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December 16, 2025
From Automation to Orchestration: Laying the Groundwork for Enterprise AI
Successful AI adoptioin depends not just on deploying intelligent tools, but on creating the conditions for those tools to work reliably, responsibly, and in ways that meaningfully improve how teams operate.
August 18, 2025
Identifying High-Impact AI Use Cases for Mission-Driven Organizations
Mission-driven organizations face unique challenges as AI reshapes operations, needing solutions that align with values like equity and transparency.
July 8, 2025
Healthcare MicroApps: From Operational Friction to ROI
As healthcare systems continue to balance innovation with risk, microapps offer a scalable and flexible way forward, especially when integrated into a shared platform and aligned with existing KPIs.
June 30, 2025
The Real ROI of Endpoint Automation: Shifting from Cost Center to Business Driver
Endpoint automation is no longer a luxury or a narrowly scoped IT initiative. It is a foundational element for driving enterprise-wide agility, enhancing user satisfaction, and preparing for AI-driven transformation.
May 27, 2025
Modernizing the Core: Creating a Platform for Scalable, Connected Experiences
As organizations strive to meet increasing customer expectations and operational demands, modernizing the core has become a strategic necessity.
April 28, 2025
AI Readiness Across the Enterprise
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the enterprise landscape, organizations across industries are grappling with how to assess their readiness and strategically integrate AI into operations.
March 18, 2025
Content and Data Governance in an AI-Driven World
As organizations integrate AI into their content strategies, they must balance structure and flexibility, ensuring that governance frameworks support efficiency without stifling innovation. AI's ability to streamline content workflows is undeniable, but its effectiveness depends on strong data foundations and adaptive governance models.
December 17, 2024
AI-Powered Insights: Leveraging Observability for Enhanced Customer Experience
Proactive anomaly detection and predictive analytics are enabling organizations to shift from reactive monitoring to strategic, data-driven decision-making, while clean, trusted data remains the foundation for AI’s success.
November 22, 2024
Investment in the Employee Experience: The Power of a Modern Intranet
By focusing on authenticity in communication, relevance in content delivery, and fostering collaboration across key departments, organizations can transform their intranets into powerful tools that support both individual and organizational success.
November 13, 2024
AI-Powered Insights: Leveraging Observability for Enhanced Customer Experience
By embracing AI-powered observability, retailers can anticipate customer needs, improve internal processes, and manage risks while balancing personalization and privacy.
November 5, 2024
Developing a Successful Digital Strategy for Financial Services
The recent Virtual Executive Roundtable on Developing a Successful Digital Strategy for Financial Services provided an in-depth look at how financial institutions are approaching digital transformation.
October 25, 2024
Mastering Real-Time Data Integration for Scalable Growth
While many organizations recognize the value of real-time data, integrating and harnessing this resource effectively involves navigating complex technical and organizational hurdles.
August 7, 2024
Transforming AP Processes: Leveraging Technology for Full Digital Automation
The transformative potential of automation in accounts payable (AP) processes is immense, offering significant efficiencies and strategic advantages to organizations willing to embrace technological change.
July 18, 2024
AI Operationalization & Governance
Overcoming organizational and technological obstacles, ensuring data quality, establishing robust governance, and addressing security concerns are critical for the successful operationalization of AI.
June 27, 2024
AI-Driven Risk and Vendor Management
Gain valuable insights into how organizations can navigate the challenges and opportunities presented by AI, ensuring that these technologies are leveraged effectively and responsibly.
June 27, 2024
Building Flexible Data Architectures for Enhanced Customer Engagement
By sharing insights and real-world examples, participants aimed to uncover strategies for creating data architectures that not only support operational efficiency but also drive personalized customer experiences and strategic decision-making.
June 5, 2024
Navigating the Ransomware Lifecycle: Strategies for Prevention, Response, and Recovery
Ransomware threats continue to increase, putting prevention and recovery strategies at the top of the priority list for technology leaders.
