Anaconda launches unified AI platform, Parasoft adds agentic AI capabilities to testing tools, and more – SD Times Daily Digest

Anaconda AI Platform is a platform that brings together all of the tools needed to source, secure, build, and deploy AI in open source ecosystems.  It offers Quick Start Environments that are pre-configured, vetted for security, and tailored for Python, finance, and AI/ML development. According to Anaconda, its platform can reduce or eliminate the need …

Kong Event Gateway makes it easier to work with Apache Kafka

Kong is attempting to make Kafka more approachable to developers by reducing the complexity of managing it via its newly released Kong Event Gateway. The new platform allows developers to “expose, manage, and secure real-time event streams from Apache Kafka as Konnect-managed APIs and services.” According to Kong, this will enable developers to build data-based …

Four trends reshaping Kubernetes platform engineering

The growing complexity of modern software development and operations—which includes Kubernetes —is fueling the rise in popularity of platform engineering. As DevOps reaches its limits for managing fragmented toolchains, complex workflows, and sprawling cloud environments, platform engineering helps bring order to the chaos through scalable, self-service infrastructure and standardized developer experiences, with Kubernetes often at …

AI updates from the past week: IBM watsonx Orchestrate updates, web search in Anthropic API, and more — May 9, 2025

Software companies are constantly trying to add more and more AI features to their platforms, and AI companies are constantly releasing new models and features. It can be hard to keep up with it all, so we’ve written this roundup to share several notable updates around AI that software developers should know about.  IBM introduces …

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The coolest gadgets I saw at Pepcom’s Spring Spectacular

I had the opportunity to attend Pepcom’s Spring Spectacular in NYC yesterday, an event for media where tech companies demo off their latest gadgets. While there were a lot of cool innovations on display, here are a few that stood out to me.  Robot lawnmowers If there’s one chore I hate doing the most, it’s …

HCL UnO Agentic, DigitalOcean’s new NVIDIA GPU Droplets, and more software development news

HCL Universal Orchestrator (UnO) Agentic is an orchestration platform for coordinating workflows among AI agents, robots, systems, and humans.  It builds upon HCL’s Universal Orchestrator, and adds agentic AI capabilities to provide intelligent orchestration and insert AI agents into business-critical processes and workflows. “By integrating deterministic and probabilistic execution, HCL UnO transforms how humans and …

Grafana 12 is now available with new observability as code features, Dynamic Dashboards, and more

Grafana Labs released the latest version of its flagship platform during GrafanaCON in Seattle, along with some other company announcements. According to the company, Grafana 12 adds new observability as code features that will allow developers to version, validate, and deploy dashboards using code, reducing manual processes.  Another new feature is Dynamic Dashboards, which provides …

Why AI agents need a protocol like MCP to reach their potential

AI agents have been all the rage over the last several months, which has led to a need to come up with a standard for how they communicate with tools and data, leading to the creation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) by Anthropic. MCP is “an open standard that enables developers to build secure, …

Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop, Neo4j Aura Graph Analytics, and more software development news

The Android team has announced that the Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop is now stable. This release adds developer productivity enhancements, such as the ability to analyze crash reports using Gemini, generate unit tests with Gemini, and a Gemini prompt library to eliminate having to rewrite commonly used prompts every time.  Compose UI also got …

Pulumi IDP provides developers with faster access to self-service cloud infrastructure provisioning

Pulumi, a provider of infrastructure as code (IaC) solutions, announced a new internal developer platform (IDP) for delivering cloud infrastructure for developers.  Pulumi IDP allows platform teams to publish building blocks in the form of Components, Templates, and Policies. These building blocks incorporate best practices with standard configurations and enforcement of security, compliance, cost, and …

IBM THINK: IBM introduces new tools to help with scaling AI agents across the enterprise

At its IBM THINK conference today, IBM introduced new updates that will help alleviate some of the challenges associated with scaling AI agents.  “The era of AI experimentation is over. Today’s competitive advantage comes from purpose-built AI integration that drives measurable business outcomes,” said Arvind Krishna, chairman and CEO of IBM. “IBM is equipping enterprises …

A new frontier in HPC with “Bring Your Own Code”

In the race to harness ever-more-powerful computing resources, we’ve created an unexpected bottleneck: our own code. Today, the brightest minds in scientific computing face challenges not from hardware limitations, but from adapting existing applications to new architectures. What should be a straightforward path to acceleration has instead become a detour that can consume years of …

Amazon Q Developer gets new agentic coding experience in Visual Studio Code

Amazon has announced a new agentic coding experience for Amazon Q Developer in Visual Studio Code. “This experience brings interactive coding capabilities, building upon existing prompt-based features. You now have a natural, real-time collaborative partner working alongside you while writing code, creating documentation, running tests, and reviewing changes,” Amazon wrote in a blog post announcing …

