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Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise entered its agentic era at last week's Google Cloud Next conference. ☁️ Specifically, the vendor announced Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, which builds on existing Vertex AI capabilities to become a more cohesive AI agent platform spanning from workspace apps to infrastructure. This platform aims to deepen integrations among Google's cloud and AI services and expand multi-agent orchestration, data management and security features. ✍️ Beth Pariseau has more on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and other news from the conference floor. 🔗 : https://bit.ly/4n0jrIf #GoogleCloudNext #GoogleCloud #GoogleCloudNext2026 #CloudComputing #AI #AIinfrastructure #BusinessTech #TechNews #BusinessNews #GeminiEnterprise

🚨 This week, Salesforce launched Agentforce Operations. This is a workflow orchestration AI agent bundle that automates business processes, such as pulling data from disparate systems and gathering approvals. It's workflow orchestration capability ingests documents such as lists, tables and spreadsheets that describe manual processes and uses generative AI to devises automations. It can automate tasks like acquiring data and getting approvals. Agentforce Operations was specifically designed to automate back-office tasks across apps, like spreadsheets and email. ✍️ Don Fluckinger has more. 🔗 : https://bit.ly/48zXwBH #Salesforce #TechNews #CRM #Agentforce #ContactCenter #ContactCenterLeadership #ContactCenterAgents #AIstrategy #Automation

In this week’s TechTarget news roundup, Rosa Heaton covers the Musk vs. Altman courtroom showdown, Google's Pentagon deal and Meta's troubles with China and the EU. TechTarget #MuskVsAltman #AIRegulation #TechNews #AIEthics #IPOWatch #meta #google Read here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eTs6twgM

Ready, set, CISCO! 🏇 Ahead of the 152nd Kentucky Derby, legendary racetrack Churchill Downs partnered with Cisco to upgrade their network infrastructure. Why? Oh, well, 4,000 transactions per second on race day, for one. Imagine you can't get your mint julep?🍹Or your wager can't be placed? Sabrina Polin and Kathleen Casey get into it on the latest Tech News This Week episode. Get the full episode here or wherever you get podcasts: https://bit.ly/49334Vq #networkmodernization #kentuckyderby #technews

Wise words from our Jordan Richard Schoenherr, PhD on why 48 hours was all it took for one attack to spiral into a $13B+ crisis: "The speed reflects decision-making under uncertainty. If we know the cost of leaving but are uncertain about the cost of staying, people will leave. If many people are doing the same mental math, and seeing others do so, this will create a cascade." Jordan was quoted in TechTarget on the recent KelpDAO crypto hack and what IT leaders can learn from it. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gr4pDrWT #socialengineering #decisionscience

The rapid influx of AI into the enterprise is changing the game for cybersecurity. Read this Q&A with Michael Spisak of Unit 42, Palo Alto Networks to uncover some of the risks and opportunities that AI introduces in the enterprise today. https://lnkd.in/eGHkb2QM TechTarget #Unit42 #AICybersecurity #EnterpriseAI #ThreatIntelligence #AISecurityRisk

One key difference between LLMs and SLMs? Their environmental impact. 🌎 It's easy to simplify the difference between these models: Large model, big footprint. Small model, small footprint. But it's much more nuanced than that. The training and usage stages use different amounts of energy, and overall water usage also differs. Each model -- from GPT-4 to TinyLlama -- also has different requirements that can impact sustainability strategies. At the end of the day, minimizing the environmental impacts of LLMs vs. SLMs requires greater efficiency and smarter deployment strategies. ✍️ Kashyap Kompella, CFA has more about the differences here. 🔗 : https://bit.ly/42lGMe1 #Sustainability #BusinessSustainability #CorporateSustainability #SustainabilityStrategy #LLMs #SLMs #AIstrategy #AIsustainability

🤝 IT admins handle the day-to-day necessities for data backups, but executive leadership also has a key role to play. Specifically, they are essential in developing backup policies, which establish how data is copied, where it is stored and the frequency of backups. Without proper policies in place, organizations are more at risk for security breaches, as well as risks around compliance, privacy and budgets. What can executive leadership do? Well, they can provide input, encourage cross-departmental collaboration, enforce proper documentation and make sure employees are properly trained on backup best practices. ✍️ Jacob Roundy has more on the role of executive leadership in crafting data backup policies. 🔗 : https://bit.ly/4uaI5Z0 #DataBackup #DataManagement #DataPrivacy #DataSecurity #DataLeadership #ITleadership #ExecutiveLeadership #CIO #CTO #CISO