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Articles Posted Week of Sept. 22nd, 2025 — Sept. 28th, 2025 (330/4/3)
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CxO
American Express Credits AI With Improving Customer Experiences
AI Initiatives Driving Closer Relationship Between CIO And CEO
Call Centers
HPC
Careers
HPE News
Why A Storage Refresh Won’t Solve Recovery Resilience Gaps In Ransomware Planning
Inside Juniper And HPE’s AI Networking Strategy For Scale And Security
Check Point News
Okta News
Akamai Technologies News
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CxO
American Express Credits AI With Improving Customer Experiences
Ransomware activity is climbing again, with a steep increase in the number of victims and the number of groups launching attacks. A new mid-year report from Searchlight Cyber shows how quickly the threat landscape is shifting and why CISOs need to keep adjusting their defenses....more
AI Initiatives Driving Closer Relationship Between CIO And CEO
As organizations deploy AI technologies to improve efficiency, productivity, and customer experience, many are finding that increased collaboration between CEOs and CIOs is key to a successful AI strategy....more
5 Questions ChatGPT Should Ask Vendors
Persistent, persuasive, and sometimes misleading, vendor pitches are a constant in a CISO’s inbox. To separate value from noise, security leaders rely on key questions that test whether a product solves real problems....more
It’s Renaissance Risks Losing Steam
CIOs must re-energize staff and stakeholders to the creative potential of IT. Only by recapturing hearts and minds can we re-instill the joy and curiosity that moves innovation forward....more
How One Bad Password Ended A 158-Year-Old Business
Most businesses don’t make it past their fifth birthday - studies show that roughly 50% of small businesses fail within the first five years....more
Call Centers
The Journey To The New World Of AI
In an era where AI is reshaping the landscape of customer service and personalization, the industry is undergoing a profound transformation to adapt to new interaction models....more
HPC
Why Quantum Computing and HPC Are the Future Power Couple
In computing, the biggest breakthroughs often happen behind the scenes. You won’t see them in the latest smartphone launch or streaming app update, but their impact can shape industries, scientific discovery, and national infrastructure....more
Careers
The DevSecOps Career Path: What No One Tells You About Getting Started
DevOps teams across organizations are suddenly finding themselves responsible for security with no roadmap....more
Is AI Killing The Resume?
As applicants use AI to quickly create job-specific resumes, some companies are shifting focus to skills assessments, portfolios, and real-world tasks....more
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HPE News
Why A Storage Refresh Won’t Solve Recovery Resilience Gaps In Ransomware Planning
Upgrading storage strengthens production, but recovery depends on backup. Learn how to build ransomware resilience into your storage refresh plan....more
Inside Juniper And HPE’s AI Networking Strategy For Scale And Security
Enterprises are moving from artificial intelligence pilots to large-scale production, putting intense pressure on data center networks. Supporting graphics processing unit-intensive training and scalable inferencing requires raw bandwidth, intelligent automation and secure, predictable infrastructure....more
HPE Networking: Building AI-Ready, Self-Driving Networks
At the Networking for AI Summit, we conducted three in-depth interviews with HPE Networking leaders, highlighting how the combined HPE-Juniper organization is positioning itself to help enterprises scale AI securely, efficiently, and with greater autonomy....more
Tei Study Finds Hitachi Vantara’s Virtual Storage Platform One Delivered 285% ROI And Seven-Month Payback
Organizations using Hitachi Vantara’s Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One) have achieved a 285% return on investment (ROI), $1.1 million in net present value (NPV) and payback in just seven months, according to a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Hitachi Vantara....more
Check Point News
How To Defend Against Credential Attacks With A Hybrid Mesh Architecture
Credential-based attacks have reached epidemic levels. The 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) underscores the trend: 22% of breaches now start with compromised credentials, while Check Point External Risk Management found that leaked credential volumes surged 160% year-over-year....more
Okta News
Oktane 2025: Okta Takes Aim At Agentic AI Governance Gap
Identity specialist Okta is laying the groundwork for a number of incoming announcements designed to help its customers get to grips with the challenge of securing non-human, agentic identities....more
Akamai Technologies News
What 400 Executives Reveal About The Future Of AI Adoption
Against the backdrop of global artificial intelligence (AI) spending that is projected to reach US$644 billion in 2025 - which would be a 76.4% increase from 2024 according to Gartner - it’s clear that organizations view AI as existentially necessary. But what specifically are enterprises thinking about when they invest in AI?...more
Every October, organizations across the country recognize Cybersecurity Awareness Month— but too often, the effort becomes a box-checking exercise. Employees skim a few slides, click through an online module, and move on without truly changing their behaviors. At DC Edge, we believe awareness should be engaging, memorable, and impactful.
That’s why we’ve partnered with an industry leader to bring you Virtual Cyber Escape Rooms—a fun, interactive way to teach critical cybersecurity skills. Instead of passively watching or reading, your team steps into a high-energy challenge where they must collaborate, solve puzzles, and outsmart a hacker.
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