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We’re excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of the Confluent fully managed V2 connector for Apache Kafka for Azure Cosmos DB! This release marks a major milestone in our mission to simplify real-time data streaming from and to Azure Cosmos DB using Apache Kafka. The V2 connector is now production-ready and available directly from the Confluent Cloud connector catalog.

Your teams want the immediate insights of stream processing with the scale and historical context of batch processing—but traditional data infrastructure forces you to resort to disparate tooling or manual workarounds to bridge that gap. This quarter’s release, coming to you live from Current London, brings new features in Confluent Cloud that fundamentally change this dynamic by seamlessly unifying stream and batch processing.

If you want to run a health-check on your Android app, Android Vitals is a great piece of kit. Developed by Google and available on the Google Play console, this performance and stability checking tool helps us fix issues proactively, improve the technical quality of our apps, and avoid uninstalls. Crucially, it will also improve our Google Play ranking, because Google Play ranks app quality using Android Vitals data. And the really great news?

Managing microservices is tough. With 91% of organizations using or planning to adopt microservices, monitoring their performance is critical. Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools simplify this by tracking data flows, identifying issues, and improving system reliability.

In 2025, companies are taking a cautious approach toward technology investments. That’s not surprising, given the uncertainty of the current global economic climate. For finance teams hoping to upgrade their systems this year, delayed ERP projects might sound like bad news, but if replacing your current system is not in the cards for 2025, there are still ways to enhance the overall value of your ERP software right now. ERP systems typically have a useful life of software between five and 15 years.

This comprehensive guide will arm you with the knowledge and strategies needed to protect your LLMs from emerging threats. We’ll explore the OWASP LLM Top 10 vulnerabilities in detail and provide actionable approaches to mitigate these risks. Who should read this? By the end of this guide, you’ll have a robust framework for securing your LLMs and ensuring they remain assets rather than liabilities. Let’s dive into the world of LLM security with confidence and clarity.

Launching a successful website goes far beyond designing an aesthetically pleasing interface. The path from concept to conversion must be strategically planned to meet both user needs and business objectives. At the very beginning of that path lies a critical stage: the website mockup. A website mockup is not just a visual preview; it is the canvas on which structure, usability, and brand messaging take shape.

Every organization, regardless of the size or industry, has AI Ambitions. While this is an exciting and revolutionary time, it’s also filled with uncertainty and risk. At Perforce, we see what customers are facing. Organizations need to develop a clear and focused AI strategy that articulates the vision and value that AI can provide to the business. Security and compliance need to remain front and center, and vendor trust is essential.

Automating QA testing helps ensure your website works flawlessly for every user, on every device, under every condition. From login flows to checkout carts, test automation gives teams the speed and confidence to ship frequently without breaking things. In this guide, you’ll learn what automated QA testing is, why it matters, which tests to automate, and how to build a reliable automated QA testing process from scratch.

This article first appeared on VentureBeat. Businesses know they can’t ignore artificial intelligence (AI)—but when it comes to building with it, the real questions aren’t What can AI do? It’s What can it do reliably? And more importantly, Where do we start? This post introduces the VISTA Framework, a structured approach to prioritizing AI opportunities.