F5 integrates AI Guardrails into MuleSoft Agent Fabric
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The rollout will reach paid ChatGPT tiers and developer channels after early testing showed faster task completion, stronger coding and tighter safeguards.
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Indonesia's businesses and public bodies could gain stronger protection as Telkom adopts CrowdStrike's Falcon platform and co-develops AI security services.
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Altimetrik wins AWS generative AI specialisation
Enterprises want production-grade AI with stronger governance, and AWS validation may help Altimetrik win more deployment work.
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Hitachi Vantara posts 32% Asia Pacific revenue growth
Asia Pacific buyers are replacing ageing storage to ready data systems for AI, helping Hitachi Vantara lift product revenue 52% in the region.
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