Red Access Firewall-Native SSE Adds GenAI Security and Browser Protection to Existing Firewalls
Red Access unveiled a firewall‑native Security Service Edge (SSE) that sits atop any existing firewall without agents, instantly delivering GenAI‑driven security, data loss prevention, CASB, and browser isolation. The solution is vendor‑agnostic, supporting Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Cisco and Check Point platforms, and promises deployment within hours, eliminating costly rip‑and‑replace projects. By integrating directly with legacy firewalls, it reduces operational overhead while preserving user experience. Early adopters cite faster SSE rollout and stronger protection across SaaS, AI tools, and web traffic.
Passwords, MFA, and Why neither Is Enough
The article argues that traditional passwords and even multi‑factor authentication (MFA) no longer provide sufficient protection against modern credential attacks. It highlights how SMS codes can be intercepted via SIM swapping, authenticator apps are prone to replay and push‑bombing attacks,...
Cloud Deployments Disrupt More Than On-Premise Systems
Cloud system deployments are more disruptive than on-premise ones. Cloud software is less flexible, imposing more change on organizations. This is a common pitfall in software evaluations. #CloudMigration #ITStrategy https://t.co/o8CZoDvI8I
TELUS CIO Hesham Fahmy: Building a Culture of Innovation to Drive Tech Leadership and Business Value
TELUS Chief Information Officer Hesham Fahmy outlined a multi‑year plan to embed a culture of innovation across the company’s technology organization. The strategy emphasizes rapid prototyping, cross‑functional squads, and a new internal venture fund to accelerate digital products. Fahmy highlighted...
Supply Chain Leadership Has Become Essential to the CIO Role
Manufacturers facing supply‑chain volatility and rising costs are redefining the CIO role to combine traditional IT oversight with direct responsibility for supply‑chain transformation. Modern supply‑chain CIOs must master emerging technologies such as AI, IoT, digital twins, and analytics while aligning...
Microsoft-Owned GitHub Says It'll Move 50% Traffic to Azure by July to Help with Outages
GitHub announced it will route at least half of its traffic through Microsoft Azure by July. The shift responds to a series of high‑impact outages blamed on “extremely rapid” user growth and failover failures in its existing infrastructure. CTO Vlad...
Secure Your Code: Guardrails for AI Assistants
If your developers are using Copilot or Claude Cowork heavily, how are you handling the security side? Code context Internal repos Sensitive data exposure Feels like a lot of organizations adopted these tools before really thinking through the guardrails. What are you doing to protect...
Choose Platform Simplicity Over Integration Tax in AI Era
The debate is back, but the stakes are higher. Can you afford the "integration tax" of best-of-breed in an AI-accelerated world? Or is a platform your only path to simplification? Decide your strategy for RSA: 🔗 https://t.co/l36K8t0jnp #CIO #TechStrategy #RSAC2026 #EnterpriseIT
Atlancis and EverseTech Launch Sovereign AI Cloud in Kenya
Atlancis Technologies and EverseTech have launched Servernah Cloud, Kenya’s first sovereign AI cloud, hosted in iXAfrica’s Nairobi data centre. The platform merges Atlancis’ Servernah infrastructure with EverseTech’s AI‑as‑a‑Service, allowing Kenyan enterprises and government agencies to run AI workloads within national...
Responsible AI Starts with Zero‑Trust Data Governance
RT You can't have responsible AI without responsible data. Classify AI data, extend zero trust, encrypt in use, and spell out non-negotiable governance policies from day one. #AISecurity #DataGovernance @Star_CIO https://t.co/aiB5P99ido
Master Slipstreaming or Training to Ride Future AI Waves
We are only in the "First Horizon" of AI, and most enterprises are already stalling. To survive the second and third waves, you need to master the two pathways to success today: Slipstreaming or Training. 🌊 Get ahead: https://t.co/KP9ClquPul #CIO #AI #Innovation...
Ayar Labs and Wiwynn Partner for Development of Co-Packaged Optical AI Infrastructure
Ayar Labs and server maker Wiwynn announced a partnership to build rack‑scale AI infrastructure that uses Ayar’s co‑packaged optics, specifically TeraPHY engines powered by a SuperNova remote light source. The design can connect up to 1,024 AI accelerators and deliver...
