Digital CxO, Thursday, July 30th, 2026
Your AI Doesn't Need More Data. It Needs More Context
Enterprises must organize fragmented customer evidence into connected journey data to enable AI to support better CX decisions. more →
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The Future of AI Pricing: What Every CIO Needs to Know (Sept. 15h)
This session explores the evolution of AI pricing models and what they mean for enterprise decision making. Gartner experts examine the challenges emerging pricing approaches create for budgeting, governance and financial planning, and discuss how organizations can adapt. more →
Analytics Insight, Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
Why Cloud Computing Skills Are Becoming Essential for Modern IT Professionals
Cloud computing expertise is now critical for IT professionals due to widespread business adoption and growing career opportunities. more →
Cloud Native Now, Monday, July 27th, 2026
The Foundation Was Already Poured
Cloud native infrastructure provides the essential foundations that enterprise AI systems inherit rather than replace. more →
TechTarget, Monday, July 27th, 2026
A CISO's Guide to Security Data Lakes
A security data lake gives organizations a centralized repository of security information, but it can pose governance and operational risks. more →
TechTarget, Thursday, July 30th, 2026
What CISOs Should Take From the Hugging Face-OpenAI Incident
Security experts say the lesson isn't to abandon sandboxing, but to strengthen the security controls around surrounding systems as AI tests their limits more →
TechTarget, Sunday, July 26th, 2026
A Primer on Modernization Strategies for Legacy Systems
Legacy systems are more than just a drag on efficiency or merely older programs; they are strategic inhibitors that prevent resilience, innovation and growth. more →
TechTarget, Friday, July 31st, 2026
CIOs Face IT Knowledge Loss as Baby Boomers Retire
CIOs must treat knowledge loss from retiring experienced employees as an enterprise risk alongside technical debt and cybersecurity. more →
TechTarget, Monday, July 27th, 2026
When Should CIOs Care About Quantum Computing?
Legacy systems are more than just a drag on efficiency or merely older programs; they are strategic inhibitors that prevent resilience, innovation and growth. more →
TechTarget, Friday, July 31st, 2026
How CIOs Can Avoid the AI Surprise Bill
What starts as a small AI experiment can quickly spiral into budget-busting invoices -- here's how CIOs are taking control before costs explode. more →
Platform Engineering, Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
Your Agent Doesn't Need a Better Sandbox. It Needs a Better Platform
AI agents require comprehensive platform governance beyond sandboxes to safely manage autonomous workloads. more →
Platform Engineering, Thursday, July 30th, 2026
The Platform Engineer's Guide to Human-in-the-Loop Agentic Workflows
Framework for implementing selective human approval checkpoints in AI agent workflows to balance autonomy with safety. more →
Platform Engineering, Friday, July 31st, 2026
The Platform Engineering Trap: Why Developer Experience Is Becoming the Most Important Reliability Metric
Platform legibility and developer experience are emerging as reliability metrics that matter more than traditional infrastructure measures. more →
Platform Engineering, Friday, July 31st, 2026
The Platform Engineering Illusion: Why Most Internal Developer Platforms Fail Before Developers Ever Use Them
Internal developer platforms fail because they prioritize infrastructure elegance over user needs and lack product discipline. more →
Silverfort, Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
Duo Alternatives: Comparing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Solutions for Higher Security
Guide comparing MFA solutions including Silverfort, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, and others as alternatives to Cisco Duo. more →
SecurityWeek, Thursday, July 30th, 2026
US and Allies Update SBOM Guidance
US and 13 allied nations released updated SBOM minimum elements guidance to reflect evolving supply chain security needs. more →
IT Security Guru, Wednesday, July 29th, 2026
Securing What Matters: Why Cyber Resilience Needs Prioritisation
Vulnerability prioritisation, not patching everything, is the route to cyber resilience amid overwhelming UK threat volumes. more →
Cyber Defense Magazine, Sunday, July 26th, 2026
Ransomware Is More Disruptive and Recovery Readiness Matters More Than Ever
Ransomware continues to evolve at a rapid pace, and it is challenging the most common cybersecurity assumptions. more →
Cyber Defense Magazine, Sunday, July 26th, 2026
AI Moved Into the Dev Workflow. Security Didn't.
