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The $11 Billion Question: What the acquisition of Confluent by IBM means

What’s remarkable is how long Confluent competed at the highest level. Creating a category and type of application is hard; transitioning to cloud and surviving against hyper scalers is even harder. That alone is a huge achievement. Some see this as a pressured exit. But another way to look at it is as a strategic purchase by IBM to strengthen its position in enterprise data movement and integration.

Inside ClearML's AMD Instinct GPU Partitioning Integration: Architecture, Orchestration, and Resource Management

GPU underutilization costs enterprises millions annually, with expensive accelerators frequently running single workloads at a fraction of their capacity. According to ClearML’s 2025-2026 State of AI Infrastructure at Scale report, almost half (49.2%) of IT leaders at F1000 companies identified maximizing GPU efficiency across existing hardware, including shared compute and fractional GPUs, as their top priority for expanding AI infrastructure over the next 12-18 months.

Gen2 AI UX: Conversations that stay in sync across every device

Start a conversation on your laptop, finish it on your phone. The context just follows you. That’s what cross-device AI sync delivers. No reloading history, no reintroducing yourself, just one continuous thread across every screen. It builds trust, reduces friction, and makes the assistant feel like a single, persistent presence. This post unpacks why users expect it, what makes it technically tricky, and what your system needs to get it right.

Unveiling ThoughtSpot's New Brand

Today, we are unveiling a new ThoughtSpot. Not because we needed a new logo. Because our brand needed to catch up to the company we already are. If you know ThoughtSpot, you know us as more than dashboards or static analytics. You know us as the place where every question has an actionable answer. We are an AI company. We lead in Agentic Analytics. And it is time for our brand to make that unmistakably clear. And yes, I am excited. We are all excited.

API Automation Testing: A Practical Guide For 2026

APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) power nearly every modern digital experience, from mobile apps and online payments to AI-driven services and real-time data processing. As software systems increasingly rely on microservices and distributed architectures, the number of API interactions continues to grow, making reliability and performance more critical than ever.

ORIL Joined RETTC & NMHC to Support Innovation in Real Estate and Housing

ORIL has become a member of the Real Estate Technology & Transformation Center (RETTC) and the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC). This membership reflects our commitment to leveraging technology to improve housing solutions, property management, and community development.

How to Test Your React Frontend When the Backend Is Offline

Picture this: You’ve spent hours perfecting your React component. The animations are smooth, the responsive design works flawlessly, and you’re ready to test the user flow. You click “Submit” and… nothing happens. Or worse, you get a cryptic CORS error. The problem? Your backend isn’t running. Again.

GigaOm Radar Recognizes Hitachi Vantara as a Leader and Outperformer in Primary Storage for Second Consecutive Year

Industry recognition highlights Hitachi Vantara's ability to drive innovation in primary storage, spotlighting elite cyber resilience and data protection capabilities, as well as unified management via VSP 360, AI enablement and cloud integration.