Jay Nichols
@jayfishsf.bsky.social
Comms pro for B2B tech including #5G, #IoT, #cloud, networking, telecom, #AI, #datacenter, #cybersecurity, #opensource, and #DevOps. Lover of music, wine, and thou.
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Salesforce has come up with the most credible threat yet to ServiceNow, and Benioff is crowing about it
Salesforce has come up with the most credible threat yet to ServiceNow, and Benioff is crowing about it
Some within the CRM giant balked, but Benioff prevailed
ServiceNow’s dominant spot among IT service management (ITSM) platforms is facing its “most credible” threat to date, as longtime platform rival Salesforce has rolled out an AI agent-powered product that has won early plaudits from one of the largest credit unions in the US.…
dlvr.it
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Salesforce has come up with the most credible threat yet to ServiceNow, and Benioff is crowing about it
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Nuzzi was accused last month of having an affair with a second politician twice her age she was reporting on.
RFK Jr.’s ‘Digital Lover’ Out of Another Job Amid Fresh Allegations
Her only published work in the magazine has been an excerpt of her memoir.
trib.al
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Nuzzi was accused last month of having an affair with a second politician twice her age she was reporting on.
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Claude the albino alligator is dead
My story with @aidinvaziri.bsky.social
Lots of cool facts from biologists I've interviewed. Claude knew his name & briefly had a pit-mate named "Bonnie." Most common question from guests: "Is he real?"
RIP to an SF icon
🐊 😢
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
My story with @aidinvaziri.bsky.social
Lots of cool facts from biologists I've interviewed. Claude knew his name & briefly had a pit-mate named "Bonnie." Most common question from guests: "Is he real?"
RIP to an SF icon
🐊 😢
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Claude, San Francisco’s beloved albino alligator, dies at 30
Claude, the California Academy of Sciences’ rare albino alligator and one of San Francisco’s most recognizable residents, has died at age 30.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Claude the albino alligator is dead
My story with @aidinvaziri.bsky.social
Lots of cool facts from biologists I've interviewed. Claude knew his name & briefly had a pit-mate named "Bonnie." Most common question from guests: "Is he real?"
RIP to an SF icon
🐊 😢
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
My story with @aidinvaziri.bsky.social
Lots of cool facts from biologists I've interviewed. Claude knew his name & briefly had a pit-mate named "Bonnie." Most common question from guests: "Is he real?"
RIP to an SF icon
🐊 😢
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
PR 101 people - if you don't want people to read a story you believe is negative, maybe don't have a dozen of the most scrutinized/quoted tech executives in the world discuss it publicly - NYT piece on SF tech mogul provokes wave of anger from Bay Area allies www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
NYT piece on SF tech mogul provokes wave of anger from Bay Area allies
The Times wrote about Sacks. He called it a "hoax factory."
www.sfgate.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
PR 101 people - if you don't want people to read a story you believe is negative, maybe don't have a dozen of the most scrutinized/quoted tech executives in the world discuss it publicly - NYT piece on SF tech mogul provokes wave of anger from Bay Area allies www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
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AI cloud operator Lambda raises $1.5B+ to build data centers siliconangle.com/2025/11/18/a...
AI cloud operator Lambda raises $1.5B+ to build data centers - SiliconANGLE
AI cloud operator Lambda raises $1.5B+ to build data centers - SiliconANGLE
siliconangle.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
AI cloud operator Lambda raises $1.5B+ to build data centers siliconangle.com/2025/11/18/a...
