357: Why is REST connectivity still hard? (With Kumar Vikesh)

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Dave Rubinstein discusses the challenges of REST connectivity with Kumar Vikesh and explores an AI-driven solution for automating model file creation.

Dave Rubinstein, Editor in Chief of SD Times, discusses with Kumar Vikesh, Senior Product Owner at Progress Data Direct, the challenges of REST connectivity and the introduction of an AI-driven solution to automate the creation of model files for the Autonomous REST Connector. Progress Data Direct offers a standard connectivity platform with over 60 connectors and 100 data sources. The new AI-driven approach uses three agents: a generator, validator, and launcher, to create, validate, and tes...

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Host: Dave Rubinstein

Guest: Kumar Vikesh

Topics covered

• REST connectivity
• AI-driven solutions
• data integration
• Autonomous REST Connector
• technology challenges

Keywords

• REST
• connectivity
• AI
• data sources
• Progress Data Direct

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Organizations: Progress Data Direct

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