Artificial Intelligence

Cisco’s Robbins outlines opportunities, challenges of AI era

November 4, 2025 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco’s Robbins outlines opportunities, challenges of AI era
SAN DIEGO — AI has the technology industry “moving at a pace as an industry, as a group, and as partners, that we haven’t moved in a very long time,” Cisco CEO Chuk Robbins told
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AI Hype major obstacle to CFO attainment of realistic goals

November 4, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on AI Hype major obstacle to CFO attainment of realistic goals
A new study from OneStream Software indicates CFOs  are facing mounting pressure from boards and investors to turn AI from promise into performance, while also attempting to transcend AI hype, which is likely why 97% say their boards expect a regular readout on AI investment, even as 32% of CFOs express concerns about ROI uncertainty of AI projects.

Edge

Cisco’s Unified Edge updates UCS concept for AI era

November 4, 2025 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco’s Unified Edge updates UCS concept for AI era
SAN DIEGO — At its Partner Summit here, Cisco announced its latest server offering, taking the converged infrastructure approach it’s been taking with its Unified Computing System (UCS) lineup for many years and bringing it
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Top 5 SaaS security risks that could be hiding in your environment

November 3, 2025 SaaS Alerts Guest Blog Comments Off on Top 5 SaaS security risks that could be hiding in your environment
SaaS adoption has surged in recent years, becoming the foundation that enables and transforms modern business models for productivity and growth. From startups to global enterprises, businesses today rely heavily on cloud-based SaaS applications to accelerate workflows, improve collaboration and boost efficiency.

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Auvik makes SaaS management available through Pax8

November 3, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Auvik makes SaaS management available through Pax8
The availability of Auvik SaaS management, following the initial availability of Auvik Network Management (ANM) on the Pax8 Marketplace in 2024, marks a significant milestone as the first SaaS management platform available on Pax8 with shadow IT and shadow AI discovery capabilities.

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Flamingo targets MSP  market with AI-powered open source platform

November 3, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Flamingo targets MSP  market with AI-powered open source platform
Flamingo emerges from stealth  and at launch had already signed up over 1,000 MSPs on their waitlist, with over 150 early adopters from the Slack community actively involved in testing.

APIs

NETSCOUT expands capabilities to support enterprise compliance requirements in cloud environments

November 3, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on NETSCOUT expands capabilities to support enterprise compliance requirements in cloud environments
NETSCOUT says it has extended continuous end-through-end monitoring to enhance attribution for audit controls and incident reports, prove zero-trust network policies, and shorten time to detect, contain, and document incidents, thus delivering essential visibility for compliance evidence, data protection and secure operations.

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Backblaze research notes hidden cost of cloud object storage fees

November 3, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Backblaze research notes hidden cost of cloud object storage fees
95% of organizations report surprise cloud storage fees, as rising egress costs reshape infrastructure strategies and drive demand for transparent alternatives.

Agent

Elastic introduces Streams AI-powered solution

October 31, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Elastic introduces Streams AI-powered solution
Streams presents a unified intelligence layer for extracting structure from messy, unstructured logs, enabling rapid root cause identification and remediation.

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Palo Alto Networks to acquire identity security vendor CyberArk

October 31, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Palo Alto Networks to acquire identity security vendor CyberArk
Palo Alto Networks says that their acquisition of CyberArk will create the end-to-end security platform for the AI era.