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Linkerd 2.18 advances cloud-native service mesh

Network World

The term service mesh has been widely used over the last several years to refer to technology that helps to manage communications across microservices and applications. In the cloud-native world, arguably the first implementation of a service mesh came from Buoyant with the open-source Linkerd technology in 2015. Over the last 10 years, Linkerd has grown as a core project within the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).

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From legacy to lakehouse: Centralizing insurance data with Delta Lake

CIO Business Intelligence

In 2025, insurers face a data deluge driven by expanding third-party integrations and partnerships. Many still rely on legacy platforms , such as on-premises warehouses or siloed data systems. These environments often consist of multiple disconnected systems, each managing distinct functions policy administration, claims processing, billing and customer relationship management all generating exponentially growing data as businesses scale.

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The Future Of Digital Experiences: A Human-Centered, Empowering Journey

Forrester IT

Emerging technologies are transforming digital experiences, which are evolving to become more human-centered, assistive, anticipatory, and agentic.

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Building Secure Cloud Infrastructure for Agentic AI

Information Week

Enterprises are gearing up to unleash agentic AI, but is their cloud infrastructure ready?

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Going Beyond Chatbots: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems, & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

If AI agents are going to deliver ROI, they need to move beyond chat and actually do things. But, turning a model into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. In this new webinar, Alex Salazar and Nate Barbettini will break down the emerging AI architecture that makes action possible, and how it differs from traditional integration approaches.

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5 Most Common Security Attack Methods in 2024: Mandiant’s M-Trends Report

Tech Republic Security

Mandiant, which was acquired by Google Cloud in 2022, paints a picture of global cyber threats from last year in order to help readers be better prepared this year.

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Slowdown in AWS data center leasing plans poses little threat to CIOs

Network World

A slowdown in data center lease talks by two of the larger public cloud service providers AWS and Microsoft is unlikely to have an immediate effect on enterprises running advanced workloads in the cloud. The pause in data center lease talks is unlikely to significantly disrupt enterprise ability to scale generative AI , agentic AI , or optimize AI workloads in the short term, said Ron Westfall, research director at Futurum Group.

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Technology Service Provider Acquisitions: A Strategic Shift To AI And Industry Services Is Underway

Forrester IT

Thanks to my colleagues Hannah Murphy and Hayden Weatherall for this research foundation.

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Low-Cost AI Projects -- A Great Way to Get Started

Information Week

It's AI on a shoestring. These five inexpensive projects offer a painless way to understand the technology's business potential and value.

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How to Drive a Smarter, Innovative, and Predictable Agile Delivery Model

Social, Agile and Transformation

Many organizations struggle with evolving their agile delivery model, leading to missed deadlines and customer dissatisfaction. The key issue is teams rush into solving problems without proper planning. To improve, simplify the approach by developing a clear vision, fostering collaboration, and enhancing change management while avoiding jargon and rigid frameworks.

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What are GPUs? Inside the processing power behind AI

Network World

5 key advantages of GPUs GPUs have several key advantages that make them essential for modern computing: Parallel Processing: GPUs can perform numerous calculations simultaneously, making them significantly faster than CPUs for specific tasks. Acceleration of AI and Machine Learning: GPUs are designed to handle the complex computations involved in training and running AI and machine learning models.

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The AI Race Isn’t Just About Tech Superiority – Its the Supply Chain, Stupid!

The race to dominate AI is no longer about who has the smartest algorithms — it's about who can build and scale faster. Behind every AI breakthrough lies a battle for resources: data centers, compute hardware, power, and telecom infrastructure. And right now, even tech giants are hitting a wall. Our latest white paper reveals the six critical supply chain elements that are increasingly separating AI leaders from the rest.

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Bank of America’s big bet on AI started small

CIO Business Intelligence

Bank of America will invest $4 billion in AI and related technology innovations this year, but the financial services giants 7-year-old homemade AI agent, Erica, remains a key ROI generator , linchpin for customer and employee experience , and source of great pride today. Few used the term agent, let alone agentic AI , in 2018, but the bank built a team of software engineers, linguistic specialists, and banking experts to create the small language model, which has been tuned over the years using

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! The US Government Applies The Concept To Software Coding

Forrester IT

The US Government’s SHARE IT Act became law in December 2024. It ensures that all custom-developed software must be accessed, shared, used, and modified governmentwide.

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Lunar Data Centers Loom on the Near Horizon

Information Week

Lonestar Data Holdings will launch six data storage spacecrafts between 2027 and 2030.

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Verizon's 2025 DBIR: Threats Are Faster, Smarter, and More Personal

SecureWorld News

In its 17th edition, Verizon's 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) continues to deliver one of the most comprehensive analyses of cyber incidents worldwide. Based on data from more than 30,000 security incidents and more than 10,000 confirmed breaches, this year's report reveals a threat landscape where speed, simplicity, and stolen credentials dominate.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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Cloudbrink pushes SASE boundaries with 300 Gbps data center throughput

Network World

Throughput is always a consideration for any type of networking technology. With security technologies in particular, networking throughput has long been somewhat constrained as the overhead of inspection and encryption slows things down. Today, networking access vendor Cloudbrink is claiming it has achieved a new milestone of 300 Gbps data center throughput for its SASE technology.

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Thanks to AI, the data reckoning has arrived

CIO Business Intelligence

In the race to build the smartest LLM, the rallying cry has been more data! That same mantra has made its way to company boardrooms, too. As businesses hurry to harness AI to gain a competitive edge, finding and using as much company data as possible may feel like the most reasonable approach. After all, if more data leads to better LLMs , shouldnt the same be true for AI business solutions?

