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Thursday’s Briefing · April 16

Cloud Native Now, Tuesday, April 7th, 2026

AI-Driven Cloud Moderation In Kubernetes Clusters

This article builds directly on 'Platform Team Metrics That Actually Matter: Beyond DORA,' which highlighted key performance indicators like deployment frequency and cost efficiency for platform teams. more →

AI-Driven Cloud Moderation In Kubernetes Clusters

Cloud Native Now, Friday, April 10th, 2026

How AI Is Transforming Cloud-Native Identity And Access Management

Cloud-native environments are becoming more distributed and dynamic, and many of the security tools originally built for on-premises infrastructure can no longer keep up. Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing how organizations approach identity and access management by bringing smarter and more adaptive security controls to the cloud architectures that power modern applications. more →

How AI Is Transforming Cloud-Native Identity And Access Management

Cloud Native Now, Tuesday, April 7th, 2026

Survey: Few It Teams Can Continuously Optimize Kubernetes Clusters

A survey of 321 Kubernetes practitioners at organizations with more than 1,000 employees published today finds that while 89% recognize that automation is crucial, only 17% are able to continuously optimize the infrastructure their clusters have been deployed on. more →

Survey: Few It Teams Can Continuously Optimize Kubernetes Clusters

The CTO Advisor, Thursday, April 9th, 2026

You Know What's Dumb? Using AI When It's Not Needed.

There's a well-documented process for using OCR to scan a set of documents and converting them into an editable Word document. That's not the dumb part. The dumb part is reverting to a manual process without any clear business driver. You know what's even dumber? Telling AI to do it instead of a human. This is the mismatch that's driving AI projects today. more →

You Know What's Dumb? Using AI When It's Not Needed.

CIO, Monday, April 6th, 2026

Little Caesars Thinks Big With AI

How the multinational pizza chain's IT team is using AI and a marathon mindset to bolster an empire without losing sight of its Hot-N-Ready roots. more →

Little Caesars Thinks Big With AI

LevelAct, Monday, April 6th, 2026

Zero Trust DevOps Pipelines: Securing CI/CD In 2026

Zero trust DevOps pipelines are becoming essential in 2026 as organizations face increasing threats targeting CI/CD environments. Modern development pipelines are fast, automated, and highly connected, but this speed introduces new vulnerabilities. Implementing zero trust DevOps pipelines ensures that every stage of the software delivery process is secured, verified, and continuously monitored. more →

Zero Trust DevOps Pipelines: Securing CI/CD In 2026

Security Boulevard, Tuesday, April 7th, 2026

How To Send Secure Email In Gmail: Step-By-Step Guide

Gmail has two built-in ways to protect sensitive emails: Confidential Mode for most users, and Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) for enterprise teams. Whether you are a casual user looking for privacy or a business professional needing enterprise-grade protection, this guide covers each of these methods to send secure email in Gmail across all devices. more →

How To Send Secure Email In Gmail: Step-By-Step Guide

SC Media, Monday, April 6th, 2026

Five Email Threats To Watch As Identity And AI Attacks Evolve

Email remains the cornerstone of modern business communication. Universally adopted across industries and functions, email connects employees, partners, vendors, and customers in real-time. However, that same ubiquity also makes it the most reliable entry point for cybercriminals. more →

Five Email Threats To Watch As Identity And AI Attacks Evolve

Upcoming Event · Tue, Sep 22 · 1:00pm

Trustworthy AI in the Cloud: Observability as a Control System

This session explores why observability is emerging as a foundational capability for trustworthy AI. Rather than focusing solely on infrastructure health, modern observability provides the transparency and context needed to understand how AI systems behave, why they produce specific outcomes, and whether they continue to perform as intended over time. more →

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Trustworthy AI in the Cloud: Observability as a Control System (Sept. 22nd)

Help Net Security, Tuesday, April 7th, 2026

Comp AI: The open-source Way to Get Compliant with SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR

Getting a startup through a SOC 2 audit has long meant months of manual evidence collection, policy writing, and repeated back-and-forth with auditors. A growing number of compliance platforms have moved to automate parts of that process, and Comp AI is now doing it with an open-source codebase that organizations can inspect, modify, and self-host. more →

Comp AI: The open-source Way to Get Compliant with SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR

Security Week, Thursday, April 9th, 2026

Can We Trust AI? No - But Eventually We Must

From hallucinations and bias to model collapse and adversarial abuse, today's AI is built on probability rather than truth, yet enterprises are deploying it at speed without fully understanding the risks. more →

Can We Trust AI? No - But Eventually We Must

Techstrong.ai, Monday, April 6th, 2026

Why Your AI Strategy Needs A Data Infrastructure Overhaul

Data engineers can spend upwards of 30% of their time taking on data downtime. That statistic should alarm any executive who is betting on AI to transform their business. While companies race to deploy machine learning models and generative AI applications, most still operate on data foundations never designed to support intelligent systems. The result is a widening gap between AI ambitions and actual capabilities. more →

Why Your AI Strategy Needs A Data Infrastructure Overhaul

Cloudflare, Monday, April 6th, 2026

How We Built Organizations To Help Enterprises Manage Cloudflare At Scale

Cloudflare was designed to be simple to use for even the smallest customers, but it's also critical that it scales to meet the needs of the largest enterprises. While smaller customers might work solo or in a small team, enterprises often have thousands of users making use of Cloudflare's developer, security, and networking capabilities. more →

How We Built Organizations To Help Enterprises Manage Cloudflare At Scale

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)

Microsoft, Tuesday, April 7th, 2026

Microsoft Open-Sources Industry-Leading Embedding Model

We're excited to announce an industry leading open-source embeddings model built to support the agentic web. As AI systems evolve from answering questions to acting, grounding is the foundational capability that drives user trust for any AI agent. The ability to provide the right level of information, at the right time, at the right context. more →

Microsoft Open-Sources Industry-Leading Embedding Model

Tierpoint, Thursday, April 9th, 2026

What Is VMware Cloud Foundation and VCF 9?

This article covers what VMware Cloud Foundation is, the core components and benefits of VCF, and the challenges organizations might face during implementation. more →

What Is VMware Cloud Foundation and VCF 9?

Upcoming Event · Tue, Sep 22 · 1:00pm

Trustworthy AI in the Cloud: Observability as a Control System

This session explores why observability is emerging as a foundational capability for trustworthy AI. Rather than focusing solely on infrastructure health, modern observability provides the transparency and context needed to understand how AI systems behave, why they produce specific outcomes, and whether they continue to perform as intended over time. more →

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Trustworthy AI in the Cloud: Observability as a Control System (Sept. 22nd)