DC: CxO, Humor, Marketing, DevOps, Cisco, Citrix, Check Point, Webinars (Tue. Oct 28th PM)
Articles Posted Week of Oct. 20th, 2025 — Oct. 26th, 2025 (331/4/4)
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CxO
Gartner: Disillusionment Around AI Presents a ‘Hero Moment’ for CIOs
The More Corporate It Leaders, The Greater The Need To Coexist
Humor
Company That Made Power Systems For Servers Didn’t Know Why Its Own Machines Ran Out Of Juice
New Boss Took Charge Of Project Code And Sent Two Billion Unwanted Emails
Marketing
DevOps
Rewriting The Rules Of Software Quality: Why Agentic QA Is The Future CIOs Must Champion
The Cloud Reset: DevOps Brings Workloads Back to Private Clouds
Cisco News
Citrix News
Check Point News
Layoffs, cost-cutting, incessant cyberattacks, and wonky legacy applications frustrate your IT team and stifle innovation. How do IT executives keep the team charging forward and morale high, when so many factors are working against them? In this webinar, learn tips and techniques for success. Register
CxO
Gartner: Disillusionment Around AI Presents a ‘Hero Moment’ for CIOs
Successfully incorporating AI into an organization to not only improve productivity but also deliver ROI is a tall order for CIOs -- and it’s a mission that could be the most rewarding in their career, according to Gartner....more
Gartner Reveals Strategic Tech Trends Set To Redefine 2026
Gartner has revealed its list of top strategic technology trends that organisations should plan for in 2026, highlighting advancements in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cloud sovereignty, and data verification....more
CIOs, Be Ready For Agentic AI - Or Be Out Of A Job
Agentic AI won’t wait for IT. CIOs who guide it with smart guardrails will thrive - those who don’t might be left behind....more
Hard Lessons: A CIO’s Playbook For Consolidation
Agencies are under increasing pressure to reorganize their operations. But done well, consolidation can bring economies of scale, better alignment and more agility....more
The More Corporate It Leaders, The Greater The Need To Coexist
CTO, CISO, CDO, CAIO - the number of senior roles aligned with the CIO is growing. CIOs in SMEs still consolidate responsibilities, but in larger businesses, the separation of roles is more defined, putting greater responsibility on CIOs to orchestrate collaboration so objectives and quality of services combine to fulfil business value....more
Humor
Company That Made Power Systems For Servers Didn’t Know Why Its Own Machines Ran Out Of Juice
Oh . you mean we shouldn’t press that button?...more
New Boss Took Charge Of Project Code And Sent Two Billion Unwanted Emails
Techie summoned at 02:00 AM to sort things out sent another 2 billion trying to fix it...more
Join tech leaders in Miami to explore how to keep your applications ahead of user demands - and enjoy a networking lunch! Register
Marketing
Why 99% Of Cold Emails To CISOs Fail (And The Surprising Truth About How They Actually Buy)
A CISO gets 50 sales emails before lunch. Your cold outreach dies with the other 49....more
DevOps
Rewriting The Rules Of Software Quality: Why Agentic QA Is The Future CIOs Must Champion
The enterprise software landscape is changing faster than before, and artificial intelligence is at the heart of this transformation....more
The Cloud Reset: DevOps Brings Workloads Back to Private Clouds
Many DevOps teams are hitting the reset button and rebalancing their use of public versus private clouds after a decade of ‘public cloud-first’ strategies....more
The New Metrics Of DevOps: Speed, Trust And Transparency
At swampUP 2025, Alan sits down with Aman Sardana and Vijay Kumar Soni to talk through one of the defining challenges of modern software delivery-how DevOps practices must evolve to accommodate the growing influence of artificial intelligence across the software development lifecycle....more
Cisco News
Cisco Black Belt Academy: AI Validated Perfect Pitch
In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a cornerstone of innovation, driving key decisions, enhancing operational efficiency, and enabling scalable solutions....more
Future-Proof Your Wi-Fi Network With These Three AI-Driven Innovations
Wi-Fi networks have become foundational to business operations, supporting a growing array of connected devices, IoT sensors, and demanding applications....more
Citrix News
Rethinking The Last Mile: Our Vision For Secure Access In A Browser-First World
In conversations with CIOs, CISOs, and technology leaders, I am often asked a simple question: What is Citrix’s vision for security in the modern enterprise?...more
Check Point News
Google Nukes 3,000 Youtube Videos That Sowed Malware Disguised As Cracked Software
Check Point helps exorcise vast ‘Ghost Network’ that used fake tutorials to push infostealers...more
Building AI agents that actually deliver in the real world is harder than it looks. In this webinar, you'll get a front-row seat to both sides of the challenge: how to design and develop agents that are effective and reliable - and how to protect them against today's evolving risks. Register
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Outstanding roundup! The framing of AI disillusionment as a 'hero moment' for CIOs is spot-on - when hype deflates, that's when real leaders separate from order-takers. What's interesting is how this digest connects three threads: CIOs must 1) guide AI through the trough of disillusionment, 2) embrace agentic AI or risk obsolescence, and 3) manage an increasingly complex ecosystem of co-equal C-suite roles (CISO, CDO, CAIO). The most valuabe insight here is in the 'consolidation playbook' - in an era of budget pressure and AI uncertainty, bringing cohesion to fragmented IT portfolios may be more strategic than chasing the next shiny tool. The Check Point Ghost Network takedown also reminds us that while we're debating AI strategy, threat actors are relentlessly exploiting fundamentals like social engineering via fake tutorials. Thanks for curating these parallel realities into one digestable narrative!