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Is It Time to Completely Rethink Backup Capacity Planning? Part 1
Is It Time to Completely Rethink Backup Capacity Planning? Part 2
Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Uptake Shows No Sign of Slowing
Why Health Systems Are Moving IT Infrastructure to the Cloud in 2026
Top 8 Multi-Cloud Architecture Tools for Automated Infrastructure Design in 2026
Ingest Semi-Structured Data Faster and More Efficiently with Variant - Now Generally Available
The New Monday Morning Report: How Generative AI Can Deliver the Insights Your Executives Need.
Introducing OfficeQA Pro V2: A New Benchmark for Enterprise Grounded-Reasoning
Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI is Now Available on Databricks Through Unity AI Gateway
HTTP/2 Crash: A Denial of Service (DoS) in HTTP/2 Flow Control
Quantum Computing and Identity Security: Two Problems, One Imperative
Zero Trust Branch is Now Available in FedRAMP Moderate and High
On-Prem Data Security in the AI Era: Why It's Time to Modernize with DSPM
Products Are Getting Smarter. Enterprise Transformations Are Getting Harder.
Zscaler Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant Reports for SASE and SSE
From Air Gaps to Always Connected: The Uptime Challenge Security Must Solve
Expert Panel: How to Operationalize AI Beyond Pilots (Aug. 17th)
When AI Becomes an Insider: Rethinking Risk in Critical Infrastructure (Aug. 18th)
Is It Time to Completely Rethink Backup Capacity Planning? Part 1
Backup capacity planning should use probability-based forecasts instead of rigid growth assumptions. more →
Is It Time to Completely Rethink Backup Capacity Planning? Part 2
Capacity estimates should evolve continuously like weather forecasts rather than remain static annual numbers. more →
Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Uptake Shows No Sign of Slowing
Cloud infrastructure revenue exceeded $143B in Q2 2026, growing 43% year on year with AI driving acceleration. more →
Why Health Systems Are Moving IT Infrastructure to the Cloud in 2026
Healthcare systems adopt varied cloud strategies driven by AI needs and infrastructure modernization. more →
3 Concepts Cloud Architects Overlook
Cloud architects must focus on unified control planes, cost observability, and team capabilities to avoid costly failures. more →
The Best Cloud Spend Optimization Tools
An annual roundup of the leading tools for tracking, forecasting, and optimizing cloud spending. more →
Top 8 Multi-Cloud Architecture Tools for Automated Infrastructure Design in 2026
Eight platforms automate multi-cloud infrastructure design to keep architecture synchronized with operational reality. more →
Cybercrime Is Costing the World Trillions Every Year, New Report Says Victims Lose an Average of Nearly $10,000 in Every Hit
A new report puts global cybercrime damage in the trillions annually, with roughly $10,000 lost per incident. more →
Why Cybersecurity Must Evolve for the Age of AI Agents
Cybersecurity approaches need fundamental transformation to address emerging threats from AI agents. more →
Ingest Semi-Structured Data Faster and More Efficiently with Variant - Now Generally Available
Databricks makes the Variant type generally available for faster, more efficient semi-structured data ingestion. more →
The New Monday Morning Report: How Generative AI Can Deliver the Insights Your Executives Need.
Databricks describes how generative AI can replace the manual Monday morning executive reporting scramble. more →
Unity AI Gateway is Generally Available
Databricks makes Unity AI Gateway generally available for governed access to AI models. more →
Introducing OfficeQA Pro V2: A New Benchmark for Enterprise Grounded-Reasoning
Databricks releases OfficeQA Pro V2, a benchmark for evaluating enterprise grounded reasoning. more →
Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI is Now Available on Databricks Through Unity AI Gateway
Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI becomes available on Databricks through Unity AI Gateway. more →
What Are Agentic Workflows?
