DevOps

Artificial Intelligence

Harness collaborates with Google Cloud to accelerate software delivery in the AI era

November 10, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Harness collaborates with Google Cloud to accelerate software delivery in the AI era
Built on Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform, Harness AI applies it across the entire software delivery lifecycle so that code moves quickly, securely, and reliably through every stage into production.

Agent

Deepgram launches Flux Conversational Speech Recognition Model for real-time voice agents

October 6, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Deepgram launches Flux Conversational Speech Recognition Model for real-time voice agents
Flux is different from other voice agents because it has been trained to understand the nuances of dialogue, so has a deeper knowledge of conversations, which also lets it deal with interruptions, which is typically the biggest problem with Voice AI Agents.

Channel Programs

Azul Launches TAP (Technology Alliance Partner Program) to expand Java ecosystem

October 2, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Azul Launches TAP (Technology Alliance Partner Program) to expand Java ecosystem
The TAP program is focused  on ISVs, complements an earlier one for MSPs that Azul launched this summer, and is designed to foster deep collaboration between Azul and technology partners to deliver integrated solutions that improve developer productivity, DevOps efficiency, business productivity and cloud efficiency for Java customers worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

Gartner analyst Felix Gaehtgens lays out product strategy vision for Beyond Trust

September 30, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Gartner analyst Felix Gaehtgens lays out product strategy vision for Beyond Trust
After little more  than a week on the job, and his appointment as Vice President, Product Strategy at BeyondTrust, Gaehtgens spelled out his vision for the new company and how he plans to get there.

Artificial Intelligence

SentinelOne to boost AI SIEM and data offerings with Observo AI acquisition

September 8, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on SentinelOne to boost AI SIEM and data offerings with Observo AI acquisition
What Observo considers to be the best-in-class, AI-native data pipeline platform will build on SentinelOne’s AI advantage by turbo charging ingestion, enriching telemetry, and automatically adapting to evolving threats.

DevOps

Snyk unveils AppRisk workbench for ASPM that unifies application development and security

December 13, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Snyk unveils AppRisk workbench for ASPM that unifies application development and security
Snyk AppRisk extends the company’s ASPM portfolio to improve collaboration among development and security teams in ASPM.

Artificial Intelligence

SAS looks to speed up application development and show customers Generative AI value with two new SaaS offerings

September 13, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on SAS looks to speed up application development and show customers Generative AI value with two new SaaS offerings
SAS Viya Workbench is a lightweight development environment to execute code quickly and efficiently in a cloud-native, efficient and secure environment. SAS App Factory is a rapid application development productivity framework for creating fit AI-driven applications.

Artificial Intelligence

VMware expands Tanzu Application Platform with new Tanzu Application Engine and enhanced multi-cloud options

August 23, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on VMware expands Tanzu Application Platform with new Tanzu Application Engine and enhanced multi-cloud options
VMware sees this as a ‘new Tanzu’ and views its enhancements as fundamental to their multi-cloud story going forward.

Cloud

Dell introduces new multi-cloud services and advisory service subscriptions around Microsoft Azure

July 12, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell introduces new multi-cloud services and advisory service subscriptions around Microsoft Azure
Dell both expands its roster of multi-cloud services around Azure and announces a new category of subscription-based services that provide modern workforce services.

DevOps

Aqua Security CEO lays out vision and strategic plan for Canada

July 5, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Aqua Security CEO lays out vision and strategic plan for Canada
Canada has become a target market for Aqua Security, whose CEO, Dror Davidoff, was in town last week to talk with Canadian customers and partners.