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The open-source ClawBands project aims to restore human oversight to OpenClaw, a wildly popular autonomous AI assistant capable of executing shell commands, modifying files, and accessing APIs. Created by software engineer Sandro Munda, ClawBands intercepts every tool call and enforces “human-in-the-loop” approval before actions are executed, creating an auditable decision trail. The project emerges amid growing concern from security researchers and CISOs, who warn that OpenClaw's rapid adoption, deep system access, and messaging app integrations create serious attack surfaces. As agentic AI accelerates—and with OpenClaw's creator Peter Steinberger now joining OpenAI—ClawBands represents an early attempt to balance innovation with pragmatic risk management. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:26 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown 1:10 - Dell Adds Nutanix to Private Cloud Lineup, Expanding Hypervisor Choice4:34 - AI and RaaS Supercharge Cybercrime as Ransomware Groups Surge 30%8:44 - Cisco Takes Aim at VMware Lock-In with a Purpose-Built Hypervisor12:22 - Check Point Rewires Enterprise Security for the AI Arms Race16:14 - Google Locks In Solar Power to Fuel AI Data Center Growth19:27 - Ukrainian cyber forces say Russian troops paid for Starlink access—only to reveal their own locations.24:01 - Putting the Brakes on Agentic AI: Human Control Comes to OpenClaw33:00 - The Weeks Ahead 34:35 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
European regulators are taking action against Meta over concerns that it is restricting competition by blocking third-party AI assistants on WhatsApp. The European Commission says Meta's recent policy changes may violate EU antitrust rules and is considering interim measures to restore access for rival AI developers while the investigation continues. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke. Time Stamps:0:00 - Cold Open0:26 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:18 - Amazon Plans to Spend Another $200B on AI Infrastructure in 20264:17 - Versa SASE Platform Blocks Sensitive Data From Being Shared With AI8:38 - AI Data Center Pushback Grows as States Consider Building Pauses11:28 - Zscaler Strengthens Zero Trust with SquareX Browser Security Acquisition14:42 - Google Launches API to Give AI Assistants Access to Current Documentation18:28 - AI-Powered Attack Breached an AWS Environment in Just 8 Minutes23:47 - EU Moves to Block Meta From Limiting AI Assistants on WhatsApp32:56 - The Weeks Ahead34:54 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
This week's Tech Field Day News Rundown dives into the biggest AI, security, and enterprise shakeups. Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke deliver this week's Tech Field Day News Rundown, starting with a global push by actors and musicians calling for a “permission-first” approach to AI training, as unions accuse AI companies of using copyrighted works without consent. They also cover growing security concerns around agentic AI after researchers discovered serious vulnerabilities in MCP servers from Anthropic and Microsoft. Snowflake and OpenAI's $200 million partnership to bring governed, production-ready AI into the enterprise data cloud, mounting financial pressure on Oracle with potential mass layoffs and a possible sale of Cerner, high-severity vulnerabilities in the n8n AI automation platform that allow remote code execution. They also discuss a critical Broadcom Wi-Fi chipset flaw capable of taking entire 5 GHz networks offline and new warnings from researcher Jason Meller about AI agent “skills” being weaponized as malware—highlighting how quickly AI ecosystems are evolving into both powerful business tools and major security risks.This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:25 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:26 - Creative Industry Launches Global Push Against AI Training Practices5:17 - Anthropic and Microsoft MCP Server Flaws Expose Growing Security Risks in Agentic AI9:27 - Snowflake and OpenAI Sign $200M Partnership to Bring Enterprise AI Closer to Data12:48 - Oracle Weighs Massive Layoffs and Cerner Sale Amid AI Data Center Funding Crunch17:03 - Critical n8n AI Automation Flaws Expose Systems to Remote Code Execution21:21 - Broadcom Wi-Fi Flaw Highlights How One Wireless Bug Can Disrupt Entire Networks25:24 - A Closer Look: AI Agent Skills Turn Into a New Malware Supply Chain Risk35:36 - The Weeks Ahead: Upcoming Tech Field Day Events37:51 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
Tom Hollingsworth and guest host Jay Cuthrell bring the latest tech news straight to you in this week's Tech Field Day News Rundown!They kick things off with Obsidian Security's new SaaS updates, giving tighter control over third-party integrations and reducing breach risks. Fidelity's legal settlement with Broadcom over VMware software gets discussed, showing why vendor changes can ripple through enterprises.Next up, NVIDIA invests $2B in CoreWeave, boosting AI infrastructure, while Microsoft's Quantum Development Kit updates make quantum coding more practical today. AI-powered coding tools like Anthropic's Claude Code are breaking barriers, and Anthropic's new AI constitution emphasizes ethics, safety, and transparency.Tom and Jay also cover Meta's $6B fiber deal with Corning to fuel AI data centers and Blue Origin's TeraWave satellite network for enterprise connectivity. From SaaS security to AI, quantum computing, and next-gen networking, they break down the tech moves that are shaping the future of enterprise IT.This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and guest host Jay Cuthrell. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:36 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:13 - Obsidian Security Expands Protection for SaaS Integrations3:48 - Fidelity–Broadcom Settlement Exposes VMware Licensing Tensions7:24 - NVIDIA Invests $2B in CoreWeave to Strengthen AI Infrastructure Grip9:59 - Microsoft Open-Sources Quantum Tools for Real-World Use14:29 - AI Tool Ports NVIDIA CUDA Code to AMD GPUs in Minutes18:25 - Meta Signs $6B Fiber Deal With Corning to Power AI Data Centers23:18 - Anthropic Updates Claude's Constitution to Focus on Understanding27:06 - Blue Origin Launches TeraWave Satellite Network for Enterprise Connectivity30:07 - The Weeks Ahead: Upcoming Tech Field Day Events33:39 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
A critical ServiceNow vulnerability shows how quickly deployed AI features can turn into major security risks. By rushing agentic AI into production without proper authentication, authorization, and safeguards, organizations are creating new attack paths that bypass traditional defenses. Experts warn that AI agents need zero-trust controls, least-privilege access, and lifecycle management—or enterprises risk turning productivity tools into security liabilities. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:25 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:07 - Snowflake to Acquire Observe to Strengthen AI Observability4:25 - Firewall Prices May Rise as Memory Shortages Hit Cybersecurity Hardware8:17 - IBM Introduces Sovereign Core Platform Built on Red Hat OpenShift11:48 - Delinea Acquires StrongDM to Strengthen Infrastructure Access Security15:04 - Cloudflare Buys Human Native to Reinvent How Creators Get Paid in the AI Era18:31 - FCC Approves Higher-Power Wi-Fi Devices in 6 GHz Band22:50 - OpenAI Locks in Massive Compute Deal with Cerebras to Meet Surging AI Demand26:35 - Rushing AI to Market Is Creating Dangerous Security Gaps34:58 - The Weeks Ahead: Upcoming Events38:02 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
For 2026, AI is no longer a trend—it's becoming foundational infrastructure, transforming how software is built, how cloud and data centers operate, how security is enforced, and how businesses compete. Predict 2026, hosted by Futurum, explores these shifts with sessions on agentic AI, accelerated development, trust and security, data infrastructure, and the physical limits of AI. Leaders will gain insights into how AI will reshape SaaS pricing, DevOps cycles, cybersecurity strategies, and operational models, helping them prepare for rapid, unavoidable changes. The event emphasizes actionable understanding over hype, making it essential for organizations that want to lead rather than react in the AI era.Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:23 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:17 - Apple Teams Up with Google to Power AI-Powered Siri4:30 - Veeam Expands Into Appliances with Object First Acquisition8:11 - OpenAI and SoftBank Invest $1 Billion to Build AI Data Center Infrastructure11:51 - Palo Alto Networks Launches SHIELD Framework to Secure AI Vibecoding16:47 - Cursor and 1Password Partner to Protect Secrets in AI Coding20:04 - Congress Moves to Reauthorize National Quantum Initiative23:57 - Predict 2026: AI Takes Center Stage as the Force Shaping Business and Technology32:51 - The Weeks Ahead: Upcoming Tech Field Day Events35:39 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
