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Databricks built a RAG agent it says can handle every kind of enterprise search Databricks' KARL agent uses reinforcement learning to generalize across six enterprise search behaviors — the problem that breaks most RAG pipelines.

Databricks' KARL solves the problem that breaks most enterprise RAG. The key lies with some advanced techniques for Reinforcement Learning (RL).

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05.03.2026 15:42 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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ServiceNow resolves 90% of its own IT requests autonomously. Now it wants to do the same for any enterprise ServiceNow's new Autonomous Workforce framework inherits enterprise permissions from deployment — so AI specialists can't exceed scope or self-escalate. CVS Health's CISO explains why governance architecture, not capability, is the real unlock for enterprise agentic AI.

ServiceNow is serious about automation. Apparently the key isn't about being smarter, it's about having the right roles, permissions and use cases.

"Don't chase butterflies. Focus on gritty, unsexy, operational use cases..."

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26.02.2026 16:02 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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ControlMonkey extends configuration disaster recovery to cloud network vendors New support for Cloudflare, Akamai, Fastly, and F5 targets ransomware and misconfiguration recovery for network control plane components that most enterprises do not manage with infrastructure-as-code...

New support for Cloudflare, Akamai, Fastly, and F5 targets ransomware and misconfiguration recovery for network control plane components that most enterprises do not manage with infrastructure-as-code. www.networkworld.com/article/4137...

26.02.2026 01:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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IBM's $40B stock wipeout is built on a misconception: Translating COBOL isn't the same as modernizing it Investors wiped $40 billion from IBM's market cap after Anthropic released COBOL translation tools. Analysts say the market got the news right and the conclusion wrong.

Just cause Anthropic's Claude can understand COBOL doesn't mean it can actually modernize and maintain it. AI is great, but it doesn't solve everything...

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25.02.2026 00:25 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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What it actually takes to ship production SaaS code in 60 minutes with Claude Code Credit: Image generated by VentureBeat with FLUX-2-Pro

Getting Claude Code to write the code is the 'easy' part. It's everything around it to make the application ready for enterprise deployment that makes the difference.
It's a lesson that Treasure Data has learned with best practices that could help your enterprise

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24.02.2026 00:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Arrcus targets AI inference bottleneck with policy-aware network fabric As AI workloads shift from centralized training to distributed inference, the network faces new demands around latency requirements, data sovereignty boundaries, model preferences, and power constrain...

As AI workloads shift from centralized training to distributed inference, the network faces new demands.
“All the talk we’re seeing about AI and the infrastructure related to AI is mostly the tip of the iceberg.." @networkworld.bsky.social
www.networkworld.com/article/4135...

20.02.2026 15:00 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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LoRaWAN reaches 125 million devices as industrial IoT expands LoRaWAN adoption is accelerating in smart buildings and facility management, and satellite integration is next, says LoRa Alliance.

LoRaWAN adoption is accelerating in smart buildings and facility management
“We are building the fourth pillar of the wireless communication industry,” Alper YEGIN, CEO of the LoRa Alliance, told @networkworld.bsky.social .
www.networkworld.com/article/4134...

19.02.2026 16:21 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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The 'last-mile' data problem is stalling enterprise agentic AI — 'golden pipelines' aim to fix it Empromptu's "golden pipeline" approach tackles the last-mile data problem in agentic AI by integrating normalization directly into the application workflow — replacing weeks of manual data prep with an automated, auditable process.

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A golden record was originally part of master data management systems, as the trusted record for a given data entry or entity (for example a user's address. Elements of that same concept are now coming to the agentic AI with an approach called - golden pipelines.

19.02.2026 15:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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19.02.2026 00:28 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Spirent Luma brings agentic AI to network testing, slashes triage time Spirent Luma uses a multi-agent architecture and deterministic rule sets to automate root cause analysis in multi-technology network environments.

