siliconANGLE, Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Metadata management moves to the center of AI scale challenges
Metadata management has become the practical dividing line between AI systems that scale and those that stall. more →
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OrionX, Friday, January 23rd, 2026
@HPCpodcast-107: Paul Bloch of DDN on AI Storage - Industry View
The @HPCpodcast's Industry View feature addresses major issues in the world of HPC, AI, and other advanced technologies through the lens of industry leaders. Our special guest today is Paul Bloch. more →
You've Been Heard, Friday, January 23rd, 2026
389- Stop Solving Problems That Don't Exist W/Juliano Giannerini
Juliano Giannerini runs IT Operations and Security at Baker Construction and fights the same battle every IT leader faces. Someone walks in wanting a new CRM. They need Spanish speakers at the service desk. They saw a demo and it looked amazing. Nobody asked what problem they're trying to solve. more →
You've Been Heard, Friday, January 23rd, 2026
390- Don't Be A Tech Nerd w/John Doherty
John Doherty is CIO at Columbia Forest Products, but he started in marketing. That accidental path gave him something most IT leaders don't have - he speaks business first, technology second. more →
ITPro, Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Are Hyperscalers Backing Out Of Net Zero?
Expanding data center construction and demand for high-energy workloads are pushing hyperscalers off course on carbon more →
Oxide and Friends, Monday, January 19th, 2026
Engineering Rigor In The LLM Age
What do LLMs mean for the future of software engineering? Will vibe-coded AI slop be the norm? Will software engineers simply be less in-demand? Rain and David join Bryan and Adam to discuss how rigorous use of LLMs can make for much more robust systems. more →
devops.com, Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
AI Is Forcing A Rethink Of Software Testing And QA
SmartBear vice president of AI and architecture Fitz Nowlan explains why maintaining software integrity in the age of artificial intelligence requires organizations to double down on testing and quality assurance. He discusses how AI-driven development increases risk and why stronger QA practices are essential for reliable software delivery. more →
devops.com, Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
DevOps Didn't Fail - We Just Finally Gave it the Tools it Deserve
Every once in a while, our industry needs a good, sharp elbow to the ribs. Not a cheap shot. A wake-up jab. That's exactly what Charity Majors delivered in her recent Honeycomb blog post, 'You Had One Job: Why Twenty Years of DevOps Has Failed to Do It.' more →
devops.com, Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
DevOps: The Never-Ending Story
Every few years, sometimes every few months, someone declares DevOps dead. If that sounds familiar, it should. We've been hearing some version of this refrain for more than a decade. DevOps has failed. DevOps is broken. DevOps has been replaced by insert latest shiny thing here. And yet, every time the obituary is written, DevOps stubbornly refuses to cooperate. more →
devops.com, Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Futurum Group Survey Sees Increasing Investments In AI To Deliver Software
A global survey of 628 enterprise IT leaders conducted by the Futurum Group finds that increasing investment in generative artificial intelligence (AI) (40%), followed closely by AI and machine learning (ML) technologies (39%) and applying AI to IT operations (37%), also known as AIOps, are expected to be the top three drivers for accelerating software delivery over the next 12 to 18 months. more →
Security Boulevard, Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
NIST's Blueprint for AI Security: How Data Trust Enables AI Success
New attack surfaces, new misuse patterns and new forms of automation require a different approach to managing risk. That's why NIST has stepped forward. more →
Security Boulevard, Monday, January 19th, 2026
Can AI Independently Manage Secrets Without Human Oversight?
Can organizations truly secure their cloud environments without addressing the role of Non-Human Identities (NHIs)? With technology continues to advance, NHIs have become a crucial component, particularly in managing secrets and enhancing security postures across various sectors. more →
Security Boulevard, Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Can AI Manage Compliance Requirements Efficiently?
Are you leveraging AI technologies to optimize compliance management in your organization? Where compliance requirements continue to grow more complex across industries, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into compliance management is becoming increasingly essential. more →
Security Boulevard, Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
Cybersecurity in the Age of AIOps: Proactive Defense Strategies for IT Leaders
There is a rise in cybersecurity threats in today's rapidly changing digital landscape. Organizations have struggled to safeguard sensitive data and systems from ransomware and breaches. In fact, about 87% of security professionals report that AI-based cyberattacks are plaguing organizations worldwide. more →
Security Boulevard, Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
How Does Agentic AI Improve System Security?
Is your organization equipped to handle the complexities of system security with the rise of Agentic AI? The advent of Agentic AI has significantly impacted how organizations must approach cybersecurity, particularly with the rise of Non-Human Identities (NHIs). These machine identities, which are fundamentally different from human users, require a new layer of security management to safeguard systems. more →
Security Boulevard, Friday, January 23rd, 2026
How Identity Signals Power AI-Driven CRMS To Detect Risky User Behavior
In digital-first businesses, customer relationships are becoming more data-driven and based on far more than mere contact information or transaction history. Identity indicators, including login patterns, device fingerprints, and pattern of sessions, have become the key in comprehending the interaction between users and platforms. more →
Techstrong.ai, Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
What Innovative Practices Secure Ai-Driven Architectures?
