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Articles Posted Week of Aug 11th, 2025 — Aug 17th, 2025 (329/2/1)
IT News You Can Use - Full Weekly Issue - Vol 329 Issue 2
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CxO
Big Data
Careers
Java
Java 25 Puts 32-Bit X86 Out To Pasture, Adds 17 Shiny New Features
Java News Roundup: JDK 25-RC1, Spring AI, WildFly 37, Payara Platform, LangChain4j, Grails
Oracle News
Zscaler News
Embracing IPv6 With Zscaler: A Comprehensive Guide For Remote Users
Supply Chain Risk In Python: Termncolor And Colorinal Explained
Zscaler MCP Server: Bringing Unified Security Automation To Your AI Agents
10 Secure Internet Access Solutions For Distributed Workforces
It used to be that cloud native was just for the public cloud crowd-a smooth pour straight from the hyperscalers. But times have changed, and now cloud native is everywhere. Whether you're sipping from a public cloud, private cloud, hypervisor, or going full throttle on bare metal, there's no wrong way to enjoy it. Register
CxO
CIO 100 Award Winners Showcase The Business Value Of IT
From improving customer care to future-proofing the business, 2025's award-winning projects for IT innovation and leadership demonstrate IT's transformational proposition....more
6 CIO Goals On AI For The Rest Of 2025
Tech leaders need to focus on unifying data structures, modernizing architectures and shaping governance ahead of agentic AI adoption....more
Why Your BI Dashboard Underwhelms
Despite the effort invested, dashboards don't get the clicks and usage we want. Here's why your dashboard isn't working and what to do instead....more
20 IT Management Certifications For IT Leaders
IT management requires both technical skills and the ability to lead teams, projects, and processes. These 20 certs will help you hone and showcase your IT management bona fides....more
CISOs Face A Complex Tangle Of Tools, Threats, And AI Uncertainty
Most organizations are juggling too many tools, struggling with security blind spots, and rushing into AI adoption without governance, according to JumpCloud....more
Big Data
How To Write A Data Classification Policy, With Template
Data classification policies help organizations categorize, secure and manage sensitive information while maintaining regulatory compliance and reducing breach risks....more
This Big Data Lesson Applies To AI
There's no shortage of hype when it comes to AI. We're constantly bombarded with warnings that AI is about to change things forever, and that if we don't implement AI now, we risk becoming failures....more
What Is Data Quality And Why Is It Important?
Data quality measures a data set's condition based on factors such as accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, uniqueness and validity....more
Join this complimentary Gartner webinar as a panel of Gartner experts share which emerging technologies are truly shaping the future across industries with specific examples from Banking, Insurance, Consumer Goods, Education and Oil & Gas industries to demonstrate how leading CIOs are building skilled teams to stay ahead and actionable steps you can take to prioritize investments that drive business value. Register
Careers
How To Move From Technical Roles To Leadership Position
A senior developer seeks leadership opportunities. Here's practical advice on positioning yourself for a promotion while maintaining technical credibility....more
Java
Java 25 Puts 32-Bit X86 Out To Pasture, Adds 17 Shiny New Features
Long-term support release candidate arrives, general availability comes next month...more
Java News Roundup: JDK 25-RC1, Spring AI, WildFly 37, Payara Platform, LangChain4j, Grails
This week's Java roundup for August 4th, 2025, features news highlighting: the first release candidate of JDK 25 and Grails 7.0; the release of WildFly 37; the August edition of the Payara Platform; point releases of LangChain4j, JBang and Hibernate projects; and maintenance releases of Spring AI, JobRunr and Apache Tomcat....more
Oracle News
Supercharge Your AI Workloads With Oracle Cloud And DDN
As AI workloads mature from training-focused experiments to real-time, production-scale systems, enterprises are starting to look for infrastructure that meets the performance demands of each stage - from model training to retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and real-time inference....more
Zscaler News
Embracing IPv6 With Zscaler: A Comprehensive Guide For Remote Users
As the digital landscape evolves, so does the underlying infrastructure. IPv6 is steadily gaining traction. For organizations leveraging Zscaler, understanding how to seamlessly integrate IPv6 traffic from remote users while maintaining robust security is paramount....more
Supply Chain Risk In Python: Termncolor And Colorinal Explained
Zscaler ThreatLabz continually monitors threats in our Python scanning database, uncovering risks that may signal potential supply chain attacks....more
Zscaler MCP Server: Bringing Unified Security Automation To Your AI Agents
It feels like everywhere you look, people are talking about the Model Context Protocol (MCP)-the new standard for connecting AI agents and applications to real-world tools and APIs....more
10 Secure Internet Access Solutions For Distributed Workforces
Security threats are evolving fast, making secure internet access more vital than ever. Whether your team is fully remote or only partially in the office, robust controls safeguard user access, data, and overall business integrity....more
Prime Day has come and gone, but the real opportunity lies ahead. In this webinar, the Blue Wheel team will break down the biggest takeaways from Prime Day 2025: what worked, what didn't, and what it means for the rest of the year. We'll share performance data, trend insights, and creative tactics that leading brands used to win during the event. Register
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