March, 2025

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How to Build a Reliable AI Governance Platform

Information Week

AI governance platforms play an important role in ensuring that AI systems are ethical and transparent. Here's what you need to know to create a platform for your organization's needs.

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Ethernet roadmap: AI drives high-speed, efficient Ethernet networks

Network World

At next months Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC), many of the technologies that are driving current and future Ethernet development will be on full display by the Ethernet Alliance, which is set to unveil its tenth anniversary Ethernet roadmap. Among the hot trends is, unsurprisingly, outfitting Ethernet for all things AI. Right now we are trying to get all of the people and groups who want to build Ethernet for AI to collaborate and work together.

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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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Be THE Human-In-The-Loop: Data & AI Literacy is Your Edge

Forrester IT

AI is transforming the way we live, work, and play. It’s altering how we make decisions and interact with technology. But for all its power, it still needs humans (for now).

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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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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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How Agile Teams Can Stay Focused While Resolving IT Service Management Tickets

Social, Agile and Transformation

Agile and ITSM responsibilities can coexist with effective time management, optimizations, and SLA adjustments. Leaders should analyze ticket performance, identify optimization opportunities, and guide teams on productivity. Clear communication of new strategies and measuring impact will enhance agile capacities while minimizing disruptions to service-level agreements and team burnout.

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Microsoft’s Veeam partnership signals data resiliency market shift

Network World

Veeam recently announced a multi-faceted expansion of its partnership with Microsoft. The first facet is that Microsoft is making an equity investment in Veeam. Although no terms of the financial arrangement were given, this does follow a $2 billion round in late 2024 in which Veeam was valued at $15 billion. There have been rumors swirling regarding the Kirkland, Wash.

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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO Business Intelligence

Security researchers are warning of a significant global rise in Chinese cyber espionage activity against organizations in every industry. Over the course of 2024, researchers from security firm CrowdStrike observed a 150% average increase in intrusions by Chinese threat actors worldwide, with some sectors experiencing two- to three-fold surges. Researchers at the firm also identified seven new Chinese-origin cyber espionage groups in 2024, many of which exhibited specialized targeting and tools

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Agentic AI Is The Next Competitive Frontier

Forrester IT

In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, businesses are moving beyond traditional AI agents toward something far more transformative: agentic AI.

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After Detecting 30B Phishing Attempts, Microsoft Adds Even More AI to Its Security Copilot

Tech Republic Security

Microsoft is partnering with top firms to launch new AI security tools, boosting breach analysis, threat detection, and AI model protection across cloud platforms.

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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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Who is the Pioneering AI Leader Every Innovative CIO Should Watch for CX?

Social, Agile and Transformation

Who is the crucial AI leader unnoticed by many CIOs, particularly regarding customer experience (CX)? Sacolick reviews advanced tools for enhancing CX, warns about GenAI's productivity trap, and encourages businesses to focus on creativity. Successful transformation requires strong leadership and collaboration between CIOs and CMOs. Adobe is an AI leader in CX, The post Who is the Pioneering AI Leader Every Innovative CIO Should Watch for CX?

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Why Your Business Needs an AI Innovation Unit

Information Week

AI is now an integral enterprise asset. That's why it needs its own business team.

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Attackers probing backdoor flaw in popular Cisco Smart Licensing Utility, warns SANS

Network World

Organizations running Ciscos Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) should update their software as soon as possible to fix two serious vulnerabilities, the SANS Technology Institute has urged. The CSLU is a tool used primarily in smaller, on-premises and air-gapped networks as a way to manage Cisco licenses without having to resort to the more complex cloud-based Cisco Smart Licensing.

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7 types of tech debt that could cripple your business

CIO Business Intelligence

CIOs perennially deal with technical debts risks, costs, and complexities. While the impacts of legacy systems can be quantified, technical debt is also often embedded in subtler ways across the IT ecosystem, making it hard to account for the full list of issues and risks. Forrester reports that 30% of IT leaders struggle with high or critical debt, while 49% more face moderate levels.

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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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Cybersecurity’s Latest Buzzword Has Arrived: What Agentic AI Is And Isn’t

Forrester IT

Cybersecurity vendors have come out of the woodwork in the past few months to announce their agentic AI innovations. These include vendors like Swimlane, ReliaQuest, Dropzone AI, Intezer, and others. Some are announcing legitimate agentic AI features, while others are renaming existing ML or generative AI features to catch the hype: the blob strikes again!

