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Karen Lopez exposes why traditional disaster recovery strategies fall short in today’s cloud-first, threat-heavy world -- and what modern orgs must do instead.
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Your new AI assistant might help you work faster -- but don't expect to go home earlier. A recent academic study shows that as companies adopt AI tools, they're not just streamlining workflows -- they're piling on new demands. Researchers found that "AI technostress" is driving burnout and disrupting personal lives, even as organizations hail productivity gains.
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Databricks edged out the "Big 3" cloud giants in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, which itself mirrors the industry shift to agentic AI, emphasizing autonomous agents that can use tools, data sources, and APIs to perform tasks with minimal human intervention.
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By Tom Fenton
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.
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Learn how to take control of unstructured data sprawl and reduce risk with Joey D’Antoni’s actionable five-step roadmap, explained in full as part of an educational summit today, available for on-demand replay.
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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.
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By Tom Fenton
AI meets cost control. Tom Fenton looks at EtherInsights, which helps you slash Microsoft 365 & Azure bills with smart, AI-powered insights—built for SMBs & enterprises alike
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Cloud costs creeping higher than expected? Security risks keeping you up at night? You're not alone -- and you're not without options. In a cloud strategy summit today, cloud security expert Steven Smiley offered practical guidance to help organizations get ahead of both challenges and bring discipline to their cloud environments.
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The dawn of GenAI was initially seen by some as a threat to Google's search dominance, but at the ongoing I/O developer's conference, the company is reimagining its flagship offering with it.
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By Tom Fenton
After examining and setting up Zabbix, a scalable, open-source monitoring solution designed to track the performance and availability of IT infrastructure, including servers, networks, applications, and cloud services, Tom Fenton cranks it up.
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One interesting highlight of a new hybrid work report is the continuing practice of "coffee badging," where employees clock in early just to swipe their ID badges before leaving the premises to work remotely.
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By Tom Fenton
After previously providing an overview of Zabbix, a scalable, open-source monitoring solution used to track the performance and availability of IT infrastructure, including servers, networks, applications, and cloud services, Tom Fenton walks you through the process of setting up Zabbix server.
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As AI powers both cyberattacks and defenses, the ability to spot subtle threats in vast digital noise is paramount. Leading the charge is AI's power to intelligently monitor behavior, establishing baselines of normal activity to expose the aberrant patterns that signal attack.
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By Tom Fenton
After it catches his eye at VMware Explore, Tom Fenton begins a hands-on exploration of this free and open-source monitoring solution, describing its capabilities and features.
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Two GitHub developers directly compared models like Claude 3.5 and Gemini 2.5 Pro in Copilot's Ask, Edit, and Agent modes, demonstrating their strengths and weaknesses on real development challenges.
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By Tom Fenton
If you are not using a package manager on your Windows system to install applications and other software, you should, says Tom Fenton, because downloading, and installing applications manually is a waste of time.
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"Cloud breaches are no longer limited to misconfigured storage buckets. As infrastructure migrates to the cloud, attackers are finding familiar footholds to exploit."
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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.
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Karen Lopez (@datachick) breaks down modern disaster recovery with a restore-first mindset, immutable storage, and dark data awareness.