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Next-gen Ethernet standards set to move forward in 2025

Network World

2024 was a banner year for Ethernet , which has been a foundational element of networking for more than 50 years and is poised for more advancements as 2025 kicks off. Multiple standards and certification efforts made progress in 2024, helping networks to be more reliable and deliver more bandwidth.One of the most significant developments was the maturation of 800 Gigabit Ethernet (800GbE).

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Bridging the IT skills gap, Part 2: A CIO’s guide to embracing GenAI

CIO Business Intelligence

Despite its transformative capabilities, many organizations hesitate to adopt generative AI (GenAI). According to IDCs Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, Wave 4 , April 2024, the most significant factors limiting further evaluation or expanded use of GenAI are lack of skills and a lack of clear use cases or initial offerings that align with business needs.

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It’s getting harder to measure just how good AI is getting

Vox

In this photo illustration, a person navigates the ChatGPT application interface on a smartphone, selecting AI model options. Toward the end of 2024, I offered a take on all the talk about whether AIs scaling laws were hitting a real-life technical wall. I argued that the question matters less than many think: There are existing AI systems powerful enough to profoundly change our world , and the next few years are going to be defined by progress in AI, whether the scaling laws hold or not.

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Why Your Business May Want to Shift to an Industry Cloud Platform

Information Week

Industry-specific cloud platforms are growing in size and scope. Now may be the time to consider a move.

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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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Enhancing Health Care Cybersecurity: Bridging HIPAA Gaps with Innovation

Tech Republic Security

The proposed HIPAA Security Rule introduces mandatory measures that reflect the growing sophistication of cyber threats in health care.

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Device Offboarding Manager PowerShell Tool for Simplified Device Lifecycle Management

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link] and LinkedIn page for latest updates [link] The post Device Offboarding Manager PowerShell Tool for Simplified Device Lifecycle Management appeared first on HTMD Community Modern Device Management News & Guides by Anoop C Nair.

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Empowering Boards for Cybersecurity Incidents

SecureWorld News

Today, a cyber incident is not just an IT issueit's a business crisis that can shake the foundation of an organization. Imagine the chaos when systems go offline, customer data is compromised, or operations grind to a halt. In these moments, the board's leadership is crucial to navigating through the storm. The CrowdStrike incident in 2024 was a stark reminder how it could bring major day-to-day activities to a halt.

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Authorization Matters

Phil Windley

Summary: I've become very interested in the topic of authorization over the last year and plan to write about it more. I hope you'll follow along. In 2013, poor authorization practices led to one of the largest data breaches in history. Over a three-week period, hackers stole 40 million credit and debit card accounts from retail giant Target by exploiting the account of an HVAC contractor.

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ChatGPT Can Now Schedule Tasks in Advance

Tech Republic

ChatGPT's new tasks feature, now in beta, can provide daily weather reports or send reminders. It is available in certain subscriptions.

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Is A $7 Million Super Bowl Ad Worth It? Probably Not

Forrester IT

Is a Super Bowl ad worth it? A 30-second spot at this years Super Bowl will set you back a cool 7 million bucks. And even if you wanted one of those spots, you cant have it theyve been gone for a while.

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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.

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HPE beats Dell and Supermicro in $1B AI server deal with X

Network World

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has signed a contract exceeding $1 billion to provide AI servers for X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, according to Bloomberg. The deal represents a critical endorsement of HPEs technology as the company reportedly edged out leading competitors Dell and Supermicro. While the finer details remain confidential, the agreement underscores HPEs growing clout in the rapidly expanding AI server market.

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Addressing the Security Risks of AI in the Cloud

Information Week

Enterprises have wholeheartedly embraced the cloud. As AI takes center stage, are companies ready for the risks?

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10 top priorities for CIOs in 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

As 2025 dawns, CIOs face an IT landscape that differs significantly from just a year ago. AI, once viewed as a novel innovation, is now mainstream, impacting just about facet of the enterprise. Over the next 12 months, IT leaders can look forward to even more innovations, as well as some serious challenges. To keep ahead of the curve, CIOs should continuously evaluate their business and technology strategies, adjusting them as necessary to address rapidly evolving technology, business, and econo

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Is Your AI ‘Agentic’, Or Merely ‘Agent-ish’?

Forrester IT

Jensen Huang says AI agents are a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity. Mark Benioff thinks agents represent what AI was meant to be. And Satya Nadella thinks SaaS is dead. Its 2025, and agents are the only game in town (or so it would seem).

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic

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Nile dials-up AI to simplify network provisioning, operation

Network World

Network-as-a-service startup Nile has added an AI-based tool aimed at helping enterprise customers provision and operatethe vendors Campus Network-as-a-Service deployments. Founded by former Cisco CEO John Chambers and Pankaj Patel, Ciscos former chief development officer, Niles subscription-based NaaS offering, Nile Access Service, lets customers set up and manage campus network operations without requiring them to purchase and maintain their own networking infrastructure.

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Are We Ready for Artificial General Intelligence?

Information Week

AI companies have struggled to plan for the inevitable disruption caused by increasingly sophisticated AI systems.

