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#336, Issue 2 Part 3: Articles Posted Week: 09 Mar, 2026 - 15 Mar, 2026
IT News You Can Use - Full Weekly Issue - Vol 335 Issue 2
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CxO
Chaos Engineering Practices To Increase Confidence And Reliability
The Modern CIO Is No Longer A Technologist - They’re An Architect Of Enterprise Decisions
The Resilience Mandate: Why CIOs Must Think Like Hackers To Secure The AI Era
Humor
Techstrong.ai
Trust, Transparency And The Trajectory Of AI In Mainframe Computing
AI Hiring Filters May Be Quietly Influencing The Nation’s Jobless Numbers
Developer
Rubrik News
KnowBe4 News
TechTalk Summits - Live
CxO
Chaos Engineering Practices To Increase Confidence And Reliability
Usually, we attempt to keep our staging environment as stable as possible. But sometimes, you can benefit from inserting some chaos into it - to validate your assumptions about the health of your service, to learn about its dependencies, and to check your guardrails. In this post, you will learn how we at monday.com are using Chaos Engineering practices to achieve the same....more
Tech Nationalism Is Reshaping CIO Infrastructure Strategy
Data sovereignty rules and national cloud initiatives are forcing CIOs to rethink architecture, vendor relationships, and long-term technology strategy....more
The Modern CIO Is No Longer A Technologist - They’re An Architect Of Enterprise Decisions
Most tech fails aren’t actually tech problems - they’re strategy problems. Today’s CIOs are stepping up to bridge that gap and actually get things moving....more
Enterprise Service Management Platforms, Q4 2025
In our evaluation of enterprise service management (ESM) providers, we identified the most significant ones and researched, analyzed, and scored them. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps you select the right one for your needs....more
The Resilience Mandate: Why CIOs Must Think Like Hackers To Secure The AI Era
In an era of automated, AI-driven exploitation, a “strong wall” is no longer enough. It’s time to redesign security around the assumption of breach....more
Humor
Bug That Wiped Customer Data Saved The Day - And A Contract
Ignorance really was the way to achieve bliss...more
Blustering Blackbeard’S Pc Was All At Sea, Sysadmin Got Him Shipshape In Seconds
Have you tried turning it on, never mind off and on again? This week, meet a jolly reader we’ll Regomize as “Roger” who thinks he may have broken our record for fastest tech support resolution, which we believe currently stands at 8.5 seconds....more
Techstrong.ai
How Smart Can Agentic AI Become In Protecting Assets
How can organizations harness the power of Agentic AI to safeguard their most valuable assets? With industries continue to move operations to cloud-based environments, safeguarding digital assets against cyber threats is more crucial than ever. This blog post delves into the role smart Agentic AI plays in Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and secrets, particularly within sectors like financial services, healthcare, and DevOps....more
Trust, Transparency And The Trajectory Of AI In Mainframe Computing
Artificial intelligence is transforming software development in remarkable ways, though the journey is filled with new challenges and uncertainties. There’s a fundamental paradox at play: developers and IT pros see firsthand how AI boosts their work, yet in high-stakes environments like the mainframe that keep global business running, many still feel the need to hesitate and act with caution....more
AI Hiring Filters May Be Quietly Influencing The Nation’s Jobless Numbers
Artificial intelligence may be quietly reshaping one of the most closely watched indicators of the U.S. economy: the monthly unemployment report....more
Developer
AI Should Help Us Produce Better Code
Many developers worry that outsourcing their code to AI tools will result in a drop in quality, producing bad code that’s churned out fast enough that decision makers are willing to overlook its flaws....more
Programming Language Trends 2026: What Developers Must Learn To Stay Ahead
Top Coding Languages for AI, Cloud, and Software Development...more
Rubrik News
When AI Writes the Code, Who Controls the Agents?
AI coding assistants and agents are accelerating development dramatically. Engineers can produce far more code, far more quickly. But traditional review and control systems were not designed to handle this pace....more
KnowBe4 News
Ransomware Attacks Surge by 50% Even as Payments Drop
The number of ransomware attacks increased by 50% in 2025, even though the number of victims who decided to pay the ransom fell to an all-time low, according to a new report from Chainalysis....more
Received Someone Else’s Confidential Email? Here’s What To Do.
When we think about misdirected email, we often put ourselves in the shoes of the sender. After all, nobody wants to tell their manager that they might (however accidentally) be responsible for a data breach. But what you do when you’re on the other side of the inbox?...more
TechTalk Summits - Live
Technology Executive Summit - New York, NY - Keens Steakhouse (March 19th)
AI is moving faster than most enterprises can govern-and the gap is widening. As cloud adoption accelerates, many organizations discover too late that speed without structure amplifies risk, stalls innovation, and erodes trust. The leaders who win are the ones who build guardrails that enable velocity, not roadblocks that slow it....more
Soho House Series - Nashville, TN (March 19th)
Join us for your chance to finally visit the exclusive Soho House in your city. These exclusive members-only clubs throughout the world are known for playing host to celebrities, executives, artists and the jet set crowd - and notorious for the difficulty in gaining access. Soho House lounges and event spaces are designed for the ultimate in luxury networking, created around the concept of fostering professional connections in a convivial and intimate environment....more
SUSE - March Madness Watch Party - Atlanta, GA (March 19th)
Join SUSE for an exciting March Madness Watch Party at HobNob Neighborhood Tavern in Dunwoody, Georgia. Catch the action while networking with SUSE leaders and industry peers in a relaxed, high-energy setting....more
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