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5 top business use cases for AI agents

CIO Business Intelligence

The next evolution of AI has arrived, and its agentic. AI agents are powered by the same AI systems as chatbots, but can take independent action, collaborate to achieve bigger objectives, and take over entire business workflows. The technology is relatively new, but all the major players are already on board. In October, Microsoft announced that 100,000 organizations including Standard Bank, Thomson Reuters, Virgin Money, and Zurich Insurance are using Copilot Studio, double the number just mont

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Keysight network packet brokers gain AI-powered features

Network World

Network packet broker ( NPB )technology has been deployed inside of networks for over a decade. Like just about everything else in the IT and networking stack in 2025, AI is now increasingly becoming a key feature. This week, network hardware and testing vendor Keysight Technologies announced an expansion of its Vision series network packet brokers with the debut of new AI Insight Broker features.

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Enterprises reevaluate virtualization strategies amid Broadcom uncertainty

Network World

Broadcoms decisions to replace perpetual VMware software licenses with subscriptions and to eliminate point products in favor of an expensive bundle of private cloud tools are driving longtime VMware customers to look for an exit strategy. Many clients have reported dissatisfaction with the new licenses, according to research firm Gartner, which notes that changes have forced companies to purchase bundled VMware software they dont intend to use.

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Let The Service Management Agentic AI Race Begin

Forrester IT

Late last year, my colleagues and I authored a report on the future of AI computing titled Change The Interface; Change The World. We predicted how AI-powered interfaces and agents will change everyday life and work. This transformation has begun, and we can see its impact on IT operations.

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The Ultimate Contact Center Buyers Guide: A Crucial Decision

Harness the True Power of your Contact Center In today’s fast-paced business environment, selecting the right contact center solution is critical for enhancing customer experience, improving operational efficiency, and optimizing costs. This comprehensive guide will walk you through the essential factors to consider when choosing a contact center software that aligns with your business needs.

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Red Hat CIO Marco Bill on Space Mission, AI Goals, and Tech Outlook

Information Week

In an exclusive interview, Red Hats CIO tells InformationWeek the companys collaboration on a space-bound data center is no mere novelty. He also gives advice to CIOs facing budget restraints in the AI age.

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NordPass vs Bitwarden: Which Is Safer and Easier to Use in 2025?

Tech Republic Security

Which is better, NordPass or Bitwarden? This guide provides a detailed comparison of their features, security and pricing to help you choose your best fit.

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Top AI Use Cases For Accounts Receivable Automation In 2025

Forrester IT

The AI Transformation In AR In the dynamic world of finance, artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming accounts receivable (AR) processes, driving efficiency and accuracy like never before. Our latest report, “Top AI Use Cases for Accounts Receivable Automation in 2025,” explores the groundbreaking ways AI is reshaping AR, from collection management to electronic invoice presentment.

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From AI Fling to the Real Thing

Information Week

Heres how CIOs and IT leaders can help organizations have a thriving relationship with artificial intelligence.

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Update Your iPhone Now to Fix Safari Security Flaw

Tech Republic Security

The vulnerability allowed malicious code running inside the Web Content sandbox, an isolated environment for web processes designed to limit security risks, to impact other parts of the device.

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Adding, managing and deleting groups on Linux

Network World

User groups on Linux systems are often set up to provide access permissions to specific groups of users who share some responsibility. For example, a particular group of users may be allowed to run commands with superuser privilege or access a group of shared files. Another group may be given permission to add, update or remove user accounts. User groups provide a way to give specific people common access privileges for system functions and resources, such as files, directories, and peripheral d

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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The next wave of cybersecurity: Cloud and SOC integration

CIO Business Intelligence

In todays modern business landscape, cloud technology adoption has skyrocketed, driven largely by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). This shift has completely transformed how businesses operate, with 63% of organizations citing AI as the primary driver for cloud investment. However, this rapid growth in cloud technology has also attracted more threats, with nearly 29% of cyber incidents originating in cloud environments.