At CES 2026, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang unveiled a sweeping vision for the future of AI, led by the Rubin platform—the company's first extreme-codesigned, six-chip AI architecture designed to dramatically reduce AI computing costs while scaling performance across data centers, enterprises, and devices. NVIDIA also introduced a broad portfolio of open models spanning healthcare, robotics, climate science, and autonomous driving, highlighted by the Alpamayo platform powering AI-defined driving in the upcoming Mercedes-Benz CLA. From supercomputers to personal AI agents and physical AI systems, NVIDIA positioned itself as a full-stack AI company driving intelligence into every domain, device, and industry. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown featuring Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:27 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:28 - Marvell to Acquire XConn, Boosting AI Data Center Connectivity4:38 - Orbital Data Centers: The Next Cloud Computing Frontier8:19 - AWS quietly increases prices for H200 EC2 instances by 15%12:10 - Remembering Lou Gerstner: The Leader Who Rebuilt IBM17:14 - OpenAI Still Faces Demand to Release Chat Logs in Copyright Case21:57 - ServiceNow to Buy Armis25:34 - NVIDIA Unveils Rubin Platform and Open AI Vision at CES 202633:40 - The Weeks Ahead36:43 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
2025 was a year of seismic shifts in tech, as AI surged into a critical growth phase with massive investments, partnerships, and global trade battles over chips. Intel and HPE restructured for the AI era, quantum computing made strides with Microsoft, Google, and Cisco advancing real-world applications, and cloud giants struck multibillion-dollar deals. Meanwhile, strategic acquisitions reshaped the landscape—Lenovo, SoftBank, Google, Qualcomm, Anthropic, and more strengthened AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and quantum capabilities—highlighting a year defined by scale, innovation, and high-stakes competition across the technology ecosystem.Time Stamps0:00 - Cold Open0:17 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown 1:09 - AI is at an Inflection Point, Who Really Controls its Future?4:58 - Intel at a Crossroads: Layoffs, Leadership Change, and the Fight to Stay Relevant in AI9:31 - The Internet Is More Fragile Than You Think14:33 - HPE Under Pressure and on the Move20:39 - The Global AI Trade War Heats Up27:10 - Quantum Computing Is Moving From Hype to High Stakes30:55 - Cloud Wars Heat Up as Tech Giants Expand AI Infrastructure33:33 - Billion-Dollar Deals Changing and Redefining the Future of AI and Cloud37:53 - Upcoming Tech Field Day Events in 202643:30 - Thank You to our Guest Cohosts in 202545:27 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
Micron is leaving the consumer memory market, including its Crucial brand, to focus on high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI data centers. The company will continue selling consumer products until February 2026. The move comes amid a global chip shortage, and HBM sales are growing fast, making AI-focused memory more profitable than consumer products. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:27 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:22 - Trump Administration Lets Nvidia Sell H200 AI Chips to China4:17 - React Server Flaw Lets Hackers Run Code7:34 - IBM Strikes $11 Billion Deal to Acquire Confluent11:17 - Intel Reverses Plan to Sell Networking Unit, Keeps NEX In-House14:59 - IBM CEO Says Today's AI Datacenter Boom Isn't Financially Sustainable19:42 - Cloudflare Forces Outage to Stop Critical React2Shell Exploit22:53 - Micron Exits Consumer Memory to Focus on AI Chips30:53 - The Weeks Ahead31:58 - Thanks for Watching Follow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
Apple's AI chief, John Giannandrea, is stepping down after delays and criticism around Apple Intelligence, including the postponed Siri overhaul. Amar Subramanya — a former Google and Microsoft AI leader — will take over and report to Craig Federighi as Apple reorganizes its AI teams. Giannandrea will stay on as an advisor until spring 2026. The shake-up shows Apple is still trying to catch up in AI, mirroring similar leadership exits at other tech companies. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke.Time Stamps:0:00 - Cold Open0:33 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:26 - Sumo Logic Resets AI Strategy with New Agents and Open Framework4:46 - OpenAI Reports Limited Data Exposure from Mixpanel Breach8:50 - HPE Wins $931M Pentagon Deal to Build Secure Private Cloud12:12 - FBI Warns Account Takeover Scams Stole $262M in 202516:59 - AWS and Google Cloud Team Up to Make Multicloud Networking Easier20:13 - LogicMonitor Buys Catchpoint to Launch Predictive AI Observability Platform23:43 - Apple Replaces AI Chief After Apple Intelligence Struggles34:28 - The Weeks Ahead36:32 - Thanks for WatchingFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
Nokia is investing $4 billion to expand U.S. AI-ready network infrastructure, focusing primarily on Bell Labs and additional facilities in New Jersey, Texas, and Pennsylvania to strengthen connectivity, national security, and its NVIDIA partnership. At the same time, AWS is committing $50 billion to grow AI and supercomputing capacity for U.S. government agencies, adding 1.3 gigawatts of secure cloud infrastructure across classified regions to accelerate missions like cybersecurity, drug discovery, and federal data processing—making it one of the largest government cloud investments to date. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:34 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:15 - NVIDIA Commits $26B to Cloud as AI Competition Heats Up5:17 - Qualcomm Sparks Outrage by Locking Down Arduino9:42 - NATO Chooses Google for Secure, Air-Gapped Cloud12:47 - Amazon Leo Unveils Gigabit ‘Ultra' Antenna and Starts Enterprise Preview17:18 - Splunk Donates OpenTelemetry Injector to Simplify Legacy App Monitoring20:57 - Google Explores AI Data Centers in Space with Project Suncatcher25:24 - Nokia Invests $4B to Expand U.S. AI Network Infrastructure29:08 - AWS to Invest $50B in Government AI and Supercomputing32:11 - The Weeks Ahead33:26 - Thanks for WatchingFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
Agentic AI is an autonomous system that learns, adapts, and uses tools on the behalf of its users. This final episode of Season 9 of Utilizing Tech brings hosts Stephen Foskett, Frederic Van Haren, and Guy Currier together to reflect on the lessons we've learned over the last few months. AI keeps advancing incredibly rapidly, and we timed this season with the emergence of practical agentic AI platforms, AI Field Day 7, and a report on enterprise AI from The Futurum Group. During the conversation, the panel references Kamiwaza, Articul8, ApertureData, NetApp, Perplexity, OpenAI, and more. Agents have to be personal, focused yet flexible, and capable of integrating with each other, data, and tools. We also discussed the need for platforms, with companies like OpenAI and Microsoft positioning themselves to be the platform for AI applications even as enterprise software companies like ServiceNow and Salesforce are trying to do the same. We also have many companies developing platforms for orchestration and operation of AI, and data platforms designed to support agents. Ultimately, agentic AI will be a core capability of next-generation applications, with autonomous agents interacting with tools and helping us perform daily tasks.Hosts: Stephen Foskett, President of the Tech Field Day Business Unit and Organizer of the Tech Field Day Event SeriesFrederic Van Haren, Founder and CTO of HighFens, Inc. Guy Currier, Chief Analyst at Visible Impact, The Futurum Group.For more episodes of Utilizing Tech, head to the dedicated website and follow the show on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
