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Gartner: DaaS Expands Beyond Remote Work in 2025

Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a Service (DaaS) finds adoption expanding beyond remote work to include cost, operational and sustainability drivers. Strategic planning assumptions project that by 2027, virtual desktops will be cost-effective for 95% of workers.

Rubrik Hits 'Undo' on AI Agent Mistakes

'Rogue agents are not just theory--they are already appearing in the wild.' Rubrik’s new Agent Rewind, powered by its recent Predibase acquisition, lets enterprises track, audit, and roll back AI agent actions, aiming to boost control and “AI resilience” without restricting agent autonomy.

Container Stack

Cloud Giants Fend Off Red Hat in Container Management Research Report

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.

Quantum Computing Gets Cloud-Style Virtualization

Columbia Engineering's HyperQ system introduces cloud-style virtualization to quantum computing, allowing multiple users to run programs simultaneously on a single machine. Learn how it works, why it matters, and highlights from other recent quantum breakthroughs from leading institutions and vendors.

Red Hat Chases 'Big 3' in Cloud-Native App Platform Report

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.

Google's Kaggle Game Arena: AI Models Play Chess to Evaluate Performance

Google’s new Kaggle Game Arena debuts with a live chess exhibition where eight frontier AI models compete in a single-elimination showdown. The event showcases a new approach to AI benchmarking, with final rankings determined by a rigorous all-play-all system.

CrowdStrike: AI and Cloud Now Prime Targets as Threat Actors Blend Tactics

CrowdStrike’s 2025 Threat Hunting Report reveals AI tools are being weaponized and directly targeted, while cloud intrusions surge 136% in early 2025.

Red Hat, SUSE and Nutanix Lead Multicloud Container Platform Research Report

Forrester's Q3 2025 "Forrester Wave: Multicloud Container Platforms" report assesses vendors in a market reshaped by the need for consistent management across public, private, and edge environments. The report identifies leaders in providing unified management, security, and governance for containerized applications in complex multicloud deployments.

Chasing Chipmunks: One Big Pro Tip for Identity in M365 Disaster Resilience

In a recent online tech-ed summit, "How To Make Microsoft 365 Fail-Proof: Modern Strategies for Resilience," experts John O'Neill Sr. and Dave Kawula discussed the critical role of identity management in disaster recovery for Microsoft 365 environments. The session highlighted that identity is the single point of failure for the entire Microsoft 365 service stack.

Google Announces New Learning-Themed AI Mode Features for Search

Google is rolling out new AI Mode features in Search, including image and PDF queries on desktop, a Canvas tool for planning, real-time help with Search Live, and Lens integration in Chrome. Features are launching in the U.S. ahead of the school year.

Report: AI Adoption Lags as Orgs Face $87M Loss with Data, Skills Gaps

A new Couchbase survey highlights that enterprises not keeping pace with AI adoption could face annual losses of up to $87 million. The report, based on insights from 800 IT decision-makers, identifies challenges in data understanding, budget management, and skill availability as key impediments to AI progress, despite significant investment and a clear recognition of AI's transformative potential.

AI's New Frontier: Why the PC Is Stealing the Cloud's AI Thunder

AI is shifting from the cloud to PCs, offering enhanced productivity, security, and ROI. Key players like Intel, Microsoft (Copilot+ PCs), and Google (Gemini Nano) are driving this on-device AI trend, shaping a crucial hybrid future for IT.

After $100 Million AI Investment, Amazon Lays Off Cloud Workers

Amazon has confirmed to multiple sources that it has laid off many employees in its Amazon Web (AWS) division, with the news coming after another massive investment in AI technologies.

Cloud Architect Details How to Build a Database Security Playbook

Cloud architect Joey D’Antoni breaks down a six-part framework for building a resilient database security playbook across AWS and Azure. From access reviews to incident drills, here’s how to lock down your most critical cloud assets.

What to Look for When Choosing a SASE Provider

Gartner's latest research report on the secure access service edge market outlines key features to prioritize when evaluating vendors, from unified management and global POP coverage to inline security and AI capabilities

Google's Vertex AI 'Memory Bank' and the Industry Shift to Persistent Context

Major AI players are racing to solve a critical challenge: memory. Google’s new Vertex AI Memory Bank lets agents retain long-term context across sessions, while OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, CrewAI and others are building their own systems to help AI remember your preferences, projects, and conversations.

AI Security Spend Surges, But Most Cloud Data Unencrypted, Thales Warns

As enterprises accelerate AI adoption, cloud security fundamentals are falling behind. Thales’ 2025 Cloud Security Study finds just 8% of organizations encrypt most of their sensitive cloud data — even as AI-driven attacks rise and security budgets shift toward new risks.

Rubrik, Veeam Lead in Changing Backup & Data Protection Market

Rubrik, Veeam, Commvault, Cohesity, Dell, and Druva lead Gartner's newly renamed 2025 Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms. The report marks a major shift toward cyberresilient, AI-driven architectures that extend far beyond traditional backup and recovery -- prioritizing GenAI, SaaS coverage, and unified hybrid cloud operations.

7 Steps to Tame the Unstructured Data Jungle

In a lively and insight-packed session at the "How To Take Unstructured Data from Chaos to Clarity" Summit today, data expert Karen Lopez outlined a 7-step roadmap to help IT pros wrangle unstructured data. From finding hidden files to automating classification, she offered practical strategies for turning chaotic content into manageable, secure, and valuable assets.

MCP Servers Hit by 'NeighborJack' Vulnerability and More

New research from Backslash Security uncovers critical "NeighborJack" and OS injection vulnerabilities in hundreds of public Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, exposing private user data and host machine control.

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