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Next-gen Ethernet standards set to move forward in 2025

Network World

2024 was a banner year for Ethernet , which has been a foundational element of networking for more than 50 years and is poised for more advancements as 2025 kicks off. Multiple standards and certification efforts made progress in 2024, helping networks to be more reliable and deliver more bandwidth.One of the most significant developments was the maturation of 800 Gigabit Ethernet (800GbE).

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Bridging the IT skills gap, Part 2: A CIO’s guide to embracing GenAI

CIO Business Intelligence

Despite its transformative capabilities, many organizations hesitate to adopt generative AI (GenAI). According to IDCs Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, Wave 4 , April 2024, the most significant factors limiting further evaluation or expanded use of GenAI are lack of skills and a lack of clear use cases or initial offerings that align with business needs.

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It’s getting harder to measure just how good AI is getting

Vox

In this photo illustration, a person navigates the ChatGPT application interface on a smartphone, selecting AI model options. Toward the end of 2024, I offered a take on all the talk about whether AIs scaling laws were hitting a real-life technical wall. I argued that the question matters less than many think: There are existing AI systems powerful enough to profoundly change our world , and the next few years are going to be defined by progress in AI, whether the scaling laws hold or not.

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Why Your Business May Want to Shift to an Industry Cloud Platform

Information Week

Industry-specific cloud platforms are growing in size and scope. Now may be the time to consider a move.

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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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Enhancing Health Care Cybersecurity: Bridging HIPAA Gaps with Innovation

Tech Republic Security

The proposed HIPAA Security Rule introduces mandatory measures that reflect the growing sophistication of cyber threats in health care.

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Device Offboarding Manager PowerShell Tool for Simplified Device Lifecycle Management

Anoop

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 Device Offboarding Manager PowerShell Tool for Simplified Device Lifecycle Management appeared first on HTMD Community Modern Device Management News & Guides by Anoop C Nair.

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Empowering Boards for Cybersecurity Incidents

SecureWorld News

Today, a cyber incident is not just an IT issueit's a business crisis that can shake the foundation of an organization. Imagine the chaos when systems go offline, customer data is compromised, or operations grind to a halt. In these moments, the board's leadership is crucial to navigating through the storm. The CrowdStrike incident in 2024 was a stark reminder how it could bring major day-to-day activities to a halt.

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Authorization Matters

Phil Windley

Summary: I've become very interested in the topic of authorization over the last year and plan to write about it more. I hope you'll follow along. In 2013, poor authorization practices led to one of the largest data breaches in history. Over a three-week period, hackers stole 40 million credit and debit card accounts from retail giant Target by exploiting the account of an HVAC contractor.

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ChatGPT Can Now Schedule Tasks in Advance

Tech Republic

ChatGPT's new tasks feature, now in beta, can provide daily weather reports or send reminders. It is available in certain subscriptions.

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HPE beats Dell and Supermicro in $1B AI server deal with X

Network World

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has signed a contract exceeding $1 billion to provide AI servers for X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, according to Bloomberg. The deal represents a critical endorsement of HPEs technology as the company reportedly edged out leading competitors Dell and Supermicro. While the finer details remain confidential, the agreement underscores HPEs growing clout in the rapidly expanding AI server market.

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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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10 top priorities for CIOs in 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

As 2025 dawns, CIOs face an IT landscape that differs significantly from just a year ago. AI, once viewed as a novel innovation, is now mainstream, impacting just about facet of the enterprise. Over the next 12 months, IT leaders can look forward to even more innovations, as well as some serious challenges. To keep ahead of the curve, CIOs should continuously evaluate their business and technology strategies, adjusting them as necessary to address rapidly evolving technology, business, and econo

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Some Good News In The World Of IoT Security: The FCC Launches The US Cyber Trust Mark Program

Forrester IT

The US government is doing something positive around IoT security. With the launch of the US Cyber Trust Mark program, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized a program and developed rules that bring forward a voluntary labeling standard to inform consumers about the cybersecurity impact of wireless IoT devices they may bring into their homes.

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Addressing the Security Risks of AI in the Cloud

Information Week

Enterprises have wholeheartedly embraced the cloud. As AI takes center stage, are companies ready for the risks?

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Nile dials-up AI to simplify network provisioning, operation

Network World

Network-as-a-service startup Nile has added an AI-based tool aimed at helping enterprise customers provision and operatethe vendors Campus Network-as-a-Service deployments. Founded by former Cisco CEO John Chambers and Pankaj Patel, Ciscos former chief development officer, Niles subscription-based NaaS offering, Nile Access Service, lets customers set up and manage campus network operations without requiring them to purchase and maintain their own networking infrastructure.

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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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Companies look to sell off assets to pay for AI investments

CIO Business Intelligence

CIOs worried about where the money for new AI initiatives will come from may have some help on the way, with some companies apparently selling off non-core assets to pay for new AI projects. Nine of 10 CIOs surveyed by Gartner late last year expressed concerns that managing AI costs was limiting their ability to get value from AI. But some companies, particularly in the IT sector, now appear to be reevaluating their business models and will consider selling non-core lines of business and product

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2025: The Digital Banking Landscape Is Poised For Another Transformative Year

Forrester IT

Leading banks are leveraging mature and emerging technologies, customer insights, and data to enhance customer experience, increase customer engagement, and drive business growth.

