https://biztechmagazine.com/ en https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/10/how-nonprofits-can-build-more-sustainable-endpoint-management-strategy As nonprofit organizations increasingly support hybrid work, the distributed teams and volunteers who deliver on their missions bring new challenges to these organizations’ resource-strapped IT teams when it comes to endpoint management. Creating a sustainable endpoint strategy is not out of reach for nonprofits, however. With the following strategic considerations, nonprofits can maintain focus where it matters — with up-to-date and secure equipment that improves employee productivity and simplifies IT’s role: Thoughtful planning and approaches to replacing aging hardware Patching software… Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:25:34 -0400 Tara E. Buck https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/10/how-nonprofits-can-build-more-sustainable-endpoint-management-strategy https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/10/rolling-out-copilot-prioritize-data-governance-microsoft-purview Microsoft Copilot is becoming a popular starting point for organizations that want to take advantage of generative artificial intelligence. For small businesses in particular, it can be an approachable way to bring AI into familiar applications such as Microsoft 365. But there is an important step that shouldn't be overlooked: getting your data ready first. For many small businesses, data governance can be challenging even without AI. IT teams may consist of just one or two people wearing multiple hats, making it difficult to keep track of permissions, classifications and policies across… Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:18:02 -0400 Bob Keaveney https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/10/rolling-out-copilot-prioritize-data-governance-microsoft-purview https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/10/best-practices-improve-data-hygiene-small-businesses Today’s small businesses are generating more data, but poor data hygiene can undermine decision-making, productivity, security and compliance. That’s why clean, well-managed data should be a major business priority, especially as more employees rely on artificial intelligence in their roles.  “Every SMB out there can get incremental benefit from AI right now, no matter what state their data is in,” says Ben Schreiner, head of AI and modern data strategy business development at Amazon Web Services (AWS). “If they want to get transformational benefits from AI, then they have to invest in… Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:16:11 -0400 Teta Alim https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/10/best-practices-improve-data-hygiene-small-businesses https://biztechmagazine.com/media/video/cdw-summit-2026-prioritizing-cyber-resilience-agentic-era Cyber resilience has always been a key component of an organization’s cybersecurity strategy. Most security teams recognize the need to contain a breach quickly and minimize the damage an attacker can do — and a speedy recovery can make a world of difference. At the CDW Summit 2026 in Dallas, experts discussed how AI is creating additional complexity around resilience. And with AI agents now taking autonomous action — sometimes, unplanned or unauthorized — it raises the stakes and forces security teams to act even faster than they have in the past. Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:30:46 -0400 https://biztechmagazine.com/media/video/cdw-summit-2026-prioritizing-cyber-resilience-agentic-era https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/09/cdw-summit-2026-what-it-means-be-ai-ready The emergence of AI arguably represents the largest technological shift since the arrival of cloud computing, leaving many within the IT field in search of ways to define and shape what it means to be AI-ready. In three talks at the 2026 CDW Summit in Dallas, leaders laid out varying guidelines and advice on how they are developing criteria on what being AI-ready might mean to them. Despite different experiences and focus areas, there were a few consistent themes that kept popping up among the three sessions. There was a clear call for speed, integration, resilience and flexibility, which is… Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:45:55 -0400 Ricky Ribeiro https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/09/cdw-summit-2026-what-it-means-be-ai-ready https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/09/five-benefits-modernizing-endpoint-management In the business world, rapid growth typically signals a company’s success. Often, rapid growth also brings new challenges, including increased job complexities. The Arcticom Group (TAG), a California-based commercial and industrial refrigeration and mechanical services provider, has expanded significantly in recent years to keep up with the needs of its growing customer base. “Texas, Tennessee, New York, British Columbia — we were doing acquisitions all over the place,” says Geoff Brougham, TAG’s vice president of IT. “With each, we had more scattered assets. Everything required management… Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:28:23 -0400 Chris Hayhurst https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/09/five-benefits-modernizing-endpoint-management https://biztechmagazine.com/magazine/issue/2026/9/fall-2026 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:30:36 -0400 https://biztechmagazine.com/magazine/issue/2026/9/fall-2026 https://biztechmagazine.com/media/video/cdw-summit-2026-confronting-identity-problem-agentic-ai It’s always been challenging for IT leaders and cybersecurity teams to establish the identity of every user and device connecting to their networks. And granting identity-based access to data and workloads has become a foundational element of most organizations’ security posture. But with the proliferation of artificial intelligence agents, the problem is growing heads like a hydra. AI agents are accessing your environment from within and without, and security teams must find new ways to tackle the problem because nonhuman identities don’t behave like humans work at machine speed. At the CDW… Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:19:20 -0400 https://biztechmagazine.com/media/video/cdw-summit-2026-confronting-identity-problem-agentic-ai https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/09/predictive-analytics-banking-how-financial-services-are-pulling-ahead-perfcon Financial institutions are extending predictive analytics beyond fraud and credit into customer engagement, liquidity management and proactive compliance, giving them an edge in real-time decision-making. Banks have spent years embedding predictive models into operational workflows, but scaling them requires connected data, modern infrastructure and explanations regulators can defend. Meanwhile, agentic artificial intelligence can turn financial predictions into autonomous actions, requiring banks to set firm boundaries for identity, accountability and human intervention. What Is Predictive… Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:45:43 -0400 Nathan Eddy https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/09/predictive-analytics-banking-how-financial-services-are-pulling-ahead-perfcon https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/09/cloud-not-disaster-recovery-plan Small businesses tend to assume their best protection is that they are smaller. Why should cybercriminals pick on them when there are much bigger fish to fry? It makes sense. Unfortunately, it’s wrong. Hackers are looking for easy targets, and they use tools that help them identify security vulnerabilities that they can exploit. They don’t care if the company they attack is large or small. They just want to execute a successful breach — and they’re aware that the biggest companies tend to have hardened defenses.  Another assumption is that because their applications and data are in the… Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:16:05 -0400 Bob Le https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/09/cloud-not-disaster-recovery-plan