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Want to transform networking? Empower the missing users

Network World

As 2025 kicked off, I wrote a column about the network vendor landscape specifically, which networking players will step up and put their efforts into finding new applications with solid business benefits that could enable a network transformation. Candidates for that role, it seems to me, are in fact the target of the webinar.

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VPN vs. ZTNA: Cisco tackles pros and cons

Network World

Enter zero trust network access (ZTNA), which provides secure remote connectivity that has quickly become a preferred alternative to VPN. Unlike VPNs, which grant full network access once connected, ZTNA verifies user identity and only provides access to the specific applications and data needed for their role, minimizing the attack surface.

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IT/OT convergence propels zero-trust security efforts

Network World

Physical isolation from IT networks protects OT systems against threats, but it also prevents companies from driving more automation, efficiency, and intelligence into business operations. Enterprises also want to extract data from OT systems, which requires network connectivity.

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Sherelle Moore on Global Network Defense, Entrepreneurship, and Outage Solutions

Information Week

Owner and CEO and Sherelle Moore details outage solutions, leading the US Navy's network defense and previews her keynote presentation from our ‘Cloud Crisis Management’ live webinar on Tuesday, October 17.

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Gartner: GenAI spurs 9.3% increase in IT spending for 2025

Network World

Overall IT: 9.3% “Data center systems saw a big increase from last quarter, and a lot of that is due to the fact that data center systems have grown because hyperscalers are now really building out these AI-optimized data center offerings,” Lovelock said in a Gartner webinar on the spending forecast. Devices: 9.5% Communication services: 4.4%

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Live Data Breach Webinar Featuring Dave Shackleford

CTOvision

Widely known security practitioner Dave Schackleford is presenting a webinar on Thursday 15 may at 2pm Eastern that should be of high interest to any enterprise technologist seeking to understand the dynamics of the modern data breach. By Bob Gourley. The following is from the invitation: You’re a target for data breach.

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Register for 12 Jun 2014 Webinar: Automated Removal of Advanced Threats

CTOvision

Please join us for a discussion on automated removal of cyber threats on Thursday June 12 at 11am eastern for a webinar that will provide insights on how to execute on automating for defense. Participants in this webinar will: . Learn how offensive measures can support your defensive strategy.