Articles about 2025

The fastest-growing industry right now is enterprise IT hardware, which is evolving rapidly. Organizations are trying to manage processes and store data in their own way. Data centers are now under constant pressure, with all the digital transformation accelerating, and they have to deliver high performance with sustainability.

This year, IT leaders get to face challenges like exploding data demands, the need for secure, stricter energy regulations, and future-ready infrastructure. These challenges make enterprises think again about their hardware-related strategies.

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New findings from threat protection platform BlackFog show the first quarter of 2025 has seen record-breaking numbers of publicly disclosed ransomware attacks, marking a 45 percent increase compared to Q1 of 2024.

Analysis of ransomware activity in the period from January to March saw records set each month. Both January and February set new monthly records for disclosed attacks, with increases from 2024 of 22 percent and 36 percent, respectively while March recorded the largest number of disclosed attacks since BlackFog began tracking in 2020, with 107 attacks -- an 81 percent increase compared with March 2024.

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A new report from Crane Venture Partners looks at the priorities of senior executives who collectively influence $3–$4 billion in annual technology spending.

Respondents include leaders from major companies such as Microsoft, Bloomberg, Procter & Gamble, Kohl's, Arm, Comerica Bank, and NBC Universal. The report finds that while 100 percent of surveyed executives believe AI will shape enterprise operations, only 10 percent have so far fully integrated AI into their workflows.

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Industry 4.0 is revolutionizing how enterprises need to operate. Integrating cloud technology, robotics, mobile devices and IoT devices is essential to staying ahead in an increasingly competitive global market. To maximize the benefits of Industry 4.0, however, these technologies must always stay connected to a network.

This has become even more true as IT environments grow to massive scales and unprecedented digital dependencies drive business outcomes. In 2025, network downtime could carry a price tag with consequences we’ve never seen before. Therefore, as businesses look to cellular and/or hybrid approaches to enhance their wireless wide area networks (WWAN), they must depend on four things to create resilient connectivity -- artificial intelligence (AI), satellite, network slicing, and a renewed respect for zero-trust principles.  

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The transition from 2024 to 2025 brings a lot of uncertainty, speculation, and hopefully some optimism for the world of data privacy.

As technology continued to innovate, securing data grew more complex and consumers grew more concerned over how their information was being used. Regulatory changes are coming soon, with several states providing their own data privacy standards in anticipation of a shifting focus within the U.S. federal government, creating an important inflection point to set the tone for the future of data privacy and security.

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The year 2025 will not be a revolutionary one, it will be evolutionary, with developments coming into effect that were necessitated by events and happenings in 2024, and solutions to address these events reaching maturity levels that allow an appropriate, comprehensive response. With threats like ransomware certain to continue, identity resilience is going to become more important in the year ahead and, as such, identity will become the critical component of security.

This shift in emphasis started to take place in 2024, but there will be a greater focus on it among business leaders in the year ahead as they start to understand that identity is one of the biggest threats to any organization as it is a key vector for attackers.

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As we head further into 2025, the global economic landscape remains a mix of challenges and potential shifts that will shape markets and industries worldwide. From high interest rates to the evolving impact of AI, there are several key factors that will define the year ahead. While there will be friction in some areas, persistence, agility and out-of-the-box thinking will ensure a competitive edge.

The economic slowdown in the European Union (EU) and the UK will likely persist into 2025, with high interest rates continuing to weigh on consumer spending and business investment. Central banks’ inflation-control measures are dampening growth, making a swift recovery unlikely. Governments will be under pressure to boost the economy through fiscal policies, increasing social program spending and infrastructure investments. The success of these efforts will depend on how quickly businesses adjust to a more cost-conscious climate and how consumers respond to rising financial pressures. The balancing act between controlling inflation and sustaining growth will be the key to success in 2025.

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Every so often, we get hints about Windows 12 -- usually in the form of accidental slips from Microsoft partners, like Intel. So far, though, that future OS has yet to be confirmed. Instead, what we get are continuous updates for Windows 11, typically with new AI features hastily jammed in.

But it’s 2025, and a new year is when we look forward to fresh beginnings and groundbreaking innovations. It’s time for a new Microsoft operating system. Let me introduce you to Windows 25.

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As 2025 approaches, the role of cloud migrations in organizational strategy continues to intensify. In our current era of accelerated digital transformation, businesses face the dual challenge of optimizing their operations and navigating complex compliance requirements.

Cloud technologies stand at the forefront of this transformation, offering scalability, operational flexibility, and data management capabilities that are essential for success in today’s digital economy. In addition, the evolution of data sovereignty laws requires businesses to adjust how they handle and store data and evaluate the infrastructures that support their global operations.

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As we move into 2025, the information technology landscape surrounding consumer databases is evolving rapidly.

Organizations must build ecosystems that support seamless, real-time data integration while ensuring enhanced governance and agile decision-making. Success in this environment requires robust, interoperable platforms that can adapt to technological shifts and anticipate future challenges.

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Critical national infrastructure (CNI) has had a rough 2024 in the UK when it comes to cybercrime. From the chaos caused by a teenager who hacked into TfL to the dangerous impact on the NHS after the Synnovis breach. And let us not forget the ongoing fallout from the Sellafield breach in December 2023.

These are just a few of the notable cases of a much wider problem, with Bridewell finding that 60 percent of UK CNI organizations experiencing at least one ransomware attack over the past 12 months.

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In 2024, opposing nation-states have utilized cyberattacks to project power and disruption from within their own borders. This shift has been epitomized by the rise of the “Axis of Upheaval,” dominated by the CRINKs nations -- China, Russia, Iran, North Korea -- who share a common reliance on using cyberattacks to wreak havoc in an affordable manner.

Whether it’s North Korea using ransomware to generate revenue for its isolated regime, or Russia focusing on disrupting and eroding public trust in democratic institutions, each state is finding its niche to cause harm. Despite these varied goals and techniques, it’s the same sectors again and again in the crosshairs. Whether it’s CNI, healthcare, or finance, these organizations now must protect against a wide range of attack styles and techniques.

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As we navigate an increasingly digital landscape, the threats posed by cybercriminals are evolving at an alarming pace. The latest predictions highlight a future where AI-driven technologies, particularly deep fakes, will become more sophisticated, making it challenging for individuals and organizations to distinguish between genuine and malicious entities.

This article explores three critical predictions regarding the future of cyber threats: the rise of hyper-realistic deep fakes, the escalation of browser-based ransomware attacks targeting essential infrastructure, and the growing risk of insider threats in remote work environments. Understanding these trends is crucial for developing effective strategies to safeguard against the next wave of cybercrime.

Sophisticated AI-Driven Deepfakes Will Bypass Traditional Security Measures

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As 2024 comes to an end, we expect to see a new year of innovation and greater adoption of new technologies and an increase in cybersecurity vulnerabilities for businesses. As such the sophistication of cyber security threats will likely rise in 2025 and the proliferation of technologies such as AI will make organizations more prone to falling victim to threat actors.

This is set to be impacted by the cyber skill shortage of 2024 which has been a challenging year with budget cutbacks and layoffs. Other trends that we expect to see are highlighted below.  

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You close out one year, looking for a fresh start on the next. But old content doesn’t just disappear when you hang up a new calendar. There’s always a chance of something in previous data reemerging to challenge the plans you have for the upcoming year. While nothing can completely counter that possibility, enterprise search can help keep tabs on all information, past and present, to mitigate such a risk.

Enterprise search enables instant concurrent searching across terabytes after first indexing the data. A single index can hold up to a terabyte, and there are no limits on the number of indexes enterprise search can create and end-users simultaneously query.

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