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March 27, 2024
Unlocking Innovation: The Power of Identity in Access Management
The multifaceted challenges organizations face, from integrating third-party access to navigating the complex regulatory landscape, emphasize the pivotal role of innovative, flexible solutions in enhancing security, compliance, and operational efficiency within the digital infrastructure. O
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March 20, 2024
Building Resilience Against Phishing Attacks
Cybersecurity experts and industry leaders gathered to tackle the escalating challenge of phishing attacks, a critical concern across sectors. Through a collaborative exchange of insights and strategies, the session focused on enhancing resilience against sophisticated phishing methods.
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March 15, 2024
Safeguarding Access to Everything that Matters
The Virtual Executive Roundtable discussion, focused on identity and access management, offered a profound exploration into the nuances of safeguarding critical data and ensuring robust access control mechanisms in the technology industry.
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February 29, 2024
Business Impact of Identity Security: Exploring Technology and Reputational Consequences
From balancing security with user experience to ensuring scalability, integrating new solutions, and navigating compliance complexities, this Executive Roundtable offered a comprehensive exploration of the strategies and insights essential for safeguarding digital identities.
February 15, 2024
Leveraging Digital Accessibility for Business Growth
Digital accessibility is crucial for businesses to achieve growth and inclusivity. By integrating accessibility into every digital interaction, companies meet the diverse needs of global users and position themselves as leaders in innovation and social responsibility.
December 11, 2023
Preventing Fraud While Limiting Customer Friction
Technology leaders shared insights on the escalating challenges of fraud across various organizations.
November 27, 2023
Generative AI - Augmentation Vs. Automation
As organizations navigate their GenAI journey, the focus on data integrity, scalability, and customer value remains paramount. The discussion underscored the transformative nature of GenAI, poised to reshape not just business operations but also societal norms and job roles in the coming years.
November 15, 2023
Strategically Structuring Data for Business Empowerment
The roundtable brought together leading technology leaders, focusing on how businesses can strategically structure and utilize data to enhance their operations and decision-making processes. This insightful discussion explored various facets of data management, including monetization strategies, the criticality of data reliability, accessibility, and security, and the challenges encountered in creating a data-driven organizational culture.
October 11, 2023
Secure SDLC: Strengthening Your Development Process
The concept of Making Corporate Security Redundant embodies this shift, marking a transition from reactive security protocols to proactive, embedded defenses that are integral to every phase of the software development life cycle (SDLC). Security, in this evolved framework, isn't an appended element but is meticulously woven into every stage of development, ensuring that every line of code authored is inherently secure and robust.
October 11, 2023
Service Accounts: The Importance of Discovery & Protection
In the world of cybersecurity, service accounts play a crucial role in system functionalities and data access. These hidden entities are often overlooked, leaving them vulnerable to attack. To enhance organizational security, it's essential to audit and gain comprehensive visibility of service accounts, including their roles, responsibilities, and access privileges.
September 28, 2023
Cloud Transformation: Navigating the Journey from On-Premises to Cloud
In the dynamic intersection of technology and business evolution, the migration from on-premises systems to the cloud stands out as a pivotal juncture. Our Executive Roundtable highlights critical paths and pivotal considerations instrumental in this transformation. A comprehensive cloud adoption strategy should align with organizational goals and involve diverse stakeholders.
September 28, 2023
Innovation without Compromise: The Intersection of Security and Technology
When the drive to innovate is as persistent as the need for robust security, establishing a middle ground is not just necessary but imperative. Both elements are indispensable - innovation propels organizations into new horizons of possibilities, while security anchors them, ensuring resilience and integrity are uncompromised.
August 8, 2023
Achieving Next-Level DLP with Low-Code Security Automation
Successful automation isn't just about technology; it's a strategic confluence of understanding, planning, tool selection, training, and alignment. It's a crafted team played by IT leaders who are not just technologists but visionaries, aligning machines with human aspirations. The basics of successful automation are pillars supporting the edifice of a technologically empowered future.
August 7, 2023
Consolidating Security Tools and Addressing Technical Debt
The difficulty of juggling multiple tools manifests in increased complexity, soaring costs, and potential security vulnerabilities. Consolidation of these tools is essential and needs a process that requires strategic planning to reduce complexity and enhance efficiency.
August 4, 2023
AI: An Agent of Transformation
AI has emerged as a powerful agent of transformation, particularly when it comes to supporting cloud-based applications and network infrastructure. AI-powered tools and services are increasingly being used to optimize network performance, improve security, and enhance overall reliability. With its ability to analyze vast amounts of data in real-time, AI is also helping businesses to identify and address potential issues before they become major problems.
