The New Stack, Friday, April 3rd, 2026
The Laptop Return That Broke A RAG Pipeline
Stop RAG hallucinations. Learn how hybrid search uses vector similarity and SQL to ensure retrieval accuracy in AI applications. more →
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The Next Web, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
Dan Pratl Believes The Credibility Economy Is Coming And It Will Redefine Value In The Age Of AI
A growing sense of unease is shaping how professionals engage with artificial intelligence, particularly as its capabilities expand across information creation and execution. more →
Analytics Insight, Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Data Engineering Trends Shaping The Future Of AI And Analytics
Artificial intelligence does not exist in a vacuum. Behind every well-trained model, every accurate recommendation engine, and every real-time fraud detection system lies an intricate web of data pipelines, transformation logic, and storage infrastructure. more →
Analytics Insight, Friday, April 3rd, 2026
How Does AI Enhance Surgeons' Judgment And Creativity?
What Happens When AI Enters the Operating Room? This Will Surprise You! more →
CIODIVE, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
AI Delivers Enterprise Value - But Not For Everyone
Tech leaders will nearly double spending on the technology this year, but skills gaps and security concerns threaten ROI, according to a KPMG survey. more →
Dark Reading, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
Security Bosses Are All-In On AI. Here's Why (41:57)
CISOs are bullish on AI and have big plans to roll out future tools. We talk to Reddit CISO Frederick Lee and leading analyst Dave Gruber about how AI is working out in the real world, as well as its future promise. more →
devops.com, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
Giving AI Agents The Keys To Real Infrastructure
AI coding assistants can generate pull requests faster than most teams can review them, and that mismatch is creating a new kind of bottleneck across engineering organizations. more →
devops.com, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
How AI is Shaping Modern DevOps and DevSecOps
AI is no longer a side experiment in software delivery. Gartner estimates that by 2028, three-quarters of enterprise software engineers will use AI code assistants, up from less than 10% in early 2023. more →
devops.com, Monday, March 30th, 2026
Iceberg Won The Format War - Now Comes The Hard Part
Apache Iceberg has effectively won the open table format conversation. AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Snowflake, Databricks - every major platform has thrown its weight behind it. more →
devops.com, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
Survey Surfaces Increased Reliance On Open Source Software To Build Apps
A survey of 712 IT professionals finds that programming languages and frameworks (49%), followed closely by ​databases and data technologies (46%), DevOps/GitOps/DevSecOps tooling (39%) and cloud and container technologies (38%) are the areas where open source software is most widely adopted. more →
devops.com, Monday, March 30th, 2026
When Customer-Facing Systems Fail: How Incident Response And Observability Reduce MTTR
People are used to digital services operating immediately, across various places, devices and systems. Should something break down, it is usually obvious to those operating the system. The crucial element is how fast companies can recover, and the key metric for digital stability is called mean time to recovery (MTTR). more →
Vertiv's AI Roadshow - Powering AI Leadership - Calgary, AB
Join us at the Vertiv AI Roadshow to discover cutting-edge infrastructure solutions designed to power and cool next-generation AI workloads. Connect with industry experts and explore high-density power and thermal management strategies that will future-proof your data center. more →
Security Boulevard, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
Real-Time Cyber Threat Detection
Real-time cyber threat detection has become a critical requirement for modern organizations as cyberattacks grow more advanced, automated, and unpredictable. In today's digital-first world, businesses operate across cloud platforms, remote environments, APIs, endpoints, and interconnected systems, creating a vast and dynamic attack surface. more →
Security Boulevard, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
Security Operations Platform
A security operations platform is designed to unify visibility, detection, investigation, and response across an organization's entire IT environment. more →
Security Boulevard, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
Threat Detection Software
Threat detection software has become an essential pillar of modern cybersecurity as organizations face a rapidly evolving threat landscape driven by automation, artificial intelligence, and increasingly sophisticated attack techniques. more →
siliconANGLE, Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Deepfakes And Malware: AI Menu Grows Longer For Threat Actors, Causing Headaches For Defenders
