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Wednesday’s Briefing · January 21

devops.com, Tuesday, January 13th, 2026

Lessons From 2025: The Year 'Agent Mitigation' Became A Thing

2025 was event-packed, but not everything was a shiny product launch. Many lessons came from very public failures as hard‑won patterns for containing damage, a shift captured in analyses of the 2025 AI agent security landscape and incident reports across finance, SaaS, and industrial sectors. more →

Lessons From 2025: The Year 'Agent Mitigation' Became A Thing

devops.com, Friday, January 16th, 2026

Meet the 2025 DevOps Dozen Award Winners

When we first launched DevOps.com, the goal was never just to report on tools or trends. It was to elevate the people, ideas, and communities shaping how software is built and delivered. The DevOps Dozen Awards exist for that exact reason. more →

Meet the 2025 DevOps Dozen Award Winners

The Register, Monday, January 12th, 2026

Techie Banned From Client Site For Outage He Didn't Cause

This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as 'Patrick' who told us he once installed an extra shelf of storage for a NAS at a local council office in Australia. The job initially went well. 'The staff left me alone in the computer room while I was tidying up the paperwork,' Patrick wrote. While he handled that administrivia, something caught Patrick's eye. more →

Techie Banned From Client Site For Outage He Didn't Cause

Security Boulevard, Wednesday, January 14th, 2026

Rethinking Microsegmentation During A VMware Exit

Broadcom's acquisition of VMware and the subsequent shift to subscription-based licensing and bundled offerings have forced many organizations to re-evaluate their long-term reliance on the VMware ecosystem. more →

Rethinking Microsegmentation During A VMware Exit

Techstrong.ai, Wednesday, January 14th, 2026

AI Security: Time For A Reality Check

Everywhere you turn, people are talking about artificial intelligence. Depending on who you ask, it's either going to save the world or destroy it. What's missing in all that noise is a sober conversation about what's really happening right now. And when it comes to security, that lack of focus is dangerous. more →

AI Security: Time For A Reality Check

Techstrong.ai, Wednesday, January 14th, 2026

How CIOs Can Govern AI At Scale Without Slowing Innovation

As enterprises everywhere race to integrate AI tools and processes, many are coming up against some potentially serious security and governance challenges. Central to the problem is the sheer pace of change, with adoption spreading faster than organizations can adapt. more →

How CIOs Can Govern AI At Scale Without Slowing Innovation

Techstrong.ai, Monday, January 12th, 2026

The Orchestration Layer: Why Your AI Agent Needs A Nervous System

Do you know what's funny? Everyone's obsessed with picking the right AI model (such as Gemini, Claude and GPT) for their agents, like choosing between Ferrari engines. But here's the thing: If you don't have a proper nervous system connecting the brain to hands, you're basically trying to drive a Ferrari with a rope tied to the steering wheel. more →

The Orchestration Layer: Why Your AI Agent Needs A Nervous System

Tech Field Day, Monday, January 12th, 2026

Modern Data Mobility Is Challenging The Laws Of Physics With Hammerspace

Modern data mobility is challenging the laws of physics; the speed of light is a fundamental limit for moving signals. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast features Kurt Kuckein from Hammerspace discussing data movement and management with Jim Jones, Jack Poller, Andy Banta, and Alastair Cooke. more →

Modern Data Mobility Is Challenging The Laws Of Physics With Hammerspace

Cloud Native Now, Thursday, January 15th, 2026

IBM Adds Sovereign Core Platform Based On Red Hat OpenShift

IBM announced today it will next month make available a technical preview of a sovereign IT platform based on the Red Hat OpenShift platform that enables IT teams to deploy isolated workloads in as little as a single day. more →

IBM Adds Sovereign Core Platform Based On Red Hat OpenShift

Red Hat, Monday, January 12th, 2026

Accelerate Readiness. Reduce Risk. Build Skills That Scale.

In today's IT world, change is not coming; it is here. Hybrid cloud, automation, and AI are transforming how organizations operate, and the pace shows no sign of slowing. Teams that cannot keep up risk falling behind. However, there is a way to stay ahead: investing in the right skills, at the right time, without disrupting ongoing work. more →

Accelerate Readiness. Reduce Risk. Build Skills That Scale.

Red Hat, Friday, January 16th, 2026

Friday Five - January 16, 2026

The Friday Five is a weekly Red Hat blog post with 5 of the week's top news items and ideas from or about Red Hat and the technology industry. Consider it your weekly digest of things that caught our eye. more →

Friday Five - January 16, 2026

Trellix, Monday, January 12th, 2026

The Unfriending Truth: How To Spot A Facebook Phishing Scam Before It's Too Late

As one of the world's largest social media platforms, with over 3 billion active users, Facebook is a frequent target for phishing scams. Hackers aim to hijack user accounts to exploit people in their network. The goal is to steal the victim's credentials so the attackers can take over the account, spread scams, steal personal data, or commit identity fraud. more →

The Unfriending Truth: How To Spot A Facebook Phishing Scam Before It's Too Late