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New MCP tools for Declarative Pipelines

Qlik's MCP server just got three new lookup tools built for data engineering. They connect directly to your Qlik Cloud tenant, so coding agents can pull the real project values a pipeline needs instead of working from an empty template, find spaces and data connections by name, and browse the tables and views available on a connection, just by asking in natural language. That means easier declarative pipeline creation, with real tenant context built right into your prompt for faster, more accurate iteration.

Agentic AI Just Rewrote the Data Engineer's Job Description. Here's What IT Leaders Need to Know.

Gartner predicts that 70% of today's data engineering tasks will be fully automated by 2030. I put that number to Tim Garrod, Qlik's Head of Product Management for data integration and quality, on a recent Qlik Insider session, and his answer is the one every CIO, CDO, and VP of IT should sit with: automation doesn't make the data engineer obsolete, it makes the good ones ten times more valuable. AI amplifies skilled judgment. It doesn't replace it.

What's Driving the Great AI Re-Architecture?

As enterprise AI scales, traditional data architectures are reaching their limit. Workloads are becoming more distributed, data movement is accelerating, and tech leaders face growing pressure to justify AI spend while delivering real business impact. Chief Technology Officer Sergio Gago breaks down key findings from Cloudera’s latest global survey of enterprise architects, data architects, and cloud leaders.

Cloud Testing's Key Role in Sustainable Software Development

Cloud testing offers a practical path for reducing the environmental impact of software development. By eliminating the need for dedicated physical hardware, teams can cut energy consumption and electronic waste. Virtualized environments scale up only when needed, replacing racks of underused servers with efficient, on-demand resources.

AI Chatbots: Transforming Performance Testing

Until recently, performance testing workflows meant complex scripting, manual maintenance, and slow feedback. Now, the adoption of AI chatbots in QA and DevOps is prompting a fundamental shift. Teams using AI-driven testing tools are seeing significant reductions in test cycle times and improvements in defect detection. These are not incremental improvements, but shifts that are redefining benchmarks for speed and coverage.

Why More Brands Are Choosing TikTok Launchpad Services for Faster Growth

A brand can have a great product, a strong website, and a clear customer base and still struggle to gain traction on TikTok. The platform looks simple from the outside, but successful growth usually depends on getting several things right at once: content, creators, product positioning, audience targeting, TikTok Shop, and ongoing testing.

[AgentSpot Showcase Series] Winny - GTM Intelligence Agent

Meet Winny, a GTM Intelligence agent built with AgentSpot and ThoughtSpot. See how teams can get faster answers to questions about conversion and pipeline velocity by simply asking questions in AgentSpot or Slack, with verified data pulled directly from ThoughtSpot. What is AgentSpot? AgentSpot is multiplayer AI for your business. Anyone can build, share, and collaborate with AI agents connected to your company’s data, context, and tools.

Is Your Data Estate Actually Ready for AI? The 6 Characteristics That Matter

Most organizations are moving fast on AI ambition. Fewer are moving fast on what makes that ambition possible. Before you can reimagine your business with AI at its heart, your data estate needs six things: to be well-defined, trusted, well-connected, contextualized, consumed in a multimodal way, and ready for both humans and machines at scale. Most organizations have two or three. The ones pulling ahead in AI have all six.