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IBM X-Force: Stealthy attacks on the rise, toolkits targeting AI emerge

Network World

Cybercriminals are adopting increasingly stealthy tactics for breaking into networks, while attacks targeting specific AI technologies are an emerging threat. Those are just a couple of the core findings in IBM X-Forces newly released 2025 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index , which draws from incident response engagements, dark web and other threat intelligence sources to uncover attack trends and patterns.

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How today’s enterprise architect juggles strategy, tech and innovation

CIO Business Intelligence

In todays rapidly evolving business landscape, the role of the enterprise architect has become more crucial than ever, beyond the usual bridge between business and IT. In a world where business, strategy and technology must be tightly interconnected, the enterprise architect must take on multiple personas to address a wide range of concerns. These include everything from technical design to ecosystem management and navigating emerging technology trends like AI.

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Cisco SVP talks agentic AI, quantum security and sustainable infrastructure

Network World

When responsibility for a companys long-term growth and differentiation in the market is part of your job description, it can be an adventure. Nathan Jokel , senior vice president of corporate strategy and alliances at Cisco, has stepped up to the challenge. I support our executive leadership team, and I work very closely with the general managers that lead all of our business units and functional leaders to help make the strategic decisions and chart Ciscos course to make sure that were deliver

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CIOs recalibrate IT agendas to make room for rising AI spend

CIO Business Intelligence

CEOs, their boards, and the rest of the C-suite continue to push AI as a strategic imperative. As a result, ITs investments in AI are up, with the percentage of the IT budget earmarked for AI projects nearly tripling from last year, according to the 2025 CIO Playbook from Lenovo and research firm IDC. But while research also shows that most IT budgets are higher this year than in 2024, CIOs say those increases arent enough to cover all the tech-enabled initiatives their organizations have identi

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The AI Race Isn’t Just About Tech Superiority – Its the Supply Chain, Stupid!

The race to dominate AI is no longer about who has the smartest algorithms — it's about who can build and scale faster. Behind every AI breakthrough lies a battle for resources: data centers, compute hardware, power, and telecom infrastructure. And right now, even tech giants are hitting a wall. Our latest white paper reveals the six critical supply chain elements that are increasingly separating AI leaders from the rest.

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XR Steps Back, AI Steps Up: The Shake-Up In Our 2025 Emerging Technologies

Forrester IT

Forresters 2025 top 10 emerging technologies report reveals a major shift in the tech landscape, driven by AI acceleration and changing market dynamics. Longtime list members extended reality and Zero Trust edge are stepping back, making room for two fast-moving innovations one of which was virtually unknown just a year ago. The earlier release gives tech leaders more time to strategize and align with upcoming breakthroughs in AI and beyond.

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UK’s Cyber Crime Down in 2024: Better ‘Cyber Hygiene Among Small Businesses

Tech Republic Security

A UK government survey of 2024 data shows phishing remains the top cyber threat, ransomware cases doubled, and fewer boards include cyber experts despite steady attack rates.

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Microsoft releases out-of-band updates to fix reporting error

Network World

Microsoft has released emergency patches to fix an apparent reporting error in Active Directory (AD) Group Policy, which allows administrators to manage and configure user and computer settings in Windows. The company reported in a Microsoft 365 message center update that the status of local audit logon/logoff policies might be incorrectly displayed, with audits showing as not occurring when they were actually running in the background.

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Key Takeaways From The Forrester Wave™: DMA Platforms Q2 2025

Forrester IT

Im excited to announce the release of our latest Forrester DMA Platforms Wave, Q2 2025. This edition evaluated the 11 most significant Data Management and Analytics (DMA) platform vendors, providing a comprehensive view of a market undergoing rapid transformation.

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How to Use LastPass Password Manager

Tech Republic Security

Learn how to use LastPass to manage your passwords securely. Follow this step-by-step guide to enhance your online security with ease.

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Balancing AI’s Promise and Complexities: 6 Takeaways for Tech Leaders

Information Week

Here are key AI insights from a recent panel I served on, including the importance of using AI to solve real business problems, augmenting human capabilities rather than replacing jobs, and ensuring ethical and responsible practices.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook For Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Document-heavy workflows slow down productivity, bury institutional knowledge, and drain resources. But with the right AI implementation, these inefficiencies become opportunities for transformation. So how do you identify where to start and how to succeed? Learn how to develop a clear, practical roadmap for leveraging AI to streamline processes, automate knowledge work, and unlock real operational gains.