Spirent Luma uses a multi-agent architecture and deterministic rule sets to automate root cause analysis in multi-technology network environments. www.networkworld.com/article/4134... @networkworld.bsky.social

18.02.2026 22:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NRC Intervention Tests the Data Center Case for SMRs in Texas The Texas SMR project’s regulatory setback highlights the financial and licensing challenges facing small modular reactors.

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Had a tonne of fun digging into the promises and the challenge of SMRs (Small Modular Reactors) for data centers. The tech is coming ..but it'll have to jump over and through some hurdles first.

17.02.2026 21:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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SurrealDB 3.0 wants to replace your five-database RAG stack with one SurrealDB 3.0 launches with $23M in new funding and a pitch to replace multi-database RAG stacks with a single engine that handles vectors, graphs, and agent memory transactionally.

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It's 'Surreal' It's now possible to bake agent memory into a database that handle graph, SQL and vector data - here's how.

17.02.2026 14:30 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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AI agent traffic drives first profitable year for Fastly Edge cloud provider posts strongest quarterly growth in three years as AI-driven traffic patterns create new revenue streams and validate edge economics.

Edge cloud provider posts strongest quarterly growth in three years as AI-driven traffic patterns create new revenue streams .

“If you’ve used AI tools, I think you would appreciate that they often check a lot more websites, for instance, than you might.." www.networkworld.com/article/4132...

16.02.2026 15:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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AI inference costs dropped up to 10x on Nvidia's Blackwell — but hardware is only half the equation New deployment data from four inference providers shows where the savings actually come from — and what teams should evaluate before migrating.

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How 4 inference providers cut AI costs 10x using NVIDIA Blackwell and open source models

Production deployment data from Baseten, Deep Infra Inc. Fireworks AI and Together AI shows significant cost improvements

12.02.2026 16:14 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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NetBrain's new AI agents automate network diagnosis Agentic AI capabilities in the NetBrain 12.3 release can autonomously diagnose network issues, suggest fixes, and support IT teams in the remediation process.

I've had the good fortune to connect with Bernadette Nixon across multiple stops in her impressive career. She's now the CEO of NetBrain Technologies Inc. and like any good CEO she started by talking to customers to really understand what they need.

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11.02.2026 16:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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'Observational memory' cuts AI agent costs 10x and outscores RAG on long-context benchmarks As AI agents move into production, teams are rethinking memory. Mastra’s open-source observational memory shows how stable context can outperform RAG while cutting token costs.

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There's another contender in the race to replace (some)RAG. It's called -observational memory - it's open-source and it's already being used by some big companies many of us use every day.

11.02.2026 02:24 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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NetBox Labs ships AI copilot designed for network engineers, not developers As infrastructure automation demand surges, NetBox Labs is delivering an AI agent that enables natural language interaction with infrastructure data and the ability to automate complex operational pro...

As infrastructure automation demand surges, NetBox Labs is delivering an AI agent that enables natural language interaction with infrastructure data and the ability to automate complex operational procedures. www.networkworld.com/article/4130...

11.02.2026 02:15 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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What the 2026 Global Risks Report means for CIOs | TechTarget Global risk is now an IT issue. See how the WEF Global Risks Report 2026 reshapes CIO priorities and enterprise resilience.

www.techtarget.com/searchcio/fe...

In a world of uncertainty - i got a bunch of analysts to chime on what they think CIOs should be doing.

11.02.2026 02:05 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The latest Linux kernel release closes out the 6.x era - and it's a gift to cloud admins Linux is jumping straight to 7 next.

The latest Linux kernel release closes out the 6.x era - and it's a gift to cloud admins zdnet.com/article/late... via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social

Having run of fingers and toes, Linus Torvalds adds that the next version of #Linux will be 7.0.

10.02.2026 17:42 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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Ruckus makes some noise with preconfigured switches for AV-over-IP networks Ruckus is expanding its ICX portfolio with switches designed to streamline management of audio and video content over Ethernet networks.

