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Guide to Connecting Dynamics 365 and Visual Studio With Devart ODBC

Integrating Dynamics 365 with Visual Studio should be simple. Yet, developers and solution architects often run into challenges when trying to establish a direct, standards-compliant connection. From dealing with fragmented integrations to handling complex data security requirements, these obstacles slow down development, increase maintenance costs, and hinder the full strategic use of CRM data.

How Oracle AI Transforms SQL Performance and Accuracy

Today, about 20-40% of developer time is spent on debugging and maintenance, which is why Oracle AI is redefining SQL optimization altogether. As AI-driven automation accelerates across the Oracle ecosystem, Oracle AI Database 26ai brings machine learning, generative AI, and real-time analytics directly into the SQL engine: reducing the need for manual tuning with built-in, AI-powered automation.

Top SaaS Vendors DevOps Teams Should Monitor in 2025

Modern applications rely on dozens of third-party services to function properly. When these services fail, your application fails too. DevOps teams need to identify and monitor the top SaaS vendors that could impact their infrastructure and user experience. This guide covers the essential SaaS vendors DevOps teams should monitor, organized by category and criticality. We'll explore why each vendor matters and what specific aspects require monitoring.

Scaling faster and predictable cloud bills with Civo's FlexCore

How does Defense.com scale its SaaS security platform while keeping costs predictable? CEO Oliver Pinson-Roxburgh explains why Civo’s FlexCore was the only choice. FlexCore is engineered to deliver massive scalability and high performance, as milliseconds matter for real-time threat analysis, while ensuring UK Data Sovereignty and Compliance (ISO 27001). Crucially, FlexCore offers predictable pricing, eliminating the sudden, massive bills of larger providers. FlexCore delivers on-prem performance with public cloud scaling and simplicity.

Resolve Webinar: A Deep Dive into Scaling Autonomous Operations with Agentic AI

Enterprise IT teams are under growing pressure from complex, cross-functional workflows, rising alert noise, and overloaded ticket queues. Traditional ITSM automation, built on scripts, intents, and manual orchestration, can’t keep up. In this webinar replay, Resolve leaders break down how forward-thinking enterprises are scaling autonomous operations with agentic AI, delivering 2–5x faster resolutions and achieving 70%+ L1 deflection, without brittle scripts or intent models.

Resolve's Agents of IT podcast - Ep. 8 - Sean and Ari's Hot Takes #4

Everyone’s talking about generative AI. Few are doing it right. In this episode of Agents of IT, we break down what actually matters when bringing agentic AI into the enterprise. We challenge the myth of “AI readiness,” unpack the real build vs. buy decision, and explain why companies should stop building platforms and start building domain intelligence.

Breaking things fast: A new Approach to QA and testing

This post is based on Greg Qualls, Director of Product Marketing, presentation, "Accelerating QA and Testing," at SymfonyCon 2024. We utilized AI tools for transcription and to enhance the structure and clarity of the content. Before we dive in, I have over 18 years of experience in sales. If, at times, I sound like I'm trying to sell you something, please forgive me. I promise I'm not.

Build or buy, that is the question

For IT leaders who need to move fast without breaking governance. If you’re running IT for a bank, a SaaS company, or a Higher education institution, you’re carrying a brutal balancing act on your shoulders. On one side, your developers are pushing for autonomy, velocity, and the freedom to ship. On the other hand, you’re on the hook for governance, compliance, security, cost controls, and now that AI has entered the chat, innovation at scale.

Connecting the future of aviation information exchange in Asia Pacific

Aviation across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Middle East (MID) regions continues to rebound and modernise, bringing new pressures on airlines, airports and air navigation service providers (ANSPs). This increase in air traffic, more complex airspace and the need for safer, more efficient operations mean that seamless, secure information exchange across borders is essential.