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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.
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In today's crowded AI landscape, organizations looking to leverage AI models are faced with an overwhelming number of options. But how to choose?
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By Tom Fenton
Tom Fenton tests MacStadium's remote macOS desktops and finds a smooth, high-performance experience -- despite Apple's virtualization hurdles.
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As organizations race to integrate AI agents into their cloud operations and business workflows, a new report from Cloudera highlights a crucial reality: while enthusiasm is high, major adoption barriers remain. Chief among them is the challenge of safeguarding sensitive data.
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By Tom Fenton
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.
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The new 2025 edition of the Work Trend Index Annual Report from Microsoft heralds a new AI-driven era where every worker, regardless of role or level, will manage AI agents.
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Veeam unveiled dual innovations to strengthen enterprise cyber resilience: an AI integration with Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) to transform backup data into actionable intelligence, and Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Entra ID to safeguard identity systems.
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By Tom Fenton
Tom Fenton explores using ChromeOS Flex as an OS replacement on a decade-old, dual-core laptop running Windows 10, as Windows 10 will soon reach its end of life (EOL).
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By Tom Fenton
Longtime IT pro Tom Fenton was disappointed -- along with many others -- when Broadcom discontinued the free version after acquiring VMware, but he's excited it's back.
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Just as GenAI becomes central to digital transformation strategies, a new Google Cloud report reveals most organizations aren't yet equipped to support it at scale.
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By Tom Fenton
Tom Fenton continues his investigation, loading the OS, using Gemini AI, Google Docs, the web-based Microsoft Office 365 and much more.
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Brien Posey, a well-known cybersecurity expert and 22-time Microsoft MVP, recently explained how enterprises can protect themselves against application security threats in hybrid cloud environments.
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The cloud giants have been outdoing one another in the race to offer the latest/greatest AI tech, marked by foundational models of ever-increasing capabilities. For the new Llama 4 "herd" of models from Meta, AWS, Microsoft and Google all announced same-day support -- on a Saturday.
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Since its launch last November, the Model Context Protocol from Anthropic has gone viral, generating buzz as a simple, standardized way to connect language models with tools and data. Now, Google has introduced another protocol to further agentic AI, called Agent2Agent (A2A), designed to facilitate communication among AI agents.
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By Tom Fenton
Because of technical limitations, many Windows 10 machines won't be able to upgrade to Win 11 in October when end of life is reached, but ChromeOS Flex could extend their use.
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Cloud-based end-user computing (EUC) management specialist enhances functionality for Windows 365 and other cloud desktop environments in its new Nerdio Manager for Enterprise 7.0.