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Data center provider fakes Tier 4 data center certificate to bag $11M SEC deal

CIO

Deepak Jain, CEO of a Maryland-based IT services firm, has been indicted for fraud and making false statements after allegedly falsifying a Tier 4 data center certification to secure a $10.7 million contract with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Queries to AiNET, however, did not elicit any response.

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Gartner projects major IT spending increases for 2025

CIO

growth this year, with data center spending increasing by nearly 35% in 2024 in anticipation of generative AI infrastructure needs. Data center spending will increase again by 15.5% in 2025, but software spending — four times larger than the data center segment — will grow by 14% next year, to $1.24

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Hungry for resources, AI redefines the data center calculus

CIO

The AI revolution is driving demand for massive computing power and creating a data center shortage, with data center operators planning to build more facilities. But it’s time for data centers and other organizations with large compute needs to consider hardware replacement as another option, some experts say.

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Freedom to securely create and collaborate from anywhere

CIO

A digital workspace is a secured, flexible technology framework that centralizes company assets (apps, data, desktops) for real-time remote access. Digital workspaces encompass a variety of devices and infrastructure, including virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), data centers, edge technology, and workstations.

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10 top priorities for CIOs in 2025

CIO

Double down on cybersecurity In 2025, there will be an even greater need for CIOs to fully understand the current cybersecurity threat landscape. While no one knows exactly when a quantum computer capable of breaking current standards such as RSA or ECC may exist, most experts believe its only a matter of time , Shorter says.

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Securing DOT Infrastructure

Palo Alto Networks

Resilient Solutions for Smarter Transportation As your city adopts Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to enhance mobility and safety, securing these interconnected networks is more critical than ever. Are you inspecting and securing edge traffic between field cabinets and data centers? 3 is essential.

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To guard against data loss and misuse, the cybersecurity conversation must evolve

TechCrunch

Sid Trivedi is a partner at Foundation Capital where he leads cybersecurity and IT investments. It’s painfully clear that existing data loss prevention (DLP) tools are struggling to deal with the data sprawl, ubiquitous cloud services, device diversity and human behaviors that constitute our virtual world. Sid Trivedi.

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