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By Tom Fenton
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Veteran cloud architect Joey D’Antoni outlined a five-point plan for truly resilient cloud architectures in his latest Virtualization & Cloud Review summit session, “Disaster-Proofing Your Cloud: Data-Loss Prevention Tactics That Actually Work.”
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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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The cloud is seen as a natural fit for compute-intensive analytics of all kinds -- including security -- but a new analyst report on that space sees Microsoft as the sole cloud giant mentioned among the leaders.
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Cybersecurity expert Ian Thornton-Trump warns IT pros that cloud security begins with knowing what you’re doing. From Scattered Spider to S3 ransomware, this expert-led session breaks down today’s top cloud threats -- and the best-practice defenses you may be missing.
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By Tom Fenton
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.
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Allan Liska, widely known as the "Ransomware Sommelier," explains how AI, when integrated across the secure software development lifecycle, transforms app security from reactive to radically proactive.
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A new report from cloud security firm Wiz finds that while 87% of organizations are already using AI in the cloud, only 13% have adopted AI-specific security controls. The survey of 100 cloud architects and engineers highlights major gaps in visibility, governance, and expertise -- especially around shadow AI and hybrid environments.
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Cisco showcased its new AgenticOps paradigm at Cisco Live 2025, spotlighting AI Assistant, AI Canvas, and the Deep Network Model. These innovations aim to transform IT operations through AI-driven automation, collaboration, and deep network intelligence.
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Studies from Rackspace and IBM explore why some enterprises are pulling ahead with advanced AI adoption while others are stuck. Key takeaways reveal how AI-first leaders achieve better profits, innovation, and competitive edge -- and what laggards must do to catch up.
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Ransomware attacks on AWS S3 are evolving fast -- and too many cloud teams still miss critical defenses. Here are three key tactics from expert Steven Smiley's recent talk, plus additional strategies to shore up your cloud resilience.
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By Tom Fenton
For years, Tom Fenton wanted, yearned, and lusted for Windows to include a command-line editor. Yes, they did have one back in the day, but modern Windows versions did not include one -- until now.
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Company report shows progress in detecting and shutting down AI-powered scams, cyberattacks, and influence operations -- many targeting cloud-based platforms.
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Renowned security architect John O'Neill, Sr. shared expert insights on building zero-trust frameworks for today’s hybrid, multicloud, and AI-powered IT environments.