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The Ten Most Important Cloud Trends For 2024

Forrester IT

Forrester’s top ten cloud trends for 2024 report is out. No one will be surprised that AI figures prominently. Yet there are other fundamental shifts in play — the rise of the intelligent edge, increased cloud compliance complexity, and (finally!) mature multicloud networking offerings.

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Private Internet Access (PIA) vs ExpressVPN (2024): Which VPN Is Better?

Tech Republic Security

ExpressVPN’s overall polish, fast performance and wider server network give it a slight edge over PIA VPN’s feature-rich and affordable package.

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5 Critical Steps for Continued Operations Amid Chaos

Information Week

These practical tips are designed to help businesses of all sizes build resilience against the unique challenges posed by hurricane season.

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NIST finally settles on quantum-safe crypto standards

Network World

After years of review, the National Institute of Standards and Technology officially picked the world’s first three post-quantum encryption algorithms as the basis for its post-quantum security strategy : ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA. NIST first asked cryptographers to develop these new standards in 2016, when the threat of quantum computers started becoming a reality.

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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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Fairy-Tale Data: The Comforting Fiction That Undercuts Your CX Efforts

Forrester IT

Chances are that your organization is lying to itself about the quality of the customer experience (CX) it provides. But this lie is so pleasant, so comforting, that organizations continue to tell it even as the problems it creates pile up.

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Security Experts Welcome NIST’s New Encryption Standards For Quantum Computers

Tech Republic Security

NIST announces new post-quantum cryptography standards, marking a significant step in safeguarding data against future quantum computing threats.

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What enterprises say the CrowdStrike outage really teaches

Network World

Early on July 19, just minutes after data security giant CrowdStrike released what was supposed to be a security update, enterprises started losing Windows endpoints, and we ended up with one of the worst and most widespread IT outages of all time. There’s been a lot said about the why and the how. But how much of that reflects what enterprises think about the outage and what they believe they need to do?

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HPE Seeks To Bolster Its Hybrid Cloud Management Capabilities And Credibility With Morpheus Acquisition

Forrester IT

On August 15, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced its intent to acquire Morpheus Data, a multicloud management solution “to make HPE GreenLake cloud the de facto platform for innovating IT.” The deal is expected to close early FY2024 Q4 of its fiscal year.

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Threat Actors Increasingly Target macOS, Report Finds

Tech Republic Security

A new report from cyberthreat intelligence company Intel471 reveals that threat actors are increasingly targeting macOS.

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Managing Technical Debt in the Midst of Modernization

Information Week

Enterprises must approach technical debt management as a continuous process, rather than a one-time endeavor. Here's some advice.

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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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Enterprise spending on cloud services keeps accelerating

Network World

The cloud market continues to grow at an accelerated rate, defying the economic pressures that are stifling the rest of the industry. Spending on cloud services is in turn driving massive investment in equipment , which is good for the IT vendors because the on-premises data center market is largely flat. According to Synergy Research Group, enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services was $79 billion worldwide in the second quarter, up $14.1 billion or 22% from the second quarter of 202

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Exploring Japan’s Business and Technology Priorities for 2024

Forrester IT

Japanese organizations are facing a pivotal shift in their business and technology priorities amidst economic uncertainties. Take a look at the insights from our latest report.

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StickmanCyber Report: A Look Inside Australia’s Cybersecurity Skills Crisis

Tech Republic Security

A StickmanCyber report reveals a critical cybersecurity skills shortage in Australia, which can have both short- and long-term business implications

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9 Lingering Cloud Risks That Need to Be Wrangled

Information Week

After decades of cloud migration, organizations are still struggling to get it right. The following are some of the common pitfalls that persist.

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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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AMD addresses Sinkclose vulnerability but older processors left unattended

Network World

Though AMD has released security updates to address the “Sinkclose” vulnerability in its processors, some of its older and still-popular chips will not be receiving patches. The flaw, disclosed by researchers from security firm IOActive, affects processors dating back to 2006 and could allow attackers to infiltrate systems undetected. While AMD has rolled out mitigation options for most of its recent processors, including all generations of EPYC data center processors, the latest Threadripper

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Trust, Alignment, And Adaptivity Must Be The Focus Of Your AI Initiatives

Forrester IT

Successful AI projects depend on three things: trust, alignment, and adaptivity. Learn how technology and CX professionals can further trust, alignment, and adaptivity when devising effective, sustainable, and scalable AI solutions.

