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Cisco Live: Security focus yields new firewalls, Hypershield integrations, and agentic AI defenses

Network World

SAN DIEGO – Cisco unwrapped a variety of advanced firewall and AI software enhancements aimed at further combining and simplifying its network and security technology across enterprise infrastructures. At its Cisco Live event , the vendor rolled out a new Hybrid Mesh Firewall portfolio, bolstered security support with partner Nvidia, and further tightened its own technology integration with its Splunk platform.

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How to Rebuild Partner Trust After a Data Breach

Information Week

A data breach is every CISO's worst nightmare. Once the leak has been fixed, restoring partner trust should be near the top of the recovery agenda.

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The FPGA turns 40. Where does it go from here?

Network World

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the first commercially available field-programmable gate array processor, otherwise known as the FPGA. The FPGA is a type of semiconductor that can be reconfigured by a customer or designer after manufacturing – something processors typically cannot do. It was invented by Ross Freeman, co-founder of Xilinx, along with Bernard Vonderschmitt and James Barnett.

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How emerging technologies are redefining enterprise architecture

CIO Business Intelligence

Enterprise architecture has long been the backbone of digital transformation initiatives. Traditionally, enterprise architects have focused on enabling business growth by aligning business architecture, data, applications and technology. Their work often involves supporting new business models, re-engineering business processes and transitioning from legacy platforms to modern systems, always underpinned by adherence to standards and frameworks.

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How AI Is Transforming IT in 2025: A Playbook for Smarter IT Ops

IT teams are under pressure to do more with less. AI isn’t just hype—it’s already helping lean IT teams cut support volume by up to 60%, reduce cloud waste, and eliminate risk from their stack. In this executive playbook, you'll learn how mid-sized companies are deploying AI to automate tier-1 tickets, predict outages, optimize SaaS spend, and secure infrastructure without hiring a bigger team.

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Silicon, Substations & Sovereignty – Infrastructure Is Critical For AI Success

Forrester IT

I’ve been closely following the evolution of AI infrastructure for a while now. Honestly, the pace at which things are changing is both thrilling and a little overwhelming.

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Third-party security weaknesses threaten Europe’s big banks

Computer Weekly

Security breaches via third parties increased by 25% at Europe’s largest finance firms.

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Making the case for product in a cost-conscious environment

CIO Business Intelligence

Shifting to a product model isn’t for the faint of heart. It demands more than just a new way of organizing teams — it’s a full-scale overhaul of how technology functions, collaborates and delivers. Most organizations embarking on the journey must rethink their operating models, redefine roles and responsibilities, retrain legacy talent and rewire governance and funding models.

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Small Purchases, Big Risks: Shadow AI Use In Government

Forrester IT

Powerful AI tools are now widely available, and many are free or low-cost. This makes it easier for more people to use AI, but it also means the usual safety checks by governments — like those done by central IT departments — can be skipped.

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Cyber security beyond compliance: Why resilience is the new boardroom imperative

Computer Weekly

Cyber security has been everything from a tick-box exercise to a compliance headache for organisations - but the pressing threats we face mean cyber resilience must become a boardroom issue

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Ultra Ethernet Consortium publishes 1.0 specification, readies Ethernet for HPC, AI

Network World

In mid-2023, a host of big name networking vendors including Cisco, Arista, HPE and Intel got together to form the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC ). The goal is to make Ethernet better for the needs of AI and high-performance computing (HPC). Now, nearly two years later, the UEC is delivering on its initial promise with the release of the first UEC 1.0 specification.

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Tariffs on the Table: How to Brief the Board and C‑Suite With Confidence

“What should we do about the tariffs?” There’s no straightforward answer — every leader has a different expectation. CFOs want numbers. COOs want action. CEOs want strategy. And supply chain and procurement leaders need to be ready with the right response — fast. That’s why GEP has created a simple three-part framework that will help CPOs and CSCOs brief the board and C-suite with clarity and confidence.

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Tech Burnout: CIOs Might Be Making It Worse

Information Week

Tech burnout throughout IT isn’t new, but it is getting worse thanks to the new AI overlords, er, overloads. Here’s what’s fanning the flames and how to put them out.

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How Booking.com measures the impact of AI on developer productivity

CIO Business Intelligence

As an established name in online travel, Booking.com has long maintained its position as a global leader—today, they attract over 500 million monthly visitors and more than a billion annual bookings. But sustaining their market position going forward, in the increasingly fast-evolving travel industry, has required Booking.com’s leadership to shift its attention toward accelerating their pace of software delivery and innovation.

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Your Emerging Technology Questions Answered

Forrester IT

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An industrial strategy without tech is no strategy at all

Computer Weekly

Ahead of the delivery of the UK government’s Industrial Strategy white paper, TechUK sets out how the tech sector can drive growth, and the steps the government should take to harness it

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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IBM claims to have ‘only realistic path’ to quantum computing

Network World

IBM ( NYSE:IBM ) has announced what it claims to be a significant breakthrough in quantum computing architecture today, solving the scientific obstacles to error correction. The company said that it is now on the path to building the world’s first scalable, error-corrected quantum computer by 2029. “We’ve cracked the code to quantum error correction,” said Jay Gambetta , vice president at IBM Quantum, at a press conference on Monday.

