📍 That’s a wrap on Avalara CRUSH 2026! @TechstrongGroup was on the ground at Avalara’s premier annual conference for finance, tax and technology leaders, held September 22–24 at the Omni Fort Lauderdale in Florida. Throughout the event, our team sat down with industry leaders and technology experts for a packed lineup of interviews, including a conversation with @avalara CEO @HugoSarrazin. The discussions explored how AI, automation and emerging technologies are changing tax and compliance, along with what finance and technology leaders should be preparing for next. ▶️ Stay tuned as our exclusive interviews and coverage from Avalara CRUSH 2026 roll out on @TechstrongTV. #AvalaraCRUSH #Techstrong #TaxTechnology #AI #Automation

AI ambition is easy. Turning it into measurable value is where the real work begins. Join @RedHat’s virtual event, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺: 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦, for a practical look at how open architecture, accelerated computing and a strong partner ecosystem can support enterprise AI in production. The agenda brings together perspectives from @RedHat, @nvidia, @Dell and @TechstrongGroup on: 🔹 The current state of enterprise AI 🔹 Building an open foundation while keeping technology choices flexible 🔹 The AI Factory in action with Red Hat, NVIDIA and Dell Technologies 🔹 AI sovereignty and maintaining control 🔹 Partner solutions designed for real-world AI workloads 📅 October 15, 2026 🕦 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. SGT 💻 Virtual event See how organizations can connect AI strategy with the infrastructure, platforms and ecosystem needed to deliver measurable outcomes. Register here: bit.ly/3TlaoqX #EnterpriseAI #AIInfrastructure #RedHat #NVIDIA

What is the cost of keeping AI and enterprise data separated? For organizations interviewed by Futurum Research that recently migrated to BigQuery from other cloud data platforms, respondents reported an average 21% reduction in TCO and 32% decrease in operational overhead within the first few quarters. The findings point to a broader infrastructure question: how much complexity comes from moving data between disconnected storage, compute and AI environments? New research from Futurum Research, in partnership with @googlecloud, explores how a more integrated approach can reduce infrastructure debt and support agentic AI. 📑 Download the report: 👉 bit.ly/4hyisxE #AgenticAI #CloudComputing #DataInfrastructure #GoogleCloud

Enterprises are planning for agentic AI. The next question is whether their data environments are ready to support it. Futurum Research found that 74.2% of large enterprise technology leaders have a well-formed plan for using agentic AI to achieve measurable operational efficiencies. Turning those plans into reliable execution requires more than adding agents to existing infrastructure. It requires timely business context, governed access to data and an architecture designed to support continuous decision-making. See what that foundation could look like in new research from Futurum Research and @googlecloud. 📑 Download the report: 👉 bit.ly/4hyisxE #AgenticAI #DataInfrastructure #EnterpriseAI #GoogleCloud

DevOps Experience 2026 starts tomorrow. If you haven’t registered yet, this is your last chance to join a full day focused on the questions defining DevOps in the agentic AI era. Across 12+ sessions, practitioners and technology leaders will explore agentic AI, platform engineering, DevSecOps, incident response, software delivery, security, and the infrastructure required to put AI to work responsibly. 📅 Tomorrow, September 24 ⏰ 8:45 AM–3 PM ET 💻 Free virtual event 🎥 On-demand recordings available to registered attendees within 24 hours Registration closes tonight, and your join link will be delivered by email. There’s still time to register: bit.ly/4ySwKA0 #DevOps #AgenticAI #DevSecOps #PlatformEngineering

Agentic AI depends on more than powerful models. It also needs fast, governed access to the right enterprise data. New Futurum Research, developed in partnership with @googlecloud, examines how data gravity and infrastructure debt can add latency, cost and operational complexity as organizations expand their use of AI. The report explores how an Agentic Data Cloud can reduce unnecessary data movement and give AI systems access to the real-time context they need. 📑 Download the report: 👉 bit.ly/4hyisxE #AgenticAI #DataCloud #EnterpriseAI #GoogleCloud