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Tesserent Offers Mental Health Tips for Australian CISOs

Tech Republic Security

Cybersecurity professionals are experiencing high levels of stress, which can have both business and personal implications. Here’s how they can improve their mental health.

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Reshaping the CIO's Playbook for the AI Age

Information Week

In this landscape of rapid change, the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) on the role of the chief information officer is profound and far-reaching.

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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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Broadcom distrust drives sales for VMware competition

Network World

Discontent over VMware licensing changes and shifts to the partner program has sent customers looking elsewhere, and at least two competitors say they are benefiting from the discord in the form of increased sales. Scale Computing, which specializes in hyperconverged software systems, said in its most recent quarterly earnings announcement that sales have taken off, thanks in part to Broadcom’s changes to VMware sales operations.

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Generative AI Impact On Clinicians: Bringing The Fever Down

Forrester IT

Forrester research reveals of US healthcare organizations are in initial production implementation of GenAI (with departmental-scale use cases), scaling up to enterprise-level deployment. But it will take time, trial and error, training, and talent to make meaningful strides that positively impact the clinical workforce.

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Microsoft Patched 6 Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws

Tech Republic Security

Patch Tuesday brought updates for 90 security vulnerabilities, including patching severe remote code execution vulnerabilities and closing some doors in Chromium.

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Is It Time to Rethink Reskilling Again Amid AI's Growing Pains?

Information Week

Noticeable stumbles and possible over-speculation on AI might affect the push to retain the workforce for an AI-ready world.

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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.

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Cisco to cut 7% of workforce, restructure product groups

Network World

Cisco today said it is slicing 7% of its global workface and reconfiguring its networking, security and collaboration business units as part of a restructuring that will result in a $1 billion pre-tax charge to earnings. The current round of cuts will impact about 6,000 jobs. Earlier this year, Cisco cut 4,200 jobs in a move that cost the company an estimated $800 million in pre-tax charges.

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Is the gen AI bubble due to burst? CIOs face rethink ahead

CIO Business Intelligence

Generative AI has been hyped so much over the past two years that observers see an inevitable course correction ahead — one that should prompt CIOs to rethink their gen AI strategies. But while whispers of a gen AI bubble grow louder, a full burst may not be in the offing, as many AI experts see investment continuing even after some IT leaders, among others, push back on the technology’s hype.

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CBA’s x15ventures Set to Lead in Fintech AI Innovation

Tech Republic Security

CBA's x15ventures is transforming fintech AI with its Xccelerate program, boosting innovation and setting new industry benchmarks in AI technology.

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Is R2-D2 Going To Take Care of Your Grandma?

Information Week

Robotic technology has been proposed as a means of caring for our growing elderly population. How viable is it really?

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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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Your attack surface is showing, Unit 42 warns enterprises

Network World

The average organization adds or updates some 300 services every month, creating a significant challenge for security teams charged with protecting enterprise cloud-based resources, notes Unit 42. Companies in the telecommunications, insurance, pharma and life sciences industries can add over 1,000 new services every month, while those in financial services, healthcare and manufacturing industries often add over 200 new services monthly, says the security research group, which is part of Palo Al

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How leading CISOs build business-critical cyber cultures

CIO Business Intelligence

Most IT and information security leaders are very familiar with the term VUCA. Standing for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, it encapsulates the world we’re operating in today, one that is only going to grow more complex and uncertain over time. The best cybersecurity leaders are not only intensely aware of this reality; they’re also intentionally focused on developing and implementing strategies for thriving in a VUCA world and creating a pipeline of future-ready cyber leader

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Secureworks Fills Australian Mid-Market Demand for Simplified Cyber Security Solutions

Tech Republic Security

The CEO of a burgeoning cybersecurity firm spoke to TechRepublic about XDR, ransomware, the Crowdstrike outage and what organisations can do to prepare for cyberattacks.

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The Tug of War Between Biometrics and Privacy

Information Week

Biometrics offer major security benefits, but the technology also comes with big questions about privacy.

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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.