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To DOGE Or Not To DOGE – Tesla Hits A Road Block

Forrester IT

“Souffle under a sledgehammer.” Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, said in 2020 that if the company didn’t deliver on profits, Tesla stock would be “crushed like a souffle under a sledgehammer.” Messy dessert, anyone? The fairytale growth story of Tesla had already hit a speed bump in 2024 as revenue and profit declined.

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Will Cuts at NOAA and FEMA Impact Disaster Recovery for CIOs?

Information Week

With less support from federal agencies such as NOAA and FEMA, recovery and resilience planning for CIOs may need to look different.

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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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Put down the phone: Don’t let tech prevent your present moment

GeekWire

A fan uses a smartphone to capture video of Seattle band Deep Sea Diver during a recent show at the Sunset Tavern in Ballard. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Earlier this year I saw an amazing flamenco show in southern Spain. The memory is still vivid. I can hear the sharp staccato of tap shoes rattling against the plywood and visualize the dancer drifting across the stage, flowing with guitar riffs, hand claps, and vocals from her fellow artists.

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As clock ticks, vendors slowly patch critical flaw in AMI MegaRAC BMC firmware

Network World

Weeks after BIOS developer AMI released an update fixing a critical vulnerability in its MegaRAC baseband management controller (BMC) firmware used in many enterprise servers and storage systems, OEM patches addressing the issue are slowly trickling out. A BMC is an embedded chip that allows IT teams to monitor, troubleshoot, and control servers remotely via the industry standard Redfish interface, even when they are turned off or the OS is unresponsive.

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IBM claims $3.5 billion productivity boost through AI agent use

CIO Business Intelligence

Companies are intrigued by AIs promise to introduce new efficiencies into business processes, but questions about costs, return on investment, employee experience and expectations, and change management remain important concerns. To address its customers concerns, IBM is taking a Client Zero approach, having introduced AI directly into more than 70 of its business areas to solve real-world problems, and through this effort, suggesting use cases that customer companies can utilize based on IBMs o

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Overregulation Forges A CISO Coalition With The G7 Letter

Forrester IT

A coalition of over 40 Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) from leading companies, including Salesforce, Microsoft, AWS, Mastercard, and Siemens, sent a letter to the G7 and OECD, urging them to take action on aligning international cybersecurity regulations.

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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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Strategies for Navigating a Multiday Outage

Information Week

How can CIOs and other business leaders guide their organizations through the chaos and stress of a multiday system outage?

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‘A real blow’: Washington state sales tax on tech and digital services rattles industry

GeekWire

The Washington state capitol in Olympia. (GeekWire File Photo / John Cook) A host of tech-related businesses will soon be subject to Washingtons retail sales tax under legislation approved by lawmakers on Thursday and its sending shockwaves through the industry. Senate Bill 5814 updates the state’s excise tax code to apply sales tax to a wide range of categories, including advertising agencies, software development firms, IT support providers, and other digital service businesses.

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AI plus digital twins could be the pairing enterprises need

Network World

A recent report by Hexagon looked at data from 660 enterprise executives worldwide to identify the ROI that could be achieved by digital twin technology. It found that only half of companies reported an ROI above 20%, which is roughly where CFOs tell me a project can get quick approval. Interestingly, this is almost exactly the ROI enterprises tell me they can expect from the AI projects that are approved.

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Has Oracle knocked SAP off the ERP throne?

CIO Business Intelligence

According to calculations by analysts from Apps Run The World (ARTW), SAP lost its market leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) to rival Oracle last year. As the market researchers explain , Oracle owes its new top position to the fast-growing Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP products for accounting, order management and other business-critical processes.

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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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Schneider Electric Data Center Summit 2025: AI, Power, Cooling, Services, and More

Forrester IT

Schneider Electric’s Data Center 2025 Industry Summit focused on data centers and exhibited presentations covering a variety of data center topics, as well as a tour of their manufacturing facilities showcasing their production and testing expertise as well as the following in-depth topics and session: The Data Center Landscape How the rapid growth of generative […]

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Edge AI: Is it Right for Your Business?

Information Week

By bringing AI directly to IT devices and systems, edge AI promises to slash latency and speed response times.

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Companies can leverage the true value of meetings with AI by building an ‘LLM for Leadership’

GeekWire

Many companies invest heavily in leadership meetings but lack an effective system to capture, organize, and leverage the resulting insights and decisions. (BigStock Illustration) Are you getting more out of your meetings than ever before? You should be. Meetings remain an inevitable practice for organizations large and small. The practice dates back to the days of Socrates and Plato in ancient Greece but we have new tools and technology today that should mean more effectiveness and a much higher

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Proof-of-concept bypass shows weakness in Linux security tools, claims Israeli vendor

Network World

An Israeli vendor was able to evade several leading Linux runtime security tools using a new proof-of-concept (PoC) rootkit that it claims reveals the limitations of many products in this space. The work of cloud and Kubernetes security company Armo, the PoC is called Curing, a portmanteau word that combines the idea of a cure with the io_uring Linux kernel interface that the company used in its bypass PoC.

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Conquering Tail Spend in 2025: New AI-Powered Tools and Strategies for Success

Tail spend — often unmanaged, fragmented and costly — can account for as much as 80% of total transaction volume. Without the right strategy, enterprises face hidden risks and unnecessary spend. It’s time to shift from fragmented, ad hoc purchasing to a strategic, technology-driven approach. Download this GEP-sponsored Everest Group research for insights on how your competitors are upping their tail spend management game.