July 20, 2023
Shifting Towards Agility: Removing Fixed Capacity and Cost from Your Network
Agility in network engineering has become a core tenet for organizations striving to stay competitive. As businesses grapple with rapidly changing markets, fluctuating customer demands, and emerging technologies, the static models of yesteryears no longer suffice. Now, agility is a game-changer and a business imperative, enabling organizations to quickly adapt, scale, and innovate in line with evolving demands.
July 12, 2023
Cybersecurity Awareness: From C-Suite to Boards to End Users | Part 1
The value of reliable metrics emerges as a key theme in the technology landscape, providing critical insights into an organization's security posture and guiding action prioritization. Yet, a need for ongoing refinement and enhancement underscores the importance of these metrics' accuracy, reliability, and comprehensiveness to address potential risks effectively.
July 11, 2023
Cybersecurity Awareness: From C-Suite to Boards to End Users | Part 2
The importance of cybersecurity remains a crucial topic in strategic discussions. IT departments must prioritize cybersecurity awareness to safeguard their organization. To achieve effective cybersecurity, stakeholders must clearly understand, provide support, and trust the efforts being made.
June 14, 2023
Building Cyber Resiliency Into Your Security Ecosystem
Building cyber resiliency into your security ecosystem demands a multifaceted approach, uniting several critical domains. It’s a comprehensive task that requires a blend of strategic practices and innovative technology.
May 26, 2023
Enabling Corporate Value Preservation
In the continually evolving business landscape, the virtual roundtable discussion “Enabling Corporate Value Preservation” brought together IT leaders to exchange insights on pivotal aspects of modern corporate IT strategies.
May 10, 2023
IT Solutions: Building Vs. Buying
In today’s fast-paced digital world, IT executives face many challenges as they navigate the complex landscape of technology investments and the transformation of the build versus buy decision in the ever-changing technology landscape. As technology evolves rapidly, organizations must adapt and reconsider how they approach IT investments.
May 4, 2023
Managing identity is essential for businesses to succeed in today's digital world. Identity management transcends mere security concerns and extends to crafting a seamless user experience that empowers employees to be both productive and efficient.
April 21, 2023
Security and User Experience: The Balance of Trust
With the growing importance of user experience as a competitive advantage, organizations must find ways to ensure robust security while providing seamless and intuitive interactions for their customers.
April 21, 2023
The pursuit of innovation must be balanced with the need to maintain security, compliance, and the integrity of the organization's IT infrastructure.
April 18, 2023
The Challenges of Socially Engineered Attacks
Although organizations are investing significant resources into security education and awareness, social engineering attacks remain a pervasive threat. Even the most resilient systems can succumb to targeted social engineering attacks.
April 12, 2023
Uncovering Legacy Identity Blind Spots
It's essential to identify and address vulnerabilities to protect your organization's sensitive data and systems.
February 17, 2023
5G has what it takes to bring a paradigm shift in the cellular network space. What challenges can businesses solve by adopting 5G?
January 25, 2023
How to Grow Your Brand Through Customer Experience
Businesses can gauge customer sentiments, identify improvement avenues, and strategize better by analyzing data.
December 21, 2022
Bridging the Gap: Security and Development Part 2
In today’s fast-paced world, security and development teams can no longer function in siloes.
December 15, 2022
Bridging the Gap: Security and Development
It’s crucial for security and development teams to work together closely. But how do you bridge the gap between developers and security professionals?
November 8, 2022
More cyberattacks are happening today than ever before. Threat actors are using modern techniques to avoid detection and infiltrate corporate networks.
October 25, 2022
Redefining Conversational Commerce
Conversational tools allow businesses to interact with their customers across multiple digital channels.
October 25, 2022
Business Transformation with 5G, SD-WAN, and Zero Trust
Modern paradigms like 5G, SD-WAN, and zero trust can enable organizations to be more agile, secure, and competitive.
October 19, 2022
Digital Transformation of Your Foundation
Digital transformation efforts enable organizations to move to the cloud, deliver omnichannel experiences, expand easily, and increase revenue.
