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Today, we’re announcing that Kong has acquired OpenMeter, the open source and SaaS leader for real-time usage metering and billing. OpenMeter’s capabilities will be integrated into Kong Konnect, enabling usage-based pricing, entitlements, and invoicing for APIs, events, and AI workloads. This is a huge milestone for Kong, and we’re excited about what this means for our customers and the future of how you build and scale revenue-generating digital products for the agentic AI era.

You didn’t miss a requirement. You just built a strategy for the wrong kind of system.

Agentic AI is transforming how businesses operate by enabling systems to handle complex tasks autonomously. Instead of relying on constant human input, these AI systems break down high-level goals into smaller tasks, make decisions independently, and improve continuously through feedback. Here's what you need to know: Key Features: Autonomously manage workflows and processes. Handle multi-step decision-making and problem-solving. Learn and adapt based on performance data.

The rise of Model Context Protocol (MCP) has given AI agents and large language models (LLMs) a standardized way to talk to external tools, APIs, and data sources. In theory, it solves the messy integrations and custom connectors that have slowed down real-world agent adoption. A clean protocol should mean smooth interoperability. However, we’re observing certain patterns of fragmentation. Each MCP server runs in isolation. Agents have to handle multiple connections.

Integrating AI into enterprise systems is a high-wire act: you must deliver value quickly—without breaking security, compliance, or scalability. This guide distills security-first patterns CISOs can operationalize immediately: zero-trust for every AI interaction, least-privilege RBAC, end-to-end encryption and secret management, auditable-by-default pipelines, and a platform approach that minimizes custom code and speeds delivery. Bottom line: Treat AI like any external, untrusted client.

APIs have become the backbone of modern software architecture—but building and securing them is often harder than it should be. Developers today are expected to expose dozens of data sources as clean, secure, and compliant APIs—fast. From managing authentication to documenting endpoints and enforcing governance, the traditional approach to API integration comes with friction, delay, and technical debt.

So we have all been hearing a lot about AI lately. Everyone is talking about ChatGPT, OpenAI, Claude, image generation, and now there is a new trend about “Agentic AI.“ I know it is getting confusing with all these fancy terms flying around us. Let me break it down for you in simple terms. You can think of this as your friendly guide to understanding the two biggest players in the AI game right now!

Discover how Cisco is transforming its global data strategy to drive faster decisions, accelerate AI innovation, and scale globally — all while maintaining enterprise-grade security and control.

If you’d like to try Yellowfin for yourself, go ahead and request a free trial. Generative AI has made it easier than ever to analyze data with plain English. You’ve probably seen dozens of videos showing how to use ChatGPT for data analysis — upload a CSV, ask a question, and get a chart. But I wanted to see how that stacks up against Yellowfin, which is designed for analytics from the ground up.