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Root Access: How “boring” tech quietly changed the world - Spiceworks
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (766+ words) In my first post for the Root Access column, I mentioned the following saying: "Nobody in the office notices the IT department until something goes wrong." Usually, this means that hardworking members of an IT team go unappreciated when everything…...
How hybrid work changed backup planning for IT
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (804+ words) Much of that data landed in SaaS platforms that your company may not yet be protecting. In a survey of 500 IT decision-makers, 43% said nobody owns SaaS resilienceOpens a new window at their business. If that sounds familiar, your data visibility…...
Merging IT infrastructure and AI at KubeCon Europe
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (317+ words) While many instantly turn to massive foundational LLMs when discussing AI, at KubeCon 2026, much of the focus was on inference and the ability for businesses to leverage their own data to put AI models into production. According to the first…...
Celebrate World Backup Day with Spiceworks!
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (347+ words) Celebrate World Backup Day with Spiceworks!Spiceworks Celebrate World Backup Day with Spiceworks! First, I'll point you to the collection of back-up related stories we've been publishing since last week. There you'll find strong backup advocacy from Rose de Fremery,…...
Pricing pain: How rising computer prices impact IT - Spiceworks
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (478+ words) The 2026 Spiceworks State of IT, a study based on a survey of 800+ IT professionals, revealed that inflation was one of the top reasons organizations would increase IT spending this year. Since that study was conducted in September of 2025), computer component…...
What the numbers tell us about data governance and acceptable risk
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (183+ words) Earlier this week, I observed three things about data governance: Strategies for enterprise data protection have traditionally been based on discrete, defined objectives for how much data an organization is willing to lose (recovery point objective, or RPO) and how…...
Surging third-party risk is transforming IT security
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (313+ words) According to IBM's latest cybersecurity trends reportOpens a new window , supply chain and third party breaches have surged over the last five years which signals a major shift in how cyberattacks are evolving. Instead of breaking into a single organization,…...
How AI builds more efficient backups and improves compliance
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (522+ words) Data backups are no longer just about disaster recovery. They now encompass things such as maintaining continuous business operations, ensuring stringent regulatory compliance, and defending against security threats like ransomware. As with other tech business processes, AI is fundamentally transforming…...
How an IT backup disaster almost trashed Toy Story 2 - Spiceworks
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1179+ words) A full seven years after the last adventures of Woody and Buzz, the much-anticipated Toy Story 5 movie is scheduled for release this summer. IT professionals, who are all too familiar with wrestling with bad tech issues, might be interested to…...
The bottleneck for AI isn’t the model, it’s the data
1+ week, 1+ day ago (754+ words) It's no surprise then, that supporting enterprise AI ranks among the top five drivers of IT budgets. It's worth noting that managing those same initiatives also ranked among the top five IT challenges. Across geographies and industries, the pattern is…...