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Microsoft releases out-of-band updates to fix reporting error

Network World

Microsoft has released emergency patches to fix an apparent reporting error in Active Directory (AD) Group Policy, which allows administrators to manage and configure user and computer settings in Windows. The company reported in a Microsoft 365 message center update that the status of local audit logon/logoff policies might be incorrectly displayed, with audits showing as not occurring when they were actually running in the background.

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XR Steps Back, AI Steps Up: The Shake-Up In Our 2025 Emerging Technologies

Forrester IT

Forresters 2025 top 10 emerging technologies report reveals a major shift in the tech landscape, driven by AI acceleration and changing market dynamics. Longtime list members extended reality and Zero Trust edge are stepping back, making room for two fast-moving innovations one of which was virtually unknown just a year ago. The earlier release gives tech leaders more time to strategize and align with upcoming breakthroughs in AI and beyond.

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CIOs recalibrate IT agendas to make room for rising AI spend

CIO Business Intelligence

CEOs, their boards, and the rest of the C-suite continue to push AI as a strategic imperative. As a result, ITs investments in AI are up, with the percentage of the IT budget earmarked for AI projects nearly tripling from last year, according to the 2025 CIO Playbook from Lenovo and research firm IDC. But while research also shows that most IT budgets are higher this year than in 2024, CIOs say those increases arent enough to cover all the tech-enabled initiatives their organizations have identi

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How Today’s CIOs are Upskilling

Information Week

The chief information officers role is more important than ever. To stay on top of their game, they need to continually upskill. This is what theyre doing.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook For Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Document-heavy workflows slow down productivity, bury institutional knowledge, and drain resources. But with the right AI implementation, these inefficiencies become opportunities for transformation. So how do you identify where to start and how to succeed? Learn how to develop a clear, practical roadmap for leveraging AI to streamline processes, automate knowledge work, and unlock real operational gains.

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How to Use LastPass Password Manager

Tech Republic Security

Learn how to use LastPass to manage your passwords securely. Follow this step-by-step guide to enhance your online security with ease.

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Fortinet embeds AI capabilities across Security Fabric platform

Network World

Fortinet has expanded support for AI across its core cybersecurity platform to protect enterprise customers from evolving threats and simplify network and security operations. Specifically, Fortinet has expanded the role its FortiAI technology plays in its Security Fabric platform to offer customers more intelligent automation, proactive defense, and operational efficiencies than the current implementation.

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Judgment Day is coming… for AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Artificial intelligence has great potential in predicting outcomes. While AI can predict the likelihood of precipitation, it most likely wont help you dress or prepare for inclement weather. That preparation involves more than the probability of rain or snow. Humans make extremely subtle judgment calls on what to wear based on their preferences, intuition, or life experiences.

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Balancing AI’s Promise and Complexities: 6 Takeaways for Tech Leaders

Information Week

Here are key AI insights from a recent panel I served on, including the importance of using AI to solve real business problems, augmenting human capabilities rather than replacing jobs, and ensuring ethical and responsible practices.

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Microsoft: Windows CLFS Vulnerability Could Lead to ‘Widespread Deployment and Detonation of Ransomware’

Tech Republic Security

Microsoft warns CVE-2025-29824 lets attackers with user access escalate privileges to deploy ransomware via a flaw in Windows CLFS.

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NetBrain boosts AI smarts to automatically diagnose, remediate network problems

Network World

NetBrain this week is launching version 12.1 of its eponymous network automation platform. This latest release represents a significant evolution in the companys approach to network management, with a strong emphasis on AI capabilities that aim to transform how enterprises handle complex network environments. NetBrain today is an automation and AI platform for network visibility, Linping Tao, founder and CEO of NetBrain Technology, told Network World.

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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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Sovereign AI: NexGen Cloud Gets Funds For Its Infrastructure In Europe

Forrester IT

Cloud vendors are focusing on bringing AI solutions to their customers in ways that address sovereignty concerns rising from the mounting geopolitical instability globally. Just in the first two weeks of April, we have seen this at KubeCon Europe 2025 and at Google Cloud Next 2025 in Las Vegas.

