Virtualization Review

The Enterprise Blueprint for Hybrid Cloud & AI Date: Wednesday, October 28 at 8 am PT / 11 am ET How enterprise IT leaders are leveraging analyst research to eliminate hybrid cloud and AI complexity. As enterprise workloads expand across data centers, public clouds, edge locations, and emerging AI pipelines, hybrid cloud has become the default operating model. But more choices often lead to compounding complexity, unpredictable operational costs, and dangerous reliance on legacy vendor ecosystems.

In-Depth Over the last few years, we have seen users increasingly use generative AI for relatively simple tasks. A user might, for instance, use an AI tool to compose an email or to turn a Word document into a PowerPoint presentation. All of those things work great. But what happens when users inevitably begin to use generative AI for lengthier and more complex tasks? It's one thing to ask an AI tool to create a 700-word essay.

News The Open Secure AI Alliance, launched by NVIDIA in July to develop open security technologies for AI systems and agents, has moved under the Linux Foundation, giving the initiative what the organizations describe as a neutral home for developing open source tools, shared standards and defensive practices. The Linux Foundation announced the transition Sept. 2, saying the Alliance will continue work intended to help organizations inspect, audit and secure AI systems.

How to Solve Healthcare OT Security Challenges Healthcare OT and connected medical device systems are more networked than ever—and attackers know it. Security compromises on healthcare OT surged 73% last year, yet only 26% of organizations have established network visibility and segmentation. The risks are eal: care disruptions, patient safety failures, and halted clinical operations. Fortinet and Presidio help you close the gaps.

News Rubrik and CrowdStrike have announced an expanded identity-security integration intended to move compromised identity environments from threat detection through clean recovery with less manual intervention. The workflow combines CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security with Rubrik Identity Resilience and uses CrowdStrike's Charlotte Agentic SOAR as the orchestration layer. The companies announced the integration Sept. 1 at Fal.Con 2026 in Las Vegas.

News Artificial intelligence is producing two very different calls to prepare for what comes next. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is urging governments and societies to build new institutions, protect some work for humans and rethink taxation as AI disrupts employment and other parts of daily life.

In-Depth Introduction VMware Explore 2026 is taking place Aug. 31 through Sept. 3 at the Venetian Convention and Expo Center in Las Vegas. Broadcom positioned the event as a technical gathering for IT practitioners who need to build and operate a modern, AI-native private cloud. The event will have more than 400 technical breakout sessions, hands-on labs, certifications, a plenary session, and a partner and expert area in The Hub. On Monday, Aug.

News Google Cloud's latest infrastructure research says enterprises are encountering a sizable infrastructure gap as agentic AI systems move from experiments and pilots into production. According to the report, 83% of surveyed organizations believe their current infrastructure requires some level of upgrade to support production-grade agentic AI systems. The 2026 State of infrastructure in the agentic AI era report focuses on the different demands created by autonomous agents.

Build a Secure, AI-Ready Future for State and Local Government with Microsoft Azure Date: Thursday, September 24 at 11 am PT / 2 pm ET Join this session to explore how Microsoft Azure can help public-sector agencies modernize operations, strengthen security, and prepare for responsible AI adoption while supporting evolving governance and compliance requirements.

News Gartner's latest Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Storage Platforms contains the expected vendor positioning, but its broader market analysis points to a more consequential shift: storage is becoming entangled with the upheaval taking place across enterprise virtualization infrastructure. The Aug.