Web infrastructure provider Cloudflare experienced a global disruption that caused widespread “Error 500” messages and took down major platforms including X and ChatGPT. The outage, triggered by a sudden spike in unusual network traffic, impacted thousands of websites early Tuesday and highlighted the fragility of internet architecture—over 20 percent of global web traffic flows through Cloudflare. The firm is actively investigating the root cause and working to restore full service while underscoring the need for greater resilience in digital infrastructure. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown featuring Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke.Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown0:26 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:28 - AWS Unveils AI Agents to Speed Up Cloud Migrations4:23 - Commvault Launches AI-Powered Cloud Unity Platform8:16 - AWS Expands Kiro AI to Deliver Higher-Quality, Verifiable Code11:43 - Arista and Palo Alto Strengthen AI-Era Data Center Security14:58 - Microsoft Teams with Anthropic and NVIDIA in Major New AI Cloud Deal18:37 - First Large-Scale AI-Driven Cyber Espionage Campaign Uncovered21:40 - Cloudflare Outage Takes Down Parts of the Internet28:48 - The Weeks Ahead30:12 - Thanks for WatchingFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
As customers try to figure out how to present data to Agentic AI applications, many of them are realizing that it's time for the storage infrastructure team to step up and take a seat at the table. In this episode of Utilizing Tech, recorded live at NetApp Insight in Las Vegas, hosts Stephen Foskett and Guy Currier from The Futurum Group sit down with Ingo Fuchs, Chief Technologist for AI at NetApp, to explore the critical role of data infrastructure in supporting enterprise AI and agentic AI applications. As organizations move AI workloads into production, traditional infrastructures—especially storage teams—must take a more active role in enabling performance, efficiency, and governance. Ingo emphasizes the emerging needs for data quality, control, compliance, and currency, particularly as AI agents begin making decisions and interacting with sensitive enterprise data. The conversation highlights how NetApp's capabilities, such as AI Data Engine and native infrastructure integrations, enable real-time data pipeline management, enforce guardrails, and ensure consistent and secure data delivery. This shift represents a transformative intersection of storage, infrastructure, and AI operations, paving the way for scalable and reliable enterprise AI solutions.Guest: Nick Patience, VP and Practice Lead for AI at The Futurum GroupHosts: Stephen Foskett, President of the Tech Field Day Business Unit and Organizer of the Tech Field Day Event SeriesFrederic Van Haren, Founder and CTO of HighFens, Inc. Guy Currier, Chief Analyst at Visible Impact, The Futurum Group.For more episodes of Utilizing Tech, head to the dedicated website and follow the show on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
At KubeCon 2025, the CNCF launched the Certified Kubernetes AI Conformance Program to standardize AI and ML workloads on Kubernetes, ensuring portability across hybrid and sovereign clouds and preventing platform lock-in. Supported by companies like Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Broadcom, and Red Hat, the initiative promotes interoperability, scalability, and efficient production deployment. Arm showcased its Neoverse platform alongside Google Cloud's Axion N4A VMs, enabling energy-efficient, scalable AI workloads, while partnerships with CNCF projects like Harbor, OPA, Kedify, and AuthZed help developers build secure, portable, and cost-effective cloud-native systems from edge to cloud. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown recorded live at Commvault Shift with Tom Hollingsworth and Stephen Foskett. Time Stamps:0:00 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:17 - VAST Data makes $1.17B Deal with CoreWeave4:42 - Spektrum Labs Uses Cryptography to Prove Cyber Resilience7:37 - HPE Drops Qumulo, Scality, and WEKA to Focus on Its Own Storage10:56 - Red Hat Unveils Major OpenShift 4.20 Updates for AI, Security, and Edge13:57 - AWS Builds Transatlantic Fastnet Cable to Boost Cloud and AI17:31 - Pentagon Expects Industry to Train AI, Not Pay for It20:34 - CNCF Standardizes AI Workloads on Kubernetes25:17 - Arm and CNCF Showcase Efficient Cloud-Native Systems at KubeCon 202529:26 - Thank You Commvault for Hosting Tech Field Day31:01 - The Weeks Ahead32:55 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
Although there's a lot of skepticism around generative AI, companies are finding incredible practical uses for these new capabilities. This episode of Utilizing Tech brings Luke Norris of Kamiwaza to discuss business outcomes that can be achieved by AI applications with hosts Guy Currier and Stephen Foskett. Agentic AI is an autonomous system that has a schedule, and action, or an interface to interact with it. Apps should represent the data rather than vice versa, so a dashboard should reconfigure and recompute to serve the needs of a user. Kamiwaza recently announced a capability to make applications accessible to people with disabilities, and this represents the kind of real-world benefit that can be delivered by AI. They previously worked with NOAA to make historic data more accessible to modern users.Luke Norris, CEO and Founder of Kamiwaza AIHosts: Stephen Foskett, President of the Tech Field Day Business Unit and Organizer of the Tech Field Day Event SeriesFrederic Van Haren, Founder and CTO of HighFens, Inc. Guy Currier, Chief Analyst at Visible Impact, The Futurum Group.For more episodes of Utilizing Tech, head to the dedicated website and follow the show on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
We are surrounded by intelligent devices and these increasingly use various AI interfaces and processing capabilities to support the needs of users. This episode of Utilizing Tech focuses on edge AI and AI assistants and agents with Olivier Blanchard of The Futurum Group along with Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett. We have all used so-called intelligent assistants, starting with Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa and continuing with Google, Microsoft, and many others. These voice interfaces are increasingly functioning as agents, connecting with various data sources and tools to perform tasks on the behalf of the user. AI assistants have arrived at the same overall paradigm as AI agents, and there is an inevitable crossover between these technologies, as the best of breed components are adopted. The needs of AI assistants has also lead to an increase in availability of specialized processing on PCs and even personal devices, and this helps offload the tremendous need for power and space of AI applications.Guest: Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum GroupHosts: Stephen Foskett, President of the Tech Field Day Business Unit and Organizer of the Tech Field Day Event SeriesFrederic Van Haren, Founder and CTO of HighFens, Inc. Guy Currier, Chief Analyst at Visible Impact, The Futurum Group.For more episodes of Utilizing Tech, head to the dedicated website and follow the show on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
AWS is restoring operations after a massive outage disrupted internet access worldwide, affecting major platforms like Snapchat, Facebook, Fortnite, Delta, Coinbase, and several banks. The issue stemmed from a DNS failure that temporarily prevented access to data stored in AWS systems, causing widespread service interruptions and “Error 404” messages. Experts say the outage, which exposed how heavily global internet infrastructure depends on AWS, may have cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Amazon says it has “fully mitigated” the issue and continues investigating the root cause. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and guest host Kate Scarcella. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:27 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:21 - MLCommons Unveils New Standard for AI Security3:47 - Nation-State Hackers Breach F5, Endangering Thousands of Networks6:49 - Hackers Breach U.S. Nuclear Weapons Plant via SharePoint Flaws11:20 - Broadcom Unveils Thor Ultra: 800G Open Ethernet NIC for AI15:12 - Veeam Acquires Securiti AI for $1.7 Billion17:56 - ShengShu Launches Vidu Q2 to Compete with OpenAI and Google21:48 - Amazon Web Services Recovers After Major Global Outage29:48 - The Weeks Ahead: Upcoming Tech Field Day Events31:52 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
