Top Cybersecurity Trends That Will Impact This Year
Information Week
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Navigating the most pressing challenges for CISOs and cyber security teams in the year ahead.
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The “AI Agent As Coworker” Narrative Is Nonsense
Forrester IT
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
In this two-part blog series, Principal Analysts Anthony McPartlin and Seth Marrs debate the idea of AI agents as coworkers. Here, Anthony takes a skeptical perspective, while in his blog, Seth (ever the optimist) makes his case for a more positive view of AI agents.
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Juniper unveils EX4000 access switches to simplify enterprise network operations
Network World
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Juniper has expanded its access layer options with a new switch family it says will help customers use automation and AI-based support to streamline enterprise operations. The Juniper EX4000 line of access switches is aimed at customers with enterprise branch, remote office and campus networks who want to upgrade their systems with more advanced features than the vendors current line of EX2000/3000 Series boxes.
Rethinking the enterprise network backbone
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Multiple business imperatives are driving CIOs to re-examine and re-invent their approach to network infrastructure, including the mission critical backbone that supports highly complex, bandwidth-intensive, multi-cloud environments. One emerging alternative: backbone-as-a-service (BBaaS) offerings. As with other as-a-service offerings, the idea behind BBaaS is to simplify the process of providing secure, high-performance connectivity across geographic regions.
State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025
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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.
What is SASE? How the cloud marries networking and security
Network World
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is a network architecture that combines software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN ) and security functionality into a unified cloud service that promises simplified WAN deployments, improved efficiency and security, and application-specific bandwidth policies. First outlined by Gartner in 2019, SASE (pronounced sassy) has quickly evolved from a niche, security-first SD-WAN alternative into a popular WAN sector that analysts project will grow to become a $10-
How Much Time Does it Take for Hackers to Crack My Password?
Tech Republic Security
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Hackers can crack weak passwords in seconds, while strong ones may take years. Learn about the time to crack your password and boost security.
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Be Swift, Be Accurate, Be Empathetic: Three Pillars For Crisis Communications
Forrester IT
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
The 2024 CrowdStrike software incident reinforced the importance of three key pillars for crisis communications. While CrowdStrike CEO, George Kurtz, issued a specific, fact-based statement within hours of learning there was a major outage caused by a bad software update, he faced criticism for not immediately offering an apology.
Iowa Grapples with Data Centers and Demand for Water
Information Week
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
The rapid growth of data centers and ongoing drought are forcing Iowa to examine water consumption.
Unlocking Go-To-Market Momentum Through Strategic Campaign Alignment
Forrester IT
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
To prove the value of marketing, marketers need to deliver growth. Delivering sustainable growth hinges on a transformative go-to-market (GTM) strategy that prioritizes impact.
Possibilities with AI: Lessons From the Paris AI Summit
Information Week
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
World leaders gathered for a global event that reflected the hunger for AI innovation and competition.
The Ultimate Contact Center Buyers Guide: A Crucial Decision
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Voices From The Field: Best Practices In Filtering Sales Communications
Forrester IT
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
This week, Forrester published Introducing The B2B Sales Communications Rules Engine. This new model is designed to help revenue enablement teams better filter all the incoming requests, demands, and downright noise that well-meaning colleagues aim at sales and other customer-facing personas.
SAP builds new business suite in the cloud
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
width="2500" height="1406" sizes="(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px"> With a new Business Suite in the cloud, in which all functional modules are integrated with each other along the process chains, SAP wants to build on old on-premises successes. Akash Sain shutterstock.com SAP has announced its new business strategy with Business Unleashed. In order to support customers in their current business challenges, the German software manufacturer is focusing on three core elements: processes, data a
GenAI Implementation: 3 Boxes Retailers Must Check
Information Week
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Rather than taking a tech-first approach, retailers must first consider their business goals, then look at structural areas for improvement, and internal GenAI expertise.
Hesitant digitization hamstrings manufacturers’ outlook
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
A large portion of the manufacturing industry is in danger of falling beyond, not because they dont recognized the need for digital transformation, but because they lack concrete strategies for implementation. As a global survey by IFS of more than 800 manufacturing executives, 82% of manufacturers believe their company will not survive for more than one to three years if it does not become more involved with information technology.
The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report
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ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!
An AI Prompting Trick That Will Change Everything for You
Information Week
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Improving your AI skills can move you to the head of the line for a promotion or a new job. To help you advance your career at the speed of AI, heres how to use any phone pic as an AI prompt.
