Melinda Ballou
@melindaballou.bsky.social
Software Industry Analyst, IDC Research Director Agile ALM, Quality & Portfolio Strategies, musician, mom, meditator, gardener, writer, hiker; 35 years in IT research/analysis w/ focus on software life cycle, collaboration, work management, process change
#ZohoDay25 concluded after 2 days including announcement of Zia Agents, Zia Agent Studio & Agent Marketplace expanding Zia strategy. Excellent chance to connect with Zoho execs, other analysts & discuss emerging Zoho platform, need for AI governance, quality, agent verification, LLM diversity.
February 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
#ZohoDay25 concluded after 2 days including announcement of Zia Agents, Zia Agent Studio & Agent Marketplace expanding Zia strategy. Excellent chance to connect with Zoho execs, other analysts & discuss emerging Zoho platform, need for AI governance, quality, agent verification, LLM diversity.
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Microsoft Chair and CEO Satya Nadella announces a full line of Agents coming to Microsoft 365; part of this week's announcements at #MicrosoftIgnite
November 19, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Microsoft Chair and CEO Satya Nadella announces a full line of Agents coming to Microsoft 365; part of this week's announcements at #MicrosoftIgnite
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Microsoft's Nicole Herskowitz introduces Copilot Analytics, now GA, at #MicrosoftIgnite. Will it measure Return on AI?
November 19, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Microsoft's Nicole Herskowitz introduces Copilot Analytics, now GA, at #MicrosoftIgnite. Will it measure Return on AI?
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#Collaboration, communities, integrations and AI are moving our metrics from the industrial era to the AI era. They are both human-centric and tech powered and featured in the IDC Future of Work FutureScape: www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?c... (Subscribers)
November 21, 2024 at 3:40 PM
#Collaboration, communities, integrations and AI are moving our metrics from the industrial era to the AI era. They are both human-centric and tech powered and featured in the IDC Future of Work FutureScape: www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?c... (Subscribers)
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Great article on some current happenings in software supply chain security feat. Some commentary and data from yours truly. www.techtarget.com/searchitoper...
IT pros revise pipelines for software supply chain security | TechTarget
KubeCon speakers discussed retrofitting CI/CD pipelines with software supply chain security tools, but the market is fragmented and, at times, confusing.
www.techtarget.com
November 21, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Great article on some current happenings in software supply chain security feat. Some commentary and data from yours truly. www.techtarget.com/searchitoper...