Ally Gentry

Author: Ally Gentry

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Ally Gentry

Ally brings a unique blend of creativity, organization, and communication expertise to Efficiently Connected. As Marketing Specialist, she manages projects across the practice, supports content and coverage initiatives, and serves as the go-to resource for demand generation programs. With a Master’s degree in Linguistics and a Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Ally combines strong analytical skills with a deep understanding of messaging and audience engagement. Her work ensures that research and insights reach the right stakeholders in impactful and accessible ways.

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AI, Application Development, Automation, Customer Experience

AI Agent Readiness: How Liveops Lifted Sales 57%

by Paul Nashawaty, Ally Gentry June 2, 2026 0

Liveops has released results showing AI simulation-certified agents outperformed prior cohorts by up to 57% in sales conversions in their first 30 days. The LiveNexus... Read more.

AI, Application Development, Edge Computing, Open Source

Ainekko’s Open Edge AI Silicon Joins OpenHW Foundation

by Paul Nashawaty, Ally Gentry June 2, 2026 0

Ainekko has donated its CORE-ET Silicon Platform to the OpenHW Foundation, placing open RISC-V AI inference hardware under neutral governance. The move signals a... Read more.

AI, Application Development, Automation, Enterprise Software

The CMS Is Now Enterprise Infrastructure: 2026 Research

by Paul Nashawaty, Ally Gentry May 28, 2026 0

Liferay's 2026 Digital Content Management Report reveals that 60% of organizations share their primary content tool across three or more teams, and 86% use AI in... Read more.

AI, Application Development, DevOps, Events, Google I/O 2026, Software Development

Google I/O 2026 Wrap-Up: Structural Silicon, Ambient Infrastructure, and the Reality of World Modeling

by Ally Gentry May 22, 2026 0

Inside the architectural shifts at Google I/O 2026: From Gemini 3.5 and Omni world models to Antigravity 2.0 and ambient computing frameworks.... Read more.

AI, Application Development, Dell Tech World, Enterprise Software, Events, Infrastructure

Dell PowerStore Elite: What the AI Data Center Refresh Really Means

by Ally Gentry, Paul Nashawaty May 21, 2026 0

Dell Technologies unveiled PowerStore Elite, eleven new PowerEdge servers, and agentic automation tools at Dell Technologies World 2026. The announcements signal... Read more.

AI, Application Development, DevOps, Enterprise Software, Events, Google I/O 2026, Machine Learning

Google I/O 2026: Search Becomes an Agentic AI Canvas

by Paul Nashawaty, Ally Gentry May 20, 2026 0

At Google I/O 2026, Google replaced its 25-year-old search interface with a stateful, agentic AI canvas powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash. The announcement introduces... Read more.

AI, Application Development, DevOps, Events, Google I/O 2026, Machine Learning

Google I/O 2026: Gemini Spark and the Consumer AI Agent Era

by Paul Nashawaty, Ally Gentry May 20, 2026 0

At Google I/O 2026, Google introduced Gemini Spark, a 24/7 cloud-hosted consumer AI agent capable of executing multi-application tasks autonomously in the background.... Read more.

AI, Application Development, Automation, Cloud, Events, Google I/O 2026

Google I/O 2026: UCP and AP2 Define Agentic Commerce

by Paul Nashawaty, Ally Gentry May 20, 2026 0

At Google I/O 2026, Google introduced the Universal Commerce Protocol, Agent Payments Protocol, and Universal Card to serve as the transaction infrastructure for... Read more.

AI, Application Development, Cloud, Enterprise IT Strategy, Events, Google I/O 2026, Infrastructure

Google I/O 2026: Gemini Omni and the Rise of World Modeling

by Paul Nashawaty, Ally Gentry May 20, 2026 0

At Google I/O 2026, Google unveiled Gemini Omni and eighth-generation TPUs, signaling a shift from text-based AI to native multi-modal world modeling. The announcement... Read more.

Dell AI Factory 2026: On-Premises Agentic AI at Enterprise Scale

AI, Application Development, Dell Tech World, Enterprise IT Strategy, Events, Infrastructure

Dell Technologies World 2026: On-Premises Agentic AI at Enterprise Scale

by Paul Nashawaty, Ally Gentry May 19, 2026 0

Dell Technologies announced a broad expansion of the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA at Dell Technologies World 2026, centering on local agentic AI infrastructure, AI-ready... Read more.