As customers try to figure out how to present data to Agentic AI applications, many of them are realizing that it's time for the storage infrastructure team to step up and take a seat at the table. In this episode of Utilizing Tech, recorded live at NetApp Insight in Las Vegas, hosts Stephen Foskett and Guy Currier from The Futurum Group sit down with Ingo Fuchs, Chief Technologist for AI at NetApp, to explore the critical role of data infrastructure in supporting enterprise AI and agentic AI applications. As organizations move AI workloads into production, traditional infrastructures—especially storage teams—must take a more active role in enabling performance, efficiency, and governance. Ingo emphasizes the emerging needs for data quality, control, compliance, and currency, particularly as AI agents begin making decisions and interacting with sensitive enterprise data. The conversation highlights how NetApp's capabilities, such as AI Data Engine and native infrastructure integrations, enable real-time data pipeline management, enforce guardrails, and ensure consistent and secure data delivery. This shift represents a transformative intersection of storage, infrastructure, and AI operations, paving the way for scalable and reliable enterprise AI solutions.'Guest: Ingo Fuchs, Chief Technologist of AI at NetAppHosts: Stephen Foskett, President of the Tech Field Day Business Unit and Organizer of the Tech Field Day Event SeriesFrederic Van Haren, Founder and CTO of HighFens, Inc. Guy Currier, Chief Analyst at Visible Impact, The Futurum Group.For more episodes of Utilizing Tech, head to the dedicated website and follow the show on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
AWS is restoring operations after a massive outage disrupted internet access worldwide, affecting major platforms like Snapchat, Facebook, Fortnite, Delta, Coinbase, and several banks. The issue stemmed from a DNS failure that temporarily prevented access to data stored in AWS systems, causing widespread service interruptions and “Error 404” messages. Experts say the outage, which exposed how heavily global internet infrastructure depends on AWS, may have cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Amazon says it has “fully mitigated” the issue and continues investigating the root cause. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and guest host Kate Scarcella. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:27 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:21 - MLCommons Unveils New Standard for AI Security3:47 - Nation-State Hackers Breach F5, Endangering Thousands of Networks6:49 - Hackers Breach U.S. Nuclear Weapons Plant via SharePoint Flaws11:20 - Broadcom Unveils Thor Ultra: 800G Open Ethernet NIC for AI15:12 - Veeam Acquires Securiti AI for $1.7 Billion17:56 - ShengShu Launches Vidu Q2 to Compete with OpenAI and Google21:48 - Amazon Web Services Recovers After Major Global Outage29:48 - The Weeks Ahead: Upcoming Tech Field Day Events31:52 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownGuest HostKate Scarcella, Cybersecurity ArchitectFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
Most generative AI work has been fairly general purpose to date, but it is far more effective to develop expert models focused on specific industries. This episode of Utilizing Tech features Arun Subramaniyan, founder and CEO of Articul8 AI, in conversation with Guy Currier and Stephen Foskett. According to Arun, an agent is a model with a set of tools plus data that has agency to be called and interact with other agents. If these agents are domain-specific they can perform tasks more effectively than general purpose agents at certain points in this chain. Agentic AI is able to accomplish tasks previously thought impossible, and these systems keep improving. But people remain responsible for using and managing these systems. Costs can rise significantly if AI is used improper, but it is possible to deploy it profitably. Companies that can combine domain expertise with a novel AI-powered application are breaking free from the pack.Guest: Arun Subramaniyan, CEO and Founder of Articul8 AIHosts: Stephen Foskett, President of the Tech Field Day Business Unit and Organizer of the Tech Field Day Event SeriesFrederic Van Haren, Founder and CTO of HighFens, Inc. Guy Currier, Chief Analyst at Visible Impact, The Futurum Group.For more episodes of Utilizing Tech, head to the dedicated website and follow the show on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
From the very first episode of this podcast back in 2020, we've been focused on practical applications for AI technology, and we're starting to see these come to market with agentic tools. This episode of Utilizing Tech features Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead for Data and Analytics at The Futurum Group discussing the ways AI is gaining autonomy with hosts Frederic Van Haren of HighFens and Stephen Foskett, organizer of AI Field Day. Agentic AI is all about autonomy, leveraging generative AI to perform actions on our behalf. There are many different types of agentic AI components, ranging from tools for data and analytics, connections and processes for integrating data, and end-user agents. Increasingly, model context protocol (MCP) is used to specify the capabilities and data for each of these tools, enabling them to work together as part of an agentic process. Frameworks like agent2agent (A2A) enable these components to work together. And models are becoming true platforms to serve the needs of users. Companies like OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Mistral are transforming their models into real agentic platforms, while Salesforce, Microsoft, Oracle, Google, and more are trying to support their business customers with Agentic AI. The Futurum Group is addressing this market with their new Signal reports, including a forthcoming one focused on agentic AI.Guest: Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead, Data and Analytics at The Futurum GroupHosts: Stephen Foskett, President of the Tech Field Day Business Unit and Organizer of the Tech Field Day Event SeriesFrederic Van Haren, Founder and CTO of HighFens, Inc. Guy Currier, Chief Analyst at Visible Impact, The Futurum Group.For more episodes of Utilizing Tech, head to the dedicated website and follow the show on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
Security researchers have figured out how to break enclaves. Sort of. In papers published this week, two independent groups have revealed their latest exploits, Battering RAM and Wiretap. They both work by attacking memory where encrypted data is stored. Both Intel SGX and AMD SEV-SNP use deterministic encryption to store data in RAM for performance reasons. These attacks can replay the data in plain text form. The catch? You need to have a hardware device, called an interposer, between the CPU and the RAM banks. You also need to watch the RAM in a very specific spot to collect the data. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open1:18 - AMD GPU contract for OpenAI5:40 - ARM case against Qualcomm dismissed10:12 - Future Amazon datacenters in orbit13:59 - Arduino Acquired by Qualcomm18:48 - Walking robots repel iRobot Founder23:04 - Veeam to Buy Securiti?27:27 - Wiretapping Trusted Enclaves35:40 - The Weeks Ahead37:40 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
Our online interactions include audio, video, and sensor data, but most AI applications are still focused on text. This episode of Utilizing Tech considers how we can integrate multimodal data with agentic applications with Vishakha Gupta, founder and CEO of ApertureData, Frederic Van Haren of HighFens, and Stephen Foskett of Tech Field Day. After decades of developing AI models to process spoken word, images, video, and other multimodal data, the ascendance of large language models has largely focused on text. This is changing, as AI applications are increasingly leveraging multimodal data, including text, audio, video, and sensors. Many agentic applications still pass data as structured or unstructured text, but it is possible to use multimedia data as well, for example passing a clip of a video from agent to agent if the system has true multimodal understanding. Enterprise applications are moving beyond text to include voice and video, data in PDFs like charts and diagrams, medical sensors and images, and more.Guest: Vishakha Gupta, CEO and Founder, ApertureDataHosts: Stephen Foskett, President of the Tech Field Day Business Unit and Organizer of the Tech Field Day Event SeriesFrederic Van Haren, Founder and CTO of HighFens, Inc. Guy Currier, Chief Analyst at Visible Impact, The Futurum Group.For more episodes of Utilizing Tech, head to the dedicated website and follow the show on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