Artificial intelligence has dramatically improved a number of technologies in a short period of time. Unfortunately, these technologies are also being weaponized by an assortment of malicious actors. more →
Acronis, Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Clean vs Fast Recovery: Why MTCR (Mean Time To Clean Recovery) Matters
Your backups survived a ransomware attack. Your team restored everything within hours. And three days later, the same malware is back, encrypting the same files, because nobody checked whether those backups were clean before putting them into production. more →
Dark Reading, Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
The Forgotten Endpoint: Security Risks Of Dormant Devices
Technology Talk: That forgotten notebook holds plenty of secrets to enterprise access. more →
Security Boulevard, Saturday, April 4th, 2026
Using AI At Work? Here's How To Avoid Accidentally Leaking Company Data
The rapid adoption of Generative AI Applications across enterprises has transformed productivity, automation, and decision-making. AI tools now power daily workflows by drafting emails, writing code, and analyzing data. more →
Security Boulevard, Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Why Privileged Access Is Becoming The Control Plane For Agentic AI
As enterprises race to deploy agentic AI, many are discovering an uncomfortable truth: Their identity and access models were never designed for autonomous systems that reason, plan and act at machine speed. more →
Security Boulevard, Sunday, April 5th, 2026
How Scalable Is Agentic AI For Growing Businesses
The rapid surge in digital transformation has fundamentally shifted how organizations across industries operate. When businesses embrace digital innovations, they also face a complex challenge: managing Non-Human Identities (NHIs). These machine identities are critical to maintaining security and operational efficiency, yet they often remain overlooked, creating potential security gaps. more →
Data & AI Leaders Summit (Sept. 21-23)
This three-day summit is designed for enterprise technology and business leaders responsible for turning AI potential into operational reality. It brings together leaders and practitioners to build modern data foundations, operationalize AI, and govern it for trust. more →
Security Boulevard, Sunday, April 5th, 2026
How Assured Are The Security Protocols For NHIs
Where increasingly reliant on machine interactions, a critical question emerges for cybersecurity professionals: how do we secure these digital entities known as Non-Human Identities (NHIs)? With cyber threats becoming more sophisticated, the task of managing NHIs in cloud environments takes on unprecedented importance. more →
Security Boulevard, Sunday, April 5th, 2026
How Do NHIs Drive Technology Innovation
What are the unseen forces revolutionizing technological? Non-Human Identities (NHIs) are among the top contenders, silently working behind the scenes to safeguard digital environments. NHIs drive technology innovation by providing security professionals with powerful tools to manage machine identities and their associated secrets. more →
Security Boulevard, Sunday, April 5th, 2026
What Capabilities Do NHIs Bring To Cybersecurity
Are you aware of the security gaps that can jeopardize your organization due to poorly managed machine identities? In cybersecurity, Non-Human Identities (NHIs) serve as the fundamental building blocks for securing machine-to-machine interactions. more →
Security Boulevard, Sunday, April 5th, 2026
Why Is Proactive NHI Management Crucial
What do machine identities have in common with tourists? In cybersecurity, Non-Human Identities (NHIs) represent the digital equivalent of tourists, and their secrets are akin to passports. more →
Analytics Insight, Saturday, April 4th, 2026
Database Design Errors: 10 Mistakes And How To Avoid Them
Database Design Mistakes: Critical Errors That Hurt Performance and Scalability more →
Beyond Observability: Evolving Production Operations in the Age of AI
As AI becomes part of production operations, engineering teams face new challenges in interpreting system behavior, automating routine tasks, and accelerating incident response. more →
Techstrong.IT, Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
Data Center Boom Sparks Labor Shortage In Skilled Trades
While the AI boom is widely understood as a contest for elite engineers and pricey GPUs, behind the headlines a related struggle is unfolding in the skilled trades. As tech companies pour vast sums into building data centers, a shortage of electricians, technicians and machine specialists is emerging as a critical constraint on growth. more →
The New Stack, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
Moving Beyond The 'Magic Scaling Sauce' Myth
Learn how to scale data-intensive applications effectively with this exclusive excerpt from Martin Kleppmann and Chris Riccomini. more →
DCD, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
Beyond PUE: Rethinking How Data Center Sustainability Is Measured