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Judgment Day is coming… for AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Artificial intelligence has great potential in predicting outcomes. While AI can predict the likelihood of precipitation, it most likely wont help you dress or prepare for inclement weather. That preparation involves more than the probability of rain or snow. Humans make extremely subtle judgment calls on what to wear based on their preferences, intuition, or life experiences.

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Forrester’s Top Threats For 2025

Forrester IT

2025 started with a bang! Technology and geopolitics are changing faster than many can keep track. Theres an announcement of a new, benchmark-shattering generative AI seemingly every week. Planned job cuts across US employers are at their highest levels since 2020.

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‘No AI Agents are Allowed.’ EU Bans Use of AI Assistants in Virtual Meetings

Tech Republic Security

In a presentation delivered this month by the European Commission, a meeting etiquette slide stated No AI Agents are allowed.

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Trends in Neuromorphic Computing CIOs Should Know

Information Week

Neuromorphic computing technology is advancing rapidly. What does this mean for CIOs and their organizations?

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How AI Is Revolutionizing Contact Centers: 2025 Strategy + ROI Playbook

In 2025, contact centers aren’t just changing—they’re being rebuilt by AI. This no-fluff, executive-ready guide shows you how to capitalize on the transformation. Inside: proven ROI calculators, workforce optimization tactics, deflection strategies, and a 90-day AI deployment plan. Built for CIOs, COOs, CX leaders, and contact center strategists, it goes beyond buzzwords into play-by-play implementation.

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Windows Server 2025 domain controllers may lose connectivity after reboot, says Microsoft

Network World

Microsoft is warning IT administrators that their Windows Server 2025 domain controllers (DC) may lose network connectivity after they are restarted. In a Windows release health dashboard update posted Friday, the company said that, after a restart, Windows Server 2025 domain controllers (such as servers hosting the Active Directory domain controller role) might not manage network traffic correctly, rendering them inaccessible on the domain network, or possibly allowing incorrect access over por

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Trade routes of the digital age: How data gravity shapes cloud strategy

CIO Business Intelligence

Throughout history, the movement of goods, knowledge and influence has been shaped by gravitational forces not those of planets, but of human civilization. One of the most striking examples is the Silk Road , a vast network of trade routes that connected the East and West for centuries. Cities like Samarkand, Constantinople and Alexandria became gravitational hubs, attracting merchants, culture and commerce due to their strategic locations.

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Sovereign AI: NexGen Cloud Gets Funds For Its Infrastructure In Europe

Forrester IT

Cloud vendors are focusing on bringing AI solutions to their customers in ways that address sovereignty concerns rising from the mounting geopolitical instability globally. Just in the first two weeks of April, we have seen this at KubeCon Europe 2025 and at Google Cloud Next 2025 in Las Vegas.

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Developers Beware: Slopsquatting & Vibe Coding Can Increase Risk of AI-Powered Attacks

Tech Republic Security

Slopsquatting and vibe coding are fueling a new wave of AI-driven cyberattacks, exposing developers to hidden risks through fake, hallucinated packages.

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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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How to Drive a Smarter, Innovative, and Predictable Agile Delivery Model

Social, Agile and Transformation

Many organizations struggle with evolving their agile delivery model, leading to missed deadlines and customer dissatisfaction. The key issue is teams rush into solving problems without proper planning. To improve, simplify the approach by developing a clear vision, fostering collaboration, and enhancing change management while avoiding jargon and rigid frameworks.

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AI agents vs. agentic AI: What do enterprises want?

Network World

Enterprises have told me from the start that cloud-hosted generative AI based on large language models isnt going to transform their business operation. They were very hopeful when the concept of AI agents came along, because it seemed to align with their own AI thinking. Now that this AI agent story has morphed into agentic AI, it seems to have taken on the same big-cloud-AI flavor that they already rejected.