Databricks explains what agentic workflows are as organizations move past single-prompt AI interactions. more →
HP's Intel Business PC Lineup Targets Flexible Work
HP launches Intel-powered laptops and desktops designed for hybrid work environments. more →
HTTP/2 Crash: A Denial of Service (DoS) in HTTP/2 Flow Control
The Okta Red Team discloses a denial-of-service vulnerability in HTTP/2 flow control. more →
AI Agent Import: Govern Agents Where Teams Build Them
Okta expands AI Agent Import so agents built in Gemini, Workday, and Microsoft enter a central registry. more →
Free Tokens for Sale: How Fake Signups Drive AI Fraud
Okta documents a fraud economy harvesting free AI trial credits through mass fake signups. more →
Quantum Computing and Identity Security: Two Problems, One Imperative
Okta splits quantum risk into immediate non-human identity exposure and long-term harvest-now-decrypt-later. more →
Operationalizing Enterprise AI: Strategic Investments for 2026
OutSystems argues operationalizing enterprise AI depends on foundation investments, not model selection. more →
Q2 2026 in Review: Build Faster, Govern More
OutSystems recaps 27 Q2 2026 releases led by the Enterprise Context Graph for governed agent knowledge. more →
Metasploit Pro 5.1 Released
Metasploit Pro 5.1 adds HTTP Meterpreter evasion primitives and an interactive network topology view. more →
Agentic Intelligence for Contract Review on Snowflake
Snowflake used agentic AI internally to cut contract review time by 70% and widen audit coverage. more →
CTO Circle: Lessons on Building AI-Native Engineering Teams
Snowflake shares lessons from 350+ CTOs on building AI-native engineering organizations. more →
Snowflake Summit 2026: The Race Has Shifted From Building AI to Operating It
Enterprise AI focus shifts from model development to operationalizing agentic systems at scale. more →
Zero Trust Branch is Now Available in FedRAMP Moderate and High
Zscaler Zero Trust Branch becomes available under FedRAMP Moderate and High authorizations. more →
On-Prem Data Security in the AI Era: Why It's Time to Modernize with DSPM
Zscaler argues on-premises sensitive data needs DSPM as it flows into AI workflows. more →
Products Are Getting Smarter. Enterprise Transformations Are Getting Harder.
Zscaler argues enterprise transformations grew harder even as individual products got smarter. more →
The Director's Cut: When AI Agents Become Liability Risks
Zscaler's board-level briefing covers AI agent liability, third-party exposure, and OT risk. more →
Zscaler Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant Reports for SASE and SSE
Zscaler is named a Leader in both 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrants for SASE and SSE. more →
From Air Gaps to Always Connected: The Uptime Challenge Security Must Solve
Zscaler argues always-connected manufacturing has made air-gap-era security models obsolete. more →
Expert Panel: How to Operationalize AI Beyond Pilots (Aug. 17th)
Join TDWI research fellow Donald Farmer and experts from Reltio as we examine what it actually takes to operationalize AI across the enterprise. Drawing on TDWI research and real-world implementations, this session explores why production-ready data, not model sophistication, determines whether AI delivers sustained business value. more →
When AI Becomes an Insider: Rethinking Risk in Critical Infrastructure (Aug. 18th)
In this 60-minute fireside chat, Dawn Haley, Senior Manager of Threat Intelligence & Investigations at Duke Energy, joins Scott Hooper, Enterprise Sales Director at DTEX, to share practical perspectives on how critical infrastructure organizations are adapting insider risk strategies as AI becomes more embedded into everyday work, security operations, and business workflows. more →
The Six five Summit - AI UNLEASHED: 2026 (Aug 25 - Aug 27)
The Six Five Summit: AI Unleashed 2026 delivers 3 days of exclusive, on-demand programming built for leaders ready to move beyond AI experimentation and into real deployment. more →
The Future of ITSM: No-Code Automation Meets AI (Aug. 26th)
In this session, you'll see how leading IT teams are modernizing operations while reducing manual effort and improving experiences for both technicians and end users. Find out what it takes to move faster without increasing complexity. more →
AI Trust & Governance Summit
In this expert-led virtual summit, we'll explore practical approaches for establishing governance that can help accelerate innovation while protecting your business. more →
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