The summer 2025 technology conference season heated up the IT landscape with three leading technology companies holding events: Red Hat Summit, Cisco Live, and Nutanix .NEXT. ProActive had Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in attendance at all 3 conferences to report on their experiences.

Ransomware successfully hit a high in May of 2025, targeting many victims. Email security and Security Awareness have failed to protect the organizations impacted in these incidents. To defend against exploits by bad actors, companies need to patch multiple Critical Zero-Day Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) ASAP, including: 

• Qualcomm Chipset Zero-Day 

• SAP Visual Composer Deserialization Zero-Day 

This year’s Cisco Live took place in San Diego, offering a welcome change from the usual Las Vegas venue. The milder summer weather, scenic environment, and relaxed atmosphere contributed to a more enjoyable overall experience. 

The 2025 Red Hat Summit delivered a powerful vision for the future of enterprise IT: one defined by automation, AI integration, and unprecedented flexibility across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. With major updates to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), OpenShift, Ansible, and emerging AI solutions, the Summit reinforced Red Hat’s role at the forefront of modern infrastructure innovation.

Recently, IBM formally announced the Power11 line of servers to the public through a global announcement of the product line that included a live broadcast.

Now that this year’s Nutanix .NEXT conference has wrapped up, it’s time to give a recap. .NEXT 2025 hosted:

• 5000+ Attendees from around the world
• 90+ Keynote & Breakout Sessions
• More than 20% Returnees

Companies need to invest wisely to stay within budget while maximizing value from cloud solutions and services. More innovative cloud procurement practices result in significant savings for cloud users. Optimizing cloud licensing and consolidating contracts through the marketplace are a few ways to control cloud spend and achieve a higher return on cloud investments.

In today’s threat landscape, vulnerabilities aren’t just footnotes in the security playbook; they can be used by cybercriminals to stage major exploits. Hackers take advantage of vulnerabilities to deploy ransomware, steal data, or gain systemic control of systems within hours of discovery. In the first quarter of 2025 alone, almost 160 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) were exploited, nearly 30% within 24 hours of becoming public.

In Part 1 of our “When the System Goes Down” video series, Senior Solutions Architect at ProActive Solutions Aaron Brown explained how unexpected outages trigger anxiety and disbelief for companies that don’t have plans for disaster recovery or business continuity in place.  

Disaster recovery planning is essential for modern businesses. When IT systems suddenly go down, the incident triggers anxiety in users and customers, as well as unleashing operational chaos.