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Vulnerability of business lines to attack drives new conversations around cyber resilience
The cyber-resilience conversation is shifting into a new phase, one where the focus is now on core engines that drive a business. “I’ve been talking to our customers now about cyber resilience and recovery from ransomware destruction for eight years,” said Jim Shook (pictured), director of cybersecurity and compliance practice at Dell Technologies Inc. “We’ve ...
Data protection moves to the forefront as cyber threats and AI usage expand
The enterprise IT world has moved into a new phase. Until recently, most organizations were rapidly growing infrastructure to meet escalating business demand. However, as the economy cooled and as cyber threats grew, the focus has shifted more toward protecting infrastructure than growing it. “Now when we’re seeing companies reconfigure for what will be the ...
Majority of organizations lack confidence in existing data protection measures, says Dell survey
Each year, Dell Technologies Inc. releases a Global Data Protection Index report that summarizes survey findings from over 1,000 decision-makers in organizations around the world. In the most recent survey, the company asked about attack preparedness and an organization’s ability to recover, and the latest feedback revealed growing concern. “One of the things we’ve started ...
Transformative impact of AI and quantum sets the tone for IBM Think
In IBM Corp.’s view of the world, the tech industry is coming to a place where the intersection of cloud, artificial intelligence and quantum computing will trigger a significant transformation. “It’s a massive moment of technological advancement,” Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna (pictured) said in his keynote address during the IBM Think conference in Orlando on Tuesday. ...
What to expect during theCUBE’s coverage of Dell Technologies World: Join theCUBE May 22-24
The agenda for Dell Technologies Inc.’s upcoming gathering in Las Vegas this month promises to follow a path much like the company itself. At the center will be Dell’s core businesses of compute, networking, PCs and storage. Unquestionably, we’ll hear about the topic of the year, generative AI and large language models. It’s likely we’ll ...
Three insights you might have missed from the ‘Optimize Your Media Supply Chain’ event
Cloud-native supply chains and advanced video production technologies are becoming a key influence in the media content world. Gartner analysts have predicted that more than 85% of organizations will embrace a cloud-first strategy by 2025, and the media ecosystem is very much a part of that trend. To assess what this will mean for the ...
Quieter voices may ultimately carry the day in making progress for women in tech
Progress toward greater gender diversity in the technology world appears to have stalled. AnitaB.org has reported that the percentage of women in technical roles stands at 27.6%, more than a percentage point lower than the number reported in 2020. Why progress remains slow is perplexing to some since McKinsey & Co. recently published data showing ...
Bugcrowd plans to transform the penetration testing market through AI and white-hat hackers
Bugcrowd Inc. has grown from a “napkin moment” sketched out by the founder on an airplane flight 11 years ago to now include an expanding ecosystem of bug bounty programs and, most recently, penetration testing as a service. Last week, the multi-solution, crowdsourced cybersecurity platform announced new capabilities in its Penetration Testing as a Service, ...
What to expect during the Open Source Summit NA event: Join theCUBE May 10-12
The explosion of interest in OpenAI LLC’s ChatGPT large language model signifies more than just major interest in artificial intelligence. It has boosted interest in open source as well. Since ChatGPT was released into general availability in late November last year, with a free version available to all, a host of open-source equivalents have hit ...
Data choice and control play strong roles in how Cribl and CrowdStrike provide security solutions
When CrowdStrike Inc. launched its Falcon Fund investment vehicle in 2021, one of the first companies it chose to support was Cribl Inc. Three years later, that investment is making an impact in a number of ways. Aside from the most recent collaboration between the two firms to leverage Cribl’s data streaming expertise, the companies ...









