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Articles Posted Week: Dec. 1st, 2025 — Dec. 7th, 2025 (333/1/5)
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Security
Security’s Next Control Plane: The Rise Of Pipeline-First Architecture
CISOs Are Questioning What A Crisis Framework Should Look Like
Technology
MIT Engineers Design An Aerial Microrobot That Can Fly As Fast As A Bumblebee
Lightmatter Aims To Leapfrog I/O Limitations With 3D Photonic Interconnect
HR
Careers
HPE News
HPE Adds All-Flash 7700 And High-End 5720 To StoreOnce Backup Line
HPE Introduces New AI Networking Hardware And Unified AIOps Across Aruba And Juniper
Unlocking New Technologies, Tools, And Financing Solutions That HPE Partners Can Take To The Bank
HPE Positions Morpheus Stack As Enterprise Alternative To VMware
In this session you will learn how to extend consistent AI security controls across every layer of your environment. We will explore how to apply one unified policy across SaaS LLMs and proprietary models, how to achieve runtime visibility that stops attacks in real time, and how to deploy protection without code changes or developer effort. Register
Security
Five Trends That Will Dominate 2026
Smarter, faster and more interconnected cyber threats will reshape the UK risk landscape in 2026, suggests Brian Sibley, Virtual CTO at Espria, the managed IT services firm....more
Security’s Next Control Plane: The Rise Of Pipeline-First Architecture
For years, security operations have relied on monolithic architectures built around centralized collectors, rigid forwarding chains, and a single ‘system of record’ where all data must land before action can be taken....more
CISOs Are Questioning What A Crisis Framework Should Look Like
CISOs increasingly assume the next breach is coming. What concerns them most is whether their teams will understand the incident quickly enough to limit the fallout. A recent report by Binalyze looks at how investigation practices are holding up across large US enterprises....more
Technology
MIT Engineers Design An Aerial Microrobot That Can Fly As Fast As A Bumblebee
With insect-like speed and agility, the tiny robot could someday aid in search-and-rescue missions....more
Who Is Prepared To Take The Quantum Leap?
The world of information technology (IT) is in constant flux, presenting new and ongoing challenges for small businesses....more
Lightmatter Aims To Leapfrog I/O Limitations With 3D Photonic Interconnect
The faster you can move data between processors, the more work you can theoretically get done. This is what’s driving innovation in interconnects, for both scale-up as well as scale-out systems. One company that’s looking to leapfrog the class is Lightmatter, which is developing a new three-dimensional co-packaged optic (CPO) interconnect that promises big increases in I/O....more
Join this complimentary Gartner infrastructure & operations webinar as a Gartner expert explores the evolving intersection of cloud computing and AI over the next five years. Learn the actions IT leaders must take to prepare for this transformative convergence. Register
HR
HR Leaders Must Build Future-Ready HR Teams For the AI Age
As AI transforms work, HR leaders have the opportunity to play a more strategic, organization-impacting role - both elevating the impact of AI on the organization and growing their own influence as a function....more
Careers
78% Of IT Job Postings Already Require AI Skills
AI is poised to reshape baseline skills for a successful career in IT. Reskilling to remain relevant - and to establish future IT role pipelines - will be paramount....more
HPE News
HPE Adds All-Flash 7700 And High-End 5720 To StoreOnce Backup Line
HPE has refreshed its StoreOnce line of backup target appliances and strengthened support for Morpheus mission-critical virtual machines....more
HPE Introduces New AI Networking Hardware And Unified AIOps Across Aruba And Juniper
HPE has announced an expansion of its secure, AI-native networking portfolio that leverages HPE Aruba Networking and HPE Juniper Networking for self-driving operations to maximize performance and scale for AI workloads....more
Unlocking New Technologies, Tools, And Financing Solutions That HPE Partners Can Take To The Bank
HPE’s 2026 partner vision focuses on driving success through innovation, unparalleled expertise, and enhanced margin opportunities across Networking, Cloud, and A...more
HPE Positions Morpheus Stack As Enterprise Alternative To VMware
IT giant touts unified management, stretched clusters, and AI-ready networking at Discover Barcelona...more
Technology is more deeply interwoven with customer experience (CX) than ever before, giving CIOs unique opportunities to shape and elevate how organizations engage with customers. As the demand for CIO involvement in CX grows, what role should they play in driving these initiatives? Register
Upcoming Webinars
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
Monday, December 15th, 2025
The Future of Cloud in 2030: AI-Enabling Cloud Services (Dec. 15th)- 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Tuesday, December 16th, 2025
Safeguarding Data & Compliance on Next-Gen iOS Devices (Dec. 16th)- 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Securing AI Velocity: Making Enterprise DevOps Modern and Efficient with Harness and AWS (Dec. 16th)- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Top 4 Ways CIOs Can Influence the Customer Experience (Dec. 16th)- 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
AI-Powered Business Solutions: Reduce Manual Work, Boost Productivity (Dec. 16th)- 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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
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