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    Agentic AI for networking: Catalyst or distraction?

    Though many networking platforms claim to be agentic, few truly are. Here's how to determine whether a platform is agentic and what this AI wave means for IT.

    By Jim Frey • June 4, 2025
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    IBM delivers AI agent orchestration innovations at Think 2025

    IBM's focus on AI agent orchestration, observability, and governance supports enterprise IT departments' need for a tool that spans multiple vendor platforms.

    By Mark Beccue • June 4, 2025
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    AI and private cloud: 2 lessons from Dell Tech World 2025

    Two key insights emerged for IT professionals around enterprise AI integration and private cloud infrastructure.

    By Scott Sinclair • May 28, 2025
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    With shadow AI, sometimes the cure is worse than the disease

    Organizations need to implement policies and restrictions around AI productivity tools, but they also need to make sure the policy isn't causing more harm than good.

    By Gabe Knuth • May 22, 2025
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    DLP in the GenAI Era: Shadow data and DLP product churn

    Recent Enterprise Strategy Group research found data loss prevention product churn combined with undiscovered data and shadow IT are changing the DLP landscape.

    By Todd Thiemann • May 14, 2025
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    Hybrid data management strategy for enterprise AI success

    Hybrid data management gives organizations the access, control and agility needed to support reliable and scalable enterprise AI across various environments.

    By Stephen Catanzano • May 12, 2025
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    RSAC 2025 Conference: Identity security highlights

    RSAC 2025 Conference was abuzz with talk about agentic AI and tool convergence. Analyst Todd Thiemann shares how these trends affect identity security.

    By Todd Thiemann • May 9, 2025
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    Key network security takeaways from RSAC 2025

    Themes on display at the conference reflected the cybersecurity industry's effort to streamline security operations, while adapting to emerging technologies and threats.

    By John Grady • May 7, 2025
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    End users can code with AI, but IT must be wary

    The scale and speed of generative AI coding -- known as vibe coding -- are powerful, but users might be misapplying this technology to create efficiency and security problems.

    By Gabe Knuth • April 30, 2025
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    RSAC 2025 to center on agentic AI, GenAI in security

    If AI continues to become more accurate and secure, automation and self-healing systems that strengthen security programs could be the future.

    By Melinda Marks • April 25, 2025
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    Unified databases: A powerhouse behind generative AI success

    Unified databases support generative AI (GenAI) by integrating all data types into a single platform, streamlining infrastructure and improving scalability, speed and trust.

    By Stephen Catanzano • April 24, 2025
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    Change is in the wind for SecOps: Are you ready?

    Attackers have historically had time on their side, outpacing defenders who have struggled to keep up. Agentic AI appears poised to change the game.

    By Dave Gruber • April 24, 2025
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    3 EUC security topics I’ll be looking for at RSAC 2025

    There will be a ton of security topics that RSA Conference-goers can check out, but IT admins should be aware of three common themes surrounding email and endpoints.

    By Gabe Knuth • April 22, 2025
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    Canva: The business productivity app flying under IT’s radar

    Don't know what Canva is? Your employees do -- and they probably use it for work.

    By Gabe Knuth • April 21, 2025
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    Google Cloud Next 2025: Ambition to lead AI agent ecosystem

    The cloud giant delivered new tools to provide interoperability, enterprise security, powerful reasoning-capable models and low-latency infrastructure for AI.

    By Mark Beccue, Principal Analyst, AI • April 15, 2025
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    Data security and identity security themes at RSAC 2025

    Check out what Enterprise Strategy Group analyst Todd Thiemann has on his agenda for RSA Conference 2025.

    By Todd Thiemann • April 9, 2025
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    My first attempt at vibe coding

    Can you teach an old programming dog a new trick?

    By Tyler Shields • April 7, 2025
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    Agentic AI reality check: 5 blind spots for organizations

    An analyst warns that, amid the hype around agentic AI, organizations risk overlooking hidden costs, ethical challenges and workforce readiness.

    By Mike Leone • April 4, 2025
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    Palo Alto Networks pushes platformization, AI for security

    At Ignite in New York, the vendor laid out plans to use AI and platformization to consolidate cybersecurity tools and data to combat increasingly sophisticated attacks.

    By John Grady • April 3, 2025
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    How ESET is using AI PCs to boost endpoint security

    While AI PCs show legitimate promise, the rock-solid use cases haven't been as prominent. However, security vendor ESET is showing more concrete applications of this technology.

    By Gabe Knuth • April 1, 2025
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    Security could be the use case AI PCs need

    AI PCs have struggled to find a perfect use case, but the need for stronger security systems on local desktops, along with agentic AI might end that struggle.

    By Gabe Knuth • March 31, 2025
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    What the $32B Google-Wiz deal says about cloud-native security

    Google's acquisition of Wiz for $32 billion highlights the importance of cloud-native security as organizations transition to microservices and containerization.

    By Melinda Marks • March 27, 2025
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    The importance of data products

    Treating data as a product enables organizations to turn raw information into actionable insights through intentional design, cultural alignment and AI-ready architecture.

    By Stephen Catanzano • March 27, 2025
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    Making a case for the cybersecurity data fabric

    When it comes to data, context is everything. Learn how a cybersecurity data fabric can supercharge a security team's ability to see the big picture.

    By Tyler Shields • March 26, 2025
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    MWC 2025: Enterprise networking in a jungle of mobility

    The latest private 5G, FWA and several DAS/neutral host choices were on display at this year's Mobile World Congress event.

    By Jim Frey • March 14, 2025