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Generative AI energy consumption grows, but ROI role unclear
The energy costs of generative AI aren't front and center in enterprises' financial calculations. But industry consultants ...
California bill veto might push Congress to act on AI
California Governor Gavin Newsom took issue with SB 1047's broad regulation of AI systems without addressing specific concerns ...
8 KPIs to reduce technical debt
To ensure an IT project's long-term success, stakeholders should keep track of certain KPIs to ensure technical debt is as low as...

How to conduct firewall testing and analyze test results
A misconfigured firewall can wreak havoc throughout your organization. Firewall testing to ensure rules are written correctly and...
Microsoft SFI progress report elicits cautious optimism
Infosec experts say the Secure Future Initiative progress report shows Microsoft has made important changes to its policies, ...
'Defunct' DOJ ransomware task force raises questions, concerns
A report from the Office of the Inspector General reviewed the U.S. Department of Justice's efforts against ransomware and found ...

The push to make network engineering cool again
What does it mean to make networking cool again? To most network engineers, it means building awareness about networking and ...
The role of network sandboxing and testing
Network sandboxing provides network teams with a risk-free environment to test changes and run potential threat scenarios. This ...
HPE Aruba, Arista update network management consoles
Arista highlights its consolidation of network management tools within CloudVision, while HPE extends Aruba Central to include ...

VMware platform an investment in users, Broadcom CEO says
Hock Tan unscored the importance of customers at the Boston VMware User Group UserCon, but users remain uneasy about the recent ...
Calculate UPS battery backup time to prepare for power failure
Extreme heat and inadequate cooling systems can lead to power failures in data centers. Calculate the duration of your UPS ...
Intel gets boost from AWS, government contracts
Intel's turnaround efforts are progressing, but the chipmaker will need more than government funding and a deal that expands its ...

SingleStore's BryteFlow acquisition targets data integration
The data platform vendor's purchase adds full change data capture capabilities and is aimed at improving data ingestion and ...
Cockroach Labs adds vector search, updates pricing options
The database vendor's new update includes an integration with pgvector that provides users with the vector search capabilities ...
New Grafana Labs features aim to simplify observability
The vendor's latest set of capabilities includes prebuilt applications and automated features aimed at making it easier to use ...