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Articles Posted Week of Jul 7th, 2025 — Jul 13th, 2025 (328/2/8)
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Storage
Get To Know Storage-As-A-Service Providers And Their Offerings
New Backup And Data Protection Magic Quadrant (MQ) From Gartner For 2025
Podcast: Hdds Performance Metrics And The Workloads They Excel At
Wired For Speed: Why Storage Area Networks Are Still The Unsung Backbone Of The Digital Enterprise
AI
Developer
Rubrik News
Sophos News
In this session, we explore the power of Sentinel, HashiCorp's policy-as-code framework, and how it enables proactive, automated compliance enforcement within Terraform deployments. Register
Storage
Get To Know Storage-As-A-Service Providers And Their Offerings
If you're looking for cloud storage or an on-premises platform with similar billing methods, you might find what you need in this list of 14 storage-as-a-service providers....more
New Backup And Data Protection Magic Quadrant (MQ) From Gartner For 2025
Once again, Gartner changes the name of this Magic Quadrant (MQ) arguing some market changes needed alignments. It comes from 'Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software Solutions' to 'Backup and Data Protection Platforms'....more
Podcast: Hdds Performance Metrics And The Workloads They Excel At
We talk to Toshiba's Rainer Kaese about spinning disk performance, why HDDs are good at what they do and how hard disk drives still come out top in workloads that suit them...more
Wired For Speed: Why Storage Area Networks Are Still The Unsung Backbone Of The Digital Enterprise
The storage area network (SAN) market is expected to grow steadily from 2025 to 2035, driven by increasing demand for high-speed data storage, enterprise cloud infrastructure, and AI-powered storage management solutions. It is projected to reach USD 23.01 billion in 2025 and expand to USD 33.12 billion by 2035, reflecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.7% during the forecast period....more
AI
A New Ecosystem Is Needed To Realize AI Potential
There is no question that generative AI and deep learning are the defining technological changes of the 2020s,...more
Arriving At 'Hello World' In Enterprise AI
Enterprises move slowly and are looking for solid value, not flashy demos. Increase developer adoption and they'll create a bottom-up wave of momentum....more
In this webinar, experts will discuss how to secure an OT network if immediate patching is not always an option, and how to carve out a risk-based strategy for this critical environment. Register
As AI Technology Advances Rapidly, Can Global Governance Frameworks Keep Up?
The global AI landscape could undergo a dramatic transformation if the United States enacts President Trump's proposed 10-year moratorium on state regulation of AI and 'automated decision-making systems'....more
Automation Anywhere Buys Its Own AI Agent Vision
The process automation vendor deploys more than 40 agents across the company to save time and money in its finance, tech support, and other functions....more
Developer
AI Coding Tools Make Developers Slower But They Think They're Faster, Study Finds
Predicted a 24% boost, but clocked a 19% drag...more
Programming In The Age Of Generative AI
Learn how generative AI is changing the face of writing, testing, and even thinking about code....more
Top 10 No-Code Tools For Non-Programmers
Build Apps, Automate Tasks, and Launch Projects Easily with Beginner-Friendly Software in 2025...more
What You Absolutely Cannot Vibe Code Right Now
Large language models fail at hard and medium difficulty problems where they can't stitch together well-known templates. You should still use them....more
Rubrik News
Four Pillars Of A Modern Cloud Cyber Resilience Strategy
Data stored in the cloud is projected to reach 100 zettabytes in 2025 and 66% of IT and Security leaders said they plan to shift toward using more cloud and SaaS-based services over the next year....more
M365 Under Siege: Why Your Business Needs End-To-End Cyber Resilience
Microsoft 365 isn't just your collaboration suite anymore. It's the backbone of your identity infrastructure, your AI strategy, and your most sensitive business data. But as its value has grown, so has the size of its bullseye....more
Sophos News
Sophos Managed Risk Expands Capabilities with Internal Attack Surface Management (IASM) to Identify and Guide Organizations to Mitigate Internal Vulnerabilities
Expands Visibility of Internal Exposures within an Organization's Environment...more
It used to be that cloud native was just for the public cloud crowd-a smooth pour straight from the hyperscalers. But times have changed, and now cloud native is everywhere. Whether you're sipping from a public cloud, private cloud, hypervisor, or going full throttle on bare metal, there's no wrong way to enjoy it. Register
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