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Google To Acquire CNAPP Specialist Unicorn Wiz For $32 Billion

Forrester IT

Google has announced definite plans to acquire cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) vendor Wiz for $32 billion, which is the largest ever acquisition in cybersecurity, surpassing the $28 billion that Cisco paid for Splunk in 2024.

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7 Ways Gen AI Drives Outcomes: Help Employees  With Work They Couldn’t Easily Do Before

Social, Agile and Transformation

Gen AI drivve outcomes by enhancing employee capabilities rather than solely being viewed as a productivity tool. Its true benefit lies in enabling complex tasks, improving customer insights, enhancing call center performance, simplifying compliance, and facilitating data analysis. Ultimately, Gen AI empowers employees, driving significant business outcomes alongside productivity gains.

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iPhone-Android: A Major Privacy Upgrade is Coming Soon

Tech Republic Security

This breakthrough will finally allow secure, encrypted messaging between different mobile platforms.

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Future-Proof IT: Cost-Saving Strategies Every IT Leader Needs in 2025

With IT budgets projected to grow 9.8% in 2025, leaders must invest wisely—not just cut blindly. This whitepaper introduces The Future-Proof IT Cost Optimization Model, a framework to reduce costs while maintaining service quality. Learn how Cloud Efficiency, AI-Powered Workforce Automation, Vendor Optimization, Cybersecurity Resilience, and Unified Communications can drive savings and improve efficiency.

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Nvidia announces Blackwell Ultra, its next-generation GPU

Network World

Nvidia on Wednesday introduced its next-generation GPU called Blackwell Ultra, and also announced new systems based on the chipset. The Blackwell Ultra GPU is in production and will succeed the current generation GPU called Blackwell, said Ian Buck, vice president of hyperscale and high-performance computing, in a press briefing call. The new GPU was announced at Nvidias GTC conference, which is being held this week in San Jose, California.

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The dawn of agentic AI: Are we ready for autonomous technology?

CIO Business Intelligence

The average person makes about 35,000 decisions every day. Those arent just simple choices. Its a chain of decisions that branches in different directions along the way. But circumstances always change, so a persons decision at a particular branch point might vary depending on any number of factors. You always walk to work, for instance, but a morning thunderstorm might change that routine.

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ServiceNow And Salesforce Cross Battle Lines In An Escalating CRM War

Forrester IT

Customer relationship management (CRM) systems initially focused on supporting core front-office functions such as sales and marketing, but the value proposition of CRM has significantly expanded through strategic tech convergence, driving substantial revenue growth for vendors. CRM moved into the middle office to enable order management and subscription billing.

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8 Ways Generative AI Can Help You Land a New Job After a Layoff

Information Week

IT leaders and practitioners can get another job after a layoff. But only if they know how to win at a hiring game thats stacked against them.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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TechRepublic EXCLUSIVE: New Ransomware Attacks are Getting More Personal as Hackers ‘Apply Psychological Pressure”

Tech Republic Security

Ransomware attackers know where your kids go to school and they want you to know it, according to professional negotiators at Sygnia.

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What is KubeVirt? How does it migrate VMware workloads to Kubernetes?

Network World

There are many different types of abstractions used in modern IT deployments. While its still possible to run applications on bare metal, that approach doesnt fully optimize hardware utilization. Thats where virtualization comes in. With virtualization, one physical piece of hardware can be abstracted or virtualized to enable more workloads to run. Modern virtualization isnt just about abstracting any one single piece of hardware, but also about abstracting larger clusters in cloud deployments.

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Palladium apuesta por la IA y la gestión del dato para la toma de decisiones estratégicas y la optimización de procesos

CIO Business Intelligence

An con la resaca de Fitur 2025, que cerr sus puertas hace poco ms de un mes con cerca de 255.000 asistentes, la compaa hotelera de origen balear Palladium Hotel Group afronta un ao marcado por una ambiciosa estrategia de expansin y crecimiento que contempla la apertura de nuevos hoteles en zonas como el Caribe, el Mediterrneo, Oriente Medio o el sudeste asitico.