Ruckus is expanding its ICX portfolio with switches designed to streamline management of audio and video content over Ethernet networks. www.networkworld.com/article/4128... @networkworld.bsky.social

06.02.2026 15:41 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Databricks' serverless database slashes app development from months to days as companies prep for agentic AI Credit: Image generated by VentureBeat with FLUX-2-Pro

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Had a marvellous conversation with Reynold Xin the co-founder of Databricks about the evolution of databases in the cloud - culminating in the new Lakebase service that goes GA today.

03.02.2026 17:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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What a treat to chat with React pioneer Tom Occhino about the evolution of vibe coding and Vercel's new v0 launch today. As it turns out generating code isn't really the hard part for an enterprise - it's all the stuff around it.

03.02.2026 15:49 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Forward Networks launches agentic AI system built on network digital twin The new Forward AI capability builds on the vendor's digital twin and is designed to allow network teams to ask complex questions, understand network behavior, validate outcomes and safely automate wo...

The new Forward AI capability builds on the vendor's digital twin and is designed to allow network teams to ask complex questions, understand network behavior, validate outcomes and safely automate workflows.
@networkworld.bsky.social
www.networkworld.com/article/4125...

30.01.2026 18:47 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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The trust paradox killing AI at scale: 76% of data leaders can't govern what employees already use Informatica's survey of 600 CDOs reveals why AI pilots fail to scale: Organizations deployed generative AI faster than they built governance frameworks, leaving 76% unable to oversee employee usage despite widespread data trust.

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One of the largest CDO surveys yet exposes AI's data trust paradox: Why 76% can't govern what their teams already use

"The gap now is just, can you trust the data to set an agent loose on it?" Graeme Thompson, CIO at Informatica, told me.

30.01.2026 18:29 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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35 cybersecurity statistics to lose sleep over in 2026 These 35 eye-opening cybersecurity statistics cover cybercrime, cybersecurity jobs and industry trends. Here's what to know about cybersecurity in 2026.

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Security in 2026 isn't all bad ....is it?

My annual look at some of the 'fun' stats in the cybersecurity world.

30.01.2026 02:43 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Netscout boosts network observability with Wi-Fi 7 monitoring, certificate lifecycle tracking Additions to Netscout's nGeniusONE observability platform extend deep packet inspection capabilities to Wi-Fi 7 and allow organizations to more accurately inventory their deployed SSL/TLS certificate...

Additions to Netscout's nGeniusONE observability platform extend deep packet inspection capabilities to Wi-Fi 7 and allow organizations to more accurately inventory their deployed SSL/TLS certificates. @networkworld.bsky.social www.networkworld.com/article/4124...

29.01.2026 16:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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From workflow platform to AI orchestrator: Airtable's superagent blueprint Airtable co-founder Howie Liu explains how maintaining full execution visibility solves the context management challenge in multi-agent systems.

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How do you go from workflow/no-code app building to 'superagent'? Howie Liu gave me the deep dive on what Airtable is doing and how it is building its multi-agent system.

28.01.2026 18:35 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Mplify launches AI-focused Carrier Ethernet certifications Mplify has updated its certification program to address the performance requirements of AI across complex network environments, rebranding MEF 3.0 and adding a new Carrier Ethernet for AI certificatio...

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Is AI impacting carrier networks? You better believe it is.Mplify Alliance (formerly known as the Metro Ethernet Forum) is taking direct aim at the challenge. @networkworld.bsky.social

28.01.2026 16:16 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Silver price surge has enterprise technology costs | TechTarget The silver price surge driven by supply deficits and tech demand are quietly increasing hardware and data center costs, forcing CIOs to manage volatility.

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The surging price of silver is good news for those who have invested in it, but it also has significant effects on the enterprise.

28.01.2026 15:42 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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EPA Prioritizes Data Center Chemical Reviews Amid TSCA Debate Federal initiative aims to expedite approvals for novel cooling chemicals, though it also bring potential environmental concerns to the fore.

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As demand for AI infrastructure accelerates, data center operators are building larger and denser facilities that generate unprecedented heat loads, creating new challenges at the intersection of technology and regulation.

27.01.2026 18:27 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0