Can your cloud provider really scale?

Top Enterprise Technology Stories The best articles from Foundry's B2B publications August 18, 2025

Can your cloud provider really scale? The service disruption in the Azure East US region reveals capacity problems that are happening more often. Enterprises need to rethink their strategies, enforce stricter SLAs, and accept that public clouds are still vulnerable. Read more

First Person Meets… Chris Fuller: Building a rocket ship and filling it full of fuel We meet Chris Fuller, a reluctant student with dyslexia who was hand-picked to do a paid PHD. Chris spent time in the UK intelligence community before emerging to work in cyber security startups. Chris advises aspiring people to work harder than they expect they have to, and talks about how his success stems from being surrounded by interesting and interested people. Plus we learn why he doesn't have a pet cat. He talks about the value of failing, and learning from failure, and the value of spending time listening to experts. Read more

Agentic AI promises a cybersecurity revolution — with asterisks Experts say agentic AI will rapidly change cybersecurity, freeing up talent to focus on more dynamic work. But with AI agents still in their infancy, they also urge CISOs to ask a lot of questions before committing to this new security paradigm. Read more 6 quick tips for Google Sheets Google Sheets packs a lot of powerful features under its simple interface. Try these intermediate tips to take your spreadsheet use to the next level. Read more Nvidia targets data center with new servers, AI software Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs are meant for on-premises use and designed to bring GPU acceleration to CPU applications. Read more

Matrix protocol bugs could let hackers seize control of sensitive chat rooms The Matrix Foundation has released patches and mitigation details for two vulnerabilities that use its open standard communications protocol to transmit sensitive information. Read more For August, a 'complex' Patch Tuesday with 111 updates This isn't a good month for IT admins to take time off if they want to get ahead of all the patches Microsoft pushed out this week. Read more FIDO authentication undermined Security researchers have found a way to bypass FIDO-based authentication. Read more AI is creating new billionaires at record speed There are now close to 500 AI 'unicorns' — private companies worth $1 billion or more — and 100 of them were established in just the past two years. Read more

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