Insight

  • Major Industries Set Their Sights on Responsible AI

    Against a backdrop of AI excitement and continuous rollouts of new large language models, organizations are contending with the critical balance of innovation and responsible AI, including strategies for data privacy, bias mitigation, compliance, ethical usage, and more. Recent research by Informa TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group revealed that, although most organizations are making progress in ensuring AI is used ethically and responsibly, different industries vary widely on their approaches.

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  • Even moderate AI usage within an organization warrants a responsible AI strategy supported by technical stakeholders and foundational policies, but recent research by Informa TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group found that certain teams generally have more comprehensive practices for responsible AI than others. Using those organizations as a model for responsible AI development can help other teams get their operations in order as they roll out more initiatives that expose the business to greater risk in the event of unethical or noncompliant AI use.

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  • VDI and DaaS Trends in the Hybrid Digital Workplace

    As organizations continue to evolve their digital workspace strategies, desktop and application virtualization remain mission-critical components of IT (and business) operations, enabling flexible, secure, and efficient delivery of Windows applications and desktops to end users. That said, the way these technologies are deployed is shifting DaaS adoption is increasing, as are hybrid models that spread workloads out across multiple infrastructures and locations. TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group recently surveyed IT professionals to gain insights into these trends.

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  • Rethinking Database Requirements in the Age of AI

    The growing use of generative AI (GenAI) is changing how businesses manage operations and make decisions. Databases are becoming the core infrastructure of AI-based projects, providing the foundation for use cases that require efficiency and accuracy. It’s now a necessity to use cutting-edge tools such as vector and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for processing AI data, and organizations are seeking databases designed to get the most out of their data. TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group recently surveyed IT professionals to gain insights into these trends.

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  • Entrust announced the sale of its certificate authority business to Sectigo in January 2025, an event that will cause many enterprises to reevaluate their certificate lifecycle management strategy. Recent research by Informa TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group into non-human identities (NHIs) revealed that digital certificates were of concern to enterprises,1 and the Entrust-Sectigo transaction reinforces the need for enterprises to maintain crypto agility to adapt to and recover from changes in cryptographic infrastructure. Enterprises should focus on gaining visibility into their expanding digital certificate estate in preparation for upcoming changes posed by shortening certificate validity periods and impending changes needed to prepare for post-quantum cryptography (PQC).

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  • False Confidence Around API Security Persists

    APIs are crucial parts of modern application architectures, facilitating critical functionality, communication, and data movement. Unfortunately, each API could be an entry point for a cyberattack if a bad actor finds a vulnerability. Recent research by Informa TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group investigated the state of API security programs and whether the teams behind their operation have a handle on the risk associated with this attack vector.

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  • The Transition Toward API-specific Security Tools

    APIs act as critical connections between applications and data within myriad IT processes today, and as such, they make for strong targets for cyberattackers looking to gain access to organizations’ systems. Due to several unique facets of APIs, securing them against cyberthreats requires specialized technologies. Recent research by Informa TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group found that many organizations may not be using purpose-built API security tools to the extent they should, which is to their detriment.

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  • Digital transformation (DX) initiatives are continuing, but they are beginning to take on a new shape with the arrival of widespread AI deployments. Recent research by Informa TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group uncovered some of the key practices of organizations with mature DX initiatives, which those in the earlier stages of digital transformation can learn from to understand where IT pioneers are headed.

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  • Cloud Business Resilience With Commvault Cloud Rewind

    In 2025, strengthening cyber resilience and improving cyber recovery dominate nearly every IT priority list, typically surpassing even artificial intelligence in importance. In an era defined by distributed application and data environments along with increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats, traditional protection and recovery techniques have become too bulky to keep pace.

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  • The evolving cybersecurity landscape; requirements to incorporate emerging technologies, such as AI, high data volumes, and digital transformation initiatives; and a variety of other factors weigh down IT operations with complexity at many organizations today. Recent research by Informa TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group investigated how organizations battling the worst of IT complexity are planning their spending in 2025 to combat the problem.

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  • As organizations across industries work to modernize their environments with the help of AI, internal shortages of necessary skills are becoming apparent for many. These circumstances are arising alongside long-time skill shortages in cybersecurity that have yet to be resolved. Recent research by Informa TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group investigated the links between the most critical skill gaps organizations face today and firmographic features, such as operating region and cloud policies.

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  • Architecting the Network for an AI-powered World

    This Complete Survey Results presentation focuses on the impact of AI and generative AI (GenAI) on networks and network projects, challenges with GenAI cluster networks, monitoring and management of GenAI cluster networks, stakeholders involved, and future spending plans for these initiatives.

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