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Volume 331 Issue 4 - IT News You Can Use

John J. McLaughlin - Editor-In-Chief

IT News You Can Use

Full issue is here: Volume 331, Issue 4

We track which articles are clicked on by the 250,000+ subscribers to our weekly and daily newsletters. At the end of the week, during the weekend, we create and post several “most popular” summary articles to help our member see what’s top-of-mind with our community.

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1. Gartner: Disillusionment Around AI Presents a ‘Hero Moment’ for CIOs

2. Gartner Reveals Strategic Tech Trends Set To Redefine 2026

3. The End Of The Disk Drive Bathtub Curve

4. All Immutable Storage Does Not Equal Ransomware Protection

5. Gartner Forecasts Worldwide It Spending To Grow 9.8% In 2026, Exceeding $6 Trillion For The First Time

6. 7 It Wins To Deliver Before The Year Ends

7. New Boss Took Charge Of Project Code And Sent Two Billion Unwanted Emails

8. Company That Made Power Systems For Servers Didn’t Know Why Its Own Machines Ran Out Of Juice

9. Why Traditional Kubernetes Security Falls Short For AI Workloads

10. 5 CIO Trends To Watch In 2026: Gartner

11. Climbing Costs, Skills Loss And Other AI Warnings For CIOs

12. What CIOs Can Learn At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

13. Stay Proactive With Cloud-Native Security

14. Your Phishing Detection Skills Are No Match For 2025’S Biggest Security Threats

15. AI-Driven Cybersecurity Threats Are Now Hitting Businesses From Every Angle - Here’s How To Stay Safe

16. Why CIOs Should Hire Older IT Workers: A Strategic Advantage

17. CIOs Will Be On The Hook For Business-Led AI Failures

18. Top Email Deliverability Solutions For Better Inbox Placement In 2025

19. A Developer’s Guide To Choosing The Best SMTP Provider

20. DPIT: Beyond Your ISP Chaos w/ Chris Soucie (New Horizon Communications) - #380 (44:49)

21. A Redmonk Conversation: Austin Parker On AI, Olly, & Otel

22. 59% Of Cyber Pros Fear AI Threats Most, ISACA Find

23. 10 Best Practices For Business Data Security: From Firewalls To Zero Trust

24. How Ransomware Economics Drives The Global Cybercrime Industry

25. Hard Lessons: A CIO’s Playbook For Consolidation

26. The Best End User Security Awareness Programs Aren’t About Awareness Anymore

27. Lessons From Recent Attacks

28. First Person Meets... Manu Gopinath: Saying Yes To Everything

29. Cybersecurity Awareness Month: The Endpoint Security Issue

30. CIOs, Be Ready For Agentic AI - Or Be Out Of A Job

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Upcoming Webinars

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Monday, Nov 3, 2025 ET

• How Today’s AI Decisions Will Shape Human Success (Nov. 3rd) -- 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

• State of Cybersecurity: A Reality Check (Nov. 3rd) -- 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM

• CloudFest USA 2025 Agenda (Nov. 4th - 6th) -- 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM, Thursday, November 6th

• The AI Skill Shift: Creating a Culture of AI Fluency and Skills for Rapid Digital Transformation (Nov. 3rd) -- 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Tuesday, Nov 4, 2025 ET

• 7 Forces That Will Drive the Future Beyond Technology (Nov. 4th) -- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

• BairesDev Miami Lunch & Learn: Future-Proofing Your Applications (Nov. 4th) -- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

• Securing the Hybrid Workforce: Challenges and Solutions (Nov. 4th) -- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

• How Experts Accelerate Delivery and Eliminate Test Environment Challenges (Nov. 4th) -- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

• From rollouts to results: unlocking the value of Feature Management and Experimentation (Nov. 4th) -- 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

• Rewriting the Admin Playbook: Smarter Google Workspace Management for 2026 (Nov. 4th) -- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Wednesday, Nov 5, 2025 ET

• Next-Gen AI Architecture Through Co-Packaged Optics (Nov. 5th) -- 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

• Blockchain Futurist Conference (Nov. 5-6th) -- 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM Thursday, November 6

• How Cloud-Native Artifact Management facilitates DevOps Modernization and Platform Engineering (Nov. 5th) -- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

• State of the Market: 2026 IT Budget Forecasts (Nov. 5th) -- 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

• How IT Leaders Can Create and Sustain a Culture of IT Innovation (Nov. 5th) -- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

• The Storage Security Shake-Up: Adapt Now or Get Left Behind (Nov. 5th) -- 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Thursday, Nov 6, 2025 ET

• Harness the Hype: CISOs, Turn Disruption Into Cybersecurity Opportunity (Nov. 6th) -- 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

• Building a Unified Foundation for B2B Growth (Nov. 6th) -- 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM

• Your Enterprise Cyber Risk Assessment (Nov. 6th) -- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

• Zero Trust for Autonomous Agents: Extending Identity-First Access Control (Nov. 6th) -- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

• TechTalk Summits: Technology Executive Summit (Nov. 6th Denver, CO) -- 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Friday, Nov 7, 2025 ET

• AI Shockwaves: How to Disrupt With AI (Nov. 7th) -- 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Tuesday, Nov 11, 2025 ET

• From Legacy to Legendary: Tackling Tech Debt for AI Readiness (Nov. 11th) -- 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Thursday, Nov 13, 2025 ET

• Know Your Enemy: How Cybercriminals and Nation-State Hackers Operate (Nov. 13th) -- 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM

• Prioritizing Digital Executive Protection to Manage Corporate Risk (Nov. 13th) -- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Tuesday, Nov 18, 2025 ET

• Accelerate & Secure: Optimizing Your Software Supply Chain with DevSecOp (Nov. 18th) -- 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

• Double Your Ransoms, Not Your Costs: Scaling Your Gang with AI (Nov. 18th) -- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Wednesday, Nov 19, 2025 ET

• CSA’s Virtual CxO Trust Summit (Nov. 19th to 20th) -- 11:00 AM to Thu, Nov. 20th, 3:30 PM

• Effectively Incorporating API Security into the Overall Security Workflow (Nov. 19th) -- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

• Cut Risk, Control Costs, Drive Modernization: VMware Migration with LogicMonitor (Nov. 19th) -- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Thursday, Nov 20, 2025 ET

• How the Internet Dodged a Bullet: The KeyTrap Denial-of-Service Attacks against DNSSEC (Nov. 20th) -- 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Wednesday, Nov 26, 2025 ET

• DevOps 101: Modern Package and Artifact Management (Nov. 26th) -- 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Sunday, Nov 30, 2025 ET

• Chasing A Ghost: a PXA Stealer Story (Oct. 30th) -- 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025 ET

• IDC FutureScape 2026 - Top 10 Predictions for the Agentic FutureVirtual (Nov. 13th) -- 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

• TechTalk Tuesday December (Dec. 9th) -- 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

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IT News You Can Use

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