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Broadcom VMware Explore 2025, Day One

Tom Fenton says Day 1 at Broadcom VMware Explore 2025 felt leaner and more engineering-driven. Conversations centered on packaging/licensing tradeoffs and hands-on use of the full VMware stack. Highlights included deep dives on vGPU management for AI in VCF 9, a 100-level VCF platform tour, and bite-size Quick Talks on scripting GPU ops with PowerShell and Python, capped by a lower-key welcome reception.

Avoiding the Generative AI Hallucination Trap

The best thing that a business can do to avoid falling for a hallucination when using a general-purpose generative AI tool is to require the tool to provide references and then take the time to verify those references, says Brien Posey.

AWS S3 Security: Three Action Items to Lock Down Your Buckets

AWS instructor Carlos Rivas outlined three immediate action items to secure Amazon S3: continuous evaluation, automated monitoring, and strong encryption with access controls.

EUC World Amplify 2025 Was the Year's Must-Attend EUC Event

EUC World Amplify 2025 lived up to its billing as the must-attend end-user computing event of the year. Across keynotes, panels, and sponsor sessions, the first two days showcased the industry’s vendor-agnostic spirit, deep dives into AI’s practical role in VDI, new strategies around virtualization, and bold product announcements.

6 App Migration Tips for AI Modernization in the Hybrid Cloud Era

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.

5 Smart Database Security Moves You Can Make with AI Analytics Right Now

Karen Lopez shows how IT pros can go beyond monitoring with AI-powered analytics to spot threats before they become breaches. From tracking encryption drift to investigating off-hours data access, here are five practical moves you can make today.

Windows Server 2025 -- Nine Months In

Nine months after its release, Windows Server 2025 is proving Microsoft hasn’t lost focus on on-prem. From GPU live migration to VMware alternatives, WAC upgrades, hotpatching and more, our IT pro and 1-person SOC from Down Under explains in exhaustive detail what’s new--and what’s next.

Are Cloud Giant AI Investments Being Fueled by Workforce Reductions?

Big Tech is pouring billions into AI, but at what cost? Microsoft, AWS, and Google are ramping up infrastructure spend -- while cutting thousands of jobs. Are layoffs, some possibly attributed to AI replacements, quietly fueling the AI boom?

EUC World Amplify 2025: A Dive into the Year's Must-Attend EUC Event

Ever since VMware sold its End User Computing business, VMware has effectively excluded EUC sessions from VMware Explore, its annual conference. says Tom Fenton, who as a result has been searching for a conference to replace it.

AI, AI Agents and More: Microsoft Build 2025

Our "one-person SOC" from Down Under, Paul Schnackenburg -- definiely not a dev -- tuned into the dev-heavy Microsoft Build 2025 conference and walked away with valuable insights for IT teams. From Copilot Studio to local AI agents and post-quantum cryptography, his takeaway? Even if you're not coding, there's plenty to unpack in the agentic AI wave.

VMware Cloud Foundation 9 Ships

It was introduced at VMware Explore last year as a unified platform designed to integrate all their enterprise tools to manage private and public clouds seamlessly, from a single interface.

VMware Explore 2025 -- Why You Need to Go

The VMware Explore site is now live, presenting its reasons for attending the event. Tom Fenton has his own reasons for attending, some of which align with theirs, while others do not.

The SaaS Cybersecurity Kill Chain

Paul Schnackenburg, working in the IT trenches every day as a 1-person SoC, looks at how the cybersecurity kill chain is evolving in the SaaS era, where identity is the new perimeter and attackers exploit cloud app integrations, SSO, and OAuth to gain and maintain access.

Microsoft Security Copilot & Agents

Our 1-person SOC from Down Under thinks Security Copilot is the new shiny for Microsoft and is worried they'll add so many features to it that they'll forget about those who can't afford it and who rely on non-Security Copilot features, thus missing out.

Disaster Recovery Best Practices for the Real World

Karen Lopez (@datachick) breaks down modern disaster recovery with a restore-first mindset, immutable storage, and dark data awareness.

AI's Heavy Hitters: Best Models for Every Task

In today's crowded AI landscape, organizations looking to leverage AI models are faced with an overwhelming number of options. But how to choose?

Cloud-Based macOS Systems

After writing about Orka Desktop, Tom Fenton turns his attention to the company behind it, MacStadium, and its other wares in the macOS virtualization landscape.

Adversary in The Middle (AiTM) Trends

We're going to be seeing more of these attacks, says our one-man SOC from Down Under, who explains how he uses Zero Trust and phishing-resistant MFA to protect his clients.

Data Hygiene 101: A Step-by-Step Data Cleaning Process

It's time for spring cleaning, including your enterprise data stores, says data expert Joey D'Antoni, who offers front-line data-hygiene advice straight from the IT trenches.

Gemini AI Creates Research Report and 2-Person Podcast for Free

With a new Audio Overviews feature announced Monday, Google's Gemini AI app can now create a professional-looking Deep Research report and turn it into a professional-sounding two-person AI podcast discussion in minutes, all for free.

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