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8 Reasons Your Cloud Costs Are Too High
Are your cloud costs soaring into the stratosphere? You're likely to find the cause by looking inward. ... more
Why The CIO Role Should Be Split In Two
The CIO role is being splintered into too many mini-CIO positions, bringing increasingly problematic complexity to IT strategy. It's time to rethink how we divvy up IT leadership. ... more
Tech Leaders Worry AI Innovation Is Outpacing Governance
The pace of AI innovation is making it increasingly difficult to handle issues of safety and responsibility ... more
Rowing In The Same Direction: 6 Tips For Stronger IT And Security Collaboration
In competitive rowing, particularly in an eight with a coxswain, every seat has a distinct role, yet success hinges entirely on synergy, precision and trust. ... more
Sounding The Alarm On AI-Powered Cybersecurity Threats In 2025
Exploring the biggest threats to security in 2025 ... more
Hacking Cybersecurity Leadership
Cybersecurity is an infinite game being played by teams and multi-team systems of individuals with finite capacity. ... more
Security
Types Of DNS Attacks: How They Work & How To Stay Protected
The Domain Name System (DNS) lets users and websites interact smoothly and seamlessly by turning human-readable domain names into machine-readable IP addresses. Given the high importance of DNS in digital communications, it often falls victim to attacks, which lead to data breaches, and service outages. ... more
Cybersecurity In 2025: AI, Attack Surfaces And The Shift To Cyber Resilience
Hello, I'm Krista Case, research director on the team here at The Futurum Group. I'm here today to walk you through three of the key trends that we're going to be watching in the cybersecurity space. ... more
What Is EDR? Endpoint Detection And Response
In today's interconnected world, cybersecurity threats are more sophisticated and pervasive than ever. Traditional security solutions, like antivirus software, often fall short against advanced persistent threats (APTs), zero-day exploits, and fileless malware. ... more
Why Internal Audit Services Are Key To Risk Management In Today's Business Landscape
Nowadays, organizations face a multitude of risks ranging from financial fraud and cyber threats to regulatory non-compliance and operational inefficiencies. Managing these risks effectively is critical to ensuring business continuity, regulatory adherence, and financial stability. ... more
OpenSSH Vulnerabilities Could Pose Huge Threat To Businesses Everywhere
Qualys finds two worrying bugs in OpenSSH ... more
How To Build An Effective IAM Architecture
Identity and access management is changing and so must strategies for managing it. Read up on IAM architecture approaches and how to select the best for your organization. ... more
Storage
What Is A Helium Hard Drive?
Helium hard drives, a significant leap in hard disk drive (HDD) technology, offer promising improvements in storage density and power efficiency. The use of helium is the key to these advancements. Here's everything you need to know. ... more
Beyond 100TB, Here'a How Western Digital Is Betting On Heat Dot Magnetic Recording To Reach The Storage Skies
As well as supercharging HDDs, WD is also exploring ceramics and DNA storage ... more
CxO Podcasts
Why Your Next Co-Worker Will Be A 'Digital Employee' (31:13)
Going beyond traditional generative AI chatbots and even agentic AI workflows, the next phase within the workplace, especially for mundane tasks, will be performed by 'digital employees' alongside humans. ... more
AI, Jobs And The New World Of 'Work' - Ep. 212
With new AI tools disrupting companies and workplaces around the world, are we soon approaching a new way of work that goes beyond the agricultural, industrial and information ages? What will happen if we get to a place where humans won't be 'working' in a traditional sense that we've all grown up with? ... more
AI
Understanding The Difference Between Assisted Intelligence And Artificial Intelligence
The difference between assisted intelligence and artificial intelligence ... more
Multimodal And Agentic AI: The Next Evolution In Customer Experience
Multimodal and agentic AI enhance customer experience ... more
One AI Analyst, Infinite Scale: The New Security Operations Model
The Hard Truth About SOC Analysts Today ... more
Decentralized Protocol Leaders Join Forces To Launch HumanAIx AI Infrastructure Alliance
OORT, a decentralized blockchain-based cloud computing platform for artificial intelligence, today announced the launch of HumanAIx, a global alliance for decentralized protocols to build better AI infrastructure. ... more
AI At The Edge: The Expanding AI Ecosystem In 2025
What we're thinking here in our holistic practice, looking at all of our different technology categories, is that AI devices are actually taking off this year. ... more
Humor
Techie Pointed Out Meetings Are Pointless, And Was Punished For It
This week, we venture into the realm of office politics with a reader we'll Regomize as "Palmer." Palmer once worked under a newly minted manager who considered Dilbert comics as useful training, and the Pointy-Haired Boss as an inspiration. ... more
DIMM Techies Weren't Allowed To Leave The Building Until Proven To Not Be Pilferers
This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Harry" who once worked for a supergiant global tech services company as it helped a major UK government agency to drag its tech into the 21st century. ... more
Operations
Modern Infrastructure Has A Severe Access Problem
Modern DevOps and cloud infrastructure has exploded in complexity, and with that complexity comes a big access problem. ... more
Database
Transforming The Future Of Data With Graph Databases
Why graph databases will become vital as data complexity grows ... more
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