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October 2026
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Columns - DBA Corner
"Vibe coding" is the latest term making the rounds in the world of application development. The basic idea is simple enough: Instead of painstakingly writing every line of code manually, developers describe what they want to an AI coding assistant, review what it produces, adjust, and keep going. Development becomes more conversational, iterative, and, at least theoretically, faster.
Columns - SQL Server Drill Down
Today's enterprises have adopted AI with one promise in mind: efficiency. In the mindset of most IT leaders, efficiency equals simpler workflows, easier data access, faster results, and lighter burdens for IT teams. Unfortunately, according to a recent IT trends study, 71% of IT professionals report AI is actually making their role more demanding. Although AI has proven its ability to fast-track individual tasks, attaching AI technology to legacy processes has revealed a trap hidden under that promised simplicity.
Columns - Emerging Technologies
For more than 2 decades, job boards have been the default digital marketplace for talent. They promised efficiency, reach, and democratized access to opportunity. Yet in 2026, as organizations accelerate toward AI-driven workforce strategies, one truth has become impossible to ignore: Job boards are not database-intelligent. And that limitation is costing employers time, money, and competitive advantage.
MV Community
For distributors and manufacturers evaluating whether to modernize, the question is rarely "What will a new platform cost?" The better question is: "What is our current platform already costing us?" Kore Commerce is an ERP-integrated, customizable eCommerce platform built specifically for distributors and manufacturers. It integrates natively with Epicor (Eclipse, Kinetic, P21, and Prelude), DDI Inform, UniData/UniVerse, Infor, Oracle JD Edwards, NetSuite, and Microsoft Dynamics through Kore Integrate, a bi-directional data integration and warehousing platform.