Algorithmic Management Has Gone From Gig Platforms to Every Workflow
#CIOChat Q1: Algorithmic management used to mean gig platforms scheduling IT contractors. Now it’s everywhere: Collaboration tools assigning work, ticketing systems routing tasks, AI copilots triaging requests. Where are algorithms already managing work in your org today? https://t.co/Vt7ZVWHoh5
Chuck Brooks Joins CAGI Steering Committee
𝗖𝗔𝗚𝗜 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 We are pleased to announce that Chuck Brooks has joined the Steering Committee of the Cybersecurity and AI Governance Initiative (CAGI). https://t.co/2nY9Uw5xfI
SAP Says FPS01 Puts S/4HANA One Step Short of Autonomy
SAP introduced the first major features update, FPS01, for its hosted private S/4HANA instances. The update adds AI‑driven agents that analyze tasks across systems and suggest concrete actions, stopping short of autonomous execution. SAP positions this as the penultimate step...
Governance Stops Shadow AI From Overrunning SaaS
If you think managing SaaS sprawl was hard, wait until you try managing "Shadow AI" apps built on a whim. 📉 Governance is the wall that keeps the "AI replaces SaaS" myth from becoming reality. Deep dive here: https://t.co/Se537FlJwE #CIO #Cloud #AI...
Mimecast Adds AI Investigation and Adaptive Controls to Manage Human Risk
Mimecast unveiled a suite of AI‑driven platform enhancements aimed at curbing human‑related security risk. The rollout adds adaptive security policies that auto‑adjust based on individual risk scores, an AI‑powered Mihra Investigation Agent that accelerates incident analysis, and open‑gateway integrations for...
CIOs Shift AI Focus From Productivity to Innovation
1/ The biggest shift in enterprise AI strategy just showed up in our data. In my new Futurum CIO Global Decision Maker Survey, the traditional AI narrative just broke. CIO priorities are moving from productivity → innovation. The smart chatbot era of AI...
Adora Promotes Software Architect Rohil Bhansali to Head of Engineering
Adora has elevated its founding engineer, Rohil Bhansali, to Head of Engineering as the ad‑tech firm scales its AI‑powered platform for enterprise marketers. Bhansali, who helped build the company’s initial infrastructure since its 2024 launch, will now oversee the engineering...
From Call Trees to Agentic AI - How Kingfisher Is Winning Back Employee Time for Customers
Kingfisher has upgraded its ServiceNow virtual agent, Vita, from a structured call‑tree to a generative‑AI powered assistant (Now Assist) called Vita version two. Within 18 months, the original bot logged 200,000 interactions, and the new AI interface now offers natural‑language ticketing,...
Dallas Cowboys’ CIO Breaks Down Data Silos Amid Modernization
Dallas Cowboys CIO Matt Messick is finalizing a multi‑year IT overhaul that includes a Lenovo device refresh, a migration to Microsoft Dynamics 365, and a new data strategy aimed at breaking silos. The team is preparing an AI‑driven dashboard to...
Student Loans Company Names Experienced Finance Sector Exec Kath Moore as New Digital Chief
Student Loans Company (SLC) has appointed Kath Moore, a veteran finance‑sector technologist, as its executive director and chief digital and data officer. Moore arrives from Alba, a Scottish SME‑focused start‑up bank, after senior stints at HSBC, Barclays, Prudential and Halifax....
From Discount to Data: Lidl Owner’s €11bn Wager on European Digital Independence
Schwarz Group’s digital arm, Schwarz Digits, has launched an €11 billion data centre project near Berlin, marking the retailer’s biggest investment ever and a push to create a sovereign European cloud platform. Chief digital officer Rolf Schumann says digital sovereignty will dictate...
Factors That Complicate Pricing When Using Microsoft Intune for Authentication
Microsoft Intune is a leading unified endpoint management tool, but its pricing becomes intricate when used for BYOD authentication. The base Intune Plan 1 costs $8 per user per month, yet BYOD scenarios demand additional services such as Microsoft Entra ID,...