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It’s Not Your Automation, It’s Your Change Management

Forrester IT

Change isn’t just hard it’s a continuous battle, and one that automation will make more intense and frequent. And if you think you’re prepared for automations pace of change that is coming, you’re already behind.

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The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report

Procurement leaders are at a pivotal moment. With CPOs playing an increasingly strategic role, it’s time to leverage innovation and technology to drive resilience and efficiency. Download The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report to uncover key insights to thrive in a dynamic procurement landscape. What’s Inside: How CPOs are driving strategic decision-making and technology adoption The top priorities and challenges for procurement in 2025 Why AI, sustainability, and data analytics are essential for

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Blue Origin rocket engine gives a boost to Museum of Flight’s Simonyi Space Gallery

GeekWire

The nozzle of Blue Origin’s donated BE-3U rocket engine gets shined up during installation at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. (Museum of Flight Photo) Seattle’s Museum of Flight has brought its collection of space artifacts up to the present day, thanks to a rocket engine that’s been donated by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture.

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Stealthy Apache Tomcat Critical Exploit Bypasses Security Filters: Are You at Risk?

Tech Republic Security

By simply sending HTTP requests, attackers can trigger the deserialisation of malicious data in Tomcat's session storage and gain control.

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HPE, Nvidia broaden AI infrastructure lineup

Network World

HPE and Nvidia added to their joint, prepackaged service offerings that are aimed at helping enterprises support AI workloads. At Nvidias GTC AI Conference going on this week in San Jose, Calif., HPE said it would add features to its Nvidia co-developed Private Cloud AI package, which integrates Nvidia GPUs, networks, and software with HPEs AI memory, computing and GreenLake cloud support.

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Human firewalls: The first line of defense against cyber threats in 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

Now that all the industry thought leaders have weighed in and published their predictions for what the cybersecurity landscape will look like in 2025, it seems that theres a clear consensus emerging: Both attacks and defense of devices and networks will increasingly be AI-driven as time goes by. But even as AI lends more attacking power to cyber criminals and cybersecurity professionals likewise incorporate AI into their threat-fighting arsenals , the single most powerful factor that can help fe

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The 2025 Recruitment Playbook

The 2025 Recruitment Playbook by Procom is a strategic guide tailored for hiring managers to navigate the evolving talent landscape. Highlighting innovations like AI-driven tools and data analytics, the playbook empowers leaders to streamline processes, enhance candidate experiences , and foster diversity and inclusion. It provides actionable insights for every recruitment stage—from sourcing and screening to onboarding and retention.

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Top AI Use Cases For Accounts Payable Automation In 2025

Forrester IT

Our latest report, “Top AI Use Cases for Accounts Payable Automation in 2025,” delves into the transformative power of AI in Accounts Payable (AP), highlighting the most impactful use cases. Heres a sneak peek into the future of AP automation.

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‘Game changer’ partnership with Seattle Center could help struggling Pacific Science Center thrive

GeekWire

A new partnership with the city will help remove gates that create a barrier between the Pacific Science Center and the Seattle Center and restore the facility’s iconic arches. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) The city-owned Seattle Center and the Pacific Science Center have formed a first-of-its-kind partnership that will help support the nonprofit while creating a more vibrant connection between the venues.

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Navigating Tech's Next Frontier: AI, Efficiency, Regulatory

Information Week

Businesses and their IT leaders must strategically adapt -- reshaping models, optimizing data, and navigating regulatory and geopolitical hurdles. Heres how they can position themselves for success.

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Critical vulnerability in AMI MegaRAC BMC allows server takeover

Network World

Researchers found a critical vulnerability in the AMI MegaRAC baseband management controller (BMC) used by multiple server manufacturers. The vulnerability could allow attackers to bypass authentication and take control of vulnerable servers over the Redfish management interface. Exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to remotely control the compromised server, remotely deploy malware, ransomware, firmware tampering, bricking motherboard components (BMC or potentially BIOS/UEFI),

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.