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Retailers use marketing techniques to get you to spend more, like creating a false sense of urgency or creating artificial discounts. Outsmart the gimmicks with these tips. n.pr/4irpN0W
4 marketing tricks to not fall for this holiday season
Retailers use marketing techniques to get you to spend more, like creating a false sense of urgency or creating artificial discounts. Outsmart the gimmicks with these tips.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Retailers use marketing techniques to get you to spend more, like creating a false sense of urgency or creating artificial discounts. Outsmart the gimmicks with these tips. n.pr/4irpN0W
Interesting take on the potential pitfalls of #AgenticAI - www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Agentic AI Could Improve Everything or Cascade Into Doom
After days of chaos, hundreds of deaths and trillions of dollars wiped off stock markets, the Great Agentic Cascade of July 2028 turned out to have begun much like the great internet outages of Octobe...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Interesting take on the potential pitfalls of #AgenticAI - www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Kevin Stefanski announced Shedeur Sanders will get his second start on Sunday when the Cleveland #Browns host the San Francisco 49ers. The latest in Berea from Fred Greetham --> 247sports.com/nfl/clevelan...
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Kevin Stefanski announced Shedeur Sanders will get his second start on Sunday when the Cleveland #Browns host the San Francisco 49ers. The latest in Berea from Fred Greetham --> 247sports.com/nfl/clevelan...
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I warned that private equity taking over Walgreens would be bad for workers.
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
Report: Walgreens cuts hourly workers’ pay for 6 major holidays
The hourly employees will only be paid if they work on those holidays.
www.whio.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I warned that private equity taking over Walgreens would be bad for workers.
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.
Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?
#NaaS startup Meter unveiled new #wireless access points, switches, firewalls, and cellular gateways, all of which run identical firmware. www.networkworld.com/article/4093...
Meter ups its NaaS portfolio with new hardware, autonomous operations
NaaS startup Meter unveiled new wireless access points, switches, firewalls, and cellular gateways, all of which run identical firmware.
www.networkworld.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
#NaaS startup Meter unveiled new #wireless access points, switches, firewalls, and cellular gateways, all of which run identical firmware. www.networkworld.com/article/4093...
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3 things you need to know about Gemini 3:
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
3 things you need to know about Gemini 3:
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Intuit partners with OpenAI in $100M deal to integrate its finance applications with ChatGPT siliconangle.com/2025/11/18/i...
Intuit partners with OpenAI in $100M deal to integrate its finance applications with ChatGPT - SiliconANGLE
Intuit partners with OpenAI in $100M deal to integrate its finance applications with ChatGPT - SiliconANGLE
siliconangle.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Intuit partners with OpenAI in $100M deal to integrate its finance applications with ChatGPT siliconangle.com/2025/11/18/i...
StarlingX cranks open-source cloud network infrastructure to 11. www.networkworld.com/article/4090...
StarlingX 11.0 addresses edge security, IPv4 exhaustion for massive deployments
StarlingX cranks open-source cloud network infrastructure to 11.
www.networkworld.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
StarlingX cranks open-source cloud network infrastructure to 11. www.networkworld.com/article/4090...
Networking startup Meter takes a page from the Steve Jobs playbook
Networking startup Meter takes a page from the Steve Jobs playbook
Vertical integration meets subscriptions
"We love moving packets," declared Anil Varanasi, CEO and co-founder of Meter, on a stage overlooking San Francisco Bay at the networking startup's annual networking event. He continued, "This crowd probably knows this intimately, but everything in the world is packets. Regardless of what type of work you do, it is just packets all the way down."…
dlvr.it
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Lots to share from #networking #startup Meter today. If you're interested in how #AI is being implemented in today's #enterprise networks, read this - www.fierce-network.com/wireless/met...
Meter makes a name for itself – without the annoying AI hype
Meter aims to change the way local area networks are built and managedDuring its MeterUp event in San Francisco today, it’s announcing a number of initiatives | Make no mistake: Meter uses AI, but it'...
www.fierce-network.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Lots to share from #networking #startup Meter today. If you're interested in how #AI is being implemented in today's #enterprise networks, read this - www.fierce-network.com/wireless/met...
