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Securing Diverse Data in Key Sectors: Insights on Unstructured Data Protection in Healthcare, Financial Services and SLED -
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (236+ words) What if 90% of your data wasn't protected? That may be the case in 5 years as IDC anticipates 90% of all data will be unstructured by then. Unstructured data, ranging from patient health records and financial transactions to student information and municipal…...
Using Speculative Decoding to Improve Chatbot Performance -
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (213+ words) So now that I have given you a general -- albeit not technically correct -- idea of what's going on, let's take a look at how speculative decoding actually works and why it is so often able to decrease the hardware workload....
Veeam, Rubrik Lead Changing Backup/Data Protection Space -
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (655+ words) Veeam and Rubrik led the two axes in Gartner's 2026 Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms, but the larger story in the report may be the changing definition of enterprise backup itself. In the chart, Veeam was positioned highest…...
Running AI Locally, Part 2: From VMware Context to Hands-On Tools -
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (873+ words) In part 1 of this article, I compared and contrasted what I called Private AI (large-scale, enterprise-grade AI using local enterprise-grade resources) and Local AI (small-scale AI using one or two local machines). I then dove into what is required to…...
Running AI Locally: Why VMware Shops Should Care -
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (480+ words) Recently, I had the opportunity to give a presentation to my local VMware Users Group (VMUG) about running AI locally. The presentation was well received, so I thought I would write an article that follows the same track: a summary…...
Forrester XDR Research Signals Shift Toward Cloud, Identity and AI Defense -
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (631+ words) Forrester's latest extended detection and response platform evaluation shows Microsoft and Crowd Strike in the Leaders category, but the larger takeaway for cloud-focused security teams is how much the XDR market itself has changed. The cloud is central to that…...
Cloud Security AI Controls Matrix Turns AI Governance Into Assessment Framework -
1+ week, 26+ min ago (412+ words) The Cloud Security Alliance has released version 1. 1 of its AI Controls Matrix, updating its vendor-agnostic framework for securing and governing cloud-based AI systems. The new release is aimed at organizations that need a more concrete way to assess, implement and…...
Securing Your Software Supply Chain -
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (253+ words) Those themes are at the center of "Securing Your Software Supply Chain," a Threat Intelligence & Human Risk session scheduled for Tuesday, August 4, 2026, from 1: 15 p. m. to 2: 30 p. m. at Tech Mentor & Cyber Security Live! @ Microsoft HQ in Redmond, Wash. The introductory-to-intermediate session is designed…...
Codex Study Points to Work's Agentic AI Future -- with Some Surprises -
1+ week, 1+ day ago (964+ words) New research from Open AI points to a shift from AI as a chat-based assistant to AI as an agentic work system -- with some of the most notable findings coming from non-developer use as workers quickly adapt to new tools…...
How to Scale Backend Infrastructure for the Age of Agentic AI -
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (340+ words) Greg Schulz explains the critical shift toward API-defined infrastructure and how organizations must leverage federated management and gateways to scale for the unique, high-velocity demands of autonomous agentic systems. How to Scale Backend Infrastructure for the Age of Agentic AI…...