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2025 Nutanix Cloud Index Marks 'An Inflection Point with GenAI'

GenAI dominates the new Nutanix Cloud Index, the latest in a years-long series of surveys the hybrid multicloud specialist publishes to measure global enterprise progress with cloud adoption. The 2025 report published today reveals that GenAI is changing organizations' priorities, with security and privacy being a primary concern.

Cloud Security Org Weighs In on DeepSeek AI Just as Data Leakage Reported

The Cloud Security Alliance has weighed in on the debut of revolutionary and controversial DeepSeek AI with strategic implications and action items just as a report was published on data leakage from the platform.

Cloud Giants Offer DeepSeek AI, Restricted by Many Orgs, to Devs

Microsoft, Amazon and Google have all embraced new open-source DeepSeek AI technology from a Chinese company, despite its usage being banned by many organizations due to concerns about data security, privacy, compliance, and national security risks.

What Makes a 'Cloud Leader?'

The new "2025 State of the Cloud" report from multicloud specialist Rackspace defines and explains the characteristics of a "cloud leader."

VMware Defections Continue: Nutanix Welcomes Evalueserve

Post-acquisition defections have been trumpeted by benefactors, with the latest being Nutanix announcing that Evalueserve, a global research and analytics firm, has chosen Nutanix to replace its VMware-based virtualization infrastructure.

Nvidia Blasts Biden AI Move, Lauds Trump Actions as Trade Groups Add to Backlash

Tech organizations and companies blasted this week's AI moves by the Biden administration, with Nvidia slamming the U.S. president's actions and comparing current government policies unfavorably with those of president-elect Donald Trump.

Top 10 GenAI Apps Most Often Blocked by Organizations

A new survey-based report from cloud security specialist Netskope explores cybersecurity threats, including the dangers of GenAI and the related apps that are most often blocked from employee use by organizations.

With Rise of AI, Metaverse Org Decries 'Premature Declarations of its Demise'

"The term 'metaverse' has weathered a significant hype cycle, where inconsistent definitions led to confusion and premature declarations of its demise" -- Metaverse Standards Forum

Responsible AI Is Just Good Business: Microsoft-IDC Report

The "Responsible AI" movement seeks to help organizations build and maintain trust with users, stakeholders and society at large -- and maybe even avoid those pesky "AI-Kills-Humanity" scenarios -- but a new report indicates it just makes good business sense, too.

Top 5 GenAI Predictions for 2025 and Impact on IT (from GenAI)

Five online systems generate surprisingly similar predictions around multimodal, agents and the usual suspects.

Rubrik Speeds Up Threat Hunting

Data security specialist Rubrik is speeding up the threat hunting process in its software by allowing for quicker recoveries in the familiar backup & recovery process.

Execs Worry About AI Increasing Security Threats

Since the dawn of advanced generative AI the new tech has been used by both threat actors and security defenders, with a new survey examining that double-edged security sword and finding many execs predict more cybersecurity issues.

Cloud Giants Down, AI Up in Data Integration Research Report

"By 2027, AI assistants and AI-enhanced workflows incorporated into data integration tools will reduce manual intervention by 60 percent and enable self-service data management."

The Security Imperative of Open-Source AI, with Recommendations

Security is paramount to both proprietary and open-source AI approaches in these days of rampant ransomware and other cybersecurity exploits, and here the open-source movement might be susceptible to some inherent drawbacks, such as use of possibly insecure code from unknown sources.

The Future of AI? Follow the Money

Follow the money, they say, and the money says vertical AI agents are the future.

At Microsoft Ignite, Rubrik Intros Azure Blob Storage Resilience Solution

Rubrik says it's brining cyber posture and cyber recovery to provide Microsoft Azure Blob Storage customers further visibility into their cloud data, enabling business agility and resilience.

Rubrik Security Cloud to Support Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization

Aim is to help organizations modernize their VMs and applications while enhancing cyber resilience, offering features like easier migration, faster data recovery, and unified data management across virtualized environments to help better protect against evolving threats.

Veeam Enhances Data Cloud Vault with Predictable Pricing

Data resilience specialist Veeam Software updated its Data Cloud Vault with two new pricing tiers and enhanced integration with the Veeam Data Platform.

Druva Extends Data Protection to Microsoft Dynamics 365

Data security specialist Druva announced extended support in Microsoft environments, specifically Microsoft 365 Dynamics Sales and Customer Service CRM modules.

Nerdio Adds All-in-One Microsoft 365 Management for MSPs

New capabilities include simplified deployment and management of services including Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Intune. An updated pricing model is designed to increase margins for managed service providers.

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