The AI stack many organizations operate today is being assembled one model, framework, and orchestration layer at a time. Each decision can introduce dependencies that become harder to unwind later. At DevOps Experience 2026, @mitchellashley, VP & Practice Lead, Software Lifecycle Engineering at @TheFuturumGroup, will examine how teams can evaluate whether their AI stack actually supports their goals or whether those goals are starting to bend around the technology already in place. He’ll explore where lock-in can hide, how speed can come at the expense of observability and control, and how to distinguish an AI stack that compounds value from one that compounds cost and risk. 📅 September 24, 2026 ⏰ 2:30 PM ET 💻 Free virtual event Register today: bit.ly/4ySwKA0 #AIStack #DevOps #AgenticAI #SoftwareEngineering

Production AI agents require structured lifecycle controls to support reliability, governance, security, and consistent deployment. At DevOps Experience 2026, Arun Pandiyan Perumal, Site Reliability Engineer at @Adobe, will explore a Kubernetes-native architecture for managing AI agent infrastructure through GitOps-driven continuous delivery. He’ll cover configuration as code, versioning, automated validation, declarative manifests, pull-based reconciliation, drift detection, policy guardrails, observability, and rollback strategies. The session also examines how tools such as Argo CD, LangGraph, and LangSmith can support standardized agent build, deployment, debugging, and monitoring workflows. 📅 September 24, 2026 ⏰ 2:00 PM ET 💻 Free virtual event Register today: bit.ly/4ySwKA0 #AgenticAI #Kubernetes #GitOps #SRE

Faster remediation does not necessarily translate into lower security risk. At DevOps Experience 2026, @TessaMero, Director of Developer Advocacy, Application Security at @Checkmarx, will examine a growing disconnect between remediation speed and the number of unresolved critical vulnerabilities. She’ll unpack the industry data behind the trend, explain why teams can close findings faster while critical risk continues to accumulate, and highlight warning signs that traditional security dashboards may fail to surface. 📅 September 24, 2026 ⏰ 2:00 PM ET 💻 Free virtual event Register today: bit.ly/4ySwKA0 #AppSec #DevSecOps #Cybersecurity #SoftwareSecurity

AI automation is redefining where critical DevOps work happens and how much direct involvement developers have in the process. At DevOps Experience 2026, JP Morgenthal, Sr. AI Advisor for AI Native Engineering at @wwt_inc, will examine six core DevOps disciplines: code review, testing, security scanning, infrastructure as code, incident response, and release management. The discussion will look at how responsibilities change when automated systems handle more decisions continuously, and what that means for threshold-setting, exception handling, supervision, and maintaining enough hands-on expertise to recognize when automation gets it wrong. 📅 September 24, 2026 ⏰ 1:30 PM ET 💻 Free virtual event Register today: bit.ly/4ySwKA0 #DevOps #AgenticAI #SoftwareEngineering #AIAutomation

AI-generated code is increasing development output, but the rest of the software delivery system has not always kept pace. At DevOps Experience 2026, @LoreliCadapan, VP of Product Management at @CloudBees, will examine what happens when AI accelerates code creation faster than review, testing, release, and validation processes can adapt. The session will draw on data from Global 2000 engineering organizations, including a striking gap: 92% of teams say they are confident their AI-generated code is production ready, while 81% report more production issues since adopting it. Loreli will explore where that disconnect shows up across the software factory and what teams need to rethink as AI increases the volume moving through delivery pipelines. 📅 September 24, 2026 ⏰ 1:30 PM ET 💻 Free virtual event Register today: bit.ly/4ySwKA0 #DevOps #SoftwareDelivery #AI #PlatformEngineering

The future of quantum security is being shaped by people. Help recognize the innovators, researchers and leaders moving the field forward. Quantum Security 25, presented by @TechstrongGroup in collaboration with @digicert, celebrates the people driving progress in quantum computing and security. Nominate a colleague, peer or industry leader: quantumsecurity25.com #QuantumSecurity25 #QuantumComputing #PostQuantumCryptography

