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Tech Field Day
AI
Cloud
Java
Jakarta EE 11 Overview: Virtual Threads, Records, And The Future Of Persistence
Java News Roundup: CLI Tool for Quarkus MCP, Groovy 5.0 Milestone, JHipster, GraalVM
IBM News
Varonis News
Check Point News
JSCEAL Targets Crypto App Users - A New Threat in the Cyber Security Landscape
Proactive Security For MSPs: 4 Steps To Reduce Risk And Improve Margins
Ransomware In Q2 2025: AI Joins The Crew, Cartels Rise, And Payment Rates Collapse
Check Point Software Leads Email Security Rankings in 2025 GigaOm Radar Anti-Phishing Report
In this webinar, Straiker's Head of AI Security Engineering unpacks how AI's multi-dimensional disruption is forcing a redefinition of what it means to secure applications. We'll explore how agentic systems-LLM-powered chatbots, AI copilots, and autonomous agents-introduce risks that legacy AppSec tools were never built to address. Register
Tech Field Day
Network Engineers Are Facing An Identity Crisis
Network engineers are the firefighters and knowledge bases of enterprise IT, however the role of a network engineer is rapidly evolving. With the rise of automation, orchestration, and AI, the familiar image of an engineer hunched over a command-line interface (CLI) is giving way, leading many to question the future of their profession....more
The AI Infrastructure Bottleneck No One Talks About
Jack Poller sheds light on the seldom-discussed AI infrastructure bottleneck, highlighting the limitations in current technologies that could potentially hinder AI applications' effectiveness....more
AI
Interpreting The Rapid Evolution Of Generative AI Systems
In the two years that 'Targeting AI' has covered the increasingly pervasive world of AI technology, generative AI has become one of the dominant memes in business and society....more
Automating Procurement With Agentic AI
Focal Point CEO Anders Lillevik explains how artificial intelligence (AI) agents will be used to automate a wide range of procurement processes...more
12 Coding Agents At The Cutting Edge
AI-powered coding agents are now real and usable, if not without their foibles. Here's a brief look at the top prospects....more
Workshops And AI Nudges: Building Scalable, Multidisciplinary Teams
Tom Marsden, CEO of TeamPath, joins us to explore what makes teams thrive in today's workplace....more
Cloud
UK Enterprises Regret Going All-In On Public Cloud
Data sovereignty, rising costs, and governance issues mean many IT decision-makers regret having made the move...more
Cloud Security Risks Rise With Hybrid Environments
As cloud adoption accelerates, businesses face an expanding threat landscape, especially within hybrid cloud environments that combine public and private infrastructure, according to Forbes....more
Has AI Hijacked Cloud-Native Innovation?
It seems like AI is sucking the oxygen out of every room in tech right now....more
Java
Jakarta EE 11 Overview: Virtual Threads, Records, And The Future Of Persistence
Jakarta EE 11 is now available, delivering additional features and capabilities for improving software developer productivity and enabling further innovation. So you may be asking, "What's new in this version?" and "What comes next?" This article will address these questions....more
In a world of AI-driven software creation, microservices, and cloud-native architectures, traditional AppSec methods can't keep pace. This webinar builds on our latest ESG whitepaper to explore how Agentic AI is transforming AppSec from reactive to proactive. Register
Java Is Dead: Long Live Java!
Java defies the hype cycle, thriving at 30 with unmatched enterprise trust, modern AI integration, and a vibrant, global developer community....more
Java News Roundup: CLI Tool for Quarkus MCP, Groovy 5.0 Milestone, JHipster, GraalVM
This week's Java roundup for July 21st, 2025, features news highlighting: a new tool to use Quarkus MCP Client to access a secure Quarkus MCP Server from the command line; the second beta release of Groovy 5.0.0; and point releases for GraalVM Native Build Tools and JHipster Lite....more
IBM News
Debugging LLMs To Improve Their Credibility
New tools from IBM Research can help LLM users check AI-generated content for accuracy and relevance and defend against jailbreak attacks....more
Varonis News
Varonis Introduces Next-Gen Database Activity Monitoring
Reinventing Database Security: A simple, agentless solution to database security and compliance built for the AI era....more
Varonis Unveils Cloud-Native Solution For Database Security
Varonis has launched a database activity monitoring solution aimed at strengthening its data security platform and entering the database activity monitoring (DAM) market....more
Check Point News
JSCEAL Targets Crypto App Users - A New Threat in the Cyber Security Landscape
At Check Point, we continuously monitor emerging cyber security threats to help protect our users from evolving risks. In this blog, we delve into the JSCEAL campaign, which has been actively targeting crypto app users since March 2024....more
Proactive Security For MSPs: 4 Steps To Reduce Risk And Improve Margins
As an MSP, you're increasingly expected to deliver more than just uptime and availability. Customers now rely on you for security, compliance, and risk reduction. That creates a tremendous opportunity: by evolving your offerings to include proactive security services, you don't just protect your customers - you lead....more
Ransomware In Q2 2025: AI Joins The Crew, Cartels Rise, And Payment Rates Collapse
In Check Point Research's latest Ransomware Threat Intelligence Report, we break down how the ransomware ecosystem is rapidly transforming. This quarter's shift includes AI-generated malware, collapsing trust in decryption, affiliate-powered cartels, and a fragmented threat landscape that's harder than ever to track....more
Check Point Software Leads Email Security Rankings in 2025 GigaOm Radar Anti-Phishing Report
Check Point stands out for its advanced phishing and malware prevention capabilities, driven by innovations like Infinity AI Copilot and a forward-looking security roadmap...more
Join us to learn the best ways to make Google part of your security team and to achieve stronger security outcomes with the comprehensive capabilities of Google Unified Security - our converged security solution powered by AI. Register
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