๐ AI - Maturity Assessment and Roadmap Design
AI potential is clear. Execution is not. From maturity assessment to roadmap design, leaders need a structured approach to scale outcomes. Catch the on-demand AI webinar and discover practical steps to move from intent to impact.
Key Points:
โข Leaders require a structured approach to scale AI outcomes.
โข Maturity assessment and roadmap design are crucial for AI execution.
โข Practical steps are available to move from intent to impact.
๐ Resources:
โข Original source โ - Original source
โข Gartner โ - Gartner Inc.
๐ Confidential Computing - Real-World Applications
Join our upcoming webinar, "Confidential computing in the real world" hosted by @Canonical and @intel . Discover how organizations use Intelยฎ Trust Domain Extensions (Intelยฎ TDX) to strengthen workload security and protect sensitive data while in use.
Key Points:
โข Confidential computing is used to strengthen workload security.
โข Intel Trust Domain Extensions (Intel TDX) protect sensitive data.
โข Organizations use confidential computing for real-world applications.
๐ Resources:
โข Original source โ - Original source
โข Canonical โ - Canonical
โข Intel โ - Intel
๐ Trucking Industry - Awards and Recognition
Congratulations to Illinois on the State Team Trophy and to Jeff Davis of Walmart Transportation on the Neill Darmstadter Professional Excellence Award at @TRUCKINGdotORG 's National Truck Driving Championships. Both honors recognize the best of the best on America's roads.
Key Points:
โข Illinois won the State Team Trophy.
โข Jeff Davis received the Neill Darmstadter Professional Excellence Award.
โข Awards recognize the best of the best in the trucking industry.
๐ Resources:
โข Original source โ - Original source
โข Samsara โ - Samsara
โข TRUCKINGdotORG โ - TRUCKINGdotORG
๐ Coffee and OSS - Interviews and Discussions
From the Coffee & OSS Archives, I chatted with @bryanjhogan about all sorts of great #tech and #oss topics. Access the stream or listen to the podcast below. Be sure to like/subscribe. Thanks for tuning in!
Key Points:
โข Interviews and discussions cover tech and OSS topics.
โข Access the stream or listen to the podcast.
โข Like and subscribe to the podcast.
๐ Resources:
โข Original source โ - Original source
โข isaacrlevin โ - isaacrlevin
โข bryanjhogan โ - bryanjhogan
๐ Cloudflare - Billing Infrastructure Rebuild
At Cloudflare we rebuilt a majority of the billing infrastructure that powers the platform. New storage engine, budget alerts, API's, more security + more. We also redesigned the unified checkout flow for all of our products, too. And yes... spend limits soon!
Key Points:
โข Cloudflare rebuilt its billing infrastructure.
โข New storage engine and budget alerts were implemented.
โข Unified checkout flow was redesigned.
๐ Resources:
โข Original source โ - Original source
โข Cloudflare โ - Cloudflare
๐ง Links Newsletter - AI and Tech Topics
New links newsletter: getting your data in shape for enterprise AI, MCP gateways, and flying toasters. Plus: maybe AI is just bad at firing people, and day-two platform ownership nobody wants to own.
Key Points:
โข Links newsletter covers AI and tech topics.
โข Data preparation for enterprise AI is discussed.
โข MCP gateways and flying toasters are mentioned.
๐ Resources:
โข Original source โ - Original source
โข cote โ - cote
โข WaldemarPera โ - WaldemarPera
๐ Valuable News - 2026/08/31
Latest ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ - ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ/๐ฌ๐ด/๐ฏ๐ญ (Valuable News - 2026/08/31) available. https:// vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/val uable-news-2026-08-31/ โฆ Past releases: https:// vermaden.wordpress.com/news/ #verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
Key Points:
โข Valuable News is available for 2026/08/31.
โข Past releases are available on the website.
โข News covers various topics including BSD and Linux.
๐ Resources:
โข Original source โ - Original source
โข vermaden โ - vermaden
โข vermaden.wordpress.com โ - vermaden blog
๐ VMware AI Factory
Introducing VMware AI Factory. VMware AI Factory can cut your AI deployment time from weeks to hours & optimize AI tokenomics. Choose your favorite VCF AI ReadyNode from @Cisco @DellTech @Lenovo or @Supermicro ; choose from 150+ AI models. #VMwareExplore
Key Points:
โข VMware AI Factory cuts AI deployment time.
โข AI tokenomics are optimized.
โข Choose from 150+ AI models.
๐ Resources:
โข Original source โ - Original source
โข VMware โ - VMware
โข Cisco โ - Cisco
โข DellTech โ - Dell Technologies
โข Lenovo โ - Lenovo
โข Supermicro โ - Supermicro
๐ค AI and Automation - Efficiency and Productivity
I wonder how much money/compute @elonmusk would save by not having @grok reply to anything. Would be easy to add to its harness something that checks whether the conversation has reasonably ended and avoid replying (for example, someone posting โthanks, Grok!โ).
Key Points:
โข AI and automation can improve efficiency and productivity.
โข AI can be used to avoid unnecessary replies.
โข Conversation end-checking can be implemented.
๐ Resources:
โข Original source โ - Original source
โข guywald โ - guywald
โข elonmusk โ - Elon Musk
โข grok โ - grok
๐ MedTech Manufacturers - AI Impact
From 60 Minutes to 30 Seconds: What AI Actually Changes for MedTech Manufacturers | QAD Blog https:// bit.ly/4qEyFEm
Key Points:
โข AI impacts MedTech manufacturers.
โข AI changes the way MedTech manufacturers work.
โข QAD Blog discusses AI impact on MedTech.
๐ Resources:
โข Original source โ - Original source
โข QAD_Community โ - QAD Community