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Are We Ready for Artificial General Intelligence?

Information Week

AI companies have struggled to plan for the inevitable disruption caused by increasingly sophisticated AI systems.

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Cisco offers AI application visibility, access control, threat defense

Network World

Cisco has rolled out a service that promises to protect enterprise AI development projects with visibility, access control, threat defense, and other safeguards. The vendors AI Defense package offers protection to enterprise customers developing AI applications across models and cloud services, according to Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager of Ciscos Security, Data Center, Internet & Cloud Infrastructure groups.

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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.

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5 predictions for emerging ’25 technology trends

CIO Business Intelligence

Click on the TV or stream your latest newscast and there is a good chance youll hear AI mentioned in some fashion. Its clear AI remains prevalent today just as it has been for the past several years. To some consumers and businesses, alike it may appear companies are exaggerating the significance of this emerging technology. AI this, AI that The reality is that AI is here to stay and will play a massive role in the future of global technology, how consumers interact with it and the way busine

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The Unifying Power Of Rebranding: HCLTech’s Strategic Transformation

Forrester IT

HCLTech was recognized as Forresters 2024 B2B Program Of The Year Awards winner for marketing executives, thanks to the impressive results from its comprehensive rebrand and digital transformation. Rebrands are expensive, time-consuming, and not without risk, but when done right, a company can see substantial results.

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AI Risk Management: Is There an Easy Way?

Information Week

AI is a work in progress where risk management should accompany development and deployment. It's critical to identify insert risk in these processes.

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Network convergence will drive enterprise 6G wireless strategies

Network World

The traditional separation between Wi-Fi and cellular networks a cornerstone of enterprise wireless planning is facing fundamental challenges according to a new 6G vision statement released this week by the World Broadband Association, It is important that the 6G era brings together cellular, Wi-Fi, and non-terrestrial access in a more seamless fashion, to create a network of networks,' said Maria Cuevas Ramirez, network infrastructure research director at BT and a board director of the Wirele

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

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!

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Reimagine application modernisation with the power of generative AI

CIO Business Intelligence

In a global economy where innovators increasingly win big, too many enterprises are stymied by legacy application systems. As a consequence, these businesses experience increased operational costs and find it difficult to scale or integrate modern technologies. According to research from NTT DATA , 90% of organisations acknowledge that outdated infrastructure severely curtails their capacity to integrate cutting-edge technologies, including GenAI, negatively impacts their business agility, and l

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Australian Government Agencies Failing to Keep Up With Cyber Security Change

Tech Republic Security

Cyber security maturity declines among Australian government agencies in 2024, as legacy IT systems hinder progress under the Essential Eight framework.

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Demand and Supply Issues May Impact AI in 2025

Information Week

The new year may be very different for AI, given whats happening in organizations and the world.

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Qualcomm purloins Intel’s chief Xeon designer with eyes toward data center development

Network World

If Intel was hoping for a turnaround in 2025, it will have to wait at least a little bit longer. The chief architect for Intels Xeon server processors has defected to chip rival Qualcomm, which is making yet another run at entering the data center market. Sailesh Kottapalli, a 28-year Intel veteran and a senior fellow and chief architect for the companys Xeon processors, made the announcement on LinkedIn on January 13, stating that he joined Qualcomm as a senior vice president.

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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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Nvidia intros new guardrail microservices for agentic AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Nvidia today added new Nvidia inference microservices (NIMs) for AI guardrails to its Nvidia NeMo Guardrails software tools. The new microservices aim to help enterprises improve accuracy, security, and control of agentic AI applications, addressing a key reservation IT leaders have about adopting the technology. One-in-ten organizations are already using AI agents today, and more than 80% plan to adopt AI agents within the next three years, Kari Briski, vice president of enterprise AI models, s

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5 Emerging AI Threats Australian Cyber Pros Must Watch in 2025

Tech Republic Security

AI cloning and deepfakes rank among the top challenges for Australian cybersecurity professionals in 2025.

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What Happens if AI No Longer Has Access to Good Data to Train On?

Information Week

As new policies on privacy take hold, it might change the availability of data AI can train on.

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From Safety to Accountability: The Game-Changing Impact of Kazakhstan’s Surveillance System

Network World

Technology innovations have made the digital transformation of public services essential to enhancing safety, efficiency, and accountability. Kazakhstan has taken a monumental step forward in this regard by implementing a continuous video surveillance system across 78 correctional facilities nationwide. This groundbreaking initiative has set a new benchmark for prison management, significantly improving safety conditions and operational transparency.

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The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report

Procurement leaders are at a pivotal moment. With CPOs playing an increasingly strategic role, it’s time to leverage innovation and technology to drive resilience and efficiency. Download The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report to uncover key insights to thrive in a dynamic procurement landscape. What’s Inside: How CPOs are driving strategic decision-making and technology adoption The top priorities and challenges for procurement in 2025 Why AI, sustainability, and data analytics are essential for