Microsoft stopped a phishing attack that used AI-generated code to hide its malicious payload and trick victims. Hackers sent fake file-sharing emails from a compromised account, with an SVG file disguised as a PDF that contained hidden JavaScript. Microsoft's Security Copilot flagged the code as AI-made because it was overly complex and unnatural, while Defender for Office 365 blocked the campaign by spotting suspicious behavior and infrastructure signals. Researchers noted that while AI makes attacks look more convincing, it also creates telltale signs that defenders can detect. The case shows how both attackers and defenders are using AI, making it crucial to prepare for more AI-driven threats. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:28 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:33 - OpenAI Launches Instant Checkout for ChatGPT5:35 - Cisco Zero-Day Puts 2M Devices at Risk9:02 - Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion Over Misleading Prime Subscriptions12:46 - HSBC Sees 34% Trading Boost with Quantum Computing17:49 - Alkira Launches MCP Server and NIA to Make AI Network Management Easier21:14 - Microsoft Blocks AI-Generated Phishing Attack Using Security Copilot26:06 - Microsoft to Open $7B “Fairwater” AI Data Center in Wisconsin29:12 - Cisco Adds AI Agents to Webex to Automate Meetings and Boost Productivity33:51 - The Weeks Ahead: Upcoming Tech Field Day Events35:46 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
AI is the hottest topic in tech right now, evolving dramatically over the previous eight seasons of this podcast. We are kicking off Utilizing Tech season nine with a discussion of the state of the art of Agentic AI with Frederic Van Haren of HighFens, Guy Currier of Visible Impact, and Stephen Foskett of Tech Field Day. Generative AI augments our capabilities, and is being used every day by millions of people. Agentic AI combines reasoning with actions, enabling AI to perform actions on our behalf. Although AI does not reason like us, the way it manipulates data resembles intelligence, and iterative analysis can result in a chain of thought that strongly resembles reasoning. Agents can then receive context and take actions based on this using a framework like Model Context Protocol (MCP). These techniques help move generative AI from concept to production, building real applications rather than simply processing text. This season of Utilizing Tech will help our listeners understand the emerging agentic AI, and how this technology can make end users more productive and build profitable businesses using AI technology.Hosts: Stephen Foskett, President of the Tech Field Day Business Unit and Organizer of the Tech Field Day Event SeriesFrederic Van Haren, Founder and CTO of HighFens, Inc. Guy Currier, Chief Analyst at Visible Impact, The Futurum Group.For more episodes of Utilizing Tech, head to the dedicated website and follow the show on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
NVIDIA is doubling down on AI dominance with massive investments across cloud, chips, and infrastructure. It struck a $6.3B deal with CoreWeave to secure long-term GPU demand, is investing $5B in Intel to co-develop custom CPUs and PC chips that pair Intel processors with NVIDIA GPUs, and is committing up to $100B with OpenAI to build data centers requiring 10 gigawatts of power. These moves lock in demand, expand NVIDIA's role across computing ecosystems, and cement its leadership in the race to scale global AI infrastructure. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Alastair Cooke and guest host Scott Robohn. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open 0:36 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:22 - Hugging Face Brings Open-Source Models to GitHub Copilot Chat3:52 - Pulumi Introduces AI Agents to Automate Infrastructure Management6:51 - Cisco DevNet is now Cisco Automation 9:12 - North Dakota to Test Portable Micro Data Centers for AI in Oil Fields12:14 - Sumo Logic Launches AI Agents to Streamline Cybersecurity Operations14:46 - Justice Department Moves to Break Up Google's Ad Business17:43 - NVIDIA's Multi-Billion-Dollar Moves Expand AI and Computing Leadership21:35 - The Weeks Ahead22:58 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownGuest Host: Scott Robohn, CEO of SolutionalFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
CoreWeave, a cloud provider backed by NVIDIA, secured a $6.3 billion order for AI computing capacity, with NVIDIA agreeing to buy any unused supply through 2032. The deal highlights CoreWeave's reliance on NVIDIA, its sole GPU supplier and investor, while boosting its role in powering AI workloads. Despite strong growth—$1.21 billion in Q2 revenue, up 207% year-over-year—the company remains unprofitable, losing $290.5 million. Major contracts, including an $11.9 billion deal with OpenAI, have fueled demand and pushed CoreWeave's market value above $58 billion.Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:25 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:20 - Tarboro Data Center Rebuff Tests North Carolina's Development Future5:17 - Broadcom and OpenAI Team Up for AI Chips8:53 - OpenAI and Microsoft Restructure Deal12:20 - Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters is shutting down14:59 - Google Sued by Rolling Stone Owner for AI Summaries18:26 - Anthropic Report Reveals Misuse of Claude in Cyberattacks21:31 - CoreWeave and NVIDIA Strike $6.3 Billion Cloud Deal24:44 - Microsoft Partners with Nebius in AI Cloud Deal29:16 - The Weeks Ahead31:16 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
A U.S. judge ruled Google does not have to sell its Chrome browser in an antitrust case. Instead, Google must end some exclusive deals and share parts of its search data with rivals. The decision kept Google's core business intact and boosted Alphabet's stock. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and guest host Ned Bellavance. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:25 - Atassian Ends Datacenter Services in Favor of Cloud4:47 - T-Mobile and Southwest Partner for Free Wi-Fi8:30 - Red Sea Cable Cuts Cause Azure Reroute by Microsoft11:14 - Salesloft Drift Breach Tracker14:41 - Cisco Partners with VAST Data for Agentic AI Platform17:47 - Midjourney Sued by Warner Bros. to Stop IP AI Creation23:06 - Chrome Stays with Google34:13 - The Weeks Ahead 35:32 - Thanks for WatchingGuest HostNed Bellavance, Content Creator, Ned in the CloudsFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against Zelle's parent company, Early Warning Services, accusing it of failing to protect customers from widespread fraud that cost victims over a billion dollars between 2017 and 2023. The suit claims EWS ignored known vulnerabilities and failed to enforce anti-fraud rules on its partner banks. Experts say the case raises major questions about the responsibilities of real-time payment platforms, highlighting the need for stronger security, identity verification, and consumer education. While a victory for New York could result in fines and mandated reforms, it remains uncertain whether consumers will see meaningful change or restitution. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke. Time Stamps:0:00 - Cold Open0:24 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:15 - DevOps Platforms Face Major Outages and Security Risks4:50 - Avaya Offering Staff Exit Packages8:00 - World's first Agent-to-Agent testing launched by LambdaTest11:31 - Salt Typhoon Pwned Us All15:28 - Linux Foundation Adds DocumentDB to Open-Source NoSQL Standards19:38 - Apple Plans AI Robot, Smart Displays, and Security Devices24:32 - New York Sues Zelle Parent Over Billion-Dollar Fraud Failures33:16 - The Weeks Ahead35:48 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