October 12, 2022
Pros and Cons of Moving File Storage to the Cloud
Going cloud-first allows you to be more agile, efficient, and flexible. It also promotes collaboration and empowers you to build a remote global workforce.
September 22, 2022
The Alignment and Significance of Identity
Security can no longer be an afterthought; it must be shifted left and made an intrinsic part of your applications and infrastructure.
September 22, 2022
Cybersecurity Staff Turnover and Burnout
Many organizations find it hard to build and mature their cyber programs because of the increased turnover and burnout of cybersecurity resources.
September 22, 2022
Managing and Prioritizing Technology Integrations
In today’s digitally connected world, integrations play a vital role—but organizations still still struggle with unifying data.
September 8, 2022
Powering Secure and Seamless Experiences
Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a staple of modern security. It lets you implement consolidated authentication flows across your entire infrastructure and enables you to enforce the principle of least privilege.
September 8, 2022
How to Implement Zero Trust Architecture
Zero trust is a security model that improves your security posture and reduces your attack surface. It requires you to eliminate implicit trust and authenticate digital identities every step of the way.
August 30, 2022
Strategic Alignment between CTOs and CMOs
Using modern technology, marketers can deliver tailored content to customers much faster, and IT personnel can ensure that they are doing it securely.
August 3, 2022
Strategic CX Priorities in Retail: Part 2
Consumer expectations are constantly evolving. To stay relevant, companies must strive to adapt.
July 5, 2022
Strategic CX Priorities in Retail
Customer expectations and demands have been changing rapidly in the last few years. Businesses that notice and react to these changes establish a formidable competitive advantage.
June 27, 2022
Critical Security Control Automation
What does true security really mean? And is the definition the same for every organization? How do you go about starting your security journey?
June 15, 2022
Gaining Competitive Edge with the Cloud
Whether you want to quickly set up a data lake and start running analytics, build truly scalable products with minimum effort, or simply decrease your infrastructural footprint, cloud is the way to go.
May 27, 2022
Real-Time Analytics in the Cloud
Being data-driven is no longer a nice-to-have characteristic, but a necessary one.
May 26, 2022
Why Data Intensity is the new KPI for CIOs
A new buzzword in the data world is data intensity. What does it really mean? Can it be measured? What can data intensity KPIs enable you to achieve?
May 10, 2022
Preparing for the Next Generation of Data Security Attacks
Customer data is often the most valuable asset a company has and protecting it has become a primary concern for organizations.
April 26, 2022
How to Implement a Zero Trust Security Model
What does it take to start and progress on the zero trust journey?
April 18, 2022
How Identity is Central to Compliance
Is identity a precursor to compliance, or is there a way to adhere to security standards and frameworks without a well-built identity system?
April 18, 2022
Speed vs. Risk Effective Software Security Doesn’t Choose
The rising number of sophisticated ransomware attacks has forced companies to consider shifting security left.
April 7, 2022
Why are companies still struggling with DevSecOps
Using DevSecOps, organizations can automate security controls at various stages of app development.
April 7, 2022
Architecting Data-Intensive Applications
In today’s fast-paced world, using data to your advantage is no longer a nice-to-have but a necessity.
April 1, 2022
Starting Your Zero Trust Journey
What does zero trust mean, and how do you start your zero trust journey?
March 11, 2022
Evolving Trust and Identity Access Management
Using IAM, administrators can implement infrastructure-wide authentication, create policies for groups of users, issue short-term or long-term credentials, and enforce granular access control.
March 3, 2022
Building Bridges Between Security and Development
Companies today realize that security can no longer be an afterthought. It needs to be made an intrinsic part of software, a functional requirement.
February 22, 2022
Development vs. Security: Who is Responsible for AppSec
Security is no longer just InfoSec’s job. It’s a business requirement that all relevant stakeholders must collectively fulfill
February 22, 2022
Strategic Customer Experience Priorities in Retail
Over the last two years, customer habits, behaviors, and preferences have changed drastically. Having a frictionless customer experience has become more critical than ever before.
February 9, 2022
Bridging The Gap Between Security and Development
It’s pivotal to bridge the gap between security and development teams and establish a silo-free partnership
January 26, 2022
Protecting Data Through Secure Frictionless Experiences
Decreasing friction should not mean loosening your security controls. It is crucial to establish a delicate balance between customer experience and security.
