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Search Enterprise AI, Friday, September 26th, 2025

11 Real-World Agentic AI Examples And Use Cases

AI that doesn't just follow instructions but figures out how to get things done -- that's the promise of agentic AI, an emerging approach that's already changing some sectors. more →

11 Real-World Agentic AI Examples And Use Cases

Upcoming Event · Wed, Sep 30 · 11:00am

AI Is Ready. Is Your Data?

Justin Yan will bring a customer-inspired scenario to life through a demonstration - covering ETL pipeline construction, large-scale pipeline operations, and automated governance enforcement using AI agents. Participants are encouraged to question the approach and compare it against their own data challenges. This is not a conversation about doing the same work a little faster. It is a conversation about how the way enterprises deliver data is about to fundamentally change. more →

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AI Is Ready. Is Your Data? (Sept. 30th)

Cyber Defense Magazine, Thursday, September 25th, 2025

The Threat Of Privilege Abuse In Active Directory

In early 2024, the BlackCat ransomware attack against Change Healthcare caused massive disruption across the U.S. healthcare sector. It later emerged that the cause of this major national incident was traced back to compromised credentials used to remotely access a Change Healthcare Citrix portal. Access to the portal wasn't secured with multi-factor authentication (MFA). more →

The Threat Of Privilege Abuse In Active Directory

Security Boulevard, Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025

Wait, Firewalls Still Matter In A Zero Trust World?

Zero Trust has become the rallying cry of modern cybersecurity. The principle of "never trust, always verify" is baked into government mandates, boardroom conversations, and vendor marketing slides everywhere. more →

Wait, Firewalls Still Matter In A Zero Trust World?

InfoQ, Saturday, September 27th, 2025

MySQL AI Introduced For Enterprise Edition

Oracle has recently announced MySQL AI, a new set of AI-powered capabilities available exclusively in the MySQL Enterprise edition, targeting analytics and AI workloads in large deployments. Concerns are rising throughout the MySQL community over the future of the popular Community edition, amid fears of vendor lock-in and following recent internal layoffs. more →

MySQL AI Introduced For Enterprise Edition

OpenSource For U.com, Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025

The Evolution Of PostgreSQL In The Age Of AI

PostgreSQL, enhanced with the pgvector extension, brings semantic search capabilities into a traditional SQL environment. With support for both structured queries and AI-driven search, pgvector enables developers to build intelligent, cost-effective applications within a familiar ecosystem, positioning PostgreSQL as a future-ready, AI-native database. more →

The Evolution Of PostgreSQL In The Age Of AI

Security Boulevard, Thursday, September 25th, 2025

10 Common Network Vulnerabilities That Could Put Your Business At Risk

Network security has become a top priority for modern businesses, particularly those entrusted with sensitive financial and personal data. Moreover, Gartner projects a 15% increase in global cybersecurity spending, with a significant focus on security services, software, and strengthening network defenses. more →

10 Common Network Vulnerabilities That Could Put Your Business At Risk

Security Boulevard, Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025

Java Security Starts with the JVM

When it comes to Java security, the first thing that comes to mind should be the JVM. If you're relying on outdated, unpatched, or unsupported Java runtimes, you're taking unnecessary risks. more →

Java Security Starts with the JVM

InfoQ, Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025

Java News Roundup: JDK 25, GraalVM for JDK 25, OpenJDK JEPs, LangChain4j, JBang, Gradle

This week's Java roundup for September 15th, 2025, features news highlighting: the GA releases of JDK 25 and GraalVM for JDK 25; new JEP candidates and JEPs targeted for JDK 26; point releases of Quarkus, the A2A Java SDK, Apache TomEE, LangChain4j and Gradle; the second alpha release of Hibernate Validator 9.1; and Oracle detaching GraalVM from the Java release train. more →

Java News Roundup: JDK 25, GraalVM for JDK 25, OpenJDK JEPs, LangChain4j, JBang, Gradle

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Upcoming IT Webinars

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Upcoming IT Webinars

Barracuda Networks, Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025

Email Threat Radar - September 2025

Over the last month, Barracuda threat analysts have identified several notable email-based threats targeting organizations around the world. more →

Email Threat Radar - September 2025

Cisco, Wednesday, September 24th, 2025

Cisco: Architecting The Future Of AI-Era Networks

At the Networking for AI Summit, Cisco executives outlined how the company is evolving its networking portfolio and AgenticOps to support AI workloads across the data center, campus, and branch. more →

Cisco: Architecting The Future Of AI-Era Networks

Leidos, Friday, September 26th, 2025

Resilient Utility Systems: Lessons And Strategies For Storm Preparedness And Recovery

The increased frequency and severity of storms including hurricanes, microbursts, and torrential rains all hold the possibility of severe damage to utility assets and loss of power. Each storm event is unique, but they all require safe and rapid restoration of power while meeting the utility's goal of restoring stability across impacted communities. more →

Resilient Utility Systems: Lessons And Strategies For Storm Preparedness And Recovery

Leidos, Wednesday, September 24th, 2025

Zero Trust And Clean Data: The Twin Pillars Of Mission-Driven AI

At the 2025 Leidos Supplier Innovation & Technology Symposium, Rob Linger, Leidos vice president of Information Advantage, met with Tom Suder, president of ATARC, and Kurt Steege, chief technology officer at Thundercat, to discuss bringing mission-ready artificial intelligence (AI) to life. more →

Zero Trust And Clean Data: The Twin Pillars Of Mission-Driven AI