Three essential metrics to help data center managers measure sustainability success via a more complete and comparative framework more →
ITPro, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
The Majority Of Businesses Couldn't Survive Three Days Of Downtime
IT outages have a disastrous impact on enterprise productivity and finances more →
ITPro, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
'Skipping A Beat On Resilience Investment Isn'T An Option Any More' As IT Outage Costs Soar
Organizations are ramping up resilience efforts at IT outage costs continue mounting more →
Search Enterprise Desktop, Monday, March 30th, 2026
Building A Virtual Desktop Security Strategy For The Enterprise
Virtual desktop security requires strong governance, IAM, monitoring and endpoint controls. CIOs must address risks across VDI and DaaS to protect data and ensure compliance. more →
Contact Center Pipeline, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
Contact Center Pipeline Magazine: Inside Our April 2026 Issue
Welcome to our April issue. This issue brings together a range of perspectives and practical insights designed to help us navigate our environments with confidence. more →
Build and Automate Your Infrastructure with Red Hat on Microsoft Azure
This webinar focuses on deploying and managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) within Microsoft Azure, utilizing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for scalable, cross-domain infrastructure automation. more →
Barracuda Networks, Monday, March 30th, 2026
Audit Finds Application Security Issues Are Worse Than Ever
Mounting vulnerabilities, outdated code and emerging AI threats in application security more →
Barracuda Networks, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
World Backup Day: Is The 3-2-1 Backup Rule Still Relevant?
Why SaaS, identity data and OT systems require a modern take on a decades‑old backup framework more →
Barracuda Networks, Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Empathy, AI And Channel Partners: Insights From Barracuda's CEO
Key takeaways from Lawrence Troemel's partner conversation with Rohit Ghai more →
ZFS vs Ceph: Choosing the Right Storage Architecture
Join Klara's Allan Jude and Clyso's Dan van der Ster for a technical look at how each system works, which workloads suit which technology, and what you trade away when you scale out versus scale up. We'll cover the environments where the choice is obvious, and the ones where it isn't. more →
Cisco, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
Unlocking The Future: Why 6 Ghz Wi-Fi Is The Foundation For The AI Era
AI is rewriting how businesses compete and how governments deliver services. But here's the uncomfortable truth nobody's saying out loud: most networks aren't built for what AI demands. more →
Cisco, Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Hello NIST, Meet Duo: Why Mapping Cisco Duo to NIST CSF 2.0 and NIST 800-53 Matters for the US Public Sector
Cisco Duo is a leading security first Identity and Access Management with end-to-end phishing resistance, and zero-trust security platform designed to verify user identities and secure access to applications and data. more →
Cisco, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
Breaking The Wireless AI Paradox: Turning Challenges Into Competitive Advantage
The data from our Cisco State of Wireless 2026 report reveals something striking: AI is simultaneously the biggest growth opportunity and the biggest operational challenge facing enterprise wireless networks today. more →
Cisco, Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
Why Full-Stack Post-Quantum Cryptography Cannot Wait
As large enterprises modernize their networks for the AI era, one challenge stands out: the looming risk posed by quantum computing. At Cisco Live 2026 Amsterdam, Cisco responded by introducing what we describe as the industry's first full-stack post-quantum cryptography (PQC) architecture. more →
Cisco, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
The Multiplier Effect: Solving The AI Paradox In 2026
For years, wireless was the 'invisible utility'-the background noise of the office that only commanded attention when the connection dropped. It was managed for cost, not for growth. more →
Cisco, Monday, March 30th, 2026
When Buying Models Become Architecture Decisions
For years, enterprise infrastructure decisions followed a familiar pattern: plan big, buy once, deploy, and run for years. That model worked when environments were relatively static and technology change was predictable. more →
Dell, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
The Top Storage Concerns Dell PowerStore Solves
Discover how Dell PowerStore addresses major IT challenges, from reducing costs to enhancing security and simplifying operations. more →
Kubernetes & AI: Powering the Next Generation of Intelligent Infrastructure
Kubernetes has become the universal control plane for modern infrastructure - and now AI is accelerating that evolution. As organizations adopt AI native architectures, scale model training and inference, and push toward more autonomous operations, Kubernetes is emerging as the backbone for running intelligent, distributed systems at scale. more →