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10 most used gen AI tools in the enterprise

CIO Business Intelligence

Gen AI has entered the enterprise in a big way since OpenAI first launched ChatGPT in 2022. According to Precedence Research, the global gen AI market was over $25 billion in 2024 and is forecast to reach a staggering $803 billion by 2033. And AI at Wharton, part of the Wharton AI and Analytics Initiative at the UPenns Wharton School, together with consultancy GBK Collective, also found in a study of senior decision-makers that enterprises with 1,000 or more employees invested on average more th

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Ingenuity And Core Values Will Steady The Ship: Top Healthcare Provider Trends In 2025

Forrester IT

Steering through a maelstrom of uncertainty and risk in a rapidly changing healthcare landscape requires resilient leaders who will adapt strategies centered on the human experience. Advancements in AI and the widespread availability of medical information are compelling healthcare provider organizations (HPOs) to reassess how they engage with customers and employees.

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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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Column: Bezos lost in PR space as Blue Origin’s all-female launch backfires

GeekWire

Billionaire Jeff Bezos takes questions in front of Blue Origin’s mock-up for the New Shepard spaceship’s crew capsule in 2017. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Editor’s note: This guest post is written by Aaron Cohen , a longtime PR and brand executive. Cohen originally wrote about this topic on LinkedIn. Jeff Bezos Blue Origin may have made history on Monday for sending an all-woman crew into sub-orbit on its New Shepard rocket ship for all the wrong reasons.

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Late to AI? Here's How CIOs Can Catch Up Quickly

Information Week

Many AI skeptics lost ground to early adopters. Fortunately, it's not too late to catch up.

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8 unusual Linux commands

Network World

This post examines eight somewhat unusual Linux commands that are worth knowing. But before we get into the specific commands, you can run the command below to see whether these eight commands are installed on your system. For each command, youll see the file system location for the command executable or a line that starts with no command in (PATH) where PATH will be a display of your search path the places where the command looks for them.

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From Copilot to agent – AI is growing up, and CISOs need to be ready

CIO Business Intelligence

Over the past year, CISOs have wrestled with integrating AI into security processes, balancing the promised efficiencies with the need for stringent testing and adherence to security protocols. Hot on the heels of this integration effort comes another innovation: agentic AI. An evolution that marks the next leap in AI maturity, agentic AI offers both opportunities and challenges that could redefine how CISOs, CIOs, and their teams defend against cyber threats.

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Conquering Tail Spend in 2025: New AI-Powered Tools and Strategies for Success

Tail spend — often unmanaged, fragmented and costly — can account for as much as 80% of total transaction volume. Without the right strategy, enterprises face hidden risks and unnecessary spend. It’s time to shift from fragmented, ad hoc purchasing to a strategic, technology-driven approach. Download this GEP-sponsored Everest Group research for insights on how your competitors are upping their tail spend management game.

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Apple Gets Tariff Relief. Just Kidding!

Forrester IT

After the stock market and hopes of consumer electronics companies like Apple were buoyed by news of a tariff reprieve on consumer electronics on Friday, they were rapidly dashed by reports that no such exception was in the offing. Instead, these categories were moved to a different bucket.

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Blue Origin’s all-female space mission sends celebrities and scientists on a suborbital trip

GeekWire

Jeff Bezos extends his arms to hug his fiancee, Lauren Sanchez, at the end of an all-female suborbital spaceflight, with Blue Origin trainer Sarah Knights standing by. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Six women rode Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship today on a short suborbital space trip that was notable because of a crew that included pop superstar Katy Perry , morning TV host Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez , the fiance of the space venture’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos.

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Network Security at the Edge for AI-ready Enterprise

Tech Republic Security

The widespread use of AI, particularly generative AI, in modern businesses creates new network security risks for complex enterprise workloads across various locations.

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Kyndryl launches private cloud services for enterprise AI deployments

Network World

Kyndryl has taken the wraps off a suite of private cloud services designed for enterprise customers that want to rapidly deploy AI applications in production environments. Kyndryls AI Private Cloud service taps the vendors relationships with Nvidia and Dell to help enterprises plan, design and develop fully managed, operational AI systems. Kyndryl is incorporating Nvidias AI Enterprise software platform and NIM inference microservices in the Kyndryl Bridge integration platform , for example.

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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