Tom Smith

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Digital Twins Reborn: How AI is Finally Fulfilling the Promise of IoT

1 week ago | digitalcxo.com | Tom Smith

AI is revolutionizing digital twin technology, finally overcoming IoT’s integration challenges and delivering real business value across industries. Ten years ago, when General Electric unveiled their digital twin technology for aircraft engines, we were on the cusp of an industrial revolution. The idea was compelling: Create virtual replicas of physical assets that could be monitored, analyzed and optimized in real-time.
Solo.io's Kagent Brings Agentic AI to Cloud-Native Operations

1 month ago | techstrong.ai | Tom Smith

Solo.io introduces Kagent, the industry’s first open-source agentic AI framework, explicitly designed for Kubernetes environments. Kagent enables DevOps and platform engineers to automate complex cloud-native operations. “Kubernetes is already the go-to platform for predictive analytics, MLOps, and inferencing, and now it provides the modern architecture to deploy AI agents dynamically,” said Keith Babo, chief product officer at Solo.io.
Boomi AI Studio: Bringing Order to Enterprise AI Agent Chaos

1 month ago | techstrong.ai | Tom Smith

In the race to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) agents across enterprises, a critical question has emerged: Who’s managing these autonomous digital workers? Boomi has an answer with the launch of AI Studio, a first-of-its-kind governance platform designed to bring order to what could quickly become AI agent chaos.
Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte arrested for crimes against humanity - a blow against impunity

1 month ago | theconversation.com | Tom Smith

The arrest of Rodrigo Duterte, who served as president of the Philippines between 2016 and 2022, for crimes against humanity for his part in the country’s violent “war on drugs” is a welcome blow against impunity. Duterte was arrested on March 11 by Interpol, which was carrying out an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) charging him with crimes against humanity.
LangGraph 0.3: Expanding the Ecosystem with Prebuilt Agents

1 month ago | techstrong.ai | Tom Smith

LangGraph has established itself as a foundational framework for building artificial intelligence (AI) agents with adoption by tech giants like Replit, Klarna, LinkedIn and Uber. The recent 0.3 release marks a significant evolution in the platform’s approach, introducing “langgraph-prebuilt” — a new collection of higher-level abstractions built on the core framework. In the crowded AI framework market, LangGraph has differentiated itself by maintaining a deliberately low-level approach.
Platform Engineering: Scaling DevOps Through AI-Driven Self-Service

2 months ago | platformengineering.com | Tom Smith

Platform engineering is emerging as the key to scaling DevOps practices through self-service capabilities, according to Andi Grabner, Platform Engineering Advocate at Dynatrace. The focus is on delivering the right data to the right people at the right time. At Dynatrace Perform 2025, the company introduced Observability for Developers, providing development teams with easy data access, advanced analytics and the new Live Debugger.
Microsoft's DocumentDB Goes Open Source: A Game-Changer for NoSQL Development

2 months ago | techstrongitsm.com | Tom Smith

A new standard for NoSQL emerges as Microsoft open-sources DocumentDB, bringing PostgreSQL-powered document database capabilities with built-in vector search to developers. In a significant move that could reshape the landscape of document databases, Microsoft has announced the open-source release of DocumentDB, the engine powering Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB.
Aux Philippines, une guerre des clans au sommet de l’État

Jan 2, 2025 | theconversation.com | Tom Smith

Une lutte de pouvoir à couteaux tirés entre deux familles, égales en ambition et en influence politique, se joue actuellement, non pas à Vérone, mais dans l’archipel des Philippines. Cette querelle, incarnée par le président Ferdinand Marcos Jr. d’un côté et sa vice-présidente Sara Duterte de l’autre, prend un tournant sensationnel, au risque de jeter le voile sur les préoccupations de la population. Aux Philippines, la vie politique est depuis longtemps une affaire de rivalités de clans.
open-source data management platform

Nov 12, 2024 | dzone.com | Tom Smith

In the era of big data, researchers and organizations face unprecedented challenges in managing, storing, and analyzing vast amounts of information. Traditional file systems and databases often fall short when dealing with petabytes of data distributed across multiple locations. This is where iRODS (Integrated Rule-Oriented Data System) comes into play. As an open-source data management software, iRODS offers a flexible and scalable solution for handling large-scale research data.
Oracle CloudWorld 2024: Key Takeaways

Oct 15, 2024 | dzone.com | Tom Smith

Oracle CloudWorld 2024 showcased a range of innovations and strategic shifts that will significantly impact the work of developers, engineers, and architects across industries. From AI integrations to multi-cloud strategies, Oracle is positioning itself as a key enabler of digital transformation. Here are the most important takeaways for technical professionals:1.