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How CSOs Can Turn Cybersecurity Into a Business Growth Strategy
Why Enterprise AI Now Has to Prove Its Return: A VC Investor Perspective
Your Container Images Are Unsigned. In the AI Era, That's a Ticking Time Bomb.
The Case and Model for Real-Time AI Cost Visibility at the Infrastructure Layer
August's Patch Tuesday Is a Monster: 751 Fixes, With an Exploited Windows Flaw
Convertr Adds Governance Module to Enforce Policies as Data Is Entered
US Data Center Power Requests Far Exceed What Grid Can Deliver
This Black Swan Could Kill Your Storage Architecture - Here's How to Survive
Announcing IBM Netezza Nexus: An Open Lakehouse Catalog for Apache Iceberg
IBM Netezza Adds In-Database Vector Search for AI-Ready Analytics
Trusted AI Starts Here: New IBM Z17 and LinuxONE 5 Systems Now Available
How IBM Confluent Helps Organizations Act on Data as It Arrives
Artificial General Intelligence Could Arrive Within a Year, Researcher Says
SecureWorld Quantum Cryptography Virtual Conference (Sept. 23rd)
The Dos and Don'ts of a Cybersecurity Awareness Month People Actually Remember (Sept. 10th)
AI Learning Roadmap 2026: Beginner to Job-Ready
A 2026 AI career path running from Python fundamentals through production deployment and portfolio building. more →
Which AI Skills Are Employers Looking For in 2027?
Employers will prioritize AI literacy, agent expertise, cybersecurity, and critical thinking alongside domain knowledge by 2027. more →
How CSOs Can Turn Cybersecurity Into a Business Growth Strategy
Security leaders move from gatekeeper to growth partner by talking outcomes instead of technical detail. more →
Why Enterprise AI Now Has to Prove Its Return: A VC Investor Perspective
Investor Ed Sim says enterprise AI has entered a third wave in which spending is judged by measured return. more →
What Boards Need to Know About Tech Risk
Technical debt costs US companies nearly $2.5 trillion a year yet rarely reaches the board agenda. more →
71% of CISOs Spend 10+ Hours on Board Reports
CISOs spend excessive time on board presentations because of communication gaps and missing cyber risk frameworks. more →
Age Verification Failed - Regulating VPNs Won't Fix It
Restricting VPNs confuses the symptom with the problem and threatens infrastructure businesses depend on. more →
Why Business Leaders Need to Take Quantum Seriously
Quantum computing, sensing, and communication sit on different maturity curves that business leaders should act on now. more →
Your Container Images Are Unsigned. In the AI Era, That's a Ticking Time Bomb.
Vulnerability scanning answers what is broken inside, not where an artifact came from or whether it changed. more →
Top AI Data Center Trends to Watch Through 2030
AI data centers are becoming specialized facilities with larger campuses, advanced cooling, and massive power needs. more →
The Case and Model for Real-Time AI Cost Visibility at the Infrastructure Layer
Traditional cloud FinOps breaks on AI because tokens are not taggable resources like VMs. more →
Legacy IT Forces Enterprises to Delay AI Projects
Two-thirds of companies have moved AI workloads off public cloud to on-prem or private cloud. more →
Scaling AI Hinges on the Enterprise Data Layer
AI currently reaches just 45% of enterprise data, and only half of firms trust their agents' decisions. more →
August's Patch Tuesday Is a Monster: 751 Fixes, With an Exploited Windows Flaw
Microsoft shipped 751 fixes, 108 rated critical, including a WinSock driver flaw already exploited. more →
Convertr Adds Governance Module to Enforce Policies as Data Is Entered
Convertr launches a governance module to ensure customer data meets compliance requirements before CRM entry. more →
US Data Center Power Requests Far Exceed What Grid Can Deliver
Developers have requested 1,066 GW; Wood Mackenzie expects utilities to commit to about 28% of it. more →
This Black Swan Could Kill Your Storage Architecture - Here's How to Survive
AI's unexpected impact on flash storage economics creates a structural crisis requiring hybrid architecture solutions. more →
How Smart Storage Design Helps Enterprises Thrive
Smart tiering strategies help enterprises navigate NAND shortages and build resilient storage systems. more →
AI-Related Software Vulnerabilities: 2025-2026
Barracuda research finds AI-related CVEs are more severe and more likely to be exploited than other flaws. more →
AI Won't Solve Cybersecurity Burnout. Better Leadership Might
Barracuda argues cybersecurity burnout needs better leadership and simpler operations, not just more AI. more →
Operationalizing VMware Cloud Foundation Control Plane for Kubernetes Workloads
Broadcom explains operationalizing the VMware Cloud Foundation control plane for Kubernetes workloads. more →
Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report H1 2026: 1 Tbps Attacks Soar as DNS Floods and Geopolitical Tensions Drive a New Wave
Cloudflare's H1 2026 DDoS report records a 519% surge in hyper-volumetric attacks driven by DNS and CLDAP reflection. more →
How Cloudflare Detects MCP Traffic and Helps Secure It
Cloudflare Gateway now identifies MCP traffic using protocol-level heuristics so teams can find shadow MCP use. more →
Secure All Your Internal Vibe-Coded Applications - In One Click
Cloudflare Access for Workers lets teams attach an access policy directly to a Worker in one click. more →
Introducing DocLang, a Markup Language for AI
IBM Research introduces DocLang, an AI-native document markup standard following its Docling parser. more →
Announcing IBM Netezza Nexus: An Open Lakehouse Catalog for Apache Iceberg
IBM announces Netezza Nexus, an open lakehouse catalog giving governed multi-engine access to Apache Iceberg tables. more →
IBM Netezza Adds In-Database Vector Search for AI-Ready Analytics
IBM Netezza gains in-database vector storage and similarity search, removing the need for a separate vector store. more →
Trusted AI Starts Here: New IBM Z17 and LinuxONE 5 Systems Now Available
IBM makes expanded z17 mainframe and LinuxONE 5 portfolios generally available. more →
How IBM Confluent Helps Organizations Act on Data as It Arrives
IBM walks through four IBM Confluent deployments showing how event streaming translates into business outcomes. more →
Artificial General Intelligence Could Arrive Within a Year, Researcher Says
IBM Think interviews Ben Goertzel, who argues AGI could arrive within nine to 12 months. more →
Why Passkeys Are the Future of Passwordless Authentication
RSA argues passkeys are the future of passwordless authentication, citing 87% enterprise deployment in 2026. more →
SecureWorld Quantum Cryptography Virtual Conference (Sept. 23rd)
The conference centers on helping IT and cybersecurity leaders transition from reactive concern to proactive planning regarding quantum threats more →
The Dos and Don'ts of a Cybersecurity Awareness Month People Actually Remember (Sept. 10th)
Join Dale Hackett, Systems Administrator and Information Security Administrator with EXP Services, and Javvad Malik, KnowBe4 CISO Advisor, for real dos and don'ts from teams who've run their own Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Plus, how KnowBe4's Kit can help you launch your campaign without starting from a blank page. more →
M-Trends 2026: The Cascading Impact of Third-Party SaaS, Cloud, and Software Compromises (Aug. 25th)
The Priorities Defining CIO Success for 2027: Breaking Insights From the CIO Survey (Aug. 25th)
Vertiv's AI Roadshow - Powering AI Leadership - Chicago, IL (Aug. 25th)
AI Has Moved Your Competitive Moat: How Leaders Can Turn Threat Into Advantage
Experts Explain How to Develop a Framework for Cyber-Fraud Fusion (Aug. 27th)
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