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CxO Podcasts
DPIT: Grant Walsh: The Golf Course Leadership Philosophy (#376) (42:08)
First Person Meets... Hal Lonas: Tell Me When I Am Wrong (28 min)
Oxide And Friends: Systems Software In The Large (Episode 28 Season 5)
AI
DevOps
DevOps In The Cloud-Native Era: The Blueprint For Blazing-Fast Software Delivery
How Model Context Protocol (MCP) Is Fueling The Next Era Of Developer Productivity
Latest DORA Report from Google Surfaces Significant AI Adoption
Survey Surfaces Downstream Devops Challenges Created By AI Code
Dell News
Granite 4 Hybrid Models: Redefining AI With The Dell AI Factory
Unleashing Hybrid Cloud Power: Dell PowerStore Now Validated for AWS Outposts
CrowdStrike News
Three Insights You Might Have Missed From theCUBE’s Coverage Of Crowdstrike Fal.Con
How Falcon ASPM Secures GenAI Applications and Lessons from Dogfooding
This session brings together a unique panel of experts who have served as editors of some of the most important storage sanitization standards. Register
CxO Podcasts
DPIT: Grant Walsh: The Golf Course Leadership Philosophy (#376) (42:08)
What happens when golf course wisdom meets IT leadership?...more
First Person Meets... Hal Lonas: Tell Me When I Am Wrong (28 min)
We meet Hal Lonas, CTO of Trulioo and a recognized innovator in cloud security and machine learning. Hal is a long-standing champion of automation technology, having worked in C-suite roles for multiple household names....more
Oxide And Friends: Systems Software In The Large (Episode 28 Season 5)
Dave Pacheco is leading Oxide’s multi-year effort around full-system update. He recently gave a talk about his experience leading that project, the complexities of designing the system and organizing the team....more
AI
Shadow AI Is The New Shadow It: Why A SaaS-First Approach Wins
Every wave of workplace technology creates new risks-and new buzzwords. Today, ‘shadow AI’ is the term on everyone’s lips. Security leaders are rightly concerned about employees experimenting with unvetted AI tools, from generative AI chatbots to Chrome extensions and AI-powered SaaS add-ons....more
Real-Time Data Strategies For Enterprise AI Applications
Purnima Padmanabhan, general manager of Broadcom’s Tanzu Division, highlights a fundamental truth of enterprise AI: the biggest challenge isn’t always the models, it’s the data....more
AI That Ships: A CIO’s 90-Day Operating Model
Forget the shiny demos - this 90-day AI playbook proves results come from fixing real pain points, not chasing the next big tool....more
In this InformationWeek / IT Pro Today virtual event, learn how to strike the right balance of automation and AI, to get the best of both. Register
DevOps
DevOps In The Cloud-Native Era: The Blueprint For Blazing-Fast Software Delivery
Are your teams struggling to keep pace with the demand for constant software updates?...more
How Model Context Protocol (MCP) Is Fueling The Next Era Of Developer Productivity
The landscape of software development is undergoing a profound transformation, driven largely by the rapid advancements in AI. As developers increasingly integrate AI models into applications, a new challenge has emerged: Resource and tool fragmentation....more
Latest DORA Report from Google Surfaces Significant AI Adoption
Google this week published the results of its annual DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) survey that finds 90% of the IT professionals surveyed are now using artificial intelligence (AI) tools, with 80% reporting they are more productive as a result....more
Survey Surfaces Downstream Devops Challenges Created By AI Code
A survey of 900 engineers, platform leaders and technical managers published today finds nearly two thirds (63%) report their organization is shipping code faster since adopting artificial intelligence (AI)....more
Dell News
Granite 4 Hybrid Models: Redefining AI With The Dell AI Factory
Discover how Dell & IBM’s Granite 4.0 redefines AI with hybrid efficiency, long-context power, and enterprise-ready innovation!...more
Revolutionize Video Editing with NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell
Work with instant, native 4:2:2 10-bit color frames using dedicated video engines that keeps editing and playback lag free....more
Unleashing Hybrid Cloud Power: Dell PowerStore Now Validated for AWS Outposts
Considering AWS for on-prem workloads? Great news: Dell PowerStore is validated and ready to run with AWS Outposts....more
CrowdStrike News
Three Insights You Might Have Missed From theCUBE’s Coverage Of Crowdstrike Fal.Con
Last year, CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. weathered a major stress test, one that pushed the company to respond quickly and visibly on a global scale....more
How Falcon ASPM Secures GenAI Applications and Lessons from Dogfooding
Falcon Application Security Posture Management provides visibility and context to protect generative AI applications from advanced threats....more
Building AI agents that actually deliver in the real world is harder than it looks. In this webinar, you'll get a front-row seat to both sides of the challenge: how to design and develop agents that are effective and reliable - and how to protect them against today's evolving risks. Register
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