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Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.

Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.

What are the pros and cons of using stand-alone authentication that is not Active Directory-based?

Password managment tools other than Active Directory are available, though they may not be the best access control coordinators. Continue Reading
IT security auditing: Best practices for conducting audits

Even if you hate security audits, it's in your best interest to make sure they're done right. Continue Reading

5 principles of change management in networking
Network change management includes five principles, including risk analysis and peer review. These best practices can help ...
How network efficiency advances ESG goals
From SDN to green electricity, network optimization plays a critical role in helping enterprises reduce emissions, cut costs and ...
How to build a private 5G network architecture
A private 5G network can provide organizations with a powerful new option for their wireless environments. Here are the major ...

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What CIOs can learn from Marc Benioff's ICE joke
Marc Benioff's ICE agent joke at a Salesforce all-hands meeting puts spotlight on IT system and operational risks with ...
AI workforce training: How BDO USA trains its employees
Getting employees comfortable with AI is tough for CIOs. BDO USA uses AI ambassadors, tailored training and a virtual escape room...
AI transformation is inevitable but requires change management
Enterprises are split on AI adoption speed. While some take an aggressive workforce overhaul, others preach more careful ...

How end-user computing is becoming a cost-control system
End-user computing has shifted from desktop support to a financial control plane, exposing SaaS sprawl, labor inefficiency and ...
The promise and concern around end-user AI second brains
Human-delegated AI agents and "second brains" could transform knowledge work, but only if IT can balance governance, data ...
How Windows 11 Safe Mode works and when to use it
Windows 11 Safe Mode gives IT leaders a reliable way to diagnose failures, restore access to broken systems and strengthen ...

Top enterprise hybrid cloud management tools to review
The techniques used to build hybrid cloud architectures have come a long way, but managing these environments long term is plenty...
GenAI drives $119B cloud revenue in Q4
Q4 cloud infrastructure service revenues reach $119.1 billion, bringing the 2025 total to $419 billion. See how much market share...
Cloud infrastructure suffers AI growing pains
Will $5 trillion in AI infrastructure investment be enough? Cloud providers facing that question must also yield a return, ...

Delivery comms, intelligent fulfilment, and AI’s growing influence
Some 90% of retailers planning to boost spending on artificial intelligence to optimise e-commerce operations, as new research ...
Iranian hacktivists muster their forces but state APTs lay low
Hacktivist activity surrounding the Iran war is sky-high but Iran's state-backed cyber espionage actors have yet to show their ...
Zero-day in Android phone chips under active attack
Google and Qualcomm have tag-teamed a serious vulnerability in the chipsets used in Android mobile devices, which has been ...