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Australian Government Agencies Failing to Keep Up With Cyber Security Change

Tech Republic Security

Cyber security maturity declines among Australian government agencies in 2024, as legacy IT systems hinder progress under the Essential Eight framework.

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Google Pressures Microsoft 365 By Adding Gemini To Workspace For (Mostly) Free

Forrester IT

Today, Google announced that it will include the best of Google AI in its Workspace Business and Workspace Enterprise plans, without the need to purchase an add-on. Will this make Workspace more competitive against Microsoft 365?

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4 HR Priorities for 2025 to Supercharge Your Employee Experience

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

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Ericsson unveils genAI assistant for 5G network operations

Network World

Telecommunications and networking provider Ericsson recently launched its generative AI-based virtual assistant that uses large language model (LLM) technology to read, understand, and generate new content to provide personalized answers for network operators configuring wireless 5G networks, troubleshooting problems, and creating policies. Ericssons AI-based NetCloud Assistant, or ANA, is LLM-based and provides concise responses and summaries to queries using information gathered from multiple

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AI Risk Management: Is There an Easy Way?

Information Week

AI is a work in progress where risk management should accompany development and deployment. It's critical to identify insert risk in these processes.

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Fast vs. slow: the real impact of AI adoption speed

CIO Business Intelligence

There are a lot of reasons to take a slow and careful approach to generative AI. The technology is changing quickly, so investing a lot of money in the wrong platform could end up costing a lot of money. Generative AI still has accuracy and safety problems, and the copyright issues havent yet been settled in the courts, all of which could create legal liabilities or other problems.

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A Quick And Dirty Guide To Cryptocurrencies, Stablecoins, And CBDCs

Forrester IT

What's the difference between a cryptocurrency and a stablecoin? What's a CBDC, anyway? We demystify the key terms in this blog post.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Cisco offers AI application visibility, access control, threat defense

Network World

Cisco has rolled out a service that promises to protect enterprise AI development projects with visibility, access control, threat defense, and other safeguards. The vendors AI Defense package offers protection to enterprise customers developing AI applications across models and cloud services, according to Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager of Ciscos Security, Data Center, Internet & Cloud Infrastructure groups.

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Demand and Supply Issues May Impact AI in 2025

Information Week

The new year may be very different for AI, given whats happening in organizations and the world.

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Stoke Space brings in $260M for further development of its fully reusable rocket

GeekWire

Stoke Space’s rocket engine test lights up a vertical test stand in Moses Lake, Wash. (Stoke Space Photo) Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space says it’s raised $260 million in a new founding round to finish the development of its fully reusable Nova rocket and complete construction of a launch complex in Florida. Investors in the Series C funding round include Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Industrious Ventures, Leitmotif, Point72 Ventures, Sev

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Some Good News In The World Of IoT Security: The FCC Launches The US Cyber Trust Mark Program

Forrester IT

The US government is doing something positive around IoT security. With the launch of the US Cyber Trust Mark program, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized a program and developed rules that bring forward a voluntary labeling standard to inform consumers about the cybersecurity impact of wireless IoT devices they may bring into their homes.

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Predicting the Future of Sales: How AI and Automation Will Revolutionize Strategies

In this exploration, we're diving into predictions about the future of sales. We're talking about a complete shake-up powered by automation and artificial intelligence (AI). These aren't just fancy tools — they're real game-changers. Automation and AI are here to redefine every interaction, making them smarter, faster, and more meaningful. From personalized customer journeys to streamlined sales processes, the goal is to make every moment count, enhancing both efficiency and connection.

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Network convergence will drive enterprise 6G wireless strategies

Network World

The traditional separation between Wi-Fi and cellular networks a cornerstone of enterprise wireless planning is facing fundamental challenges according to a new 6G vision statement released this week by the World Broadband Association, It is important that the 6G era brings together cellular, Wi-Fi, and non-terrestrial access in a more seamless fashion, to create a network of networks,' said Maria Cuevas Ramirez, network infrastructure research director at BT and a board director of the Wirele

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What Happens if AI No Longer Has Access to Good Data to Train On?

Information Week

As new policies on privacy take hold, it might change the availability of data AI can train on.

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UK Considers Banning Ransomware Payments

Tech Republic Security

The proposed mandate intends to discourage criminals from targeting critical national infrastructure and public services, as there will be no financial motivation.

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2025: The Digital Banking Landscape Is Poised For Another Transformative Year

Forrester IT

Leading banks are leveraging mature and emerging technologies, customer insights, and data to enhance customer experience, increase customer engagement, and drive business growth.

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2024 Salary Guide

Procom’s 2024 Salary Guide provides critical insights into the latest hiring trends, in-demand IT roles, and competitive pay rates across Canada and the U.S. It highlights key market dynamics such as the growing demand for remote work, skills-based hiring, and flexible staffing solutions. With detailed pay rate data for top IT positions like Cybersecurity Consultants, Cloud Engineers, and Salesforce Developers, this guide is an essential resource for companies looking to stay competitive in toda