Open source wins again! Redis adds GNU AGPL license to its offering

Over the past year or so, the industry has seen several open-source projects forked because the founders of those projects changed their licenses in moves they say were to protect their intellectual property. Redis switched from the open BSD license to the more restrictive Redis Source Available License v2 and the Server Side Public License …

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Accusoft’s PrizmDoc is transforming document management with a unified, AI-driven approach. In this microwebinar series, Product Director Dan Lee shows how PrizmDoc’s auto-summarization, auto-tagging & classification, document Q&A, and PII detection & redaction tools eliminate manual effort, surface key insights instantly, and safeguard sensitive data – all while fitting seamlessly into your existing workflows. Discover …

Better Together: Supercharge Your ServiceNow Investment with AIOps

Struggling to get full value from your ITSM? You’re not alone. Many enterprises face the same uphill service management climb: too many tickets, unnecessary escalations, and manual incident workflows that impede rapid resolution. L1s are overwhelmed, L2 escalation teams are bogged down in root cause investigations, and scaling with business with incident response automation feels …

Trust but Verify? The Risks Lurking in AI-Generated Code

As AI-powered coding assistants become more prevalent, developers are increasingly incorporating AI-generated code snippets into their projects… But how reliable and secure is it? The last Dora report made it clear: there is a 7.2% drop in delivery stability for every 25% increase in AI use! In this webinar, we’ll explore the risks AI-generated code …

Cut Costs, Not Insights: A Practical Guide to Telemetry Data Optimization

Managing telemetry data efficiently is a constant balancing act—how do you maximize visibility while controlling costs? In this webinar, we’ll show you how Mezmo’s telemetry pipeline helps you make smarter decisions about your data. Learn how Mezmo helps you optimize telemetry data, reduce costs, and improve operational efficiency — without sacrificing the insights you need.   …

Reduce Risk, Accelerate Innovation: ASPM for Modern Open Source

Open source drives innovation, but unchecked it can increase risk. This webinar explores how Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) can help you harness the power of open source while mitigating vulnerabilities.   Discover how ActiveState’s comprehensive platform, expert guidance, and commitment to community leadership can help you in a multitude of ways. …

Beyond LLMs: The Power and Pitfalls of Multi-Agent AI

The initial hype surrounding LLM is over.   As more businesses adopt LLMs, their shortcomings in managing workflows, multitasking, and collaborative work are becoming increasingly evident. Multi-agent AIs are a step beyond LLMs as they are smarter, adaptable, and built for complex challenges.   Key Takeaways: • How multi-agent AI overcomes LLM limitations • Key …

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    SD Times Live! Microwebinar Series — with Accusoft

    Accusoft’s PrizmDoc is transforming document management with a unified, AI-driven approach. In this microwebinar series, Product Director Dan Lee shows how PrizmDoc’s auto-summarization, auto-tagging & classification, document Q&A, and PII detection & redaction tools eliminate manual effort, surface key insights instantly, and safeguard sensitive data – all while fitting seamlessly into your existing workflows. Discover …

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    Better Together: Supercharge Your ServiceNow Investment with AIOps

    Struggling to get full value from your ITSM? You’re not alone. Many enterprises face the same uphill service management climb: too many tickets, unnecessary escalations, and manual incident workflows that impede rapid resolution. L1s are overwhelmed, L2 escalation teams are bogged down in root cause investigations, and scaling with business with incident response automation feels …

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    Trust but Verify? The Risks Lurking in AI-Generated Code

    As AI-powered coding assistants become more prevalent, developers are increasingly incorporating AI-generated code snippets into their projects… But how reliable and secure is it? The last Dora report made it clear: there is a 7.2% drop in delivery stability for every 25% increase in AI use! In this webinar, we’ll explore the risks AI-generated code …

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    Cut Costs, Not Insights: A Practical Guide to Telemetry Data Optimization

    Managing telemetry data efficiently is a constant balancing act—how do you maximize visibility while controlling costs? In this webinar, we’ll show you how Mezmo’s telemetry pipeline helps you make smarter decisions about your data. Learn how Mezmo helps you optimize telemetry data, reduce costs, and improve operational efficiency — without sacrificing the insights you need.   …

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    Reduce Risk, Accelerate Innovation: ASPM for Modern Open Source

    Open source drives innovation, but unchecked it can increase risk. This webinar explores how Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) can help you harness the power of open source while mitigating vulnerabilities.   Discover how ActiveState’s comprehensive platform, expert guidance, and commitment to community leadership can help you in a multitude of ways. …

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    Beyond LLMs: The Power and Pitfalls of Multi-Agent AI

    The initial hype surrounding LLM is over.   As more businesses adopt LLMs, their shortcomings in managing workflows, multitasking, and collaborative work are becoming increasingly evident. Multi-agent AIs are a step beyond LLMs as they are smarter, adaptable, and built for complex challenges.   Key Takeaways: • How multi-agent AI overcomes LLM limitations • Key …

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