Kellie Romack on How ServiceNow Generated $355M in AI Value
In this episode, ServiceNow’s Chief Digital Information Officer Kellie Romack explains how the company leveraged AI across its internal operations to generate $355 million in value, highlighting breakthroughs such as automating 90% of IT service desk tickets and cutting sales‑finance query...
Kennedys Appoints Global CIO From Baker McKenzie
Kennedys has appointed Milan Devani, formerly Baker McKenzie’s global infrastructure director, as its new global chief information officer, succeeding Paul Brotzel. Devani brings 26 years of legal‑IT experience, including extensive cloud transformation expertise. His role will focus on modernising Kennedys’ IT...
Stryker Breach Puts IT Leaders On Alert. Here’s How To Stay Safe
Medical‑technology giant Stryker disclosed an Iran‑linked cyberattack that compromised its Microsoft Intune mobile device management (MDM) platform, forcing remote wipes of thousands of laptops and smartphones worldwide. The breach, claimed by the Handala collective, showed no ransomware but highlighted the...
EnergyAustralia's CIO of Almost Seven Years to Leave
EnergyAustralia announced that its chief information officer Julie Bale will retire after nearly seven years in the role. The utility has appointed Eglantine Etiemble, formerly group CTO of PEXA and former DuluxGroup IT executive, as the new CIO. Etiemble highlighted...
Met Office ‘Supercomputing as a Service’ One Year Old
The Met Office marked one year of its Microsoft‑powered "supercomputing as a service" platform, delivering roughly 1.8 million cores and 60 petaflops of compute in Azure. The cloud‑based system achieved 100 % uptime for critical workloads and 99.77 % availability for the supercomputing tier....
Managing Legacy Data in a Cloud-First World With SNP
Enterprises migrating to SAP S/4HANA or cloud platforms often discover that legacy ERP instances remain active, driving unexpected operating expenses and expanding security exposure. These "zombie" systems are kept for audit or legal retrieval, but their maintenance adds technical debt...
SAP Security Patch Day March 2026 Highlights FS-QUO and Enterprise Portal Risks
SAP’s March 2026 Security Patch Day released 15 security notes, including two critical CVSS 9+ vulnerabilities and one high‑priority denial‑of‑service issue. The critical flaws affect SAP Quotation Management Insurance (FS‑QUO) via an outdated Log4j library, SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal Administration through insecure...
AGCO Names a Chief Digital and Information Officer
AGCO Corp. has appointed Jena Holtberg‑Benge as its chief digital and information officer, effective March 16. The promotion expands her remit from leading the after‑sales parts division to directing the company’s global digital, data, and IT strategy, including cybersecurity and enterprise...
IO River Launches Multi-CDN Edge Security With Check Point
IO River unveiled a multi‑CDN edge security platform powered by Check Point’s Web Application Firewall. The solution runs security logic directly at the edge of each CDN, eliminating the need to route traffic back to a central inspection point. By decoupling...
Aspen Insurance CIO Aileen Mathieson Departs
Aspen Insurance announced that Chief Investment Officer Aileen Mathieson is leaving the firm. The Bermuda‑based specialty insurer, which manages a $6.9 billion investment portfolio, was recently acquired by Japan’s Sompo Holdings. Mathieson's departure comes as the new ownership begins integrating Aspen...
The Big Interview: New Look's COO on Migrating to SAP, Leaving IBM for Databricks and More...
Lynda Petherick, originally hired to find a CIO, now serves as both COO and CIO of New Look, a UK fashion retailer that posted $929 million in revenue for 2025. Under her leadership the company is migrating its core ERP to...
Day 2 Highlights: Crowd Prioritizes Critical Infrastructure Security
Kicking off Day 2 at CS4CA in Houston. Great crowd focused on securing our most critical infrastructure.
AI Copilots Fail without User Training and Mindset Shift
Why are tools like Microsoft Copilot struggling for traction? Because they demand a change in user behavior without the necessary training. AI isn't intuitive like a Google search—it requires a new way of thinking about work. 🧠 Full analysis: https://t.co/EDcbE2J13x #CIO #AI...
