DC: CxO, Technology, CRM, Cloud, Developer, Tintri, SuperMicro, Lenovo, Rubrik, Webinars (Tue. Dec 16th AM)
Articles Posted Week: Dec. 8th, 2025 — Dec. 14th, 2025 (333/2/3)
IT News You Can Use - Full Weekly Issue - Vol 333 Issue 2
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CxO
CISO Conversations: Keith McCammon, CSO and Co-founder at Red Canary
Gartner’s AI Browser Ban: Rearranging Deck Chairs On The Titanic
Technology
Agent Adoption: The IT Industry’s Next Great Inflection Point
AI PCs Poised To Dominate Enterprise Market Within Five Years: Futurum Research
CRM
Cloud
Developer
Tintri News
SuperMicro News
Lenovo News
Rubrik News
Heads of infrastructure and operations (I&O) face a landscape defined by conflicting priorities, rapid technological change, evolving business demands and uncertainty. As organizations look toward 2026, I&O teams must navigate divergent goals between CIOs and heads of I&O, the paradox of low AI adoption despite high satisfaction and the persistent challenge of technical debt, often recognized as a top issue but rarely prioritized for action. Register
CxO
CISO Conversations: Keith McCammon, CSO and Co-founder at Red Canary
From a basement computer lab to the C-Suite: How Keith McCammon built his career and Red Canary with zero formal training....more
Tech Industry Leaders Provide 2026 Predictions And Insights
INDUSTRY PREDICTIONS: What does 2026 have in store and how should industry leaders prepare for it? These industry leaders give their advice....more
Gartner’s AI Browser Ban: Rearranging Deck Chairs On The Titanic
The cybersecurity world loves a simple solution to a complex problem, and Gartner delivered exactly that with its recent advisory: ‘Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future.’...more
Hong Kong’s New Critical Infrastructure Ordinance Will Be Effective By 1 January 2026 - What CIOs Need To Know
As the clock ticks down to the full enforcement of Hong Kong’s Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Ordinance on January 1, 2026, designated operators of Critical Infrastructures (CI) and Critical Computer Systems (CCS) must act decisively....more
Before You Build A Private Cloud, Ask This One Question
Most private cloud initiatives don’t fail because of bad architecture. They fail because the organization was never ready to operate one....more
Technology
Agent Adoption: The IT Industry’s Next Great Inflection Point
The IT industry stands on the brink of one of its most transformative eras, triggering major consolidations in many long-standing sectors and the emergence of major new markets....more
AI PCs Poised To Dominate Enterprise Market Within Five Years: Futurum Research
Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered personal computers are rapidly shifting from experimental technology to a strategic imperative for global enterprises, with 88% of business leaders predicting AI PCs will replace traditional computers within two to five years, according to new research released Monday....more
CRM
What Is CRM In 2026? 12 Vendor Executives Weigh In
For the fourth year in a row, the CRM Playaz hosted a group of leading vendor executives, industry analysts, startup and institutional investors, and thought leaders for an unscripted, organic conversation about where CRM/CX goes in the year ahead....more
What Is CRM In 2026: Will A Bursting AI Bubble Change The Game?
As part of the CRM Playaz “What is CRM in 2026?” excutive conversation series, for the first time we added a panel of folks investing at different levels into the enterprise application space, as well as in AI startups that are heavily impacting CRM/CX technologies....more
Cloud
CIOs Shift From ‘Cloud-First’ To ‘Cloud-Smart’
Facing mounting expenses, IT leaders are rethinking their approaches to the cloud to be more cost-effective and efficient - and more strategically aligned with business value....more
Key Cloud Trends That I&O Leaders Should Leverage In 2026
By leveraging these trends, I&O leaders can enhance flexibility, resilience, and innovation while addressing challenges like geopolitical risks, distributed infrastructure, and the growing impact of generative AI....more
Developer
Best Cross Platform Ides Of 2025: What Developers Are Using?
From PyCharm to Android Studio: Most Popular Cross-Platform IDEs for Developers in 2025...more
In this session, we'll explore how AI-driven incident response and 'agentic' automation are changing the way teams detect, diagnose, and resolve issues across AWS and multi-cloud stacks. Register
Tintri News
As AI Workloads Scale, Tintri Looks To Simplify Infrastructure For DevOps Teams
Today’s companies face increasing infrastructure complexity as artificial intelligence and Kubernetes push systems to scale, putting DevOps and infrastructure teams under growing pressure to modernize systems that weren’t designed for it....more
SuperMicro News
Supermicro Ships 2-OU and 4U Liquid-Cooled NVIDIA HGX B300 Platforms for AI Data Centers
Super Micro Computer, Inc. has announced the expansion of its NVIDIA Blackwell architecture portfolio with the introduction and shipment availability of new 4U and 2-OU (OCP) liquid-cooled NVIDIA HGX B300 systems....more
Supermicro Expands NVIDIA Blackwell Portfolio with New 4U and 2-OU (OCP) Liquid-Cooled NVIDIA HGX B300 Solutions Ready for High-Volume Shipment
Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a Total IT Solution Provider for AI, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, today announced the expansion of its NVIDIA Blackwell architecture portfolio with the introduction and shipment availability of new 4U and 2-OU (OCP) liquid-cooled NVIDIA HGX B300 systems....more
Lenovo News
Lenovo Paves The Way For AI Innovation With Modern Data Storage Solutions And Services
Designed to provide a modern foundation for enterprises and mid-size businesses achieving AI innovations, Lenovo combines complementary hardware, software and services offerings to help deploy, manage, and unleash the true potential of enterprise data....more
Interview: Art Hu, Global CIO, Lenovo
The IT chief at the PC, servers and storage supplier is using his experience of rolling out tech internally to boost the growing services ambitions of the Chinese tech giant...more
Rubrik News
Now Available: Rubrik Identity Recovery For Okta
Okta Workforce Identity has become the front door to the enterprise. It sits in the critical path for modern identity and access management, through which employees access business applications....more
Threat Actors Want To Destroy Your Cloud Backup
Any outage, whether caused by human error or a cyber attack, means your employees can’t access their business applications and data. Such an outage effectively closes down your business. But with Rubrik Identity Recovery for Okta, you can now ensure that your identity configuration and data are protected, recoverable, and secure. Announced at Oktane 2025, the product is now generally available and ready to safeguard your business from human error, misconfiguration, and malicious attacks....more
Join experts from Checkmarx and Techstrong Group, along with Global Engineering Platforms Lead at Thoughtworks, for a forward-looking conversation about how AI can transform DevSecOps adoption. Register
Upcoming Webinars
Wednesday, December 17th, 2025
De-Risk, Optimize, and Scale Generative & Agentic AI with Unified Observability (Dec. 17th)- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
How CIOs & AI Leaders Can Achieve High Outcomes in AI at Scale (Dec. 17th)- 10:00 AM to 10:45 AM
Thursday, December 18th, 2025
Secure AI Everywhere: From Akamai Edge to Container (Dec. 18th)- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Wednesday, January 7th, 2026
Data Resilience in the Age of Ransomware & Disruption Summit (Jan. 7th)- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Thursday, January 8th, 2026
DORA in Action: How Financial Institutions Are Adapting and Thriving (Jan. 8th)- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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