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AI drives Java growth as firms flee Oracle licensing
DevOps

AI drives Java growth as firms flee Oracle licensing

Survey of 2,000 professionals shows rising Java use in AI and growing migration from Oracle over pricing concerns.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
Datadog flags rising DevSecOps risk from ageing code
DevOps

Datadog flags rising DevSecOps risk from ageing code

Datadog warns 87% of organisations run software with exploitable flaws as ageing code, fast releases and automation amplify DevSecOps risk.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
Komodor triples ARR as AI reshapes SRE & cloud spend
Virtualisation

Komodor triples ARR as AI reshapes SRE & cloud spend

Komodor triples ARR and doubles Fortune 500 reach as AI-fuelled SRE, automation and cloud cost pressure reshape reliability operations.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
Anthropic boosts Claude Cowork with new plugins, admin tools
Software-as-a-Service

Anthropic boosts Claude Cowork with new plugins, admin tools

Anthropic upgrades Claude Cowork with private plugin marketplaces, richer admin controls and Office-linked workflows for enterprise teams.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
No compromise: Designing AI operations for sovereignty and reliability
Data Protection

No compromise: Designing AI operations for sovereignty and reliability

IT leaders are racing to redesign AI operations so sovereignty, data residency and reliability can coexist under tightening global rules.

By Shankar Gomathi • 5 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
ManageEngine adds causal AI to boost Site24x7 AIOps
DevOps

ManageEngine adds causal AI to boost Site24x7 AIOps

ManageEngine injects causal and autonomous AI into Site24x7 to cut alert noise, speed root-cause analysis and automate incident remediation.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2026
Xero adds richer credit note webhooks for developers
Fintech

Xero adds richer credit note webhooks for developers

Xero rolls out richer credit note webhooks so developers can ditch heavy polling, cut API traffic and get faster, event-driven updates.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2026
VAST Data debuts AI tools for safer, smarter agents
Data Protection

VAST Data debuts AI tools for safer, smarter agents

VAST Data unveils PolicyEngine and TuningEngine to tighten AI agent governance and continuously fine-tune models for safer deployments.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2026
b<>com unveils Open XG Hub testbed for 5G & 6G R&D
Robotics

b<>com unveils Open XG Hub testbed for 5G & 6G R&D

b<>com unveils free Open XG Hub testbed to accelerate open 5G and 6G R&D, enabling end-to-end, multi-vendor network experimentation.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Wed, 25th Feb 2026
HPE launches AI‑native telecom kit spanning core to edge
Virtualisation

HPE launches AI‑native telecom kit spanning core to edge

HPE debuts AI-native telecom kit from core to edge, unifying Juniper routing, ProLiant telco servers and new cloud ops software stack.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Feb 2026
HPE unveils AI-ready Juniper networking for operators
Storage

HPE unveils AI-ready Juniper networking for operators

HPE debuts Juniper-branded AI-ready routers, servers and cloud ops tools to help telecom and cloud operators modernise networks.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Wed, 25th Feb 2026
New Relic unveils agentic AI platform for SRE automation
DevOps

New Relic unveils agentic AI platform for SRE automation

New Relic launches an agentic AI platform and SRE Agent to shift observability from reactive monitoring to automated incident resolution.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Wed, 25th Feb 2026
Potpie AI raises USD $2.2m to map massive codebases
Open source

Potpie AI raises USD $2.2m to map massive codebases

Potpie AI secures USD $2.2m pre-seed to build an ontology-first context layer helping AI agents navigate massive enterprise codebases.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Feb 2026
Everpure rebrands & moves into AI data intelligence
Storage

Everpure rebrands & moves into AI data intelligence

Everpure debuts new name on Wall Street and moves deeper into AI by agreeing to acquire data intelligence specialist 1touch.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Feb 2026
NETSCOUT boosts telco AI with Omnis smart data tools
Unified Communications

NETSCOUT boosts telco AI with Omnis smart data tools

NETSCOUT expands Omnis AI tools so telcos can turn noisy 5G network data into AI-ready streams for customer experience and operations.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 20th Feb 2026
Liquibase boosts Snowflake control plane governance
DevOps

Liquibase boosts Snowflake control plane governance

Liquibase Secure 5.1 adds modelled change control for Snowflake's control plane, tightening governance across access, data sharing and execution.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Feb 2026

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OpenSearchCon Europe 2026 agenda puts AI & search in focus
Hybrid Cloud

OpenSearchCon Europe 2026 agenda puts AI & search in focus

OpenSearchCon Europe 2026 will spotlight AI-era search, observability and “sovereign AI” as it brings 50-plus open source sessions to Prague.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Sat, 21st Feb 2026