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Storage
Security Boulevard
Operations
Investing In Resilience - Where Data Centers Are Placing Their Bets Next
Gartner Says AI-Optimized Iaas Is Poised To Become The Next Growth Engine For AI Infrastructure
Ocp Launches New ‘Open Data Center For AI’ Strategic Initiative
ESET News
HPE News
Microsoft News
Microsoft AI Announces First Image Generator Created In-House
Microsoft Identifies Boardroom Cyber Awareness As A Top Priority
Check Point News
Sophos News
This session brings together a unique panel of experts who have served as editors of some of the most important storage sanitization standards. Register
Storage
What Is The Best HDD Brand In 2025: Reliability, Speed & Storage
From Western Digital to Samsung: Top Hard Drive Brands in 2025 for Performance and Durability...more
Future Of Storage: HPC And AI Storage By The Numbers
In the first story of our ‘Future of AI and HPC Storage’ series, we looked at the overall market for HPC and AI storage and some of the big challenges that organizations are facing and trends shaping the market....more
Security Boulevard
Driving Innovation With Secure NHIs
What happens when machines need their own form of identification? This question is increasingly relevant as we dive deeper of Non-Human Identities (NHIs), which are revolutionizing the way organizations handle cybersecurity. In industries ranging from financial services to healthcare, and even in areas like travel and DevOps, NHIs are emerging as pivotal components....more
Empowering Teams With Efficient Secrets Rotation
How can organizations ensure the security of machine identities and secrets while maintaining team efficiency? The management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs), an often underexplored domain, offers a transformative approach....more
How Reassured Are You By Your Cloud Compliance?
The Vital Role of Non-Human Identities in Cloud Compliance...more
Operations
Investing In Resilience - Where Data Centers Are Placing Their Bets Next
IT leaders aren’t just talking about reliability and modernization - they’re putting money behind it. In a recent survey by Futurum Research, in partnership with Nokia, organizations were asked what their top investment priorities are for improving data center reliability in the next year....more
Gartner Says AI-Optimized Iaas Is Poised To Become The Next Growth Engine For AI Infrastructure
End-User Spending on AI-Optimized IaaS Is Projected to Total $37.5 Billion in 2026...more
Ocp Launches New ‘Open Data Center For AI’ Strategic Initiative
The Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP), the nonprofit international organization bringing at-scale innovations and hyperscale best practices to all, has announced an expansion to its Open Systems for AI, an umbrella initiative with the new Open Data Center for AI Strategic Initiative (SI), to increase efforts on key data center infrastructure challenges: power, cooling, mechanical, and management telemetry....more
This webinar will explain the process of model inferencing and deployment options. We will discuss how trained models are used to make predictions and the considerations for deploying models. Register
ESET News
How Social Engineering Really Works - Cybersecurity Podcast
Why do people fall for online scams even when they know the risks? In this episode of Unlocked 403, Becks is joined by Alena Koinarova, software engineer at ESET, to explore how attackers use psychological manipulation to trick their targets....more
How To Optimize Your Security Budget Via Managed Services
The most straightforward way to make business security recession proof often lays outside company premises....more
HPE News
HPE Sharpens iLO 7 and Gen12 Servers at OCP 2025
At the 2025 Open Compute Project Global Summit in San Jose, Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced updates to its server management platform, hardware design, and support for new AI networking technologies....more
HPE’s AI Factory: Bridging the Gap from Pilot to Production
Many organizations recognize AI’s transformative potential, but scaling from pilot to production remains challenging. At AI Infrastructure Field Day 3, HPE discussed how its Private Cloud for AI (PCAI) bridges this gap, offering an integrated solution that accelerates development, secures data, and drives business value....more
Microsoft News
Microsoft AI Announces First Image Generator Created In-House
Microsoft AI just announced its first text-to-image generator, MAI-Image-1, designed and developed in-house. The tech giant, which recently announced its first in-house Microsoft AI models, called the new image generator ‘the next step on our journey.’...more
Microsoft Identifies Boardroom Cyber Awareness As A Top Priority
Digital security report urges IT leaders to convince company boards that cyber security is a board-level problem...more
Check Point News
Generative AI And Agentic Systems: The New Frontline In Phishing And Smishing Defense
There’s a quiet revolution happening in cyber security. It isn’t unfolding in dark forums or exotic zero day markets. It’s happening in plain sight-inside large language models, voice cloning tools, and autonomous software agents....more
Sophos News
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: 10 Tips To Stay Safe Online That Anyone Can Use
Use this short checklist as a launchpad: adopt the basics consistently, strengthen the controls that matter most, and build routines that keep those protections current and effective....more
This webinar offers insights on how to realistically assess your company's vulnerabilities, including how to prioritize them so that you put the most resources into protecting the vulnerabilities that will likely cost the most if exploited. Register
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