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IT compensation satisfaction at an all-time low

CIO Business Intelligence

A recent survey found IT compensation satisfaction has hit a record low, with relatively few IT workers saying they are satisfied with their pay. Industry observers, however, suggest the issue might not be entirely about money, leaving CIOs with options for boosting morale on thin budgets. In its latest IT salary survey , tech careers site Dice found IT worker compensation satisfaction has recently plunged, with only 41% of tech professionals reporting they were either very or somewhat satisfied

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Is Now the Time for the CIO to Fully Embrace Virtual Desktops?

Social, Agile and Transformation

The future of end-user computing (EUC) envisions reliance on cloud services for all computing needs, managed centrally and securely. Changes led by Microsoft and Nerdio highlight virtual desktops enhancing employee experience and reducing costs. Transitioning to virtual desktops allows CIOs to rethink device necessity, making the shift inevitable in the evolving work landscape.

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Trends in Neuromorphic Computing CIOs Should Know

Information Week

Neuromorphic computing technology is advancing rapidly. What does this mean for CIOs and their organizations?

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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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Google reaffirms $75B AI infra investment as cloud providers pursue divergent strategies

Network World

In a move closely watched by enterprise technology leaders, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has reaffirmed Googles commitment to spending $75 billion this year on AI infrastructure and data centers weeks after Microsoft reportedly abandoned many of its data center projects. Speaking at Google Cloud Next 25 in Las Vegas, Pichai emphasized how this investment would directly support enterprise customers growing AI workloads while also enhancing core Google services.

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Apple Gets Tariff Relief. Just Kidding!

Forrester IT

After the stock market and hopes of consumer electronics companies like Apple were buoyed by news of a tariff reprieve on consumer electronics on Friday, they were rapidly dashed by reports that no such exception was in the offing. Instead, these categories were moved to a different bucket.

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Could MCP supercharge the agentic AI revolution?

CIO Business Intelligence

Agentic AI is frequently touted as the next wave of innovation set to transform how businesses interact with customers and suppliers. Gartner predicts that by 2029, the technology will resolve 80% of common customer service issues resulting in a 30% reduction in operational costs. But a key challenge for providers and vendors is connecting LLMs to the multiple data sources needed to provide truly autonomous agentic AI.

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Fusion R&D hub aims to break ground in Eastern Washington this summer

GeekWire

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and U.S. Sen Ron Wyden, D-Ore., view a replica of an Avalanche Energy fusion device at the Pacific Northwest Energy Summit in July 2024. (Avalanche Photo) Seattle startup Avalanche Energy plans to open a first-of-its-kind facility for commercial-scale testing of radioactive fusion technologies in Eastern Washington.

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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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Transforming Government Cyber Operations with AI

Information Week

Heres the impact of AI on government cybersecurity operations and best practices for using the technology before, during, and after a cyber incident.

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Cisco, Google Cloud offer enterprises new way to connect SD-WANs

Network World

Cisco and Google Cloud have expanded their partnership to integrate Ciscos SD-WAN with the cloud providers fully managed Cloud WAN service. For Cisco SD-WAN customers, the integration provides a new, secure way to tie together geographically dispersed enterprise data center sites with their Google Cloud workloads using Googles core global network backbone.The Google backbone can offer better performance, reliability and security than accessing those resources over the public internet, Cisco stat

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Google Next 2025: Agentic AI Stack, Multimodality, And Sovereignty

Forrester IT

Loads of news came out of a hot Google Cloud Next 2025 in Las Vegas. The most notable announcements? Sovereign AI solutions on-prem, developer innovations that meet timely needs, very applicable multimodality for content and CX, and new elements for building the enterprise agentic AI stack. What was lacking?

