reveals that 70% of AI cloud workloads have at least one unremediated critical vulnerability and that AI developer services are plagued by risky permissions defaults. Find out what to know as your organization ramps up its AI game. With AI bursting out all over these are exhilarating times. The use by developers of self-managed AI tools and cloud-provider AI services is on the rise as engineering teams rush to the AI front.

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How search accelerates your path to “AI first”

CIO

The combination of AI and search enables new levels of enterprise intelligence, with technologies such as natural language processing (NLP), machine learning (ML)-based relevancy, vector/semantic search, and large language models (LLMs) helping organizations finally unlock the value of unanalyzed data. Search and knowledge discovery technology is required for organizations to uncover, analyze, and utilize key data.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Musk Merges xAI And X 

Crunchbase News

Elon Musk on Friday said his artificial intelligence startup, xAI , will buy X , the social-media platform he also owns, for $33 billion in an all-stock transaction. The deal will value xAI at $80 billion, making it the second-most valuable AI company behind OpenAI , which is said to be close to finalizing a $40 billion investment with SoftBank. This combination will unlock immense potential by blending xAIs advanced AI capability and expertise with Xs massive reach, Musk said on X.

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Anthropic wins early round in music publishers’ AI copyright case

Ooda Loop

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic convinced a California federal judge on Tuesday to reject a preliminary bid to block it from using lyrics owned by Universal Music Group and other music publishers to train its AI-powered chatbot Claude. U.S. District Judge Eumi Lee said that the publishers’ request was too broad and that they failed to […] The post Anthropic wins early round in music publishers’ AI copyright case appeared first on OODAloop.

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The Role of React.js and Redux in Modern Applications

Perficient

In the world of modern web development, creating scalable, efficient, and maintainable applications is a top priority for developers. Among the many tools and frameworks available, React.js and Redux have emerged as a powerful duo, transforming how developers approach building user interfaces and managing application state. Lets explore the roles these technologies play in modern applications and why they have become indispensable.