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Navigate the Technology Trends of 2025 – Security

Navigate the Technology Trends of 2025 – Security

With 2025 on the horizon, the time to act is now. Cyber threats are evolving rapidly, and complacency is no longer an option. CIOs, CISOs, and IT leaders must take decisive steps to safeguard their organizations against the growing sophistication of attacks and the unique challenges of modern digital environments.
Navigate the Technology Trends of 2025 – Compliance

Navigate the Technology Trends of 2025 – Compliance

From the EU AI Act to emerging state-level AI laws in the US, 2025 promises heightened scrutiny and demands on IT systems. Organizations must adopt forward-thinking strategies, leveraging emerging technologies like LLMs and governance tools, to navigate this terrain effectively. CIOs should prioritise proactive compliance measures to safeguard operations and maintain competitive advantage.
Fakes Everywhere: The Impact of Deep Fakes on Insurance Fraud Detection

Fakes Everywhere: The Impact of Deep Fakes on Insurance Fraud Detection

The continuous improvements in AI have led to their rise in use as a tool to commit insurance fraud. This causes insurance companies to lose money and increase premiums to cover the costs of paying out fraudulent claims. CTOs and cybersecurity leaders in the insurance industry must implement fraud detection methods to combat AI and deepfakes.
Ten Techniques for Cloud Cost Control: Getting More with Less

Ten Techniques for Cloud Cost Control: Getting More with Less

As cloud computing becomes a vital component for businesses, enterprises have struggled to keep their cloud costs from spiralling out of control. Cloud engineers and administrators should be equipped with strategies to optimize cloud expenditure and maximize return on investment.
A Bite Out of Apple’s Monopoly: How CIOs Can Seize the NFC Opportunity

A Bite Out of Apple’s Monopoly: How CIOs Can Seize the NFC Opportunity

Apple prevented competing Payment Service Providers (PSPs) from using NFC chips in Apple devices for contactless payments. This has made it difficult for PSPs to succeed in the Apple ecosystem. The EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) forced Apple to remove this restriction and created a more competitive market. PSP IT leaders and app developers should take advantage of this opportunity to increase their users and profits.
AI-Driven Enterprise Search: What IT Leaders Need to Understand

AI-Driven Enterprise Search: What IT Leaders Need to Understand

Traditional web searches can be irritating to employees who must use complex queries because the system does not understand what they want. AI-powered search (or an AI search engine) mitigates these issues by understanding context while providing summaries, conversation functionality, and citing sources. IT leaders should read this article to understand how AI search engines work and how choose the best solution for their needs.
Unified Cloud Security: CIOs Should Evaluate CNAPP for the Enterprise

Unified Cloud Security: CIOs Should Evaluate CNAPP for the Enterprise

The rapid adoption of cloud technology has led to increased cloud-related security incidents, primarily due to misconfigurations and inadequate compliance measures. The need for integrated and efficient security solutions has grown as cloud environments become more complex. Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) has emerged as a comprehensive approach that unifies various cloud security tools, offering enhanced visibility, control, and compliance across multiple cloud services. Security administrators and CISOs in SMEs should assess CNAPP to determine its suitability for their organization.
Overtake AI Competitors with Neuromorphic Computing

Overtake AI Competitors with Neuromorphic Computing

Energy consumption will continue to rise as AI models increase in size and improve in performance. Hardware improvements will not be enough to stop this trend. Neuromorphic computing lowers energy consumption, reduces your AI budget, and improves your AI sustainability efforts. CTOs and IT leaders must pay attention to this field and put plans in place to leverage this technology in the future to stay ahead of competitors.
Leveraging Fitness Trackers: Data Challenges for C-Level Executives

Leveraging Fitness Trackers: Data Challenges for C-Level Executives

Fitness trackers offered by health insurance companies promote a healthier lifestyle resulting in less risk and more profit. Privacy and security are critical customer issues to address when it comes to the data collected. CTOs must be aware of the importance of trust, security, and privacy and guide other C-level executives so this technology can be used successfully.
The Egress Fees are Removed But Your Cloud Data is Still Locked

The Egress Fees are Removed But Your Cloud Data is Still Locked

Egress fees have been hidden fees with cloud service providers (CSPs) resulting in vendor lock-in. Many CSPs have removed egress fees to promote an open market and allow businesses to switch CSPs for free. This change is lip service to legislation to be compliant. The removal will benefit technology acquisition decision-makers, who are looking to switch CSPs, but it does not apply to all scenarios, so egress fees are not truly removed.