AI-native coding environments generate production-bound code faster than security review processes were designed to track. more →
Computer Weekly, Friday, July 31st, 2026
Gartner: Why Cyber Security Must Shift to Outcomes Against AI-Led Attacks
Anthropic's revelation that a model broke out of its test environment three times and accessed external systems, shows the power of these models more →
Security Boulevard, Monday, July 27th, 2026
Top 7 Quantum Computing Threats to AI Infrastructure in 2026
Quantum computing poses immediate threats to AI infrastructure through data theft and encryption vulnerabilities by 2026. more →
SecureWorld Quantum Cryptography Virtual Conference
The conference centers on helping IT and cybersecurity leaders transition from reactive concern to proactive planning regarding quantum threats more →
Tech Field Day, Wednesday, July 29th, 2026
Data Needs Some Help to Get the Most From AI Inference Presented by CTERA
CTERA discusses preparing unstructured corporate data for AI agents through tagging and automated extraction. more →
Securing the Autonomous Enterprise: Discover, Govern, and Protect Non-Human Identities.
This technical briefing breaks down how to operationalize a unified security architecture to establish clarity and control over your autonomous ecosystem. more →
TechTarget, Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
Modern IT Threats Demand Continuous Resilience
Organizations must adopt continuous resilience practices to maintain operations amid evolving cyber threats and disruptions. more →
FreeBSD Security in Production: Vulnerability Response and Operational Best Practices
Join Klara’s Allan Jude and FreeBSD Security Officer Gordon Tetlow for a technical discussion on securing production FreeBSD systems. The session covers the security mechanisms available in FreeBSD, best practices for applying them, and will cover how the FreeBSD Security Team investigates vulnerabilities, publishes advisories, and delivers patches for supported releases. more →
AWS, Monday, July 27th, 2026
AWS Security Hub MCP App Brings Exposure Findings Into Your AI-Assisted Workflow (Preview)
AWS previews a local MCP server that pulls Security Hub exposure findings directly into Claude Desktop for investigation. more →
AWS, Monday, July 27th, 2026
AWS Shield Advanced Is Embracing the AWS WAF Anti-DDoS Managed Rule Group: What Changes and How to Prepare
AWS explains how Shield Advanced customers should migrate to the WAF Anti-DDoS managed rule group. more →
AWS, Monday, July 27th, 2026
Beyond RAG: Task-Aware Knowledge Compression for Enterprise AI on AWS
AWS shows how compressing knowledge bases into task-specific representations beats retrieval on analytical work. more →
AWS, Monday, July 27th, 2026
Amazon Neptune Now Supports Tag-Based Access Control for IAM
Neptune adds tag-based access control so IAM and SCP conditions can gate data-plane operations. more →
AWS, Monday, July 27th, 2026
AWS Glue Data Quality Now Supports Anomaly Detection and Writing Results to the AWS Glue Data Catalog
Glue Data Quality adds anomaly detection for catalog-based evaluations and can write results back to catalog tables. more →
AWS, Monday, July 27th, 2026
Amazon RDS for SQL Server Now Supports Restoring TDE Databases on Multi-AZ Instances
Native backup and restore of TDE-enabled SQL Server databases now works on Multi-AZ instances and read replicas. more →
Bitdefender, Friday, July 31st, 2026
Britain's Big Push to Make the Internet Safer
Bitdefender examines UK legislation shifting online safety burden from individuals to platforms and providers. more →
CIO Influence, Monday, July 27th, 2026
Bitdefender Adds Managed Detection and Response Services to Its European Sovereign Acceleration Program
Bitdefender expands its European Sovereign Acceleration Program to include MDR services fully operated within EU boundaries. more →
Check Point, Monday, July 27th, 2026
27th July Threat Intelligence Report
Check Point's weekly bulletin covers a ransomware attack on Japanese food logistics firm Nichirei and other incidents. more →
Check Point, Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
AI Agent Security Just Had Its Catalyst Moment
Check Point reads the Hugging Face incident as the moment agent runtime governance became unavoidable. more →
