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Empowering Agility: DraftKings' Strategy for Compliance and Data Optimization

In this episode of the "Data Cloud Podcast," host Dana Gardner is joined by Zach Maybury, Chief Technology Officer at DraftKings, to discuss the intricate balance of market agility and regulatory compliance for the sports entertainment company. They explore DraftKings' cloud-native roots, hybrid cloud strategies, real-time data ingestion, and strategies for staying agile in a rapidly evolving industry.

PHP 8.1 EOL: What You Need to Know

Time’s almost up on PHP 8.1 – do you have an upgrade strategy ready? With PHP 8.1 end of life occurring on December 31, 2025, it is critical to plan your upgrade strategy now. Zend can help. In this video, we provide an expert guidance on how to update PHP, including an incremental upgrade strategy for moving from PHP 8.1 and a look at how to upgrade PHP 8.1 to 8.2 and beyond. For teams unable to upgrade before the deadline, we also go through long term support (LTS) options. Using LTS provides essential security patches and expert support to keep your applications secure and compliant.

ADB Debugging: What It Is and How to Use It on Android

Modern app users don’t tolerate glitches — speed and stability are non-negotiable. Debugging across multiple Android devices, however, can be tedious if done manually. That’s why developers rely on Android Debug Bridge (ADB) to streamline development. With ADB, we can: In this guide, we’ll cover what ADB is, how it works, installation steps, and the most useful commands for debugging Android applications.

Live chat at unlimited scale: What it takes to support stadium-sized audiences

Live streaming has evolved from a novelty to the backbone of modern digital events. When major brands host virtual conferences, product launches, or community gatherings, they're no longer dealing with hundreds of viewers – they're managing tens of thousands of concurrent participants, all expecting to engage in realtime chat. We recently worked with a team building live chat for a major creative software company's annual event.

What's new in PHP 8.5 in terms of performance, debugging and operations

The close of 2025 is near, and that also means a new version of PHP is about to be released: 8.5! There has already been some discussion regarding the latest features and modifications affecting developers, for example on Laravel News, PHP.Watch or the Zend Blog. In this post we are highlighting just the performance, debugging, and operations-related changes in PHP 8.5 that you will not find in the posts listed above. Several of these changes were even contributed by Tideways employees.

When one deal closes, another one opens...

Salesforce has now completed its acquisition of Informatica, in a deal positioned as a way to strengthen Salesforce’s AI data foundation. If you are an Informatica customer, that headline is not the end of the story. It is the start of a long, complicated chapter. Informatica is no longer an independent data company. It is now one piece of Salesforce’s AI CRM story. That has real consequences for your data strategy, your AI roadmap, and your room to manoeuvre.

Build Modern AI-Ready Infrastructure Without Starting Over

Modernization has reached a tipping point. For organizations running mission-critical workloads—including increasingly demanding AI-driven applications—the traditional approach often adds risk instead of reducing it. But does modernization have to mean costly investments, downtime, and uncertainty? Not anymore.

Innovation's Most Powerful Data Engine: VSP One Block High End Storage

Simple. Secure. Sustainable. VSP One Block High End delivers extreme performance, resilience, and security—without complexity or costly upgrades. Transform your business and drive what's next with enterprise-grade storage built for the AI era.