January 26, 2022
Transforming into an API-driven Architecture
What does it take to transform into an API-driven architecture? What are some of the challenges, and how can they be overcome?
January 3, 2022
Where To Start Your Zero Trust Journey
What does it take to achieve zero trust? What are the fundamental elements that you need to be focusing on? And most importantly, where do you begin?
January 3, 2022
Preparing For Next-Gen Data Security Attacks
How do you protect your organization from sophisticated cyberattacks? How do you minimize your attack surface without slowing down the development process?
January 3, 2022
Securing The Software Supply Chain
Securing the supply chain can be very challenging, as zero-day vulnerabilities in open-source and/or third-party software can stay undetected for years. How do you protect against something that perhaps exists, but you can’t see yet?
November 18, 2021
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November 2, 2021
Cyber-risk quantification should help you quantify the financial risk attached to your various IT assets, with the end goal of board-level reporting. But what are the steps involved in the calculation and where do you start?
October 14, 2021
Security-First Digital Transformation
Why security-first digital transformation is much more likely to succeed and sustain in the long term.
September 29, 2021
Next-Gen Software Supply Chain Attacks
How do you securely onboard new software without stifling innovation and compromising speed?
September 20, 2021
Enabling and Empowering Culture Through Data Visibility and Visualization
Data visibility and visualization are powerful tools to empower team members to innovate and make informed decisions. Data visibility and visualization are powerful tools to empower team members to innovate and make informed decisions
September 15, 2021
Why the Future of Work is Hybrid
As we continue to transition and evaluate new ways of working, it seems that a hybrid work environment for most organizations is here to stay.
September 13, 2021
Micro-Segmentation On An Open Campus Network
Organizations of all types seem to be moving toward various levels of network segmentation, but it is a gradual process.
August 10, 2021
Moving From Project-Based to Product-Based
Implementing a product-first approach enables you to be more agile and customer-centered.
August 10, 2021
The Future of Open-Source Development
Open-source enables agility, drives innovation, and reduces time-to-market.
July 29, 2021
Designing a New Path Forward Towards Cyber Resilience
Businesses need to reassess their security policies, practices, and tools and design a new path towards cyber resilience.
July 29, 2021
Shifting Left and Incorporating Hacker-Powered Security into Your SDLC
Hackers are becoming more and more sophisticated, and the only way to keep them at bay is to walk in their shoes, put your white hacker hat on, and try to infiltrate your system.
July 6, 2021
How to Empower and Enable Your Culture and Organization Through Data Visibility and Visualization
Data is the most valuable resource in the world. Bar none. Using modern data visibility and visualization solutions, companies can solve critical problems and gain a formidable competitive advantage.
July 6, 2021
How To Transform Into an API-Driven Architecture
Whether you want to shift to a micro-service architecture, or want to take your legacy application to the cloud, or both, APIs can help streamline the transition.
July 6, 2021
Moving Beyond The Username And Password
We are at that point in time where passwords are not only insecure, they are also inconvenient. So how do you move beyond the username and password?
June 7, 2021
Gamifying Phishing and Securing Your Campus
To truly secure your organization, it’s important to put security at the forefront of every strategic decision you make.
June 7, 2021
The Rise Of Next-Gen Software Supply Chain Attacks
Bad actors are no longer waiting for public vulnerabilities. They’re actively injecting malicious code into open-source projects that feed the global supply chain.
May 17, 2021
Securing Frictionless Customer Experiences
Consumers expect a quick and frictionless experience in today's digital-first world when accessing any product or service. However, while delivering these frictionless experiences, it's also essential to consider their security ramifications.
May 12, 2021
Access Management in a Disruptive & Digitally Transforming World
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) and one-time-passwords (OTPs) are being used to verify identities, some argue, at the cost of customer convenience. So how do you implement security controls for your customers without asking them to do too much?
May 12, 2021
Avoiding Failure In Digital Transformation Journeys
A digital transformation journey isn’t as easy as onboarding a third-party provider and training your workforce. There is a lot that can go wrong, and steps must be taken to prevent that.
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