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Unlocking the Power of AI Coding Assistants
AI coding assistants are transforming software development by boosting productivity, enhancing code quality and facilitating continuous learning. These tools not only automate repetitive tasks but also provide insightful guidance, enabling developers to work smarter and more creatively.
From Per-Device to Per-Token: A Hybrid Approach to AI-Era Software Agreements
AI tokenomics is reshaping software agreements. Learn why your best leverage comes before you sign, and how WWT can help.
HPE Private Cloud AI - Behind the Curtain Part 2 - NVIDIA Blueprint
In this post, we will pick up where we left off in the first HPE Private Cloud AI Behind the Curtain to explore a journey we had here at WWT installing an NVIDIA Blueprint. We will detail some of the steps to accomplish and how using HPE Private Cloud AI's system helps speed the process along.
How VCF 9.1 Consolidates the Management Plane into a Single Unified Platform
VCF 9.1 revolutionizes VMware Cloud Foundation by consolidating four appliances into a unified VCF Management Services platform, enhancing operational simplicity and efficiency. This architectural shift demands careful upgrade planning but promises streamlined management and centralized observability, making the transition a worthwhile endeavor for VCF 9.0.x users.
Introduction to XQL: Writing Your First Query
Learning a new programming or query language can be daunting, but if you've used the boolean options in a web search engine before, you can master XQL queries in no time. Like with web searches, we start with a hypothesis of our search, add filters to limit our results, and then validate the results that are returned against our hypothesis.
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Can You Trust Your CMDB? Let's Talk About It.
Many IT leaders don't trust their CMDB, and AI initiatives inherit that flaw. Health scores show whether records follow rules, not whether they match reality. Claude can reconcile sources, catch contradictions, check service maps and prioritize fixes, with people making the decisions. The suggested start is one critical service, for a focused, reviewable validation.
The Convergence of Analytics, Data and AI: The Shift from Passive Dashboards to Autonomous Action
Agentic AI transforms data analytics from passive reporting into autonomous execution. Rather than waiting for human prompts, intelligent agents formulate hypotheses, query diverse databases, diagnose root causes and trigger operational workflows. By closing the loop between insight and action, they replace static dashboards with self-directing systems that solve business problems and adapt strategies in real time.
PHP2Shell: Virtual Patching Is the Strategy
Two critical flaws in PHP (rated CVSS 9.2) put 22.6 million internet-exposed instances at risk, with no patch for end-of-life versions. Palo Alto Networks Frontier Virtual Patching delivered protection 31 days before public disclosure. This post covers what that looks like, why it matters and how to get coverage, including a free 30-day VM-Series offer while remediation catches up.
Microsoft Ignite 2026: Your Must-See Guide to WWT & Softchoice
Make Booth #551 your home base for practical AI insight, hands-on proof and direct access to experts.
Licenses Aren't Adoption: The Sequence That Mid-Sized Organizations Need to Scale Claude
Learn how mid-sized organizations should scale Claude in a set sequence, and how WWT helped both the Motion Picture Association and C&R Software follow it.
PHP2Shell: Exploitation Before Disclosure a Technical Reference
CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 are critical memory-safety flaws in the PHP engine that allow unauthenticated remote code execution. An exploit attempt appeared four days before PHP published a fix, and CISA has added both to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. This reference covers affected versions, appliance exposure, patch progress and remediation guidance.
Urgency Doesn't Authorize a Change: The Evidence Gap in Remediation
A risk score can justify urgency but not a change. Notes from ROCon on remediation evidence, ownership and what to test before automating fixes.
How to Brief Executives on a Breach You Can't Rule Out
Executives tune out incident briefings when the evidence is incomplete. Here's a consistent set of five questions to turn uncertainty into decisions that leadership can act on.
From Per-Device to Per-Token: A Hybrid Approach to AI-Era Software Agreements
AI tokenomics is reshaping software agreements. Learn why your best leverage comes before you sign, and how WWT can help.
Better Together: Fortinet and Virtue AI Power FortiAIGate 8.0.2.
The second release of Fortinet's AI gateway answers a different set of questions than the first one did. In this installment, WWT looks at what 8.0.2 adds and how the Virtue AI acquisition changed the game.
Nokia SReXperts 26: Key Takeaways
From new routing hardware to agentic AI and proactive network security, Nokia's 2026 SReXperts conference offered a look at how core networks are evolving for the AI era.
WWT at DDAC 2026: Building the Intelligent Venue
At DDAC 2026, WWT explored what happens when physical environments become sources of real-time, actionable data. Discover how AI, digital twins, data and infrastructure can come together to create more intelligent, connected environments.
The Unglamorous Plumbing Behind Every Retail AI Rollout
Retail AI pilots tend to shine in a handful of showcase stores, then stall when the rollout meets the rest of the estate. The problem is rarely the AI tech. It's the foundation underneath: the store network, in-store technology and observability. Here's how those layers break at scale, and three questions to ask before you roll out.
Reading the Signals: What a New Congress Means for Cyber, AI and Critical Infrastructure
With Election Day on November 3, a new Congress will soon shape the funding, rules and AI policies that critical infrastructure depends on. Here are five signals to watch, what they mean for your sector and where the market is headed.
Nexus One and the AI-Ready Data Center: A Conversation Between WWT and Cisco
Nathan Litz and Michael Witte talk with Cisco's Vimala Veerappan and Sai Natarajan about Nexus One architecture and how it brings a common operating model, embedded security and AI-ready silicon to the data center.
The Quantum Risk to Your Network Lives in the Handshake
A quick primer on three WWT Research Notes on post-quantum cryptography in networking, distilled for the people who approve the budget.
Who Controls Your Connectivity? The Infrastructure Risks Behind the FCC's Proposed Rules
The FCC's proposed changes to international Section 214 authorizations spotlight the critical dependencies in telecommunications infrastructure. By enhancing scrutiny on carrier ownership and cybersecurity practices, the draft aims to fortify network security. Organizations must understand these complexities to support operational resilience and adapt to evolving regulatory landscapes.
From One Neuron to AI Agents: The 80-Year Story of Agentic AI
Today's AI agents plan, act and finish work on their own. Agentic AI feels brand new, but it didn't appear overnight. Each ability rests on a breakthrough that came before it. Follow the 80-year chain of ideas, from a 1943 brain-cell model to AI that plans, acts and gets work done.
Paving the way for frontier security: Microsoft's Integrated SOC (ISOC) arrives in Defender.
Microsoft's Integrated Security Operations Center (ISOC) in Defender entered public preview September 23, unifying XDR, SIEM, threat intelligence, automation and AI in one portal. This WWT brief explains what changed, how it completes the picture Project Perception and MDASH started, and what leaders must settle before they scale it.
Making the Invisible Visible: eBPF Observability for Cloud-Native 5G
Explore how WWT and F5 are bringing kernel-level observability to cloud-native 5G environments. This blog examines how F5 BIG-IP eBPF Observability delivers real-time visibility into containerized network functions and highlights practical applications across DNS monitoring, network function registration and discovery, and end-to-end traffic troubleshooting.