Check Point, Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
Your AI Governance Policy Should Survive Your Next Model Change
Check Point argues AI governance controls should be tied to data and workflow, not to a specific model version. more →
Check Point, Thursday, July 30th, 2026
Introducing the Industry's First AI Network Firewall
Check Point launches a firewall built to inspect prompts, model calls, and agent actions as first-class network traffic. more →
Check Point, Friday, July 31st, 2026
AI Escaped a Sandbox. That Is Not What Should Worry You
Check Point argues the real lesson of the OpenAI and Anthropic testing incidents is about evaluation boundaries, not escape. more →
The Ready-for-Anything Data Center: Addressing Today's Biggest Challenges
In this 45-minute webinar, data center experts from ABM and RavenVolt will go deep into the strategic, business, and operational mandates in today's data centers. They will give you insights from what is happening today and how leading companies are thinking strategically and operationally-with an intense focus on solutions. more →
Cohere, Monday, July 27th, 2026
Introducing North Automations: Intelligent Workflow Orchestration
Cohere adds agentic workflow orchestration to North, letting enterprises automate multi-step processes. more →
Securing The Intelligent Edge: AI, IoT, And The New Front Lines Of Operational Risk
In this executive briefing, Forrester Senior Analyst Paddy Harrington draws on his latest research to help technology leaders navigate the critical intersection of AI-driven threats and operational resilience. more →
Glean, Wednesday, July 29th, 2026
Enterprise Context Starts With Indexing, But It Does Not End There
Glean argues indexing enterprise content is necessary but insufficient for useful AI context. more →
Glean, Thursday, July 30th, 2026
What Organizations Closing the AI Impact Gap Do Differently
Glean identifies the practices separating organizations getting measurable AI returns from those that are not. more →
Glean, Thursday, July 30th, 2026
Agent Orchestration Platforms Compared
Glean compares the current agent orchestration platform landscape and the trade-offs between approaches. more →
The Dos and Don'ts of a Cybersecurity Awareness Month People Actually Remember
Join Dale Hackett, Systems Administrator and Information Security Administrator with EXP Services, and Javvad Malik, KnowBe4 CISO Advisor, for real dos and don'ts from teams who've run their own Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Plus, how KnowBe4's Kit can help you launch your campaign without starting from a blank page. more →
TechRepublic, Thursday, July 30th, 2026
HP's Intel Business PC Lineup Targets Flexible Work
HP's 2026 commercial PC refresh pairs Intel Core Ultra Series 3 chips with form factors aimed at hybrid work. more →
Expert Panel: Driving Business Impact with Real-Time Data
Join this Expert Panel to discover how your enterprise can leverage streaming data, event-driven architectures, and data platforms that support in-memory analytics to act on insights the moment they are created. Of course, fast data is not valuable if the quality is poor. Panelists will discuss how to solve problems throughout data journeys to deliver full business value. more →
Leidos, Monday, July 27th, 2026
Leidos Demonstrates Tactical Cyber Detection Capability During Valiant Shield 2026
Leidos showed real-time cyber threat detection for connected mission systems during the Valiant Shield exercise. more →
Leidos, Wednesday, July 29th, 2026
Leidos Introduces New AI Platform to Find, Fix Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities
Leidos launches Parcata, a platform that autonomously finds and remediates software vulnerabilities. more →
Microsoft, Monday, July 27th, 2026
Rethinking Security for the Age of AI
Microsoft introduces Project Perception, arguing the falling cost of offence requires a new cyber stack. more →
Microsoft, Monday, July 27th, 2026
Enhancing AI Security Through Global AI Red Teaming
Microsoft's External Red Team Alliance brings universities and regional experts into frontier AI red teaming. more →
Microsoft, Wednesday, July 29th, 2026
Better Security Starts With Better Questions
