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How to Reduce Vendor Sprawl: A Practical Guide for IT Teams

To reduce vendor sprawl, start with inventorying what your tools do, who depends on them, and where their capabilities overlap. Then decide which tools to retain, connect, or replace. When going away from tool sprawl, you need to aim for a smaller toolset that your team can manage while still supporting the work your organization needs. This guide walks through spotting unnecessary fragmentation, assessing whether consolidating makes sense or not, and transitioning to it.

It takes a hacker 48 hours to exploit a vulnerability. Why does it take 43 days to patch it?

It is not always possible to patch vulnerabilities as quickly as hackers exploit them, but recent figures show just how much this gap has widened. FortiGuard Labs estimates that the time between the disclosure of a critical vulnerability and its active exploitation has dropped sharply to between 24 and 48 hours. By contrast, Verizon’s 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report shows that organizations take a median of 43 days to complete vulnerability remediation.

How Pick-and-Pack Accuracy Impacts Customer Satisfaction

Customers may never see what happens inside a warehouse, but they experience the results of every fulfillment decision. When the correct product arrives in the expected quantity and condition, the process feels simple. When something is missing, incorrect, or damaged, that same process can quickly become frustrating.

Almaden, Inc. Announces General Availability of CIQ Cloud, an Operational Visibility Platform for MSPs and IT Teams

Almaden, Inc. today announced the general availability of CIQ Cloud, its Operational Visibility platform designed to help Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and internal IT teams monitor, understand, govern and optimize increasingly complex cloud and SaaS environments. Modern organizations rely on Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, cloud infrastructure, SaaS applications, identity services, security platforms, DNS and a rapidly growing range of AI technologies.

How Observability and Real-Time Data Can Improve Warehouse Operations

Warehouse operations generate a constant stream of information. Goods are received, inventory moves between locations, orders enter picking workflows, stock levels change, and shipments leave the facility. When these activities are managed through disconnected systems or delayed manual updates, managers can struggle to understand what is actually happening on the warehouse floor.

How Logicalis Scaled Security Operations with Autonomous Endpoint Management

Learn how Logicalis, a global technology service provider, partnered with Ivanti to transform their IT operations. Discover how they leveraged automation and Ivanti Neurons to streamline workflows, reduce manual intervention, and deliver exceptional service at scale. Key Highlights: How Logicalis simplified complex global IT environments. The role of automation in improving service delivery and response times.

Hot Takes: Controversial Opinions in IT Leadership

Have some controversial takes about IT leadership? Do you have some opinions that miiiiight not be shared by others? And, despite going against the grain, are they beliefs that you refuse to budge on? In this stream, we talked with some IT leaders on to discuss some of their hottest takes when it comes to IT and IT leadership. Not only will we be sharing some of these hot takes, but we’ll be talking about why, and the details that may just change your mind.