Mary Ann Davidson, Oracle's long-time Chief Security Officer, is leaving after nearly 40 years with the company. Known for both her leadership and controversial stances on security issues, her departure comes amid layoffs and a shift at Oracle toward AI-focused strategies. While not directly linked to recent security incidents, her exit reflects a generational change as the company brings in younger executives to tackle new cybersecurity and AI challenges.Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:27 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:13 - Broadcom Expands VCF for AMD GPUs and AI5:27 - McDonald's Hiring Bot Served Up Personal Data to Hackers9:20 - VAST Data Unveils SyncEngine to Streamline AI Data Pipelines12:33 - Nir Zuk, Founder of Palo Alto Networks, Retires15:40 - Google and Meta $10 Billion Cloud Deal18:34 - HPE Expands Agentic AI Capabilities for Juniper Mist23:58 - Oracle CSO Mary Ann Davidson Retires Amid AI-Focused Shift32:37 - The Weeks Ahead 34:48 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
SoftBank is investing $2 billion in Intel by buying shares at $23 each, strengthening their partnership to advance U.S. semiconductor technology. Both companies said the deal supports innovation, AI growth, and next-generation digital infrastructure, with Intel playing a key role in U.S. manufacturing. The agreement is still subject to standard closing approvals. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke. 0:00 - Cold Open0:31 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:48 - AWS Gets Oracle Database Services5:24 - Cisco Sends Firewall Warning8:39 - Meta allows AI to behave like a bad person12:14 - Druva Automates Data Protection with AI Agents15:59 - Google contracts modular nuclear power for data centre growth 19:47 - Apple's Backdoor Security Demand by UK Dropped23:32 - AI maybe taking over the world, autonomous robots not so much 27:37 - A Closer Look: Intel Investors Everywhere37:12 - The Weeks Ahead: Upcoming Tech Field Day Events40:56 - Thanks for WatchingFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
Microsoft is making GitHub part of its CoreAI team after GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke announced he's leaving to start a new company. Dohmke will stay until the end of 2025 to help with the transition. Instead of hiring a new CEO, GitHub's leaders will now report directly to Microsoft's AI group, led by Jay Parikh. This move shows Microsoft's plan to connect GitHub more closely with its AI tools and developer platform as it pushes forward in AI development. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Chris Grundemann. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:26 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:08 - CSG Acquires Arctera3:55 - Trump Calls for Intel CEO's Resignation Over China Links7:41 - NVIDIA and AMD Agree to Share China Revenue with U.S. for Chip Export Licenses12:24 - AOL Says Goodbye to Dial-Up17:06 - Microsoft Brings GitHub Closer to Its AI Team After CEO Resigns26:57 - The Weeks Ahead28:36 - Thanks for WatchingGuest Host:Chris Grundemann, Network Infrastructure AdvisorFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
President Trump's new tariffs on dozens of countries are shaking global markets and hurting major companies like Apple, Amazon, and carmakers by raising costs and causing delays. Apple expects to pay $1.1 billion in tariffs this quarter, and Ford estimates $2 billion for the year. The tariffs aim to fix trade imbalances but are disrupting supply chains, slowing product launches, and raising prices. Job growth is also slowing, and experts warn the economy could suffer more if costs are passed to consumers. Some believe the pressure will speed up the use of AI as companies look to cut costs. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with host Alastair Cooke and guest host Jeffrey Powers. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:25 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:21 - Hackers Plant 4G-enabled Raspberry Pi in Bank Network4:16 - AI Observability Tools from Riverbed6:44 - Acumera to Acquire Scale Computing8:52 - Cisco Donates AGNTCY ot The Linux Foundation11:59 - Storage.AI by SNIA Targets Faster, Smarter AI Workloads14:03 - Cycode Uses AI to Help DevSecOps Prioritize and Fix Security Risks16:52 - Trump's New Tariffs Disrupt Tech and Auto Industries, Raise Costs23:54 - The Weeks Ahead: Upcoming Tech Field Day Events26:07 - Thanks for WatchingGuest: Jeffrey Powers, Build Day Live and GeekazineFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
Hackers have used a serious, previously unknown flaw in Microsoft's SharePoint server software to launch a major global cyberattack. The attack has hit U.S. government agencies, universities, energy companies, and more, but only affects on-site servers—not cloud services. Stolen data and encryption keys could let hackers keep access even after systems are patched. Microsoft has released a fix for some versions, but many servers are still at risk. Authorities in the U.S., Canada, and Australia are investigating, with over 50 organizations confirmed as affected so far. The attackers' identity and goals are still unknown. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:31 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:46 - Stargate Datacenter Struggles to Get off the Ground5:08 - Report Reveals Top Cybersecurity Weaknesses in Healthcare9:00 - AWS Launches Tools to Help Businesses Use AI Agents12:56 - Intel Shuts Down Clear Linux OS16:33 - Microsoft's New EU Cloud Deal Sparks Praise and Criticism20:09 - Broadcom Unveils Tomahawk High-Speed Ethernet Chip for AI and HPC24:12 - Massive Hack Hits Microsoft SharePoint Servers32:27 - The Weeks Ahead34:20 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
A new law restores the FCC's authority to auction spectrum and requires at least 800 MHz to be sold, potentially pulling it from the 6 GHz and CBRS bands currently used for Wi-Fi and rural broadband. While mobile carriers like AT&T and Verizon support the move for 5G expansion, critics warn it could slow Wi-Fi and harm small ISPs that rely on those bands. The law reverses earlier efforts to protect 6 GHz for unlicensed use and reflects growing pressure from the wireless industry, now backed by former FCC Chair Ajit Pai, who leads a major telecom lobby. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke.Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:27 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:38 - Rowhammer gives NVIDIA GPU a headache5:59 - Aviatrix Launches Cloud-Native Security Fabric9:04 - Is Your AI Coding Assistant Slowing You Down?11:51 - FCC Auction Power Returns, Putting Wi-Fi Spectrum at Risk16:50 - Akka Launches High-Performance Suite for Building Agentic AI Systems20:27 - Silk Typhoon Hacker Arrested in Italy for U.S. Cyberespionage23:57 - Google Snaps Up Windsurf Talent After OpenAI Deal Collapses27:26 - Futurum Releases New Data Intelligence and Analytics Reports31:13 - The Weeks Ahead34:06 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
Microsoft laid off 9,000 employees, about 4% of its workforce, even as it invests billions in AI technology. Company leaders say AI will eliminate many routine jobs but also create new opportunities in advanced areas. While thousands of tech workers were displaced, demand for AI experts soared, with companies offering high salaries to attract top talent. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Alastair Cooke and guest host Gina Rosenthal. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:30 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:54 - AI Impersonation Scams Target Global Officials in Growing Threat3:52 - CoreWeave Acquires Core Scientific for $9 Billion6:46 - VMware's VeloCloud Acquired by Arista Networks8:53 - Ransomware Attack Hits Ingram Micro12:11 - Researchers Find Language Loopholes to Bypass AI Guardrails16:03 - OpenAI makes a big deal with Oracle19:43 - Microsoft Cuts Jobs as Part of Their AI Restructure26:07 - The Weeks Ahead27:41 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownGuest Host: Gina Rosenthal, Founder of Digital Sunshine SolutionsFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
