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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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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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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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The AI Cost Center Crisis

Forrester IT

Place AI In The Business Model To Help Brands Thrive AI reshapes the way marketing agencies deliver value — increasing productivity, accelerating the speed of insights, assisting creative ideation, amplifying production velocity, and sharpening media and search activation. But they are not being compensated for the value creation. It’s an AI cost center crisis.

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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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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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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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The augmented IT team: How AI is reshaping IT roles and skills for the future

CIO Business Intelligence

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more embedded in daily operations, IT teams are being asked to adapt, not just in what they manage but also in how they work. Routine tasks are increasingly handled by automation, and AI systems provide insights that once required human intervention. This shift is prompting a key question: What does the future IT team look like?

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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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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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AMD steps up AI competition with Instinct MI350 chips, rack-scale platform

Network World

AMD ( Nasdaq:AMD ) has launched its latest accelerator chips and offered a glimpse into its AI infrastructure strategy, aiming to expand its role in the enterprise market, which Nvidia currently dominates. At its 2025 Advancing AI event, the chipmaker unveiled the AMD Instinct MI350 series accelerators and previewed a rack-scale AI infrastructure platform built on open industry standards.

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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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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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As Consumers Turn To Agentic AI Use Cases, Businesses Must Adapt Or Be Left Behind

Forrester IT

When we published our report, The Age Of Agents — GenAI-Fueled Virtual Assistants Will Fundamentally Change Digital Interactions, in 2023, we were watching the rise of generative AI and looking around the corner, noting that AI agents will reduce consumer friction and change how consumers engage with digital businesses.

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10 Important Data Management Questions for CIOs in the GenAI Era

Social, Agile and Transformation

Navigating the complex landscape of data management platforms is increasingly challenging, with numerous solutions for pipeline monitoring, data governance, and AI integration. Experts emphasize the need for automation, robust governance, and trust in data to ensure efficiency and mitigate risks. CIOs must prioritize these areas to optimize data utilization and AI applications.

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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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4 levers every IT leader should pull to do more with less

CIO Business Intelligence

Running a high-performing IT function today requires more than just keeping the lights on. With limited resources, high customer expectations and the rapid emergence of new technologies, IT leaders are being asked to deliver greater impact with fewer resources. That means making deliberate choices about where to focus and where to step back. Over time, I’ve come to rely on four core levers that consistently help my team deliver better outcomes with limited resources: Eliminating waste Simplifyi

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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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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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A massive Google Cloud outage messed up Google Home, Spotify, and other services

The Verge

On Thursday afternoon, many people with smart home setups connected to Google Home / Nest, or who are trying to stream music on Spotify, started coming up empty. All I got when I tried to open the Spotify website was a message that says “Audiences in Jwt are not allowed,” and opening the app also pops up an error saying it can’t connect. The issues appear to be tied to problems with Google Cloud that affected server locations globally starting at about 1:51PM ET, and have now been largely resolv

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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 CIOs are getting data right for AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Quality data is vital for the success of any IT initiative. That’s especially true for AI projects. While bad data will always yield bad results, the stakes are exceptionally high for AI, where poor data could lead to serious financial loss, regulatory fines, and reputational damage. Good data that feeds a successful initiative, however, could deliver a significant and possibly game-changing strategic advantage.

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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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The Public’s Trust Is the Cornerstone Of Success For Singapore’s Government

Forrester IT

Trust is the currency of effective governance. In Singapore, where public institutions are known for their efficiency and integrity, maintaining high levels of trust is not just a legacy, it’s a strategic imperative.

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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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Oracle’s struggle with capacity meant they made the difficult but responsible decisions

Network World

During an earnings call late on Wednesday, Oracle ( NYSE:ORCL ) executives boasted/complained about their demand far exceeding capacity. That is a nice problem to have, but it is absolutely still a big problem. “We recently got an order that said ‘We’ll take all the capacity you have, wherever it is. It could be in Europe, could be in Asia, we’ll just take everything,’” said Oracle chairman Larry Ellison.

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Mastering the Art of IT Task Delegation

Information Week

Matching a team or individual to a specific task is an artform many otherwise competent IT leaders fail to acquire. Here are some tips to help you become a task delegation expert.

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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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Salesforce Industry Cloud riddled with configuration risks

CIO Business Intelligence

Salesforce Industry Cloud customers can easily misconfigure their deployments to enable attackers to access encrypted customer information, session data, credentials, and business logic, security researchers have found. The Salesforce Industry Cloud suite of vertical-aligned solutions includes a low-code platform that provides pre-built digital transformations tools for specific industries, such as financial services and manufacturing.

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Your Emerging Technology Questions Answered

Forrester IT

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Meta is paying $14 billion to catch up in the AI race

The Verge

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Meta is paying $14.3 billion to acquire 49 percent of Scale AI and hire its CEO, Alexandr Wang, to revamp its troubled AI efforts. As part of the deal, Wang will report directly to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and remain on Scale's board of directors, both companies announced on Thursday. Sources say Wang will lead a new AI lab at Meta tasked with building "superintelligence.

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Cisco capitalizes on Isovalent buy, unveils new load balancer

Network World

Since it acquired open-source software developer Isovalent in January 2024, Cisco has been busy integrating its technology into some core products. In particular, Cisco has elevated the use of Isovalent’s core container communications technology, Kubernetes-native networking and security platform eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter). eBPF is an open-source Linux operating-system kernel technology that lets programs run securely in a sandbox within the kernel of the OS.

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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.