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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.

Case Studies of Real-World SaaS Ransomware Attacks: 'They Didn't Handle It Well'

Expert guidance abounds for enterprises to protect themselves against ransomware, phishing and other cyberattacks, but sometimes that advice is more effective when dispensed with real-world examples for specific scenarios.

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KubeCon 2024: A Final Wrap-Up

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.

KubeCon 2024 Day 2: Notes from the Field

Tom Fenton finds talk about patent trolls, AI, new products and more.

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.

KubeCon 2024 Day 1: Field Notes and Cloud-Native Storage

Tom reports on Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) happenings and discovers some new storage vendors.

Take 5 with Tom Fenton: 5 Things You Can Do with VMware's Free Workstation Desktop Hypervisor

It just became free for commercial use along with earlier permission for personal use, so Tom Fenton shares some of the cool things you can do with this venerable virtualization platform.

Grafana Open-Source Data Viz Solution, Part 2: CSV Support

Tom Fenton discovers a plugin that has CSV support and uses it to quickly create a bar chart.

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.

Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Offering on AWS Targets VMware Users

Nutanix announced a new hybrid cloud offering parked on AWS that can help users extend their on-premises Nutanix environments to the cloud, offering perks to other users possibly disgruntled by the ongoing Broadcom/VMware tumult.

Fine-Tune Defender XDR for Cost and Coverage

Straight from the front lines of cyber defense, time-poor, one-person Security Operations Center operator Paul Schnackenburg dives into Microsoft Defender XDR and Sentinel's SOC Optimization feature, highlighting how it helps streamline security coverage while managing costs.

How I Tricked Microsoft Copilot into Reporting Election Results

Just substitute "election" with "group decision-making process," duh.

Grafana Open-Source Data Visualization Solution, Part 1

Tom provides an overview of Grafana and how to use it, including the Grafana plugin that lets you use CSV data sources to create a dashboard.

AWS, Google Cloud and Nutanix Certs Pay Off the Most: Report

"This year's list shows that cloud computing skills remain in high demand and can be quite lucrative for tech professionals."

Agentic AI Tops Gartner's 2025 Tech Trends

With those ever-present "destroy humanity" fears, the No. 2 trend is AI governance platforms, naturally.

Microsoft and Google Turn to Autonomous AI Agents

Cloud giants Microsoft and Google are both moving quickly in the trending field of autonomous AI agents as the GenAI space matures from simple query-and-response chatbots and content creators.

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