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Step-by-Step Checklist for Disaster-Proofing Backups

"Don't think your company's too small to be cyberattacked, because you're not," says disaster recovery expert Joey D'Antoni. "It just means they haven't decided to try you yet."

Veeam Introduces Disaster Recovery Orchestration for Microsoft Hyper-V

Veeam Software, a data resilience specialist, announced the enhancement of its disaster recovery capabilities for Microsoft Hyper-V environments through the introduction of orchestration features.

In Cloud Giant AI Race, AWS Surges

After Microsoft seized on its OpenAI partnership to establish a solid leadership position in the cloud AI space, and Google quickly declared a "code red" emergency to catch up with first Bard and then Gemini, Amazon wasn't making as much news in AI. That has changed.

Threat Actors Change Tactics as Ransomware Payoffs Decline

Threat actors are changing tactics as they collect less money from ransomware payoffs, according to a new report from Chainalysis, a blockchain analytics firm.

Google Opens Up Gemini 2.0, Touting Multimodal Capabilities

Google opened up access to Gemini 2.0, a significant update to its flagship AI, targeting enterprise users and developers with enhanced multimodal capabilities and improved performance.

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.

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