Interesting on Cursor's new round, #VSCode, #OpenVSC and @eclipse.org - redmonk.com/jgovernor/on... #opensource
On Cursor, Erich Gamma, VS Code forks and the surprising role of the Eclipse Foundation
I was writing this post today when the news dropped that Cursor has just raised a new round. > We’re pleased to announce a new round of financing: our Series D of $2.3B at a $29.3B post-money valuat...
redmonk.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Interesting on Cursor's new round, #VSCode, #OpenVSC and @eclipse.org - redmonk.com/jgovernor/on... #opensource
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Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal’s Al startup Parallel raises $100 million siliconangle.com/2025/11/12/f...
Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal’s Al startup Parallel raises $100 million - SiliconANGLE
Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal’s Al startup Parallel raises $100 million - SiliconANGLE
siliconangle.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal’s Al startup Parallel raises $100 million siliconangle.com/2025/11/12/f...
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This Week in Enterprise: Despite big AI infrastructure deals, investors get nervous about the payoff siliconangle.com/2025/11/07/d...
Despite big AI infrastructure deals, investors get nervous about the payoff - SiliconANGLE
Despite big AI infrastructure deals, investors get nervous about the payoff - SiliconANGLE
siliconangle.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This Week in Enterprise: Despite big AI infrastructure deals, investors get nervous about the payoff siliconangle.com/2025/11/07/d...
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This was a great interview by Manny Yekutiel www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
OpenAI's Sam Altman defends Bay Area billionaire when grilled over wealth gap
Their interviewer asked: "Couldn't you make it better?"
www.sfgate.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This was a great interview by Manny Yekutiel www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
If you're at all interested in #AI, #Java, and/or #opensource, read this ... You Don’t Need to Start Over: How Java Powers the Next Wave of Agentic AI techstrong.ai/techstrong-c...
You Don’t Need to Start Over: How Java Powers the Next Wave of Agentic AI - Techstrong.ai
Organizations that embrace this hybrid, interoperable approach will not only unlock the full potential of agentic AI.
techstrong.ai
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If you're at all interested in #AI, #Java, and/or #opensource, read this ... You Don’t Need to Start Over: How Java Powers the Next Wave of Agentic AI techstrong.ai/techstrong-c...
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Datadog shares jump 23% on strong earnings results siliconangle.com/2025/11/06/d...
Datadog shares jump 23% on strong earnings results - SiliconANGLE
Datadog shares jump 23% on strong earnings results - SiliconANGLE
siliconangle.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Datadog shares jump 23% on strong earnings results siliconangle.com/2025/11/06/d...
@thenewstack.io delivers an amazing feature on #opensource #AgenticAI - thenewstack.io/eclipse-open...
Eclipse Opens Up Enterprise AI Agent Development With ADL
Agent Definition Language lets users define AI behavior without coding, challenging the Python-dominated enterprise AI stack with an option for JVM shops.
thenewstack.io
October 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
@thenewstack.io delivers an amazing feature on #opensource #AgenticAI - thenewstack.io/eclipse-open...
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Thanks for watching @Stephen.Fosketts.net present #FuturumSignal at AI Field Day! #AIFD7 Videos will be posted soon to YouTube.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/techfieldday
@TechFieldDay.com #TheFuturumGroup #AIFD7 #AI #AgenticAI #GenAI #FuturumIntelligence
YouTube: www.youtube.com/techfieldday
@TechFieldDay.com #TheFuturumGroup #AIFD7 #AI #AgenticAI #GenAI #FuturumIntelligence
October 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Thanks for watching @Stephen.Fosketts.net present #FuturumSignal at AI Field Day! #AIFD7 Videos will be posted soon to YouTube.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/techfieldday
@TechFieldDay.com #TheFuturumGroup #AIFD7 #AI #AgenticAI #GenAI #FuturumIntelligence
YouTube: www.youtube.com/techfieldday
@TechFieldDay.com #TheFuturumGroup #AIFD7 #AI #AgenticAI #GenAI #FuturumIntelligence