AI infrastructure decisions carry significant implications for cost, operational complexity, and access to critical compute resources. At DevOps Experience 2026, @zehicle, Founder and CEO of @rackngo, will examine why enterprises are considering hybrid AI strategies and self-managed infrastructure as alternatives to relying entirely on frontier LLM providers. He’ll share practical guidance on evaluating self-hosted AI and address what changes operationally when teams manage their own systems, including lifecycle management, patching cadence, process controls, and heterogeneous infrastructure. 📅 September 24, 2026 ⏰ 12:30 PM ET 💻 Free virtual event Register today: bit.ly/4ySwKA0 #AIInfrastructure #HybridAI #DevOps #EnterpriseAI

AI agents, MCP servers, IDE extensions, and skills add new components to the software supply chain and introduce risks that traditional governance processes may not fully address. At DevOps Experience 2026, Nir Peleg, Field CISO at @jfrog, will examine the security challenges created by the agentic SDLC, including autonomous actions, software assembled from more sources, and gaps between governance controls and the software supply chain itself. He’ll also discuss an approach to trusted software that connects people, agents, applications, builds and artifacts, and policies through a unified system of record. 📅 September 24, 2026 ⏰ 10:00 AM ET 💻 Free virtual event Register today: bit.ly/4ySwKA0 #SoftwareSupplyChain #DevSecOps #AgenticAI #Security

Release engineering is under growing pressure to deliver faster without sacrificing predictability, reliability, or control. At DevOps Experience 2026, Deepak Chopra, Director Product Development at @BMCSoftware, will explore how AI can bring more intelligence into the release lifecycle by continuously analyzing code changes, pipeline signals, test outcomes, and operational feedback. The session will look at how adaptive quality gates, early anomaly detection, and predictive insights can help teams identify potential failures before they reach production. Deepak will also examine how AI can reduce manual triage, shorten feedback loops, and improve coordination across development, testing, and operations. 📅 September 24, 2026 ⏰ 12:00 PM ET 💻 Free virtual event Register today: bit.ly/4ySwKA0 #DevOps #ReleaseEngineering #AI #SoftwareDelivery

Agentic AI can only operate safely when the systems around it provide trustworthy context, clear expectations, and a verifiable record of every action. At DevOps Experience 2026, Dadisi Sanyika, CEO and Governing Board Chair of the @CDeliveryFdn, will examine how delivery events can be validated and signed before an AI agent is allowed to act on them. Using Conduit, the CDF’s open-source orchestration platform, the session will show how agents can operate inside a controlled execution environment, consume only verified events, and produce an auditable record tied back to human-authored expectations. The focus is not simply on making agents smarter, but on creating the trusted delivery infrastructure needed to support autonomous action safely. 📅 September 24, 2026 ⏰ 12:00 PM ET 💻 Free virtual event Register today: bit.ly/4ySwKA0 #AgenticAI #ContinuousDelivery #DevOps #AIGovernance

In the Agentic AI race, everyone’s picking a winner. Before you pick yours, ask @patrickdebois. The “Godfather of DevOps” and founder of DevOpsDays joins @mitchellashley, VP & Practice Lead, Software Lifecycle Engineering at @TheFuturumGroup, for a live Ask Me Anything at DevOps Experience 2026. No slides. No scripted presentation. Just a live conversation and your questions on Agentic AI, DevOps and where the industry is headed next. 📅 September 24, 2026 ⏰ 11:30 AM ET 💻 Free and virtual Save your spot: buff.ly/47Xhgnq #DevOps #DevOpsExperience2026 #AgenticAI #AMA #Techstrong

🏆 Nominations are officially open for the 10th Annual DevOps Dozen Awards. For a decade, the DevOps Dozen has recognized the people, projects, tools and platforms making an impact on software delivery. This year features 24 award categories across two divisions: 🔹 9 Community Awards — free to enter 🔹 15 Tools & Services Awards — $300 per nomination Know a leader, team, project or solution that deserves recognition? Send in your nomination. 📅 Nominations close October 18, 2026 at 5 PM ET. 👉 Submit your nomination: devopsdozen.com #DevOps #DevOpsDozen2026 #DevOpsAwards #SoftwareDelivery