The US Department of Justice has announced a settlement in their lawsuit agains the proposed HPE acquisition of Juniper Networks. The release says that in order for the deal to move forward, HPE must sell off the Instant On line of HPE Aruba Networking access points. Additionally, Juniper must auction a license for third parties to use Juniper AIOps for Mist. The details of the auction are complicated. Up to two companies can win the rights to the license through the bidding process and Juniper must make up to 55 employees available to be hired by one of the winners to work on the product, including incentives from Juniper for them to move companies. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:18 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:44 - Building AI destroys books and promotes stealing of books5:32 - Cisco ISE Hit with RCE Flaws8:51 - Remote management vulnerability hits servers12:49 - Microsoft Looks to Lock Windows Kernel17:28 - Hammerspace Supercharges AI and HPC on Oracle Cloud with Tier 0 Data Platform21:20 - US Nabs IntelBroker24:46 - A Closer Look: DOJ Clears Way for HPE/Juniper Deal37:11 - HPE / Juniper Networks Update 38:46 - The Weeks Ahead31:31 - Thanks for Watching The Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
At AWS re:Inforce 2025, AWS introduced key security upgrades, including expanded identity tools, enhanced code and threat detection with Inspector and GuardDuty, and easier deployment through improved WAF and firewall features. New CISO Amy Herzog emphasized identity security, while AWS reinforced its focus on automation, secure development, and ecosystem collaboration.Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:24 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:36 - Simbian Launches First LLM Benchmark for SOC Performance6:33 - Record-Breaking 7.3Tbps DDoS Attack Hits Cloudflare Client11:56 - Qualcomm Acquires Alphawave15:51 - QuantumCTek Unveils Affordable 1,000+ Qubit Control System21:12 - Teradata Brings AI Platform to On-Premises Data Centers26:08 - Chinese Hackers Build Hidden Network Using Fake LAPD Certificates30:01 - AWS re:Inforce 2025 Highlights Security, Identity, and Automation38:55 - The Weeks Ahead42:08 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
Cisco Live was last week and the opening keynote was dripping with AI. Cisco's product lineup for the rest of the year and into the future is going to embrace AI agents and information for networking operations and security as well. CEO Chuck Robbins and Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel talked all about the integration of AI into their offerings. From dashboards to NVIDIA networking technology Cisco is pushing AI into the infrastructure. One of the big discussions was around AgenticOps, the Cisco term for agent-based network operations. They also discussed how they would help build the AI data centers for the future with pod-based architectures and more. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:27 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:23 - Google Cloud Breaks the Internet5:48 - IonQ Acquires Oxford Ionics for $1.08 Billion10:27 - Synopsys & Plug and Play Democratize Chip Design Tools14:41 - Microsoft and CrowdStrike Unite to Simplify Threat Names19:01 - Cribl Copilot Automates Telemetry Normalization23:55 - Todd Nightingale Named COO at Arista28:19 - Cisco Bets it All On AI At Cisco Live39:56 - The Weeks Ahead40:46 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
Fore more episodes: https://www.utilizingtech.com/Storage software running on modern hardware can deliver incredible performance and capability to support AI applications. This episode of Utilizing Tech wraps up our season with a discussion of WEKA's data platform for AI with Alan McSeveney, Scott Shadley of Solidigm, and host Stephen Foskett. Modern hardware is capable of incredible performance, but bottlenecks remain. The limiting factor for AI processors is memory capacity: GPUs are hungry for data and must be refreshed from storage quickly enough to keep them running at scale. Storage can also be used to share data between GPUs across the data center and to cache working data to accelerate calculation. The secret to scalability, from storage to applications to AI, is distribution and parallel processing. Modern software runs at incredible scale, and all elements of the stack must match. Technologies like Kubernetes allow applications to use huge clusters of workers all contributing to scale and performance. WEKA runs this way, matching the GPU clusters and web applications we rely on today.Guest: Alan McSeveney, Field CTO of Media and Entertainment, WEKAHosts: Stephen Foskett, President of the Tech Field Day Business Unit and Organizer of the Tech Field Day Event SeriesJeniece Wnorowski, Head of Influencer Marketing at Solidigm Scott Shadley, Leadership Narrative Director and Evangelist at SolidigmFollow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon. Visit the Tech Field Day website for more information on upcoming events. For more episodes of Utilizing Tech, head to the dedicated website and follow the show on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
At Microsoft Build 2025, Microsoft focused on agentic AI, making it central to their developer strategy. CEO Satya Nadella introduced the “agentic web,” where AI takes a bigger role in software creation. Key updates included evolving GitHub Copilot into a programming partner, new features for managing AI agents, and giving them identities and security controls. Microsoft also backed open standards like Agent2Agent and MCP. The event highlighted how AI will reshape developer roles, adoption challenges, and productivity gains, while noting the shift is still early. Success depends on real-world use, openness, and developer trust.Time Stamps:0:00 - Cold Open0:40 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown2:22 - Crunchy Data acquired by Snowflake5:27 - Broadcom Launches Ultra-Fast Chip for AI Data Centers9:46 - EU Group Urges Action on Broadcom's VMware Licensing14:27 - IBM Adds New Data Platform Capabilities18:27 - Amazon Investing $20 Billion in Pennsylvania for Cloud and AI Infrastructure22:44 - IBM Plans 'Starling' Quantum Computers by 202927:51 - Microsoft Centers Agentic AI Strategy around Development Community at Microsoft Build 202537:49 - The Weeks Ahead39:31 - Thanks for Watching The Tech Field Day News RundownFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
New global tariffs are making it more expensive and complicated for enterprises to manage their cloud services across regions. These changes are causing unpredictable costs and creating challenges for global cloud strategies. To stay ahead, companies need to improve visibility, automate processes, and tailor governance to each region.Time Stamps:0:00 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:12 - AI Application Delivery: Same Old, Slightly Smarter4:29 - Is the Site Down? It's a Secret to Everyone7:43 - Is AI Inferencing the Edge's Long-Awaited Killer App?10:21 - VMware Unregisters Lowest Partner Tier13:21 - Walmart's Smart AI Agent Strategy Could Lead Enterprise Automation15:38 - RSA Encryption Closer to Quantum Breakthrough19:25 - Tariffs hit Enterprise Cloud26:34 - The Weeks Ahead28:10 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownGuest Host: Brad Gregory, Principal and Cloud Networking Strategist, MCN StrategiesFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
OpenAI has announced its largest acquisition to date, agreeing to acquire io, an AI device startup founded by former Apple executive Jony Ive, in an all-equity deal worth approximately $6.5 billion. The acquisition includes OpenAI's existing stake in io. As part of the merger, Jony Ive will assume significant creative and design responsibilities across both OpenAI and io. Despite the merger, Ive's design firm, LoveFrom, will continue to operate independently.Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open 0:40 - Welcome the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:39 - AT&T Acquires Century Link4:43 - VAST Data Reveals their AI Operating System8:51 - Salesforce to Acquire informatica for $8 Billion12:01 - Red Hat's Linux Push for Smart Vehicles14:49 - Google's New Approach to AI Infrastructure19:01 - Datadog Broadens Its Observability Platform Vision22:16 - OpenAI Acquires io for $6.4 Billion27:16 - The Weeks Ahead28:25 - Thanks for Watching the Tech Field Day News RundownGuest Host: Kori Rongey, Founder of TotalPacketsFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
