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RAG and Agentic AI shape how intelligent systems interact with data and users. RAG enhances LLMs by retrieving external information to improve accuracy and contextual relevance, while Agentic AI introduces autonomy, decision-making, and adaptability into AI-driven workflows. Agentic RAG combines the power of both, transforming RAG into a multi-step, autonomous, complex process that can self-improve.

The latest version of Kong Mesh brings an improved provisioning experience and streamlined management of policies — plus user interface enhancements to elevate your experience deploying and managing Kong Mesh. Built on top of Kuma, Kong Mesh is a service mesh designed to provide security, observability, and traffic control across modern, distributed applications.

Info-Tech has released its 2025 Data Quadrant Report, which recognizes the best in technology solutions. Every year, Info-Tech evaluates top-performing software solutions based on authentic user reviews. Evaluating feedback from 3,433 users, this year’s report turned its focus toward business intelligence (BI) and analytics solutions that drive better decision-making for customers.

For our first Release in 2025, we have cooked up more precise performance insights for you and can now, with Automatic Bottleneck Detection, serve you bottlenecks on a silver platter including recipes on how to fix them. Work on several improvements, like Native Worker Support in the PHP Extension, has kept us busy over the winter. A series of instrumentation improvements has chased away the winter blues and is now making way for a spring full of user-friendliness.

On March 3, 2025, we released version 25.03 of our product analytics platform, delivering a focused set of updates that refine how we handle data, improve our user interface, and expand compatibility with cutting-edge technologies. While our major new functionality—Journeys and Content Builder—was already introduced in a separate article (read it here), this release brings additional enhancements worth exploring.

DreamFactory is back with a game-changing update—DreamFactory v7! This release introduces powerful new capabilities, improved performance, and enhanced security, ensuring that developers and businesses can manage their APIs more efficiently than ever.

At Confluent, we’re committed to building the world's leading data streaming platform, which gives you the ability to stream, connect, process, and govern all of your data, and make it available wherever it’s needed—however it’s needed—in real time. Today, we're excited to announce the release of Confluent Platform 7.9! This release builds upon Apache Kafka 3.9, reinforcing our core capabilities as a data streaming platform.