A new ControlMonkey survey finds 98% of enterprises face blockers to cloud scale and resilience as AI workloads surge, with security, visibility, and automation gaps creating what the report calls a "turning point" for infrastructure readiness.
Brien Posey warns against "vibe coding," the risky practice of using AI-generated code without review, and outlines best practices for securely and effectively integrating AI into software development.
At Oktane 2025, Rubrik announced Okta Recovery, extending its identity resilience platform to Okta with immutable backups and in-place recovery, while separately detailing its integration with Okta Identity Threat Protection for automated remediation.
Cloudera’s latest global survey shows 96% of enterprises have integrated AI into core processes, with hybrid cloud architectures emerging as the backbone for scaling secure and effective adoption.
AppOmni and Cribl announced an integration to defend against UNC6395- and UNC6040-style SaaS supply chain attacks, combining SaaS visibility with optimized data routing and storage to improve prevention, incident response, and compliance.
Broadcom announced it will cut the number of VMware Cloud Service Provider partners starting in November, reshaping its ecosystem around VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 and continuing the sweeping changes that have disrupted customers and partners since its VMware acquisition.
Google Cloud's 2025 ROI of AI study finds 52% of enterprises now deploy AI agents, with early adopters seeing significantly higher returns across customer service, marketing, security, and software development.
Forrester’s Q3 2025 report on secure access service edge (SASE) finds a market consolidating around unified, single-console platforms that integrate SD-WAN, SSE, and ZTNA, with DLP and AI now key differentiators
Recent September 2025 updates from Microsoft, AWS, and Google highlight how enterprise priorities are shaping cloud AI--emphasizing security, governance, and operational readiness as organizations move from experimentation to production deployment.
A new survey-based report from Tenable and the Cloud Security Alliance warns that hybrid, multi-cloud and AI adoption is accelerating faster than security strategies, exposing organizations to identity gaps, skills shortages and preventable breaches.
At VMware Explore 2025, questions about whether the event will continue overshadowed sessions showcasing VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0, AI-native private cloud advances, and new security integrations, as attendance and expo size shrink under Broadcom ownership.
Gartner’s 2025 Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure highlights a market shift from “cloud-first” to “infrastructure-flexible.” Enterprises are prioritizing cloud-native operations across on-prem, edge, and sovereign locations, with AI and VMware alternatives driving demand.
Usage report shows ChatGPT leading global gen-AI engagement by a wide margin, while OpenAI’s addition of Google Cloud as a sub-processor in five regions signals a broader multi-cloud footprint alongside Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, and others.
Veeam introduced its first software-only, hardware-agnostic appliance for backup and recovery, delivering a hardened Linux deployment with built-in immutability, automated patching, and Instant Recovery to Azure.
The mess in a tl;dr: "You have to pay more for what you had, buy more cores, and you can't scale down, and you have to buy more features, and Broadcom probably hates having you as a customer."
Gartner’s 2025 Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services shows enterprises shifting from feature checklists to evaluating whether vendors can be trusted as long-term strategic partners in a volatile global landscape.
AWS instructor Carlos Rivas outlined three immediate action items to secure Amazon S3: continuous evaluation, automated monitoring, and strong encryption with access controls.
Brien Posey breaks down the 6 R’s of application migration and how each applies to AI-ready hybrid cloud environments, from quick lift-and-shift moves to complex refactoring for maximum scalability and performance.
Gartner’s new Magic Quadrant for Container Management sees Google, Microsoft, and AWS leading the market, with Red Hat, Alibaba, SUSE, and Huawei also in the Leaders quadrant. The report cites expanding AI/ML workload support, hybrid/multicloud trends, and ongoing challenges for new adopters.
Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms sees Red Hat gaining ground on the hyperscalers, securing a Leaders spot with OpenShift alongside AWS, Microsoft, and Google.