The US government signed a new act into law that has opponents concerned about the ramifications of what it will be used to do. The Take It Down Act was proposed to allow for the rapid takedown of non-consensual intimate images, or NCII, from the Internet. The law requires social media platforms to remove identified content within 48 hours and people convicted of violating the law could face up to three years in prison. What's the catch? According ot the EFF and other freedom organizations, the law has been written so broadly as to let it apply to a broad range of content, including political speech. The law also could be used to pressure companies into weakening encryption and security to allow for easier detection of content being shared. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:08 - ZT Systems Acquired by Sanmina4:15 - Arista Networks Rumored to Buy Velocloud from Broadcom9:19 - Microsoft open-sources Windows System for Linux12:35 - Palo Alto Networks and T-Mobile Team Up for SASE15:46 - Salesforce buys Convergence for more agentic AI18:48 - Charter to Buy Cox Communications for $21.9 Billion23:41 - HPE integrates Morpheus with Greenlake27:12 - US Signs Take It Down Act37:31 - The Weeks Ahead40:16 - Thanks for WatchingHosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/Stephen Foskett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/Alastair Cooke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastaircooke/Follow Tech Field Day: Website: https://techfieldday.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day/X/Twitter: https://x.com/TechFieldDay Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/techfieldday.com
Last week saw the release of a big new report from the Futurum Group around cybersecurity. The research says that the market is going to grow by 11.6% per year for the rest of the decade. By then it should be worth almost $300 billion. Fernando Montenegro states that cybersecurity is a cornerstone of the boardroom and key part of the enterprise risk management strategy. Additionally there are some great suggestions about which areas of security need to be addressed by organizations in the coming years. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:37 - Welcome to the Tech Field News Rundown1:25 - Magic Kill Switch law for AI chips5:13 - Broadcom wants those patches back9:20 - Nutanix adds more NVIDIA to enterprise AI 12:50 - Cisco Unveils Quantum Networking Advances17:10 - Economic uncertainty is taking IT jobs20:47 - sudo Replace This Command24:58 - Futurum Group Foresees Cybersecurity Futures32:04 - Upcoming Tech Field Day Events33:08 - Thanks for WatchingHosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/Stephen Foskett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/Alastair Cooke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastaircooke/Follow Tech Field Day: Website: https://techfieldday.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day/X/Twitter: https://x.com/TechFieldDay Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/techfieldday.com
The demand for AI services is driving more growth in public cloud platforms, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have all continued investment in the public cloud platforms to keep up with generative AI. Andy Jassy highlighted triple-digit growth in AI revenues, Microsoft has committed to 40% more capacity in Europe, and Google is investing $17 Billion in cloud infrastructure.Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:13 - Amazon Internet from Space in 20263:07 - Palo Alto Networks buys Protect AI5:44 - Forescout and NVIDIA Team Up for Operational Technology8:29 - Cloud Costs are Higher than Expected, Value to the Business is Even Higher11:24 - Chatbots aren't Giving Good Health Advice14:18 - Huawei AI chips to take on NVIDIA and beat US controls17:13 - AI Growth Driving Cloud Provider Investment21:27 - The Weeks Ahead22:21 - Thanks for WatchingHosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/Stephen Foskett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/Alastair Cooke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastaircooke/Follow Tech Field Day: Website: https://techfieldday.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day/X/Twitter: https://x.com/TechFieldDay Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/techfieldday.com
Intel is still looking to smooth out their operations under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan. The announcement came last week that Intel is going to be cutting more positions. Initial reports rumored that it could be as much 20,000 employees but CFO David Zinsner refuted that number last Friday. Instead, each department will assess their structure and decide whether to cut positions or offer voluntary packages. Zinsner cautioned that not all buyout offers would be accepted. Additionally, early retirements would not be offered, as previously these had led to other issues in the long term. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:36 - Native Sidecars Land in Kubernetes 1.335:39 - Q-CTRL Reveals Quantum Navigation System10:24 - TSMC Launches A14, Targets AI Speed14:06 - Factory Settings added to Commvault's Cleanroom Recovery17:46 - Safeguarding NATS and Open Source23:13 - HPE Expands Cybersecurity Across Platforms26:54 - Another Round of Layoffs for Intel as they Streamline33:44 - The Weeks Ahead36:17 - Thanks for WatchingHosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/Stephen Foskett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/Alastair Cooke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastaircooke/Follow Tech Field Day: Website: https://techfieldday.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day/X/Twitter: https://x.com/TechFieldDay Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/techfieldday.com
Chris Krebs is a well-known figure in the cybersecurity space. As the former head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Krebs was responsible for directing security for the US federal government starting 2018. Krebs was fired from CISA in 2020 by President Donald Trump for his stance on the 2020 election. Last week, President Trump stripped Krebs of his security clearances for this 4-year-old issue. Krebs then announced that he would be stepping down from his role at security company SentinelOne in order to prevent the company from being harmed by what appears to be a personal issue between the president of the United States and a private citizen that dared to disagree with him. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown0:55 - Zoom Comes to a Halt for 90 Minutes2:47 - VMware Brings Back Free ESXi6:00 - AI Can Write Code, But Struggles With Debugging8:05 - Hammerspace Gains Investors for AI Data Performance Standard11:32 - Google Ad Tech Deemed Monopolized by Federal Judge13:47 - HPE Stake Rises with Elliott Engagement17:45 - Chris Krebs Resigns from SentinelOne24:25 - The Weeks Ahead26:16 - Thanks for Watching Guest Host: Romeo Gardner, President and CEO of NehlosLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/romeog/Hosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/Stephen Foskett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/Alastair Cooke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastaircooke/Follow Tech Field Day: Website: https://techfieldday.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day/X/Twitter: https://x.com/TechFieldDay Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/techfieldday.com
At Intel Vision 2025, CEO Lip-Bu Tan emphasized a customer-centric strategy, focusing on advancements in AI PCs, Gaudi 3 accelerators, and the 18A process node. He introduced the concept of “Physical AI,” highlighting Intel's commitment to integrating AI into hardware solutions across various sectors. Tan's leadership aims to position Intel at the forefront of AI-driven innovation by enhancing its product portfolio and foundry capabilities. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:45 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown2:01 - Trump Shifts Stance on NVIDIA Chip Ban7:29 - Remember Windows 11 Recall? It's Back!11:31 - Solo.io Adds MCP Gateway to API Platform14:43 - Dell Launches PowerEdge Servers with Intel Xeon 6 Chips20:27 - Google Cloud Paving the Way for AI Transformation from Google Cloud Next26:32 - Intel to Sell off 51% of Altera Chip Business to Silver Lake31:08 - Embracing Physical AI at Intel Vision 202540:50 - The Weeks Ahead42:54 - Thanks for WatchingFollow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett. Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon. #TFDRundown, #cybersecurity, #AI, @TechFieldDay, @NetworkingNerd, @SFoskett, @Intel, @IntelBusiness, @Google, @Broadcom, @VMware, @Checkpoint, @TechstrongIT,
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