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TBM helps CIOs translate tech spending to business outcomes

CIO Business Intelligence

IT environments are constantly growing more complex, with organizations rolling out AI agents and LLMs, operating in multiple clouds, and anticipating breakthroughs like quantum computing. At the same time, many CIOs seem to struggle to demonstrate the value of IT to the broader business because other departments often view their domain as a cost center.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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Blue Origin’s all-female space mission sends celebrities and scientists on a suborbital trip

GeekWire

Jeff Bezos extends his arms to hug his fiancee, Lauren Sanchez, at the end of an all-female suborbital spaceflight, with Blue Origin trainer Sarah Knights standing by. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Six women rode Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship today on a short suborbital space trip that was notable because of a crew that included pop superstar Katy Perry , morning TV host Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez , the fiance of the space venture’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos.

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The End of Business as Usual: How AI-Native Companies Win

Information Week

AI-native companies arent just automating -- they're rearchitecting business. Success requires embedding AI into strategy, decision-making, and workforce evolution.

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Windows Server 2025 domain controllers may lose connectivity after reboot, says Microsoft

Network World

Microsoft is warning IT administrators that their Windows Server 2025 domain controllers (DC) may lose network connectivity after they are restarted. In a Windows release health dashboard update posted Friday, the company said that, after a restart, Windows Server 2025 domain controllers (such as servers hosting the Active Directory domain controller role) might not manage network traffic correctly, rendering them inaccessible on the domain network, or possibly allowing incorrect access over por

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Banks Need Modern Identity Verification Solutions To Stay Competitive and Resilient In The AI Era

Forrester IT

When discussing digital transformation and innovation with clients in the banking and financial services (FS) sector, identity verification (IDV) often tops their agenda. A seamless digital onboarding experience is crucial, and it can determine whether a customer proceeds with or abandons a new banking relationship.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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Trade routes of the digital age: How data gravity shapes cloud strategy

CIO Business Intelligence

Throughout history, the movement of goods, knowledge and influence has been shaped by gravitational forces not those of planets, but of human civilization. One of the most striking examples is the Silk Road , a vast network of trade routes that connected the East and West for centuries. Cities like Samarkand, Constantinople and Alexandria became gravitational hubs, attracting merchants, culture and commerce due to their strategic locations.

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Overland AI unveils self-driving vehicle for military that goes 35 MPH and navigates off-road terrain

GeekWire

(Overland AI) Seattle startup Overland AI debuted its own autonomous tactical vehicle designed to navigate off-road terrain for military use. The vehicle, dubbed “ULTRA,” reaches a top speed of 35 MPH and has a 1,000-pound payload capacity. It can travel for 100 miles. The vehicle is built with Overland’s self-driving technology that enables giant 4-wheelers to drive without humans or GPS.

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UK’s Cyber Crime Down in 2024: Better ‘Cyber Hygiene Among Small Businesses

Tech Republic Security

A UK government survey of 2024 data shows phishing remains the top cyber threat, ransomware cases doubled, and fewer boards include cyber experts despite steady attack rates.

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Cisco SVP talks agentic AI, quantum security and sustainable infrastructure

Network World

When responsibility for a companys long-term growth and differentiation in the market is part of your job description, it can be an adventure. Nathan Jokel , senior vice president of corporate strategy and alliances at Cisco, has stepped up to the challenge. I support our executive leadership team, and I work very closely with the general managers that lead all of our business units and functional leaders to help make the strategic decisions and chart Ciscos course to make sure that were deliver

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Future-Proof IT: Cost-Saving Strategies Every IT Leader Needs in 2025

With IT budgets projected to grow 9.8% in 2025, leaders must invest wisely—not just cut blindly. This whitepaper introduces The Future-Proof IT Cost Optimization Model, a framework to reduce costs while maintaining service quality. Learn how Cloud Efficiency, AI-Powered Workforce Automation, Vendor Optimization, Cybersecurity Resilience, and Unified Communications can drive savings and improve efficiency.