DC: Security Boulevard, Humor, Edge, HPC, DR, Salesforce, Check Point, IT Events (Mon. Dec 8th AM)
Articles Posted Week: Dec 1st, 2025 — Dec 7th, 2025 (333/1/1)
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Security Boulevard
CISOs, CIOs and Boards: Bridging the Cybersecurity Confidence Gap
Sleepless In Security: What’s Actually Keeping CISOs Up At Night
Humor
Web Dev’s Crawler Took Down Major Online Bookstore By Buying Too Many Books
Vendor’s Secret ‘Fix’ Made Critical App Unusable During Business Hours
Edge
HPC
DR
Salesforce News
Salesforce Goes Full Circle to Launch Agentforce 360 for AWS
Designing AI For Collaboration: The Future Of Work Is Multiplayer
Why Your Small Business Needs A Mobile App (And How To Get Started)
Check Point News
Join us at this Technology Executive Summit to gain valuable insights on leveraging legacy and emerging technologies to keep your organization at the forefront of a rapidly evolving business industry Register
Security Boulevard
CISOs, CIOs and Boards: Bridging the Cybersecurity Confidence Gap
CISOs and CIOs, here’s your chance to prove to your boards the value of cybersecurity.because they need your help badly. And future investments - and therefore your organization’s security posture - depend on it....more
Sleepless In Security: What’s Actually Keeping CISOs Up At Night
When it comes to threats, today’s chief information security officers (CISOs) have their hands full. Between ransomware explosions, increasingly intricate AI-powered phishing scams, and a growing wave of insider risks, CISOs are fighting battles on every front....more
Humor
Web Dev’s Crawler Took Down Major Online Bookstore By Buying Too Many Books
Forgot one setting, for one subdomain, and caused an hour of severe errors...more
Vendor’s Secret ‘Fix’ Made Critical App Unusable During Business Hours
Medical software maker also had a vastly unhealthy approach to security...more
Edge
The Evolution Of Real-Time Intelligence At The Edge
Adaptive edge intelligence transforms edge nodes into mini real-time decision hubs, reducing reliance on centralized cloud decision pipelines and enabling responsive, autonomous behavior....more
HPC
The Road To HPC And AI Profits Is Paved With Good Intentions
With a profitable PC business that has 25 percent of global shipments (thanks in large part to its acquisition of IBM’s PC business two decades ago) plus a respectable smartphone business (by virtue of its Motorola acquisition), the client device business at Lenovo is finally back to where it was during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic and is consistently delivering what are decent profits for this cut-throat part of the IT sector....more
DR
Why Is Enterprise Disaster Recovery Always Such A ... Disaster?
The key reason: most enterprises rely on pretty much the same disaster recovery plan they’ve used for years - even though their environment has changed dramatically, thanks to SaaS, cloud, and AI....more
Join us for this critical virtual event, where our business continuity experts will deliver practical insights, tried-and-true best practices, and innovative tools and strategies that are reshaping how IT teams are preparing for the unexpected. Register
Salesforce News
Salesforce Goes Full Circle to Launch Agentforce 360 for AWS
Salesforce and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have introduced Agentforce 360 for AWS, a move designed to put the Salesforce Agentforce autonomous AI agent build and deployment service more directly in the hands of AWS customers....more
Designing AI For Collaboration: The Future Of Work Is Multiplayer
Understanding the patterns of human teamwork can help you design AI systems that support the way people work together....more
Why Your Small Business Needs A Mobile App (And How To Get Started)
Thinking of creating a mobile app for your small business? Here’s everything you need to know....more
Check Point News
Defend Against The Latest Cyber Threats With AI Security And Expanded Zero Trust For Hybrid Mesh Cloud And On-Prem Firewalls
As organizations adopt AI tools and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to implement AI applications, security teams face mounting pressure to protect sensitive data, applications, and distributed environments....more
Check Point Introduces Quantum Firewall R82.10 with New AI and Zero Trust Security Capabilities
Check Point announced its new Check Point Quantum Firewall Software, R82.10, introducing 20 new capabilities designed to help enterprises safely adopt AI, protect distributed environments, and simplify zero trust across hybrid networks....more
This session, led by Clinton Herget, Field CTO at Snyk, explores why DevSecOps remains essential yet must evolve into AI-Accelerated DevSecOps to meet the demands of modern development. Register
Upcoming Webinars - Dec. 9th to 11th
Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
TechTalk Tuesday December (Dec. 9th)- 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
The Next Evolution of Application Security: AI-Accelerated DevSecOps (Dec. 9th)- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
The Anatomy of an Agentic AI System: Understanding the Architecture Behind Faster, Smarter, and Predictive Security (Dec. 9th)- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Identity Security in the Agentic AI Era (Dec. 9th)- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Preparing for the Autonomous Era in ITOps (Dec. 9th)- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
PyData Global 2025 (Dec. 9th - Dec. 11th)- 10:30 AM to 6:00 PM Thursday, December 11th
Wednesday, December 10th, 2025
Identity Security Reset: A Framework for Managing Access in the Age of Multi-Cloud, AI, and NHIs (Dec. 10th)- 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
From Data to Decisions: Understanding How AI Models Learn (Dec. 10th)- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Getting On The Same Page: Agentic Ai Software Testing Strategies And Fixing The Disconnect Between Executives And Teams (Dec. 10th)- 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
The Gartner Top 10 Strategic Predictions for 2026 and Beyond (Dec. 10th)- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Redefining Cloud Security in the Era of AI and Automation (Dec. 10th)- 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Technology Executive Roundtable - New York City, NY (Dec. 10th)- 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
(CS)2AI Online Symposium: New ICS/OT Cyber Security Technologies (Dec. 10th)- 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM EST
Modern Workplace Unlocked: AI, Devices & Strategy (Dec. 10th)- 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
What’s Ahead in 2026 for Data & Analytics (Dec. 10th)- 8:00 AM to 11:35 AM
Thursday, December 11th, 2025
Disaster Recovery 2.0 Summit (Dec. 11th)- 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
The AI Implementation Dilemma: From Costly Experiments to Competitive Advantage (Dec. 11th)- 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Inside the Audit: Achieving Continuous Readiness (Dec. 11th)- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Chef’s Table Experience - Austin TX (Dec. 11th)- 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM CT
The Future of Content Marketing in an AI-Driven World (Dec. 11th)- 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
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