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Why Companies Need to Reimagine Their AI Approach

Information Week

Many companies rush into artificial intelligence expecting transformation, but leaders should focus on using AI to accelerate solutions to specific friction points.

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Custom AI models help MWAA deliver better airport experiences

CIO Business Intelligence

Anyone who has waited in line for security at an airport can appreciate what the IT organization at Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority ( MWAA ) has accomplished with AI in the cloud. MWAA’s IT team overseeing pedestrian, vehicle, and gate traffic at Washington, D.C.’s two major airports has developed a real-time intelligence platform dubbed Queue Hub that harnesses analytics, AI, IoT, and cloud to make terminal operations more efficient and profitable.

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When You Can’t Change The Technology, Change Your Security Policies

Forrester IT

When you can’t change the security of external technologies like IoT, OT, or power infrastructure, you must adapt your internal cybersecurity policies and controls to mitigate the risks they introduce.

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Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.

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INTERPOL-Led Effort Dismantles Infostealer Malware Network in 26 Countries Across Asia-Pacific Region

Tech Republic Security

INTERPOL partnered with Group-IB, Kaspersky, and Trend Micro to take down a cybercrime network. They alerted more than 216,000 individuals and organizations that were possible victims.

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Cisco underscores AI commitment with networking LLM, agentic AI interface

Network World

SAN DIEGO–A wide range of new AI-based software and technology from Cisco is designed to manage, secure and automate network operations as well as to cement Cisco’s place at the center of customers’ AI infrastructure plans. Cisco rolled out the new wares at its Cisco Live event, where it also unveiled new Nexus data center management software, campus Smart Switches , branch routers and a raft of security updates.

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The Role of the 3-2-1 Backup Rule in Cybersecurity

Information Week

By blending the time-tested 3-2-1 rule with modern advances, organizations can build a highly resilient backup architecture that strengthens their overall cybersecurity posture.

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How to Kill Floundering Experiments and Drive an AI Learning Culture

Social, Agile and Transformation

The low success rate of AI and ML experiments, typically around 30%, often reflects a narrow focus on production deployment. Effective experimentation prioritizes an AI learning culture, value demonstration, and agile delivery methods. Best practices include setting clear success criteria, regular reviews, centralized documentation, and rewarding knowledge sharing to foster an agile AI learning culture.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Supply Chain, AI, And Operational Resilience Risks Dominate ERM Programs In 2025

Forrester IT

For risk professionals, leading through 2025’s volatility has been like living in an “Alice in Wonderland” unreality. Risk teams have never been more important as a function to guide their businesses though challenges such as geopolitical risk events, trade disruption, economic volatility, and regulatory disruption.

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Apple makes major AI advance with image generation technology rivaling DALL-E and Midjourney

Venture Beat

Apple researchers develop STARFlow, a breakthrough AI image generation system that challenges diffusion models used by DALL-E and Midjourney with competitive performance.

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Why people love Linux

Network World

The people who love Linux love it for a wide variety of reasons. Some of them appreciate having access to source code and the ability (if they’re so inclined) to modify it. Most love that the majority of Linux distributions are completely free. Some understand and appreciate that Linux is less likely to be attacked by malware and viruses than Windows.

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Anaconda’s CPTO Talks Development, Delivery, and Deployment

Information Week

TechTarget and Informa Tech’s Digital Business Combine. TechTarget and Informa TechTarget and Informa Tech’s Digital Business Combine. Together, we power an unparalleled network of 220+ online properties covering 10,000+ granular topics, serving an audience of 50+ million professionals with original, objective content from trusted sources. We help you gain critical insights and make more informed decisions across your business priorities.

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Turn Your Contact Center Into a Profit Machine with AI

Every year, $75 billion is lost to bad customer service — and your business could be bleeding loyalty without realizing it. AI is rewriting the rules. Imagine instant answers, 24/7 self-service, faster resolutions, and skyrocketing satisfaction scores. Companies like Amazon are already cashing in, and the technology is easier than you think — plug, play, and profit.

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Labour commits £17.2m to support Spärck AI scholarships

Computer Weekly

The government has put up money to help drive the UK’s expertise in artificial intelligence.

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FinOps In Government: Why It’s A Different Ballgame

Forrester IT

The US government is no stranger to cloud. In fact, the federal government was among the first adopters of public cloud going back to the first federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, who mandated a cloud-first approach to IT as part of the 2012 budget process.

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Top 5 Skills Entry-Level Cybersecurity Professionals Need

Tech Republic Security

Cybersecurity professional organization ISC2 found hiring managers prize teamwork, problem-solving, and analytical thinking in early-career employees.

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AWS cuts prices of some EC2 Nvidia GPU-accelerated instances

Network World

AWS has reduced the prices of some of its EC2 Nvidia GPU-accelerated instances to attract more AI workloads while competing with rivals, such as Microsoft and Google, as demand for GPUs and the cost of securing them continues to grow. The instances that are seeing price cuts up to 45% include the P4 (P4d and P4de) and P5 (P5 and P5en) instance types on both On-Demand and Savings Plan options.

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How Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform

Tariffs are no longer just policy noise. They’re driving real, bottom-line impact. One policy shift and your sourcing strategy is upside down. This bulletin cuts straight to the point. How Market-Leading Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform breaks down how procurement teams are staying ahead of the chaos with real-time insights, smarter sourcing moves and AI-powered agility.