MariaDB to Acquire GridGain: Architecting the Real-Time Foundation for the Agentic Enterprise
MILPITAS, Calif. and DUBLIN – MariaDB today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GridGain, the pioneer of in-memory computing and creator of open source Apache Ignite. By merging MariaDB’s AI-ready relational database with GridGain’s scalable, in-memory power, MariaDB is setting a new industry standard: sub-millisecond data infrastructure for the agentic era. GridGain … continue reading
From Monoliths to Microservices to AI-Native: The Next Evolution of Distributed Systems
The architectural patterns that powered the microservices revolution are showing their age. When my peers and I began designing distributed systems for companies like Cisco, Amazon, and Palo Alto Networks, we optimized for stateless, horizontally scalable services with predictable resource consumption. AI workloads follow a different set of rules. Transformer architectures demand frequent synchronization of … continue reading
Lightrun Launches AI SRE With Live Dynamic Runtime Context
The reliability of software has grown as an issue with the massive adoption of AI agents and code assistants, moving developers from coding to issue remediation and the development bottleneck to runtime. Lightrun, a leader in software reliability, today announced a real-time AI SRE built on live runtime context, allowing AI agents and engineering teams … continue reading
Reimagining Artifact Management for DevSecOps: Harness Artifact Registry GA
Harness today is announcing the general availability of Artifact Registry, representing a deliberate shift in how artifact management should work in secure software delivery. For years, teams have accepted a strange reality: you build in one system, deploy in another, and manage artifacts somewhere else entirely. CI/CD pipelines run in one place, artifacts live in … continue reading
Abstract Launches AI-GEN Composable SIEM, Redefining the Future of Security Operations
San Francisco – Abstract Security, which provides streaming-first security data operations, has announced the launch of AI-GEN Composable SIEM, a new architectural standard for modern security operations built natively for AI, streaming data, and modular control. As security data volumes grow 25–30% annually and multi-cloud complexity accelerates, traditional SIEM platforms have struggled to keep pace. … continue reading
Crusoe Launches Unified Operations Platform for High-Performance AI Workloads
Crusoe today announced the launch of Command Center, a unified operations platform that provides a data foundation for massive AI workloads and increases the resilience of the AI stack. Command Center creates a single source of truth that provides deep observability into AI workloads for monitoring, diagnosing and optimizing AI workloads, the company said in … continue reading
Why Legacy Modernization is the Mandatory Prerequisite for AI
AI adoption is accelerating across industries, but most organizations are failing to realize its full potential. According to Lucid’s AI Readiness Report, only 26% of organizations that have implemented AI agents rate them as completely successful. The difference between companies with successful AI implementation and those that struggle lies in the foundation upon which it’s built. … continue reading
BlueCat introduces BlueCat Horizon, a SaaS-first Intelligent NetOps platform for cross-domain network operations
NEW YORK – BlueCat Networks, the leader in Intelligent NetOps, today announced BlueCat Horizon, a SaaS-based platform designed to modernize how enterprises and mid-market organizations operate, secure, and evolve their networks using AI-assisted insights and coordinated action across the network. Unveiled at Cisco Live Amsterdam, BlueCat Horizon introduces a common set of platform and infrastructure services that support multiple network applications and … continue reading
The Modern PC Refresh Mandate: Replace Strategically, Repurpose Selectively
For years, IT leaders treated the PC refresh cycle as a fixed rule. Every three to five years, endpoints were replaced wholesale and the cycle reset. That approach worked when component pricing was predictable and supply chains were stable. Today’s market looks very different, and it demands a more intentional strategy. Rising memory costs, inconsistent … continue reading
Palo Alto Networks Completes Acquisition of CyberArk to Secure the AI Era
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, today announced the completion of its acquisition of CyberArk, establishing Identity Security as a core pillar of its platformization strategy. The addition of the CyberArk Identity Security Platform enables Palo Alto Networks to secure every identity across the enterprise – human, machine, and agentic. Identity … continue reading
NetBox Labs announces GA of NetBox Copilot to enhance IT automation
NetBox Labs, the commercial steward of the open-source NetBox project, has built a comprehensive platform around NetBox for network and infrastructure management. Today, the company is announcing the general availability of NetBox Copilot, an AI agent that sits inside the NetBox platform and enables organizations to interact with the NetBox data in natural language and … continue reading
The Case Against Single-Pane Management in Hybrid IT
As an IT leader, you are constantly balancing the need for operational efficiency with the demand for innovation. You likely look at your organization and see a fragmented landscape. On one side, you have the network operations team managing the physical backbone of your enterprise; the routers, switches, and firewalls that form the foundation of … continue reading
De-Risking AI Means New Infrastructure Security Patterns
Anthropic’s October research showing an AI model reproducing a real intrusion drew mixed reactions. Some questioned the framing and others questioned the intent, but most platform teams did not find the result surprising. Many are already expecting a significant security adjustment as AI workloads grow. AI systems are scaling faster than the security properties of … continue reading
Red Hat OpenShift 4.21 is now available
Red Hat is releasing the latest version of OpenShift, which is based on Kubernetes 1.34 and CRI-O 1.34. OpenShift 4.21’s new capabilities revolve around enabling companies to run AI training jobs, containerized microservices, and virtualized applications on the same infrastructure and with the same operational model. The company gave the example of a financial company … continue reading
