Drew Robb

1 week ago | datacenterknowledge.com | Drew Robb

Power and energy supply were key issues at this year’s Data Center World event in Washington, D.C. Industry experts emphasized that power availability has become the primary factor driving data center site selection decisions, often outweighing traditional considerations like proximity to urban centers. “New data centers need to have all their ducks in a row,” said Colby Cox, managing director Americas of analyst firm DC Byte.

1 week ago | techrepublic.com | Drew Robb

We may earn from vendors via affiliate links or sponsorships. This might affect product placement on our site, but not the content of our reviews. See our Terms of Use for details. Ubuntu users who want more privacy seek a good VPN that works well with Linux. But which is best?. There are many VPNs available on the market.

2 weeks ago | techrepublic.com | Drew Robb

Both Webroot and McAfee offer antivirus tools as well as more comprehensive packages. For the purposes of this article, I mainly focused on the primary antivirus offerings in order to provide a better apples-to-apples comparison. Webroot: Best for individuals and small businesses that have aging devices that lack an abundance of system resources. McAfee: Best for individuals and small to mid-sized businesses that want a good set-and-forget AV package.

2 weeks ago | techrepublic.com | Drew Robb

McAfee is one of the grand old names in cybersecurity dating back to 1987. Although it was born in the days before PC-based distributed computing, it has steadily modernized its tools for cloud-based ecosystems. Malwarebytes has only been around since 2008. In that time, it gained a reputation for producing reliable security tools born in the cloud. Both antivirus tools are popular, though they tend to operate in slightly different markets.

3 weeks ago | techrepublic.com | Drew Robb

At SAS Innovate 2025, Mubaraka Ibrahim, chief AI officer of Emirates Health Services, on the left, and Reggie Townsend, vice president of the SAS Data Ethics Practice. Image: Drew Robb/TechnologyAdviceAI is everywhere, and that’s a problem for many enterprises. According to Reggie Townsend, vice president of the SAS Data Ethics Practice, 58% of employees regularly use generative AI (GenA) and 60% of them do it without company involvement, putting the organization at risk.