Cloud Computing

Claude Sonnet 4.5 coding model improves agentic capabilities

New release of Anthropic’s coding model offers greater context awareness, enhanced tool usage, and extended autonomous operations, according to the company.

By Paul Krill

Oct 1, 20252 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDevelopment ToolsGenerative AI

Model Context Protocol (MCP) certification: When will it arrive and what will it mean?

By Josh Fruhlinger

Sep 30, 20259 mins

CertificationsDeveloperGenerative AI

Articles

When personal ambitions undermine enterprise security

When career motives take precedence over strategic use of cloud computing, organizations face an increased risk of breaches and failures. Here’s how to fix the problem.

By David Linthicum

Sep 30, 2025 5 mins

Cloud SecurityData and Information SecurityIT Skills

JavaFX 25 previews JavaFX controls in title bars

Preview feature in latest update of the Java client application platform defines a Stage style that allows applications to place scene graph nodes in the header bar area.

By Paul Krill

Sep 29, 2025 3 mins

Development Libraries and FrameworksJavaOpen Source

How MCP is making AI agents actually do things in the real world

If you think AI is just talk, think again — MCP is turning chatbots into doers, and the future of work may never look the same.

By Raul Leite

Sep 29, 2025 7 mins

APIsDevelopment ToolsGenerative AI

Smoothing out AI’s rough edges

Engineering shortcuts, poor security, and a casual approach to basic best practices are keeping applications from matching the potential of AI models and agents.

By Matt Asay

Sep 29, 2025 8 mins

Data and Information SecurityDevelopment ApproachesGenerative AI

Metadata: Your ticket to the AI party

A unified approach to metadata ensures that your agentic AI programs deliver speed and trust, not chaos.

By Chai Pydimukkala, product executive, Google Cloud

Jul 8, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence

A brief history of AI

Artificial intelligence has taken many forms over the years and is still evolving. Will machines soon surpass human knowledge and understanding?

By Martin Heller

Sep 29, 2025 29 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AITechnology Industry

From answer engine to infrastructure: Perplexity launches Search API for developers

The new Search API is the latest in a series of rollouts as Perplexity angles to position itself as a leader in the nascent AI-powered search engine space.

By Taryn Plumb

Sep 26, 2025 6 mins

APIsArtificial IntelligenceDevelopment Tools

What is infrastructure as code? Automating your infrastructure builds

Treating computing infrastructure as code is the smart and modern way to provision software in the cloud. Here’s what it is and why it’s better.

By Josh Fruhlinger

Sep 26, 2025 8 mins

Cloud ComputingCloud ManagementDevops

Python and Poetry: 4 tools for keeping Python simple

Package Python apps for easy delivery as executables, dig into Python 3.14's new debugging interface, and get live coding help for making sense of datasets. Want extra credit? Try wrangling Python projects the Poetry way.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Sep 26, 2025 3 mins

Development Libraries and FrameworksGenerative AIPython

SaaS: The quiet power behind cloud computing

Despite generating more revenue than IaaS and PaaS combined, SaaS rarely takes center stage in cloud conversations, causing enterprises to miss a source of strategic differentiation.

By David Linthicum

Sep 26, 2025 5 mins

IaaSPaaSSaaS

Microsoft Marketplace opens for AI apps, agents

The unified storefront provides a platform for customers to try out and buy solutions, bridging the gap where AI adoption requires a mix of third-party and in-house tools.

By Paul Krill

Sep 25, 2025 2 mins

Generative AIMicrosoft .NETMicrosoft Azure

GitHub Copilot-backed app modernization available for Java, .NET

GitHub Copilot app modernization is intended to let developers focus on building while AI handles legacy code updates.

By Paul Krill

Sep 25, 2025 1 min

Generative AIGitHubJava

Introduction to Java records: Simplified data-centric programming in Java

Record declarations are an efficient way to encapsulate data in your Java classes while reducing boilerplate code. Learn how they work in both basic and advanced programming scenarios.

By Rafael del Nero

Sep 25, 2025 10 mins

JavaProgramming LanguagesSoftware Development