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#341, Issue 1 Part 10: Articles Posted Week: 2026-07-27 - 2026-08-02
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Scality ADI: A Storage Operating Model Built for the Messy Middle of the AI Era
From Alert to Action: How Selector Is Quietly Rewriting the Network Observability Playbook
Survey: Enterprise IT Shifts Off Premises as AI Reshapes Data Centers
Navigating AI Infrastructure Incidents: Bridging the Critical Gap Between Detection and Response
Split or Stay Whole? Disaggregated vs. Monolithic LLM Serving on VMware Cloud Foundation
Meet MTAT: Your Zero-Friction Path to Memory Tiering in VMware Cloud Foundation 9
Why Modern Ransomware Demands a Layered Cybersecurity Strategy
From Pipeline to Platform: The Future of AI Data Orchestration
Intel Completes RAMP-C Program, Accelerating Momentum for Secure Enclave
Intel's US Advanced Packaging Enables Next-Generation AI Semiconductors
Majority of Organizations Hit by Targeted Impersonation Attacks
KnowBe4 Combats Voice-Based Threats With Advanced Simulated Vishing Capabilities
The Visibility Gap: Cloud Complexity, Security, and Why Traditional Monitoring Fails (August 11th)
How to Use LinkedIn Newsletters to Stay Top-Of-Mind (Aug. 18th)
M-Trends 2026: The Cascading Impact of Third-Party SaaS, Cloud, and Software Compromises (Aug. 25th)
AI
Your AI Doesn't Need More Data. It Needs More Context
Enterprises must organize fragmented customer evidence into connected journey data to enable AI to support better CX decisions. more →
Backup
Designing Immutable Backup Solutions to Resist Ransomware
Guide for UK SMEs on using immutable backups as a critical recovery control against ransomware attacks. more →
Techstrong.IT
Scality ADI: A Storage Operating Model Built for the Messy Middle of the AI Era
Scality introduces the ADI platform to unify diverse AI storage demands under a single namespace with autonomous management. more →
From Alert to Action: How Selector Is Quietly Rewriting the Network Observability Playbook
Selector uses AI-native observability architecture to address hybrid network monitoring without traditional alert-heavy approaches. more →
Survey: Enterprise IT Shifts Off Premises as AI Reshapes Data Centers
Third-party data centers now host more enterprise workloads than corporate facilities for the first time, driven by AI capacity demands. more →
How Do You Kill a Parasite?
Publishers must coordinate to demand fair treatment from Google's AI-driven search, which uses their content without adequate compensation. more →
Navigating AI Infrastructure Incidents: Bridging the Critical Gap Between Detection and Response
AI systems require intelligent incident response automation to bridge the gap between detecting failures and mobilizing engineers. more →
Broadcom
Introducing the VCF Inspector Fling: A Standalone Diagnostic and Health Tool for VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1
Broadcom releases a standalone diagnostic and health inspection tool for VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1. more →
Split or Stay Whole? Disaggregated vs. Monolithic LLM Serving on VMware Cloud Foundation
Broadcom benchmarks a 120-billion-parameter Nemotron both ways on VCF with NVIDIA Run:ai and Dynamo. more →
Deploying NVIDIA Run:ai on VMware Cloud Foundation
Broadcom documents adding GPU-aware scheduling and multi-team workload orchestration to VCF private AI deployments. more →
Meet MTAT: Your Zero-Friction Path to Memory Tiering in VMware Cloud Foundation 9
The Memory Tiering Assessment Tool v3.0 helps VCF 9 customers plan memory tiering before deploying it. more →
Platform Engineering 2.0: An Evolution for the AI Era
CIOs must evolve platform engineering to support AI agents as autonomous infrastructure consumers with governance and cost controls. more →
Citrix
How to Operationalize Citrix SecurAccess With Chrome Enterprise at Scale
Citrix details combining SecurAccess with Chrome Enterprise to control browser-based access on unmanaged devices. more →
Dell
Why Modern Ransomware Demands a Layered Cybersecurity Strategy
Dell details how Cyber Detect strengthens cyber resilience for PowerStore and PowerMax storage estates. more →
From Pipeline to Platform: The Future of AI Data Orchestration
Dell argues the next AI gains come from data orchestration across systems and teams rather than better models. more →
Dell AI Data Platform: A Technical Perspective
Dell explains the open federated architecture behind its AI Data Platform and why the data plane governs AI performance. more →
Intel
Intel Completes RAMP-C Program, Accelerating Momentum for Secure Enclave
Intel Foundry completes the US government RAMP-C program supporting domestic leading-edge CMOS manufacturing. more →
Intel's US Advanced Packaging Enables Next-Generation AI Semiconductors
Intel details how domestic advanced packaging capacity supports multi-die AI semiconductor designs. more →
KnowBe4
Majority of Organizations Hit by Targeted Impersonation Attacks
New research finds 53% of organizations had an executive or employee impersonated in the past year. more →
Future-Proofing Organizations in the Face of AI
KnowBe4 argues securing AI requires one strategy covering both the human workforce and autonomous agents. more →
New Phishing Kits Use Open-Source Tools to Bypass MFA
Researchers track three phishing kits built on the open-source Evilginx framework to proxy live Microsoft 365 sessions. more →
Apple Warns Users to Be Wary of Unsolicited FaceTime Calls
Apple flags a wave of scam FaceTime calls impersonating Apple Support to extract payment and banking details. more →
Everyone Is a Builder Now. That Changes Security Training
KnowBe4 argues that when every employee can build software, security training has to change accordingly. more →
KnowBe4 Combats Voice-Based Threats With Advanced Simulated Vishing Capabilities
KnowBe4 adds simulated vishing to its platform so organizations can train employees against AI-powered voice phishing calls. more →
Oxide Computer
Oxide Joins Anthropic's Project Glasswing
Oxide joins Anthropic's Project Glasswing, using Claude Mythos 5 to hunt vulnerabilities across its full hardware and software stack. more →
Cloud Events
The Visibility Gap: Cloud Complexity, Security, and Why Traditional Monitoring Fails (August 11th)
This session is for cloud and infrastructure leaders who are being asked to deliver greater reliability, efficiency, and innovation at a pace their current tools cannot support. Attendees will leave with a clearer vocabulary for the problem, a model for evaluating their current observability maturity, and the foundational context that the rest of this series will build on. more →
How to Use LinkedIn Newsletters to Stay Top-Of-Mind (Aug. 18th)
Your prospects don't buy when you're ready to sell. They buy when they're ready to buy — and that's usually months after your last conversation. The question is whether you're still in the room when that moment arrives. A weekly LinkedIn newsletter is the most reliable way to be. more →
Modernizing Manufacturing: How to Move from Legacy Infrastructure to Cloud-Ready Operations (Aug. 18th)
In this session, Softchoice and AWS will share practical strategies for manufacturers looking to modernize at their own pace, connect operational and IT data for smarter decision-making, and build a scalable cloud foundation that drives real business outcomes. Whether you're just beginning your modernization journey or looking to accelerate it, you'll leave with a clear framework for moving forward. more →
M-Trends 2026: The Cascading Impact of Third-Party SaaS, Cloud, and Software Compromises (Aug. 25th)
In the latest installment of the M-Trends Virtual Series, Mandiant teams up with Wiz to tackle the technical realities of defending a decentralized cloud architecture more →
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