Netskope Launches AI Security Platform to Monitor and Protect Enterprise AI Systems
Netskope unveiled Netskope One AI Security, extending its Zero Trust platform to monitor and control AI agents, models, and data flows across enterprises. The suite adds an Agentic Broker, AI Guardrails, AI Gateway, and AI Red Teaming to give security...
AI Will Augment, Not Delete, SaaS for ROI
Stop looking for the "Delete" button on your SaaS contracts. The future isn't AI replacing SaaS—it’s AI augmenting it. Those who understand the difference will win the ROI game. 🏆 Get the full take: https://t.co/Se537FlJwE #CIO #Cloud #AI #EnSW
All‑in on AI? Most Leaders Lack Governance Confidence
Leaders say they're "all in on AI," yet only a small fraction feel confident in their AI governance and data privacy practices. If you're deploying AI agents w/o a clear privacy strategy, you're not innovating - you're gambling. #AI #DataPrivacy https://t.co/1JJW0fGZaG
Everpure Stretches ActiveCluster to Metro-Distance DR for File Workloads
Everpure announced that its ActiveCluster technology now extends to metro‑distance disaster recovery for file‑based workloads. The feature adds synchronous replication and policy‑driven automation, allowing files to stay online during outages and move across the entire fleet without manual intervention. ActiveCluster...
KnowBe4 Launches AI Agent to Tailor Security Awareness Assessments
KnowBe4 has added a Custom SAPA AI Agent to its AIDA platform, enabling organizations to generate security awareness assessments that reflect their unique technology environments, policies, and workflows. The AI-driven tool creates dynamic, real‑world scenario questions and provides per‑question analytics,...
AI Era Demands Robust Security and Power Resilience
The Critical Importance of Security and Power Resilience for Data Centers in the AI Era by @ChuckDBrooks https://t.co/GZHzYef4B8 #datacenter #cybersecurity
Catholic Health’s Duemling Says Cybersecurity Should Be Managed Like a Chronic Condition
In this episode of the Health System CIO Show, CISO Keith Dumling discusses his first year at Catholic Health, emphasizing the importance of listening to the organization’s culture before acting and integrating quick wins into a longer‑term cybersecurity roadmap. He...
Drive Business Productivity Through Open Collaboration, AI and Document Creation
Businesses rely on office suites for over half of daily work, yet many solutions are proprietary, costly, and lock users into specific AI models. Open‑source alternatives like ONLYOFFICE offer on‑premises or cloud deployment, real‑time collaboration, and integration with 40 enterprise...
Digital Twins and Virtual Networks Drive OpEx Shift
"Digital Twins and Network Virtualisation set to be Strategic Cornerstones of Enterprise I.T. in 2026" Both digital twins and network virtualisation support a move away from heavy capital expenditure towards nimble operational spending. https://t.co/oULHzW5xhy
Strategic Connectivity Transforms Infrastructure Into Growth Engine
Connectivity today goes far beyond a technical layer, because it supports the operational resilience of organizations. When infrastructure is managed with a strategic perspective, it no longer remains a hidden cost but becomes a real enabler of innovation and long-term growth.
Modernising Banking & Insurance for Africa’s Digital Economy
Africa’s digital banking and insurance sectors are rapidly evolving as mobile‑first consumers demand seamless, personalized services. South Africa leads with scalable platforms and embedded finance models that integrate lending and insurance into everyday digital interactions. Artificial intelligence is becoming central,...
East Sussex County Council Recruit New CDIO
East Sussex County Council has appointed Stephen Docherty as its new chief digital and information officer. Docherty moves from a healthcare background, having served as CIO for South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and led digital initiatives at Microsoft and...
The Future Belongs to AI-Driven IT
The article highlights a shift in CIO responsibilities toward AI‑driven IT, emphasizing the need to embed automated decision‑making into core business outcomes. It references a recent webinar where Sidney Madison Prescott of ZLabs outlined a framework for building AI‑capable infrastructure...