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Microsoft and Intel: Delivering an AI-Ready Platform

Microsoft and Intel® have had a decades long partnership of co-engineering SQL workloads both on premises and in Azure. With a focus on performance, security and scalability, customers can benefit from a future-ready foundation built for the era of AI. This engineering relationship also ensures that for every new generation of Intel Xeon® Scalable processors, customers can get the most from their SQL workloads.

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While agents cause trouble, calls for AI regulation mount from Anthropic, lawmakers
It seems nearly everyone is calling for regulation. Chief among them is Anthropic, whose AI agents are also key troublemakers.
Physical AI in business gets smarter and more autonomous
Leaping from the computer screen into dynamic real-world environments, physical AI and embodied robotics take on increasingly ...
Mind the gap, not the doom: An operational guide to AI pacing
Business leaders should focus on near-term AI risks and capabilities gaps rather than existential debates to survive coming ...

Cybersecurity

Oktane '26 brings clarity to AI agent identity security
Many organizations are prioritizing agentic AI initiatives, but identity security remains a challenge. Okta's recent ...
Why cybersecurity's future isn't AI vs. humans -- it's both
AI won't replace cybersecurity analysts; it will augment them. Experts at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit explain why human ...
CISO's guide to privileged access management
PAM helps organizations govern privileged accounts, but deployment can bring cost, complexity, workflow friction and new risks ...

Enterprise Software

What CFOs need to know about AI agent governance in accounting
Accounting AI agent governance begins with the compilation of a complete and accurate inventory of tools that are being used. ...
ERP case study: How business-IT 'dynamic duo' sparked a transformation
A midmarket manufacturer's CIO and VP explain how their unusually close working relationship models a culture of trust and ...
How to gather and evaluate customer sentiment
Businesses can glean customer sentiment from sources like surveys, social media, comment cards, contact centers and word of mouth...

IT Infrastructure

Glasswing results put AI 'vulnpocalypse' to the test
Noisy AI-generated vulnerability discovery data creates a bottleneck at human triage. A fix? More AI to help. The risk? An ...
Report: Anthropic locks in $518B AI infrastructure commitments
Reports of Anthropic's massive compute commitments give infrastructure providers demand visibility, but contracts alone cannot ...
Cribl targets SIEM data costs with new Detect tool
Cribl touts cost savings as its Detect tool joins a wave of SIEMs that split analytics from data repos, but will it be enough to ...

IT Strategy

meshIQ's AgentIQ puts AI agent runtime controls to the test
Runtime controls can intervene before an AI agent takes action, but their effectiveness depends on where enforcement sits in the ...
Progress-Domo deal is the latest test of CIO software assumptions
The Progress-Domo deal offers a fresh look at what happens when a software vendor changes hands, from pricing and product ...
Top soft skills for CIOs, and how to get them
Today's CIOs need more than just technical prowess. Soft skills like emotional intelligence and conflict negotiation can help ...

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