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Wednesday’s Briefing · July 30

Dissecting Popular IT Nerds, Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025

Global IT Reality Check W/Fabio Mazzulla - #365 (47.04)

What happens when you're responsible for IT operations spanning Europe, India, Japan, and the United States? Fabio drops some uncomfortable truths about IT hiring. Most leaders still think technical skills matter most - he doesn't. He's built teams across six countries and learned that diverse perspectives beat brilliant loners every time. more →

Global IT Reality Check W/Fabio Mazzulla - #365 (47.04)

Dissecting Popular IT Nerds, Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025

DPIT: Listening Before Leading w/April Marquez - #364 (41:33)

What happens when technical expertise isn't enough for leadership success? April Marquez, ERP Implementation Specialist at FNS Fresh Produce, shares her journey from IT manager to strategic career pivot. With experience leading IT departments as a team of one and navigating the complexities of family-owned businesses, April reveals the critical leadership skill that most technical experts completely miss. more →

DPIT: Listening Before Leading w/April Marquez - #364 (41:33)

FutureCIO, Monday, July 21st, 2025

Podchats For FutureCIO: Managing Low-Code/No-Code Risks

In the rapidly evolving digital landscape of Asia, low-code/no-code (LCNC) platforms have emerged as a game-changer for enterprises seeking to accelerate innovation amid developer shortages and intense market competition. more →

Podchats For FutureCIO: Managing Low-Code/No-Code Risks

DevOps.com, Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

A Changing Of The Guard In DevOps

There's a line from The Who that keeps echoing in my head these days: 'Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.' It's oddly fitting for the current state of DevOps - especially when we look at how artificial intelligence (AI) is being harnessed to reimagine, reengineer, and, in some ways, just refine the same core challenges that have plagued developers and DevOps engineers for years. more →

A Changing Of The Guard In DevOps

DevOps.com, Friday, July 25th, 2025

DevOps Micro-Inefficiencies: Finding And Dealing With Them

On their own, micro-inefficiencies in DevOps seem negligible. But scale that across hundreds of deployments, sprints and team interactions and you're suddenly hemorrhaging time, resources and momentum. In a field that lives and dies on iteration speed and system resilience, these micro-inefficiencies are termites in your tech stack - and ignoring them is not an option. more →

DevOps Micro-Inefficiencies: Finding And Dealing With Them

DevOps.com, Friday, July 25th, 2025

Observability 2.0: Much More Than The Three Pillars

The digital panorama is a dynamic and ever-moving entity. Applications are no longer monolithic giants dwelling on predictable servers. Instead, they are complex webs of microservices, ephemeral serverless capabilities and containerized workloads, all operating across dispersed, multi-cloud environments. more →

Observability 2.0: Much More Than The Three Pillars

DevOps.com, Friday, July 25th, 2025

Why API Security is Now a DevOps Problem, Not Just an AppSec Concern

No one can deny the fact that the more API is used in the modern software world, the more it has become a security liability. Too often, API vulnerabilities are found at later stages of the cycle, which should have been addressed earlier, contrary to the principles of the Shift Left Approach. more →

Why API Security is Now a DevOps Problem, Not Just an AppSec Concern

Security Boulevard, Monday, July 21st, 2025

Securing Revenue Data In The Cloud: Compliance And Trust In A Digital Age

In today's digitally driven economy, cloud infrastructure has become the backbone of revenue operations for tech-forward enterprises. As more organizations adopt usage-based billing software and shift financial processes to cloud-based environments, however, the security of revenue data has emerged as a top priority for tech security professionals. more →

Securing Revenue Data In The Cloud: Compliance And Trust In A Digital Age

Computerweekly, Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

Disaster Recovery: As-A-Service Vs On-Premise?

It's easy to backup to the cloud, and we run lots of applications there now, too. So, running DR as-a-service in the cloud makes perfect sense for many. We look at the pros and cons more →

Disaster Recovery: As-A-Service Vs On-Premise?

Google, Monday, July 21st, 2025

Google Deepmind Makes AI History With Gold Medal Win At World's Toughest Math Competition

Google DeepMind announced Monday that an advanced version of its Gemini artificial intelligence model has officially achieved gold medal-level performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad, solving five of six exceptionally difficult problems and earning recognition as the first AI system to receive official gold-level grading from competition organizers. more →

Google Deepmind Makes AI History With Gold Medal Win At World's Toughest Math Competition

KnowBe4, Friday, July 25th, 2025

Bridging The Gap: Human Risk In African Cybersecurity

Africa's cybersecurity landscape presents a paradox: a widespread belief in preparedness among organisations, although significant blind spots continue to exist, particularly concerning their human layer - their employees. more →

Bridging The Gap: Human Risk In African Cybersecurity

KnowBe4, Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025

Ransomware Trends In 2025

I've been following ransomware since the first one, the AIDS Cop Trojan, was released in December 1989. It locked up victim computers and asked for $300 to be sent to a Panama P.O. Box. A lot has changed since then. more →

Ransomware Trends In 2025

microsoft, Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025

Understanding What AI Means To Consumers

When we talk about new AI-powered devices and experiences, the focus often lands on the pace of technological progress. But just as quickly, the way people are using these tools-and how they feel about them-is evolving too. more →

Understanding What AI Means To Consumers

microsoft, Monday, July 21st, 2025

AI For Business Impact Starts Here: Proven AI Use Cases By Industry

Across industries, business leaders are turning to AI to go beyond productivity-using it to accelerate innovation, fuel growth, enter new markets, and sharpen their competitive edge. As market conditions shift and regulations evolve, organizations are also using AI to boost resilience, improve efficiency, and achieve meaningful cost savings. more →

AI For Business Impact Starts Here: Proven AI Use Cases By Industry

Microsoft, Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

A Ladder Of Reasoning: Testing The Power Of Imagination In LLMs

Reasoning systems have emerged as a focus of research on language models (LMs), as the field moves beyond surface-level language ability to target deeper cognitive skills. Reasoning, in this context, can be defined as the ability to follow a coherent sequence of steps in order to draw logical inferences, synthesize information, and construct solutions - rather than merely recalling facts or patterns. more →

A Ladder Of Reasoning: Testing The Power Of Imagination In LLMs

Upcoming Event · Wed, Oct 14 · 11:00am

Modernize for the AI Era

Join PwC and AWS for a discussion on how AI is redefining cloud modernization priorities. We'll share examples from leaders in their sectors, as well as practical recommendations for building modern cloud platforms that deliver measurable business value, while navigating evolving regulatory, risk, and operational considerations. more →

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Modernize for the AI Era (Oct. 14th)

Veeam, Thursday, July 24th, 2025

Clean Recovery And Business Continuity: Expert Insights From Veeam And Coveware

Recovery isn't just about getting systems back online; it's about proving that IT operations are essential to business continuity. Veeam's Leah Troscianecki sat down with Ray Umerley, Field CISO, Coveware by Veeam, for a tactical conversation about what actually happens when ransomware hits, and how clean recovery can turn the tide from operational fire drills to strategic foresight. more →

Clean Recovery And Business Continuity: Expert Insights From Veeam And Coveware

Veeam, Monday, July 21st, 2025

YARA Rules Guide: What They Are and How to Write Them

YARA (Yet Another Recursive Acronym) rules are a powerful pattern-matching tool used by security teams to identify and classify malware based on known signature, strings, and behaviors. In backup recovery, YARA scanning adds a valuable layer of protection. more →

YARA Rules Guide: What They Are and How to Write Them