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Update VMware Tools for Windows Now: High-Severity Flaw Lets Hackers Bypass Authentication

Tech Republic Security

CVE-2025-22230 is described as an "authentication bypass vulnerability" by Broadcom, allowing hackers to perform high-privilege operations without the necessary credentials.

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3 Key Insights on Driving Intelligent Operations in the GenAI Era

Social, Agile and Transformation

Intelligent operations is crucial for executives in construction and manufacturing today. They enhance safety, competitiveness, and growth, especially with the advent of genAI. Emphasizing the human element in operations, leveraging technology, and building trust in AI systems can improve overall performance and attract younger talent, while addressing workforce challenges.

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What To Expect From the Intersection of AI and Biometrics

Information Week

AI and biometrics are ubiquitous parts of modern life. How are these technologies interacting and reshaping one another?

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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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VMware ESXi gets critical patches for in-the-wild virtual machine escape attack

Network World

Broadcom released emergency patches for its VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion products to fix three vulnerabilities that can lead to virtual machine escape and are actively being exploited by attackers. Products that include VMware ESXi, such as VMware vSphere, VMware Cloud Foundation, and VMware Telco Cloud Platform, are also impacted. VMware products, especially the ESXi enterprise hypervisor, are high-value targets and have been repeatedly attacked by cybercriminal and cyberespionage group

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The 8 new rules of IT leadership — and what they replace

CIO Business Intelligence

The CIO role continues to evolve, changing as dramatically as the technology it manages and maintains. Moreover, the pace of the chief IT positions transformation seems to be accelerating likewise mirroring the speed of change in the tech stack. As a result, tech executives must lead, manage, and work differently than they did in the past. Here, veteran CIOs, researchers, and advisers share the changes theyre seeing, offering a look at the new rules of IT leadership along with the old ones they

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Interoperability Is Key to Unlocking Agentic AI’s Future

Forrester IT

Agentic AI is rising. The evolution towards pervasive AI agents paves a way towards an “Internet of Agents,” where AI entities seamlessly interact and coordinate tasks across diverse ecosystems. Just as standardized protocols fueled the internet’s exponential growth, a shared framework is crucial to actualizing a globally interconnected agentic workforce.

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Google Acquires Startup Wiz for $32B to Make ‘Cybersecurity More Accessible And Simpler’

Tech Republic Security

Googles agreement to buy cloud security startup Wiz will face antitrust scrutiny amid Alphabets ongoing legal battles.

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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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7 Rewarding Career Paths for the Fearless Agile Program Manager

Social, Agile and Transformation

Agile program managers are facing significant risks amid tech layoffs, with 8.3% impacted in recent cuts. As agile methodologies rise, some roles are declining. Career paths for agile program managers include transitioning to technical leadership, product management, data governance, and more. Continuous skill development and networking are essential for future opportunities.

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What’s New in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality?

Information Week

AI is dominating corporate tech, but enhanced reality technologies like AR and VR are still evolving. Chief information officers shouldnt lose track of their business potential.

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Red Hat’s AI portfolio evolves to address enterprise deployment challenges

Network World

Red Hat announced updates to Red Hat OpenShift AI and Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI), with a goal of addressing the high costs and technical complexity of scaling AI beyond pilot projects into full deployment. New capabilities include the ability to split AI inference across multiple GPUs and nodes, integration of InstructLab into OpenShift AI pipelines, and a new AI guardrails orchestration framework.

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IT leaders: What’s the gameplan as tech badly outpaces talent?

CIO Business Intelligence

Dun and Bradstreet has been using AI and ML for years, and that includes gen AI, says Michael Manos, the companys CTO. Its a quickly-evolving field, he says, and the demand for professionals with experience in this space is exceedingly high. Hes seeing the need for professionals who can not only navigate the technology itself, but also manage increasing complexities around its surrounding architectures, data sets, infrastructure, applications, and overall security.

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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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Salesforce Launches Agentforce: What Technology Leaders Need To Know

Forrester IT

Its safe to run your AI agents (they’re mostly chatbots, case summaries, or simple text generators today) on the Agentforce chassis as long as you run them inside your Salesforce application domain. We spent two days in San Francisco at Salesforces TDX developer conference.

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How to Use NordPass: A Step-by-Step Guide

Tech Republic Security

NordPass is a secure password manager for storing and auto-filling passwords. Learn how to set it up, save logins, and explore its features.

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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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How to Create a Winning AI Strategy

Information Week

After making hefty investments in artificial intelligence, many organizations are not seeing the value they expected, but a few simple changes can make a world of difference.

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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.