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Volume 343, Issue 4 · 2026-10-26 – 2026-11-01 · Popular → · Newsletters (LinkedIn, Substack)

Monday’s Briefing · November 2

CIO, Thursday, October 29th, 2026

When Your AI Vendor Goes Belly Up

CIO advises IT leaders to plan for AI vendors failing or being acquired through data ownership, exit terms and fallback models. more →

When Your AI Vendor Goes Belly Up

Commvault, Tuesday, October 27th, 2026

Recovery Starts With Visibility

Commvault's ResOps series explains why recovery depends on visibility into critical services, impact tolerances and dependencies. more →

Recovery Starts With Visibility

Commvault, Friday, October 30th, 2026

Hack or Hype with Joseph Menn

Commvault's Ready. Or Not. podcast episode with journalist Joseph Menn discusses separating real AI cybersecurity risks from hype. more →

Hack or Hype with Joseph Menn

Cyera, Tuesday, October 27th, 2026

The Shadow AI Governance Gap

Cyera says the shadow AI governance gap is a definition problem spanning five AI types that no single tool can see. more →

The Shadow AI Governance Gap

Upcoming Event · Thu, Nov 12 · 10:00am

5 Game-Changing AI and Innovation Trends for Global CIOs

This webinar explores five breakthrough AI and innovation trends emerging from China that are shaping the global technology landscape. By examining open-source models, outcome as agentic solution, agentic UX, commerce and ecosystem, AI-native business models, and AI-confidential computing, the session provides actionable insights for CIOs and AI leaders. more →

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5 Game-Changing AI and Innovation Trends for Global CIOs (Nov. 12th)

Upcoming Event · Wed, Nov 4 · 1:00pm

The Economics of Infrastructure Modernization

In this session, Evolve Cloud Services will examine the economics of moving Microsoft workloads toward open-source & license-free infrastructure and databases, and container-based architectures on AWS. We'll discuss how to establish a baseline for current infrastructure and licensing costs, identify modernization opportunities, evaluate the trade-offs of different target architectures, and build a defensible TCO and ROI case for modernization. more →

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The Economics of Infrastructure Modernization (Nov. 4th)

Analytics Insight, Wednesday, October 28th, 2026

7 Free Google Courses and Certifications

Analytics Insight lists seven free Google courses and certifications covering analytics, ads, generative AI, cloud, education and development. more →

7 Free Google Courses and Certifications

OpenAI, Monday, October 26th, 2026

Introducing GPT-6.1 Terra

Introducing GPT-6.1 Terra, a fast, efficient model that combines detailed visual reasoning and precise computer use alongside clearer, more natural writing. more →

Introducing GPT-6.1 Terra

Oxide Computer, Thursday, October 29th, 2026

Running Self-Hosted AI Agents

Oxide explains running self-hosted AI agents on its Cloud Computer by running the orchestrator in a VM that creates ephemeral VMs per agent session. more →

Running Self-Hosted AI Agents

CIO, Thursday, October 29th, 2026

Scaling agentic AI with confidence

CIO.com piece sponsored by SailPoint says identity governance can give CIOs the evidence that AI agents acted within policy as agentic AI scales. more →

Scaling agentic AI with confidence

SAP, Monday, October 26th, 2026

AI Release Highlights Q3 2026

SAP rounds up its Q3 2026 AI releases, including Joule Work, Joule Studio, new agents, and generative AI hub models. more →

AI Release Highlights Q3 2026