Nationwide’s Jim Fowler on reshaping business and the future workforce
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
For over 20 years, Jim Fowler has built an impressive leadership track record across multiple industries, countries, and companies, turning his love of technology into a powerful driver of business growth. During his six years at Nationwide, where he serves as executive vice president and CTO, the company has grown from $42 billion to $60 billion in revenue, and Fowlers technology organization has played a critical role in that trajectory.
Santa Clara County Balances Progress and Sustainability
Information Week
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
The heart of the Silicon Valley faces opportunities and challenges as it maps out the future of energy.
SAP aims to unify data for AI, analytics with new Business Data Cloud
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
With its new Business Data Cloud, SAP wants to help enterprises unify data held in its own systems with that in other vendors applications: Its goal is to expedite advanced analytics and AI use cases. As part of Business Data Cloud (BDC), SAP is offering a zero copy mechanism to help enterprises run advanced data analytics and modelling without having to move data outside of the SAP environment or copy and bring back data to SAP from external sources, said Irfan Khan, chief product officer of SA
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
Meet the Seattle VC behind a new $6.6M fund focused on women’s health startups
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Jessica Kamada, founder of Swizzle Ventures, speaks at a B.E.L.L.E entrepreneur event in Seattle. (B.E.L.L.E Photo) Jessica Kamada does not have a traditional startups and venture capital background. And that’s exactly what helped her land $6.6 million for a new Seattle-based fund. Kamada is the founder and managing partner at Swizzle Ventures , which plans to use its inaugural fund to invest in around 30 companies focused on women’s health and wealth. “I didn’t go to an
Which risk assessment frameworks do you use?
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Risk assessment is more than a box-checking exercise. The right framework is an essential part of proactive risk management designed to protect against data breaches or prevent non-compliance with regulations. CSO recently explored six popular risk assessment frameworks, including COBIT, NIST Risk Management Framework, and ISO/IEC 27001. Want to know what your peers are using and how they approach risk management?
Power Struggles in Data Center Alley: Balancing Growth, Sustainability, and Costs
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FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Northern Virginias Data Center Alley is feeling the energy squeeze as data center growth explodes.
City of Seattle workers file class action suit against city alleging payroll errors after new system install
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
In September 2024, the City of Seattle began a massive digital transformation of the city’s payroll, benefits and other human resources functions. (Photo by Seattle City Council, via Flickr, Creative Commons) A class action lawsuit filed against the City of Seattle last week alleges that a new payroll system implemented last fall has resulted in widespread payroll errors, affecting thousands of employees across various city departments.
Future-Proof IT: Cost-Saving Strategies Every IT Leader Needs in 2025
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Why The “AI Agent As Coworker” Narrative Is The Future
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FEBRUARY 13, 2025
AI agents have a promising future as innovative coworkers, and their presence is already being felt despite the inflated hype and current limitations.
Fabrication Plants and Data Centers Tax Arizona Resources
Information Week
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Arizona faces a growing challenge of balancing data center growth with environmental limitations.
Easy Guide to Configure Multiple Display Mode for Windows 11 24H2 using Intune
Anoop
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
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 Easy Guide to Configure Multiple Display Modefor Windows 11 24H2 using Intune appeared first on HTMD Community Modern Device Management News & Guides by Vaishnav K.
How to Regulate AI Without Stifling Innovation
Information Week
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Regulation isnt a barrier to innovation -- its the foundation of trust. Without trust, the potential of AI risks being overshadowed by its dangers.
Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap
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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.
Enable or Disable TLS13 for EAP Client Authentication using Intune Settings Catalog Policy
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FEBRUARY 13, 2025
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 Enable or Disable TLS13 for EAP Client Authentication using Intune Settings Catalog Policy appeared first on HTMD Community Modern Device Management News & Guides by Anoop C Nair.
SolarWinds CEO on $4.4B Acquisition, Calming Uncertainty, and Securing the Future
Information Week
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
The companys plan to go private worries some cybersecurity experts, who say the move may lead to less transparency. Not so, says SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna.
Fix Classic Outlook NDR Error 0x80070005-0x0004dc-0x000524 Unable to Send Emails
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FEBRUARY 13, 2025
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Understanding the Deepfake Threat
SecureWorld News
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Deepfakes involve AI-generated synthetic media that convincingly mimics real individuals' voices and faces. While initially popularized in entertainment and satire, cybercriminals now weaponize this technology for fraud, identity theft, and corporate deception. According to a 2023 study by Sumsub , deepfake fraud attempts increased by 704% between 2022 and 2023.
The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report
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