Enterprise IT Strategy

GitLab 18.11: Duo Agents, CI Automation, and AI Budget Controls

GitLab 18.11: Duo Agents, CI Automation, and AI Budget Controls

GitLab 18.11 introduces two purpose-built AI agents targeting CI/CD pipeline setup and delivery analytics, alongside a new credit governance framework for enterprise AI spend control. The CI Expert Agent eliminates manual YAML authoring while the Data Analyst Agent brings natural-language access to engineering metrics. Together, these additions address the operational and governance gaps that AI code generation has created but not resolved.

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European Digital Sovereignty Runs on Open Source | ECI Research

European Digital Sovereignty Runs on Open Source

At OCX 2026, industry leaders from Mercedes-Benz, Gaia-X, Libelium, and the Eclipse Foundation made a coordinated case for open source as Europe’s path to digital sovereignty. Data spaces are moving from funded pilots to production deployments, and vertical AI may be the strategic payoff. ECI Research examines what this means for IT decision-makers and developers.

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