Is your organization fully prepared to handle the intricate demands of AI-driven systems? Non-Human Identities (NHIs) play a crucial role in securing AI architectures. By effectively managing these machine identities, organizations can bridge significant security gaps and foster a seamless, secure cloud environment. more →
Techstrong.ai, Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Model Context Protocol Sets New Benchmark For AI Safety
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) addresses a long-standing issue in AI systems. For years, AI assistants lacked the ability to use live data or operate within external systems. MCP was made open-source in late 2024. It now serves as a key standard that has increased the accessibility of AI agents within the industry. more →
Techstrong.IT, Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Data Is Pulling The Cloud Forward
To understand 2026, let's start with what happened in 2025. AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud didn't just grow; they grew at scale. Combined, they crossed well north of $300B in annual cloud revenue, still expanding around 20-30% year over year. more →
Techstrong.IT, Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
From AIOps Hype to Reality: Building Self-Healing Infrastructure in 2026
Three years ago, I sat in a conference room watching a vendor demo 'self-healing infrastructure' that would 'eliminate downtime forever'. Fast forward to today, and I'm still getting paged for the same EC2 instance running out of memory. more →
Techstrong.IT, Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Futurum Group Survey Sees DIAI Market Reaching $541.1B in 2026
The global data intelligence, analytics, and infrastructure (DIAI) market is projected to grow at a 17% compound annual growth rate through 2028 off a base of $541.1 billion in 2026 to exceed $1.2 trillion by 2031, according to a forecast published today by the Futurum Group. more →
The High Stakes Dilemma: Protection Strategies for 2026-27
Out-of-control data can cause cybersecurity breaches, privacy law violations, AI hallucinations, higher storage costs, and more. In this virtual event, learn why and how to begin to clean up shop. more →
Analytics Insight, Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
Bare Metal For Databases: How To Get Faster Queries And More Stable Performance
As databases grow, it's only natural that the infrastructure sustaining them needs to be able to support this expansion. Servers act as the foundation of modern databases, and so they must provide enough power and speed for fast query handling and transaction processing. more →
Analytics Insight, Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Best Database Choices For Building Web Apps In 2026
Choosing a database is no longer a background decision in web development. It shapes how fast an application runs, how well it scales, and how securely it handles data. more →
VentureBeat, Friday, January 23rd, 2026
How OpenAI Is Scaling The PostgreSQL Database To 800 Million Users
While vector databases still have many valid use cases, organizations including OpenAI are leaning on PostgreSQL to get things done. In a blog post on Thursday, OpenAI disclosed how it is using the open-source PostgreSQL database. more →
Building an Effective Red Team: Beyond Penetration Testing
Attendees will explore red team methodologies, operational security, and organizational integration that maximize red team programs' value and effectively test detection and response capabilities while providing actionable improvement recommendations. more →
CIO, Monday, January 19th, 2026
The Top 6 Project Management Mistakes - And What To Do Instead
Projects seldom go as planned, leaving project managers with any number of small fires to put out. Here are the most common issues projects encounter and how to get things back on track. more →
The Agentic Enterprise: Orchestrating AI at Scale
This webinar is a dialogue between BMC and AWS that sits at the center of how enterprises are navigating this challenge, drawing on real patterns they are seeing across shared customers today. more →
Analytics Insight, Monday, January 19th, 2026
Why Java Is Still The Top Choice For Developers?
How JVM Optimization, Toolkits, and Constant Adaptation Empower Java's Strong Position in the Programming Space more →
Securing the Autonomous Enterprise: Discover, Govern, and Protect Non-Human Identities
This technical briefing breaks down how to operationalize a unified security architecture to establish clarity and control over your autonomous ecosystem. more →
CrowdStrike, Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
Small Devices, Big Risk: Usb Drives Threaten Enterprise Security
How CrowdStrike protects data going out, and threats coming in, across removable media. more →
How to Leverage Threat Intelligence Without Drowning: The Zero Noise Approach
This session introduces the Zero Noise Approach - a methodology for ingesting and operationalizing Cloud TI through attacker-based baselines, continuous feedback loops, and a 'no alert left behind' mindset. more →
Google, Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
New ChromeOS Tools To Support Classroom Collaboration
Modernize your classroom with AI-powered Chromebooks, Gemini in Chrome, and new ways to engage and collaborate with students with powerful Class tools features and a new display app. more →
siliconANGLE, Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
Enterprise AI Adoption, Demystified: What Enterprises Learned Building With Google Cloud
Enterprise AI didn't slow because the technology wasn't ready. It slowed because people weren't sure what to trust, what to learn or where to begin. Over the past year, conversations with Google Cloud leaders and industry experts revealed a consistent pattern: Enterprise AI adoption advances when confidence replaces complexity. more →
OneTrust, Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
The 5 Trends Shaping Global Privacy And Enforcement In 2026
What key regulatory privacy and enforcement trends will shape governance, accountability, and long-term business resilience. more →
AI-augmented code modernization: from framework migrations to autonomous agents
What it takes to modernize a large repository portfolio with AI agents, and what that actually costs to run. more →
Red Hat, Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
AI Quickstarts: An Easy And Practical Way To Get Started With Red Hat AI
