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Welcome to Kong Plugins 101 – your introduction to applying governance, security, and control to every API call using Kong Konnect. In this session, we cover: What Kong plugins are and how they work Applying authentication, authorization, throttling, and rate limiting Securing services with advanced governance rules Real-world demo: setting a 5 calls per minute rate limit on an HTTPBin service route How plugins can be applied at different levels – global, service, route, or consumer.

MCP is the protocol that's revolutionizing AI by creating a standard for how models connect to tools and APIs—just like shipping containers standardized global trade. This means less custom code and faster innovation.

The ZendHQ JobQueue is a language-agnostic solution for PHP queuing and job automation. Unlike traditional CRON setups, it centralizes job management and eliminates the need to dig through system logs. With support for deferred, recurring, and scheduled jobs, you can streamline tasks like generating invoices asynchronously. Get the full details in this webinar clip!

Snowflake CIO Mike Blandina talks with "Data Cloud Now" Anchor Ryan Green about issues that are top of mind for CIO's across all industries as they move their organizations through digital transformation journeys and evaluate the potential of GenAI. They discuss the challenge of separating hype from reality, the potential of AI agents, and the strategies company executives can employ to measure impact and ROI.

E-commerce companies don’t just need data pipelines; they need pipelines that can keep up with ever-changing customer behaviour, seasonal spikes, and omni-channel complexity. The ability to build a real-time Customer 360 isn’t a nice-to-have; it’s what drives personalization, revenue optimization, and retention. But getting there is hard. Broken pipelines, schema drift, opaque costs, and inflexible tools create friction for engineers, slow insights for analysts, and limit the strategic agility leaders expect.

In this interview with Nick Johnson-Hill, VP Data Group for Crum and Foster, we dive into what it takes to lead a modern team of data professionals and leverage modern data strategies for creating maximum impact. Nick also discusses the role and effectiveness of leveraging Generative AI for augmenting data teams.

AI can’t transform businesses if organizations aren’t prepared to embrace it. Donna Beasley, Chief AI Enablement Officer, joins The AI Forecast to explore thoughtful AI deployment in an organization. She and host Paul Muller dive into the challenges and opportunities of AI adoption, from ensuring data quality to driving organizational change management. They discuss the importance of collaboration across departments, strategies for overcoming resistance, and the critical role of training and meeting individuals where they are in their openness with AI.

ZendHQ monitoring and PHP tracing tools are the ideal solution for debugging in PHP. In this webinar clip, Zend Senior Solutions Engineer Yeshua Hall walks through how to make the most of the tools included with ZendHQ for debugging PHP.

The next generation of analytics is here. In this episode of The Data Chief, ThoughtSpot CEO Ketan Karkhanis explains why AI is the new BI, and the future of analytics is autonomous. Karkhanis shares his vision for the autonomous enterprise, where AI agents act on insights and automate workflows. He also explains why a culture of trust and experimentation is crucial for unlocking AI's full potential. Don't miss this discussion on how to fundamentally rethink how organizations interact with data to drive better business outcomes and build an autonomous enterprise.

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