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Top 6 Cloud Computing Certifications Worth Taking

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Top 6 Cloud Computing Certifications Worth Taking

Course Spotlight: Microsoft Cloud Support Associate Professional Certificate on Coursera Our assessment: Best for going from beginner to ready for a career This certification teaches skills from the very basics of knowledge about computing to valuable professional techniques in Microsoft Azure, one of the most popular cloud platforms. This certification includes 12 courses intended to get learners up to speed on IT and cybersecurity, Microsoft 365, cloud management and professional cloud administration. The courses included…

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Cisco Live 2024: New Unified Observability Experience Combines Cisco & Splunk Tools

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Cisco Live 2024: New Unified Observability Experience Combines Cisco & Splunk Tools

Cisco’s acquisition of Splunk is playing out with a new full-stack observability product, the Unified Observability Experience, Cisco announced at the Cisco Live conference on June 5. As part of the same suite of conference announcements, Cisco also showed off the initial availability of a free trial version of Motific, a generative AI delivery platform made in concert with Mistral AI. Unified Observability Experience creates easy connections between AppDynamics and Splunk Platform Cisco acquired data…

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Bringing the Cisco AppDynamics + Splunk Better Together story to Cisco Live

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Bringing the Cisco AppDynamics + Splunk Better Together story to Cisco Live

When Cisco initially closed the acquisition of Splunk, we promised we would swiftly deliver more together, capitalizing on each company’s incredible products and skillsets to bring exponential value to our customers. This week at Cisco Live, I have the pleasure of helping showcase how Cisco AppDynamics and Splunk are making our Better Together vision a reality and how we are expanding Cisco Full-Stack Observability to an organizations’ entire enterprise. In less than three months since…

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Udemy Report: Which IT Skills Are Most in Demand in Q1 2024?

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Udemy Report: Which IT Skills Are Most in Demand in Q1 2024?

The tech industry courses people are taking online can tell a lot about which IT skills are in demand and what paths to careers look like today. Udemy is an online learning platform that collects data quarterly about which courses on its platform are most in demand. We’ve dialed in on the tech and IT skills from their Q1 2024 report. Explore these in-demand IT skills to help choose where your tech career should go…

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BeyondTrust Report: Microsoft Security Vulnerabilities Decreased by 5% in 2023

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BeyondTrust Report: Microsoft Security Vulnerabilities Decreased by 5% in 2023

The number of Microsoft vulnerabilities has mostly flattened in 2023, with elevation of privilege and identity attacks being particularly common, according to BeyondTrust’s annual Microsoft Vulnerabilities report. Identity and access management solutions company BeyondTrust studied the most significant CVEs of 2023 and Microsoft vulnerability data from Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday bulletins. The report includes vulnerability trends and tips about how to reduce identity attacks. Microsoft reported 1,228 vulnerabilities in 2023 The total number of Microsoft…

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Androxgh0st Malware Botnet Steals AWS, Microsoft Credentials and More

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Androxgh0st Malware Botnet Steals AWS, Microsoft Credentials and More

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency warned in a joint advisory about a threat actor deploying a botnet that makes use of the Androxgh0st malware. This malware is capable of collecting cloud credentials, such as those from AWS or Microsoft Azure and more, abusing the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, and scanning for Amazon Simple Email Service parameters. What is the Androxgh0st malware? The Androxgh0st malware was exposed in December 2022…

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Intel Spins Off Enterprise Generative AI Deployment Firm Articul8

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Intel Spins Off Enterprise Generative AI Deployment Firm Articul8

Intel and the global investment firm DigitalBridge Group have formed an independent generative AI software stack company, Articul8 AI, Inc. (Articul8); Intel announced the new company on Jan. 3. Articul8 will work with Intel and provide solutions for organizations that wish to build and deploy generative AI. Articul8’s product and capabilities Articul8’s product is “a turnkey GenAI software platform that delivers speed, security and cost-efficiency to help large enterprise customers operationalize and scale AI,” according…

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Windows 10 Extended Security Updates Promised for Small Businesses and Home Users

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Windows 10 Extended Security Updates Promised for Small Businesses and Home Users

Already common for enterprises, for the first time, individuals will also get the option to pay for extended security updates for a Windows operating system that’s out of support. Windows 10 will stop getting free updates, including security fixes, after October 14, 2025; which is the official end of support date. But there is good news for Windows 10 holdouts: In addition to the expected announcement that large organizations will be able to buy up to…

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Microsoft Azure Confidential VMs Will Roll Out This December

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Microsoft Azure Confidential VMs Will Roll Out This December

The partnership with Intel allows for hardware-enforced security and confidentiality on 4th Gen Xeon processors. Image: monticellllo/Adobe Stock Organizations using Microsoft Azure will have access to confidential virtual machines in Azure on Dec. 1, allowing greater privacy and compliance. The DCesv5 and ECesv5-series confidential VMs run on 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX). The new confidential VMs will be accessible in Microsoft Azure regions Europe West, Europe North, Central…

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Cisco’s Catalyst SD-WAN: Now available through Azure Marketplace Multiparty Partner Offers Program

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Cisco’s Catalyst SD-WAN: Now available through Azure Marketplace Multiparty Partner Offers Program

As a partner-led organization, with over 90 percent of our business conducted through Cisco partners, we are thrilled to be part of Microsoft’s new Multiparty Private Offers (MPO) program. The MPO program empowers ISVs like Cisco and our partners to collaborate in creating customer offers and conducting transactions on Microsoft’s Azure Marketplace. MPO provides customers with a seamless marketplace experience for purchasing essential software and services needed to run their businesses through their trusted partners….

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