It’s tempting to view Mainframe, distributed, and cloud systems as a linear progression from old to new. But in reality, systems are bundles of trade-offs. Every platform, no matter how popular, comes with both strengths and weaknesses.
You can choose one platform or follow a hybrid strategy, but the one thing you can’t do is stop investing in the platforms you rely on.
Being willing to fail is different from being reckless, and being careful doesn’t mean avoiding risk. Yet, too often, we treat risk as a binary choice: go all in or play it safe.
The truth? Smart risk-taking lies in the middle.
If you do business within New York State, regulators have introduced changes to cybersecurity regulations for financial services companies.
Both Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal have summaries, but Bloomberg’s article links to the revised regulations.
Microsoft has agreed to indemnify users of its Copilot service from copyright claims with its new "Copilot Copyright Commitment." This development may ease decision-makers' minds on potential copyright claims stemming from using the service.
Wired recently published a piece on API vulnerabilities in the Points platform used by many hotels, airlines, and banks. One of the researchers pointed out the vulnerabilities would have had “a cascading effect to every company utilizing their loyalty backend”.
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