Topic: vendor neutrality
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N-able's Cat-MIP Standardizes AI Automation Terminology
N-able has introduced Cat-MIP, a new framework to standardize AI automation and terminology, aiming to improve clarity, interoperability, and cybersecurity in IT environments. The Cat-MIP Standards Board, including partners like HaloPSA and Auvik Networks, is developing a vendor-neutral dictionar...
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Tech Giants Unite to Standardize AI Agents
The Linux Foundation has launched the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) to create open standards and prevent a fragmented, proprietary future for AI agents, with founding contributions from Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI. Key technical donations include Anthropic's Model Context Protocol, Block's Goose ...
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Inside Cisco: The Rebirth of Splunk with Kamal Hathi
Kamal Hathi, Splunk's Senior Vice President, emphasizes that machine data is the "heartbeat of the enterprise," with Splunk serving as a vital monitor for logs and telemetry from diverse sources. The acquisition by Cisco merges Splunk's robust data platform with Cisco's infrastructure, creating a...
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CISA Enlists Partners to Strengthen CVE Program's Future
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has reaffirmed its commitment to the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program, securing its funding through March 2026 and emphasizing its role as a public good for global cybersecurity defense. CISA plans to modernize the C...
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Red Hat's Tool Measures Your Digital Sovereignty in Minutes
Digital sovereignty is a growing global priority, leading Red Hat to release an open-source, self-assessment toolkit that helps organizations evaluate their readiness across seven key domains. The tool is a transparent, vendor-neutral standard released under an open-source license; it operates wi...
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Splunk & Snowflake: Federated Search Without Data Movement
Splunk Federated Search for Snowflake enables unified queries across Splunk machine data and Snowflake business data without moving data or using ETL processes, enhancing analysis efficiency and security. Announced at Splunk .conf 25, this integration allows joint customers to perform cross-platf...
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Tech Giants Unite on Open Source Database to Cut Costs and Lock-In
Major cloud providers are collaborating on an open-source document database initiative, hosted by the Linux Foundation, to reduce costs and prevent vendor lock-in for AI applications. DocumentDB is built as an extension of PostgreSQL, leveraging its mature ecosystem while adding support for docum...
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Agent2Agent Protocol: Why Marketers Need to Know
The Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol is an open standard that enables AI agents from different vendors to collaborate seamlessly, improving interoperability and transforming marketing operations into unified, intelligent workflows. Developed by Google and now governed by the Linux Foundation, A2A uses ...
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