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Patch automation isn't the blocker. Confidence is. Alan Shimel talks with Qualys CEO Sumedh Thakar about outage fears and autonomous remediation. Watch: #Cybersecurity

AI shortages, drug-discovery agents and engineered military dogs: @mvizard @ashimmy @jswartz @GuyCurriersFeed + Drew Gutstein and Jaime Hampton. #AI #Biotech #Infrastructure #Biosecurity #Genetics

Rushing AI-generated code to production to prove ROI creates a security blind spot. Mike Vizard (Techstrong Group) with Jon Swartz (Techstrong Group), Teri Robinson (Security Boulevard), JP Morgenthal (World Wide Technology) #DevSecOps #AI

Enterprise AI controls, open-source AI bans and smarter body cameras. @mvizard @ashimmy @jswartz @TeriRnNY @elizabethsafran @jpmorgenthal #AI #OpenSource #Governance #BodyCameras #DevOps

Gemini sat in on hundreds of meetings and still treated each one as a room full of strangers, then invented an IP transfer to New Zealand. Mike Vizard with Chris Blask, Jack Poller, Jon Swartz, Robert Reeves, Stephen Foskett #AI #Tech

You can't patch your way out of October's vulnerability tsunami. Breach containment buys the time to patch calmly. Alan Shimel (@ashimmy) with Doug Merritt (@aviatrixtrc) #Cybersecurity #ITOps

AWS now exposes Aurora, RDS and DynamoDB data to AI agents through MCP servers, so you can build agentic apps on the data you already have. Alan Shimel (@ashimmy) with G2 Krishnamoorthy (@awscloud) #AI #AWS

AI ROI, Microsoft buyouts and invented meeting decisions. @mvizard @chrisblask @poller @jswartz @robertreeves @SFoskett #AI #Microsoft #Jobs #Governance #EnterpriseAI

AI productivity gains are premature claims: we're still in the learning phase, finding real utility trial by trial. Mike Vizard and Alan Shimel (@ashimmy) with Stephen Foskett, Tom Hollingsworth, Guy Currier

Inside the AI bubble it's all model talk. Outside it, people worry about advanced models on humanoid robots and military contracts. Alan Shimel (@ashimmy) with David DeSanto (@david_desanto) #AI #Robotics

AI cyber risks, data-center backlash and job cuts: @mvizard @ashimmy @SFoskett @NetworkingNerd @GuyCurriersFeed. #Cybersecurity #DataCenters #AI #Automation #Jobs

Strategic co-selling pays off: Avalara's AWS Marketplace listings are up 7X and deal value up 12X this year. Alan Shimel (@ashimmy) with Frank Hanzlik (@Avalara), Brent Young (@aws_partners) #AWS #CloudPartners

Agentic AI is transforming complex business transactions from a tangled knot into a digestible, manageable process for next year's planning. Alan Shimel (@ashimmy) with Alex Baulf (@Avalara) #AI #TechTrends

In any other industry, an $80 billion loss would cost the CEO their job. Yet the market treats this IPO as the bellwether for everything that follows. Mike Vizard with Jack Poller, Jon Swartz, Jeff Reich, Tracy Ragan

Even at industry events, experts often struggle to define DevOps. It is time to move past the confusion and build a shared, community-driven standard. Alan Shimel (@ashimmy) with Marc Hornbeek (Engineering DevOps Consulting), Markus Bause (@PeopleCert)

Anthropic's IPO bet, open source strain and GitHub security: @mvizard @poller @jswartz @JeffReichCSO @TracyRagan examine the stakes. #Anthropic #OpenSource #GitHub #DevSecOps #AISecurity

Vendor lock-in is losing its grip: cheaper alternatives are the bolt cutters, and SaaS vendors will have to prove their value. Mike Vizard (Techstrong Group) with Jon Swartz (Techstrong Group), Teri Robinson (Security Boulevard), Andi Mann (Apica)

Machine learning spots patterns like holiday traffic spikes, so IT can fix issues before users ever notice. Mike Vizard (Techstrong Group) with Gowrisankar Chinnayan (@manageengine) #AIOps #ProactiveIT

Social reform, PHP flaws and NVIDIA challengers: @mvizard @ashimel @jswartz @GuyCurriersFeed + Drew Gutstein and Jaime Hampton examine the stakes. #Privacy #Section230 #PHP #Cybersecurity #AIChips

Will autonomous systems always need a human in the loop? In critical areas like healthcare, that's a major governance question. Mike Vizard (Techstrong Group) with Romanus Prabhu Raymond (@manageengine) #AI #HumanInTheLoop