Ready to accelerate your AI journey? AI quickstarts are officially here! AI quickstarts are a new catalog of ready-to-run, industry-specific use cases that put the power of open source AI directly into your hands. These are a playground you can use to master Red Hat AI and sharpen the skills needed to take your AI ideas from experimentation to production. more →
Red Hat, Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
Event-Driven Ansible: Simplified Event Routing With Event Streams
The systems running an organization's infrastructure and applications are interconnected, creating an environment of controlled chaos where events in one area can ripple unpredictably through others. more →
Red Hat, Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
Extend And Enhance Your Red Hat Enterprise Linux Support: A Guide To Lifecycle Add-Ons
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is the foundation for countless mission-critical deployments. But what happens when your business needs to stay on a specific version of RHEL longer than the standard lifecycle, or requires enhanced security beyond what the already-robust subscription delivers by default? That's where RHEL lifecycle add-ons come in. more →
Red Hat, Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Friday Five - January 23, 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 →
Red Hat, Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
From Manual To Agentic: Streamlining IT Processes With Red Hat OpenShift AI
Many organizations are considering generative AI (gen AI) as a means of reducing the time employees spend filing IT requests and the time IT teams spend closing these requests. To this end, we've created an it-self-service-agent AI quickstart that shows you how to automate IT processes within your organization using agentic AI on Red Hat OpenShift AI. more →
Red Hat, Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
New Observability Features In Red Hat OpenShift 4.20 And Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.15
The latest release of the Red Hat OpenShift cluster observability operator 1.3 introduces observability signal correlation, incident detection, application performance monitoring (APM) dashboard, and more. more →
Symantec, Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
Application Control Rollout For Dummies
Rolling out application control can feel like repairing a ship mid-sail. Abruptly add one control without visibility or planning, and you risk unnecessary friction for the business-critical systems that keep the ship sailing. Meanwhile, overworked security teams are already juggling the day-to-day work of keeping operations afloat. more →
Symantec, Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
DLP For An AI-Driven, Encrypted World
Data has long since broken free from its confinement to the data center. It's on laptops at home, in cloud sync folders, and moving through encrypted applications. And as data flows freely, the proliferation of GenAI tools means today's distributed workforce is using unsanctioned apps to pair convenience and efficiency. However, both work trends risk data loss and leaks. more →
Symantec, Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
Osiris: New Ransomware, Experienced Attackers?
Poortry driver and modified Rustdesk tool used in recent attack campaign, which bears similarities to previous Inc ransomware attacks. more →
Beyond the Login: Key Considerations for Evaluating Identity Security
In this interactive session explore key evaluation criteria for identity security, explain why observe-only tools fail in an AI-driven landscape, and outline a framework for complete access control. more →
Varonis, Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
Veeam Brings Object First Back Into The Fold, Doubling Down On Immutability
Veeam's acquisition of Object First marks a notable shift in how the backup software leader is packaging cyber resilience, without abandoning the software-first philosophy that has defined its rise. The deal brings a purpose-built, immutable backup appliance back under the same roof as the company it was designed to serve, while raising questions about partner dynamics, execution, and optics in a crowded storage ecosystem. more →
Migrate and Modernize your applications with at Zscaler Zero Trust Security Platform on AWS
In this webinar, we'll explore how teams can identify private applications and usage patterns to inform migration planning, maintain visibility into performance during and after migration, and secure workload-to-workload communications across AWS, data centers, and multicloud environments. more →
Zscaler, Friday, January 23rd, 2026
2025 Zdx Recap: Elevating It Operations With Customer-Driven Innovations
As we ring in 2026, it's a great moment to reflect on the significant advancements Zscaler Digital Experience (ZDX) has delivered throughout 2025. While ZDX made headlines with major, groundbreaking capabilities that redefined device, network, and application monitoring and troubleshooting - read the launch recap blog and the new innovations blog to learn more - ZDX also had a continuous stream of impactful innovations. more →
Zscaler, Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
Operational Resilience in the Age of IT/OT Convergence: Why Leadership Must Act Now
The convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) is transforming the industrial landscape. What were once isolated systems controlling physical processes (i.e., power plants, transportation networks, production lines) are now connected to IT networks, cloud services, and third-party ecosystems. more →
Zscaler, Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
Rethinking Branch Security: Embracing Zero Trust Branch For The Modern Enterprise
This two-part series explores why a traditional network-centric security approach with its reliance on implicit trust is no longer adequate for today's cloud-centric, high-threat environment, and introduces Zscaler's Zero Trust Branch (ZTB) as a transformative solution. more →
Zscaler, Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
Top 5 Considerations For Effective AI Runtime Protection
AI is quickly becoming the new norm for business innovation. AI apps and agents now power customer and employee experiences and streamline business processes. But as adoption accelerates, security remains a top concern - especially as agents gain access to sensitive data and enterprise resources. This creates a new attack surface that adversaries can exploit to exfiltrate data, trigger unintended actions, and disrupt the business. more →