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Of all the various jobs you can aspire to in IT security, you may find the role of security architect to be one of the most important, and most rewarding.And no wonder: “Architects hold a unique, high-level view of the entire ecosystem, bridging the gap between business goals and technical implementation,” explains Ali Aleali, co-founder […] The post IT Job Watch: Security architect appeared first…
As AI shifts from the experimental pilot stage to everyday production, more organizations realize deployment is just the beginning of the AI journey. IT managers and sysadmins must now continuously monitor model behavior, control costs, enforce governance, and ensure reliability.The problem is that companies are scaling AI far faster than the people and processes needed […] The post Managing AI is…
According to a Goldman Sachs reportOpens a new window released in August, global spending on AI is on track to cross $1 trillion this year, with U.S. hyperscalers and enterprises accounting for as much as $581 billion. A significant portion of this investment is directed towards establishing essential infrastructure, which encompasses data centers, specialized AI […] The post The practical IT case…
Nearly two years after certification, Wi-Fi 7 has moved beyond the launch phase. With enterprise-grade access points now widely available and device support growing, IT leaders are evaluating whether the new standard can deliver enough business value to justify replacing a network that still works.The question is particularly relevant for SMBs and mid-market organizations that […] The post Is it…
You’ve spent much of your time planning the guts of AI infrastructure — the GPUs, the storage, the networking. Now it’s time to talk about the box you put all that in. Containers turned software deployment into a solved problem years ago, and the same logic applies to AI, just with a few extra wrinkles […] The post Containers and Kubernetes: Packing your AI workloads for scale appeared first on…
Organizations that started experimenting with one or two generative AI tools are increasingly finding themselves with models from multiple providers, each with different strengths, costs, deployment options, and governance requirements. For IT teams, it can be difficult to figure out how to give developers access to the models they need without turning the enterprise AI […] The post IBM is betting…
So much of the discussion around AI is centered around scale and power. Many assume that running AI requires massive amounts of compute power, storage, GPUs, and memory.But this simply isn’t true. Today, there are local large language models (LLMs) that can run on personal laptops and even some mobile devices.And now leveraging local LLMs […] The post Hands-on with LM Studio: A seamless and…
It’s that time of year again. Long-time Spiceworks readers will likely already be familiar with our annual State of IT industry survey. For those aren’t, every year, the team at Spiceworks and our colleagues at Aberdeen set out to survey IT professionals on a broad set of industry topics, from career trajectories to budget allocation […] The post The 2027 Spiceworks State of IT survey is live!…
Half of American businesses now pay for at least one AI subscription. Ramp, the corporate card platform, saw adoption cross the 50% markOpens a new window for the first time in March, up from 35% a year earlier. As you might have guessed, the growth is coming less from IT than from department heads with […] The post The AI features your subscriptions already include appeared first on Spiceworks…
In June, competitive intelligence firm Klue disclosedOpens a new window that an attacker had used a stale legacy credential to get hold of OAuth tokens and reach into its customers’ Salesforce environments. LastPass and several cybersecurity companies were among the victims. The kicker came a few days later, when Klue told TechCrunchOpens a new window […] The post Shutting down a cloud service…
Way back in 1993, the chart-topping rock band Aerosmith released an earworm of a song that proclaimed that humanity was “livin’ on the edge.” While the tune wasn’t necessarily about tech, more than 30 years later, life is imitating art.Today, you, along with billions of people around the world, are probably living your lives on […] The post Hiding in plain sight: How edge computing is all around…
You weren’t looking for another price hike this year, but one has apparently arrived anyway. Taiwan’s Economic Daily News reported on August 10 that the license fees PC makers pay to preinstall Windows rose an average of 7% to 10%Opens a new window in July. That’s a sharp break from the low single-digit annual increases […] The post What Microsoft’s reported Windows 11 price hike means for your PC…
In the realm of IT security, there is perhaps no job you could target that is more important and more rewarding than that of the chief information security officer (CISO), or just CSO. As the CISO, you will be responsible for the entire cyber risk and defense of the organization. This encompasses staffing, strategy, controls, […] The post IT Job Watch: Chief information security officer appeared…
It’s almost certain that AI will alter the job market in many fields, and in unpredictable ways. But are AI fears, especially in tech, overblown? Perhaps. A recent National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) study, How Adaptable Are American Workers to AI-Induced Job Displacement?Opens a new window offered hopeful news on the resiliency of IT […] The post IT professionals and AI: how to adapt,…
There’s no doubt that working in IT can be stressful. IT professionals often have to remain at high alert, ready at a moment’s notice to tackle an urgent issue or to solve a new tech mystery. On top of that, IT departments are often underfunded, which can make for a difficult work environment.It’s well documented […] The post Root Access: When IT stress is actually good for you appeared first on…
Enterprises aren’t struggling to get their AI projects off the ground. They’re struggling to get them into the flow of the business. While companies keep launching generative AI pilots at a record pace, far fewer are turning them into production systems that deliver measurable business value. The challenge is no longer building models, it’s operationalizing […] The post Why your best AI pilots…
Cybersecurity has crossed lines most of us assumed were years away. In the space of about four months, the industry watched at least two incidents where an AI agent, one from OpenAI and another from Anthropic, ran most or all of a cyberattack lifecycle on its own. If you run IT or cybersecurity for a […] The post AI does the hacking now. What does that mean for IT? appeared first on Spiceworks Inc…
Microsoft’s recent AI announcements offer another sign that the enterprise software market is shifting. In July, the company expanded its partnerships with Mistral AI and DatabricksOpens a new window , giving customers more options for bringing AI models, enterprise data, and automation together across Azure and its broader AI ecosystem. Instead of building its strategy […] The post Rethinking…
Nobody warned you that “we’re adding AI capabilities” would translate into a cloud invoice that reads like a mortgage payment. GPU compute is now the single largest uncontrolled line itemOpens a new window on cloud bills for teams running AI or ML workloads, and it’s not close. According to pricing comparisons across the major cloudsOpens a […] The post Managing the GPU Hunger Games: Cost…
