DC: Popular IT Articles Posted Week of January 26th, 2026

Volume 334 Issue 3 - IT News You Can Use

IT News You Can Use

We promote many IT articles in our daily and weekly newsletters which have 250,000+ subscribers. We track which articles and webinars are the most clicked on. These are the most clicked on upcoming webinars, grouped by event category.

Full issue is here: Volume 334, Issue 3

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CxO

• When A New Chief Digital Officer Arrives, What Does That Mean For The CIO?

• CIO Role In Unlocking Strategic Value: How To Determine And Implement AI Use Cases

• 10 Top Priorities For CIOs In 2026

• 5 AI Signals Every CIO Should Be Watching Right Now

• The CISO mandate for 2026: Rethinking security operations with AI-assisted SIEM 4.0

• Real World GenAI Use Cases: How CIOs Are Putting AI To Work

• Is AI Eradicating The Junior Developer?

• How Enterprise Architecture And Start-Up Thinking Drive Strategic Success

Security

• Navigating And Closing The Cybersecurity Gaps In Financial Services

• SASE Maturity Gap

• 90% Of Companies Are Woefully Unprepared For Quantum Security Threats - Analysts Say They Need To Get A Move On

• What Data Privacy Day Reminds Us About Modern Cyber Risk

• Real-Time Threat Intelligence: Empowering Proactive Cybersecurity With Seceon

• Why Identity Security Must Move Beyond MFA

• Cyber Insights 2026: Regulations And The Tangled Mess Of Compliance Requirements

• We Asked Cybersecurity Experts For Their 2026 Predictions

• Cybersecurity Trends To Watch In 2026

• More Security Tools Are Slowing Down Your Incident Response

TechTalk Summits - Live

• TechTalk: Sitecore in the Stadium (Moda Center, Portland, OR) (Feb. 3rd)

• Technology Executive Dinner - Chicago, IL (Feb. 5th)

• Technology Executive Dinner - Boston, MA (Feb. 11th)

• TechTalk: Technology Executive Summit - Atlanta, GA (Jan. 28th)

Security Boulevard

• The Data Center Is Secure, But Your Users Are Not

• The Zero Risk Trap: How To Ditch Perfection And Prioritize Real Cyber Resilience

• The Hidden Cybersecurity Risk Of ‘Integrated’ Security Platforms

• Understanding Customer Identity And Access Management (CIAM): Essential Information You Need To Know

• This Guide Will Show You How To Create SAML Identity Management.

TechTalk Summits - Analyst

• TechTalk Tuesday (Feb. 3rd)

• TechTalk Tuesday (Feb. 17th)

CxO Podcasts

• Inside the SMB Threat Landscape: AT&T’s Senthil Ramakrishnan on Why Small Businesses Are Cybercrime’s Favorite Target

• @HPCpodcast-107: Paul Bloch of DDN on AI Storage - Industry View

• 390- Don’t Be A Tech Nerd w/John Doherty

• Are Hyperscalers Backing Out Of Net Zero?

• U.S. Bank’s Chief AI Officer On Strategy, Governance, And Scaling AI (50:46)

Careers

• The Secret To A Successful IT Career Development Strategy

• 7 Practical Ways To Build Real AI Skills In 2026

• The AI Skills Gap Is Not What Companies Think It Is

• Top 5 AI Certifications For ‘Freshers’

Security Boulevard - NHI

• How Do NHIs Empower Agile Cybersecurity Strategies?

• Can AI Manage Cloud Security Effectively?

• How Are Non-Humans Identities Protected?

• Can Managing NHIs Keep Companies Ahead In Cybersecurity?

Email

• 4 Ways Email Automation Will Reshape Customer Journeys In 2026

• Improve Email Deliverability With Proven Technical And Strategic Steps

Security Boulevard - AI

• How Identity Signals Power AI-Driven CRMS To Detect Risky User Behavior

• How Does Agentic AI Improve System Security?

Database

• Best Database Choices For Building Web Apps In 2026

• Bare Metal For Databases: How To Get Faster Queries And More Stable Performance

Storage

• 5 Reasons HDDs Will Continue To Dominate Enterprise Storage In The AI Era

ERP

• ERP Isn’t Dead Yet - But Most Execs Are Planning The Wake

Operations

• PTP is the New NTP: How Data Centers Are Achieving Real-Time Precision

Techstrong.ai

• Sovereign AI In 2026: From Ambition To Production Reality

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