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Looking back at 2025, we can’t help but smile. More than just breakthrough technology, this year was defined by incredible collaboration. From the energy at our biggest HAProxyConf ever to the daily feedback that keeps us sharp, your engagement drives every innovation. We tackled some heavy lifting this year, but seeing how those solutions are already making a real difference for your infrastructure made it all worthwhile.

In this special holiday episode of The Intelligent Enterprise, host Tom Stoneman takes a step back from the day-to-day pace of enterprise life to look at where AI has been in 2025 and where it might be heading next. To do it, he sits down with his colleague VS Joshi, Global Head of Product Marketing at Digitate, for a year-end retrospective and a 2026 outlook.

Learn how to securely download and manage Kafka certificates using Aiven for Apache Kafka. In this demo, we’ll walk you through locating your service certificates in the Aiven Console, downloading them safely, as well as using them to authenticate Kafka clients and ensure encrypted communication. We also cover best practices for certificate management to keep your data streaming infrastructure secure and compliant.

Everyone says AI defined IT in 2025, but the real change was complexity. Every department leaned harder on technology, and IT felt the pressure. In this clip, we break down what actually changed.

In this episode of Agents of IT, Sean Heuer, Resolve CCO, and Ari Stowe, Resolve COO, look back on 2025 and share their unfiltered hot takes on what really defined the year in IT. Yes, AI dominated every keynote and conference slide. But they dig deeper into what actually changed inside organizations. As more departments leaned on technology in new ways, IT teams faced a sharp increase in complexity, tooling sprawl, and operational pressure. The conversation explores how this shift reshaped IT’s role, stretched existing models, and set the stage for what comes next.

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Effective communication is essential for IT operations. In Alloy Navigator, everything happens in one place, directly within tickets and workflows, keeping everyone informed and helping teams get things done faster. AI writing assistance makes messages clear, professional, and actionable. All communication in one place Faster ticket resolution Clear, professional messages with AI assistance Reduced misunderstandings and errors Teams stay aligned and informed.

This video demonstrates how the OnPage + Freshservice integration helps IT and support teams respond faster to urgent incidents and critical tickets—without changing their existing Freshservice workflows. Freshservice is often the system of record for incidents and service requests, but dashboards and email alerts aren’t always reliable when something requires immediate, human acknowledgment, especially after hours. That’s where OnPage comes in.

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What do you answer if someone asks you, “Hey, wanna play video games in space?” Of course, you say "Yes!" This is the story of that project. Ólafur Waage explains how he got involved in the project of playing DOOM in space. This clip is from his talk, “DOOM in space,” delivered at Ubuntu Summit 25.10.