Microsoft argues security leaders make better decisions by improving the questions they ask of AI and their teams. more →
Microsoft, Thursday, July 30th, 2026
What Is New in Microsoft Security: July 2026
Microsoft's monthly security roundup covers securing AI environments and strengthening AI-era foundations. more →
Microsoft, Thursday, July 30th, 2026
The Next Measure of AI Momentum Is Work Transformed
Microsoft argues AI progress should now be measured by work redesigned rather than seats deployed. more →
Microsoft, Thursday, July 30th, 2026
Optimizing the Frontier Performance Curve
Microsoft AI discusses pushing the trade-off curve between frontier model capability and inference cost. more →
OpenAI, Thursday, July 30th, 2026
How avatarin Built a 24/7 Retail Agent With GPT-Realtime
avatarin's GPT-Realtime agent gave Yamada Denki shoppers multilingual support, reaching 30,000 users in two weeks. more →
OpenAI, Friday, July 31st, 2026
Disrupting a Criminal Scam Operation
OpenAI disrupted a Cambodia-based operation using ChatGPT for investment, romance, and impersonation scams. more →
OpenAI, Friday, July 31st, 2026
Building Abundant Intelligence
OpenAI sets out its full-stack approach to making advanced AI more capable, affordable, and widely useful. more →
OpenAI, Saturday, August 1st, 2026
Ten Advances in Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
OpenAI reports new results on long-standing open problems spanning geometry, cryptography, and complexity. more →
Oxide Computer Company, Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
Oxide Joins Anthropic's Project Glasswing
Oxide joins Anthropic's Project Glasswing, using Claude Mythos 5 to hunt vulnerabilities across its full hardware and software stack. more →
The Six five Summit - AI UNLEASHED: 2026
The Six Five Summit: AI Unleashed 2026 delivers 3 days of exclusive, on-demand programming built for leaders ready to move beyond AI experimentation and into real deployment. more →
Snowflake, Monday, July 27th, 2026
Observability at Scale: Whatnot at Snowflake Summit
Whatnot describes using Snowflake observability and AI analytics to support hyper-growth. more →
Snowflake, Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
Enterprise AI Security: Agentic Controls and MCP Governance
Snowflake announces Cortex AI Gateway and MCP governance tooling at Black Hat 2026. more →
Snowflake, Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
Adaptive Compute: Now GA Across Select AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Regions
Snowflake Adaptive Compute reaches general availability across all three major clouds. more →
Snowflake, Wednesday, July 29th, 2026
Apache Iceberg Lakehouse: Snowflake and Google Cloud
Snowflake and Google Cloud detail building an open, AI-ready lakehouse on Apache Iceberg. more →
Snowflake, Thursday, July 30th, 2026
Observe on Apache Iceberg: Unlocking Open Observability
Observe by Snowflake enters private preview storing telemetry as open Iceberg tables in customer S3 buckets. more →
Snowflake, Thursday, July 30th, 2026
Run Apache Spark on Snowflake With CoCo
Snowflake's CoCo spark-migration skill moves Apache Spark pipelines onto Snowpark Connect. more →
HPCwire, Friday, July 31st, 2026
Supermicro Expands DCBBS With Precision-Engineered AI Rack Series to Accelerate Deployment and Time-to-Online
Supermicro adds a purpose-built rack portfolio to its DCBBS lineup for high-density, liquid-cooled AI data center deployments. more →
Trustworthy AI in the Cloud: Observability as a Control System
This session explores why observability is emerging as a foundational capability for trustworthy AI. Rather than focusing solely on infrastructure health, modern observability provides the transparency and context needed to understand how AI systems behave, why they produce specific outcomes, and whether they continue to perform as intended over time. more →
Sysdig, Thursday, July 30th, 2026
Introducing the SysQL Skill: Ask Your Security Graph Anything
Sysdig brings its security graph into Claude Code so analysts can query blast radius in plain language. more →
Sysdig, Friday, July 31st, 2026
Introducing the Runtime Remediation Skill for Headless Cloud Security
Sysdig's Runtime Remediation Skill turns a runtime alert into an ordered, auditable response with analyst confirmation. more →