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CxO

DDN Collaborates with NVIDIA to Advance GPU-Initiated Data Access for Next-Generation AI

NVIDIA

Why Scaling AI Compute Performance Requires a New Power Architecture
NVIDIA and Local AI Community Fuel Open Source Models and Intelligent Agents
NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and NeMo Switchyard Deliver Faster, Smarter, More Efficient Agentic AI

Red Hat

Tenable

The Agentic AI Threat Cluster: Seven Incidents, Three Actors, and What They Mean for Your Exposure

AI Events

Modernization That Ships with AI (Oct. 13th)

Cloud Events

AI Kill Switch Act Raises Questions for CIOs

Proposed federal legislation would require powerful AI systems to support shutdown and intervention capabilities. more →

The CIO's Guide to Responsible AI Data Center Procurement

CIOs should evaluate AI data center vendors on sustainability, community impact, and transparency. more →

Python Now Has a Post-Quantum Encryption Library

ML-KEM and ML-DSA are now pip-installable through Python's cryptography library. more →

Preparing for Post-Quantum Cryptography: Building a Practical Roadmap

Quantum readiness starts with cryptographic discovery, since most organizations lack a usable inventory. more →

Beyond the Password

Organizations must adopt passwordless authentication such as passkeys to defend against AI-driven identity threats. more →

Container Security Is Moving From Detection to Attack Surface Reduction

Container security strategy shifts from vulnerability scanning to eliminating unnecessary components before deployment. more →

What Black Hat 2026 Revealed About the Future of Security Operations

AI is transforming security operations by automating investigation while humans retain consequential decisions. more →

5 Key Takeaways From Black Hat USA 2026

Malicious AI 'skills' hit 1.7 million downloads, and reactive patching is losing to AI-speed bug discovery. more →

Black Hat USA 2026: Field Report and Cybersecurity Findings

A reporter's field notes from Black Hat USA 2026 on AI messaging, exploitability, and supply-chain security. more →

Cyber Risk Is Business Risk: The Three Pillars of Cyber Risk

Quantifying cyber risk across direct loss, opportunity cost, and reputation aligns security with executive decisions. more →

Stop Rate-Limiting Requests. Start Scheduling Tokens: Introducing DataRobot TokenGrid

DataRobot launches TokenGrid, which schedules LLM tokens rather than rate-limiting requests. more →

Local Tracing in the DataRobot CLI: Catch Issues Before Production

DataRobot adds local tracing to its CLI, putting an OpenTelemetry dashboard on localhost from the first line of code. more →

DDN Collaborates with NVIDIA to Advance GPU-Initiated Data Access for Next-Generation AI

New capabilities for the DDN Infinia platform are designed to enable GPUs to initiate data operations directly, accelerating data access and improving efficiency at massive scale more →

Why Scaling AI Compute Performance Requires a New Power Architecture

NVIDIA argues scaling AI compute requires 800 VDC power architecture beyond traditional distribution limits. more →

NVIDIA and Local AI Community Fuel Open Source Models and Intelligent Agents

NVIDIA spotlights the open source community driving local AI models, applications and agents. more →

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and NeMo Switchyard Deliver Faster, Smarter, More Efficient Agentic AI

NVIDIA launches Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and NeMo Switchyard for faster, more efficient agentic AI. more →

Breaking Free From Lock-In: How a Leading Insurance Provider Migrated 1,500 Workloads to ROSA in 10 Months

State Farm migrated 1,500 workloads from Pivotal Cloud Foundry to Red Hat OpenShift on AWS in 10 months. more →

Friday Five - August 14, 2026

Red Hat's Friday Five rounds up coverage on open source AI, AI security mistakes and enterprise visibility. more →

Manage Bare Metal Like a Cloud With Red Hat Bare-Metal-As-A-Service for OpenShift

Red Hat Bare-Metal-as-a-Service for OpenShift reaches general availability in OpenShift 4.22. more →

Operationalizing Agentic AI: The Day 0-2 Blueprint for Enterprise Infrastructure

Red Hat sets out a Day 0-2 blueprint for operationalizing agentic AI on enterprise infrastructure. more →

Policy as Code: What Happens When You Layer Policy Enforcement Onto the Automation You Already Have

Red Hat explains what changes when policy enforcement is layered onto existing automation. more →

Stop Preventable Outages: Intelligent Windows Certificate Rotation With Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Red Hat shows how Ansible Automation Platform handles intelligent Windows certificate rotation. more →

The Agentic AI Threat Cluster: Seven Incidents, Three Actors, and What They Mean for Your Exposure

Tenable tracks seven agentic AI incidents across three actors, including a near-autonomous attack on Taiwan. more →

Modernization That Ships with AI (Oct. 13th)

Most companies are adding AI agents to legacy systems rather than modernizing how the work actually gets done. That may create isolated productivity gains, but it rarely removes the outdated applications, fragmented data, manual handoffs, and hidden dependencies that continue to slow the business. more →

How to Use LinkedIn Newsletters to Stay Top-Of-Mind (Aug. 18th)

Your prospects don't buy when you're ready to sell. They buy when they're ready to buy — and that's usually months after your last conversation. The question is whether you're still in the room when that moment arrives. A weekly LinkedIn newsletter is the most reliable way to be. more →

Modernizing Manufacturing: How to Move from Legacy Infrastructure to Cloud-Ready Operations (Aug. 18th)

In this session, Softchoice and AWS will share practical strategies for manufacturers looking to modernize at their own pace, connect operational and IT data for smarter decision-making, and build a scalable cloud foundation that drives real business outcomes. Whether you're just beginning your modernization journey or looking to accelerate it, you'll leave with a clear framework for moving forward. more →

M-Trends 2026: The Cascading Impact of Third-Party SaaS, Cloud, and Software Compromises (Aug. 25th)

In the latest installment of the M-Trends Virtual Series, Mandiant teams up with Wiz to tackle the technical realities of defending a decentralized cloud architecture more →

The Strategic Imperative: Embracing Agentic B2B Selling (Sept. 8th)

This webinar is designed to help business leaders navigate the evolving B2B sales landscape, establish a practical framework for adopting agentic AI, and address common challenges related to deployment, integration, user adoption, and organizational readiness. more →

Build and Automate Your Infrastructure with Red Hat on Microsoft Azure (Sept. 23rd)

This webinar focuses on deploying and managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) within Microsoft Azure, utilizing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for scalable, cross-domain infrastructure automation. more →

Closing the Loop on AI Coders: 3,200 Vulns Fixed with Zero Human Triage (Oct. 1st)

If you're an engineering leader trying to figure out whether 'AI fixes vulnerabilities automatically' is a real operating model or a demo, this is the mechanism and the data, not the pitch. more →

Automate, Secure and Govern Agentic Workflows (Sept. 1st)

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