KnowBe4, Monday, March 30th, 2026
Criminals Are Selling Stolen Tax Forms For Cheap On The Dark Web
Researchers at Malwarebytes warn that cybercriminals are peddling stolen tax documents for as low as $4 per identity, with freshly stolen forms selling for $20 each. more →
KnowBe4, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
CyberheistNews Vol 16 #13 The 'Urgency Trap': Why Time Pressure Is Your Biggest Email Red Flag
The 'Urgency Trap': Why Time Pressure is Your Biggest Email Red Flag more →
KnowBe4, Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
How To Prevent Phishing Emails By Reducing Human Risk
Organizations have traditionally treated phishing emails as a technology problem to be solved with spam filters and secure email gateways. more →
KnowBe4, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
The New Playground For Cybercriminals: Securing The Microsoft Teams Frontier
With 320 million daily users on Microsoft Teams, the ability to connect with colleagues across the organization has never been more seamless - or more targeted. more →
KnowBe4, Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Outbound Email Security: Protecting Data And Reputation
Email security often focuses on incoming threats such as phishing, malware, and malicious links, but outbound email security is just as important. more →
Agentic Security Needs to Operationalize Threat Intel
Agentic AI has changed attacks for both adversaries and defenders, but AI has not changed the fundamentals of security. Triage is not the end goal for defenders; prevention is. This means hyperfast AI-powered triage is still not a solution, just one more (very necessary) tool. more →
Microsoft, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
Open To Work: How To Get Ahead In The Age Of AI
At a time when technology dominates the headlines, the conversation I see most often on LinkedIn is deeply human: what does AI mean for my job and my career? more →
Picking Your Winner in the Agentic AI Race
The biggest story in DevOps this year is the agentic AI revolution. Which platform will lead your pipeline? Join 3,000+ practitioners to evaluate, compare, and decide. more →
Tenable, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
What's New In Tenable Cloud Security: Custom Policies, AWS ABAC, And Research-Driven Protection
Stop the noise and scale your cloud security. Our latest updates introduce custom policy automation via Explorer, AWS ABAC support for true least privilege, and research-backed protection against critical vulnerabilities, all designed to slash MTTR without disrupting your DevOps workflows. more →
Tenable, Friday, April 3rd, 2026
The Developer Credential Economy: Why Exposure Data Is The New Front Line In The Supply Chain War
Recent supply chain attacks have highlighted an urgent need for organizations to shift from a reactive security posture to a preemptive exposure management strategy. more →
Trend Micro, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
The Real Risk Of Vibecoding
This blog looks at how AI‑driven vibecoding speeds up software development while increasing security risk by outpacing traditional review and ownership. It explains why security needs to move earlier and be built into modern development workflows. more →
Escaping Data Gravity and Infrastructure Debt: Why the AI Era Demands an Agentic Data Cloud
Enterprise data leaders face an aggressive mandate: deploy generative AI and autonomous agents that drive real operational efficiency. Yet, as teams move past isolated pilots into production, they run into a hard architectural barrier. That barrier? Data gravity. more →
Veeam, Monday, March 30th, 2026
Safeguarding The Access Plane: How Access Impacts Modern Identity
As identity-based threats continue to rise, organizations have invested heavily in protecting users and credentials. However, identity is only one part of the equation. more →
Veeam, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
Stop Ransomware Sooner: Introducing Veeam Ransomware Detection Service
You can't turn on the news without hearing about a new cybersecurity, malware, or ransomware attack. These attacks are growing more frequent and smarter, leaving a devastating amount of damage to companies' profits and reputations. We no longer just talk about if an attack will happen but when and how bad. more →
Veeam, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
Announcing Veeam Intelligence MCP Server: Unlocking Conversational AI Cross-Platform Resilience
IT teams are challenged to deliver data resilience, protection, and rapid recovery across a sprawling ecosystem of platforms and tools. The operational edge, where incidents are detected, triaged, and resolved, is no longer confined to a single vendor console or siloed UI. It's a cross-system conversation, and Veeam is simplifying that conversation with the launch of the Veeam Intelligence Server. more →
AI Threat Readiness: Deep Dive Workshop
Your AI Systems Are Already Under Attack. Is Your Team Ready to Respond? more →
