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Join WWT and Horizon3.ai for the Horizon3 Attack Path Tour in New York City on November 12th! Learn how organizations can accelerate vulnerability remediation in the age of AI. Hear from Ryan Devine, WWT Field CTO - Global Cyber, presenting "Prioritize and Patch at Mythos Speed." See you there!

The quantum computer that can break today's public-key encryption does not exist yet. The threat does. Adversaries can collect encrypted data now and decrypt it later. At the ONUG #AINetworkingSummit, David Luber, former Director of Cybersecurity at NSA and now Executive Cyber Advisor at World Wide Technology, joined Katherine Kuehn, Area VP of Global Cyber Advocacy, for a fireside chat on what the PQC transition requires in practice. Their message to CISOs, network leaders and risk teams: PQC compliance will become a contract requirement, even for companies that never sell to the government. Federal contractors face a 2030 target, and your readiness is only as strong as your weakest vendor. Three moves for the next 90 days: 1. Inventory your cryptography 2. Map your federal connectivity and supply chain 3. Test whether you can replace an algorithm Read the full recap and 90-day plan: http://ms.spr.ly/6043aFlvB

Your next security threat may not come from outside your network. It may already be inside it. It has direct access to critical systems. It has permission to make decisions like a senior executive and implement changes that move the business. And it exists because your organization built it and empowered it. Autonomous AI is changing what security leaders have to protect. Locking down systems and models against external threats still matters, and those risks grow every day. But recent advances in frontier AI mean that focus is no longer enough. Organizations must now govern the AI operating inside the enterprise too. In a new Forbes Technology Council article, WWT VP of Global Cyber Chris Konrad explains why AI advances demand an inside-out approach to security and resilience, and how organizations can strengthen their posture while still embracing what AI makes possible. Read the full article: http://ms.spr.ly/6045aFdsB #AISecurity #CyberResilience

I'm incredibly proud to share that World Wide Technology has been named Global One Cisco Partner of the Year, Global Enterprise Partner of the Year, Global Americas Partner of the Year and Global Networking Partner of the Year at Cisco Partner Summit 2026. Softchoice, a World Wide Technology company, was also named Canada Security Partner of the Year and Central Canada Impact Partner of the Year. What an incredible reflection of how our teams have come together to deliver for customers globally.  All told, WWT and Softchoice earned 23 awards this year, and the breadth of that list is what makes us so proud. In the Americas, our teams were recognized for Networking, Security, Collaboration, Public Sector and Services and Software, along with USA Partner of the Year, US Federal Partner of the Year and US Federal Defense Partner of the Year. Our regional teams were honored for Service Provider in the West, for Commercial, Enterprise and Security in the Central region, and for Cloud & AI Infrastructure in the East. Our teams in EMEA were awarded Services and Software Excellence Partner of the Year, UK&I Services and Software Excellence Partner of the Year, and UK&I Enterprise Partner of the Year. Our teams in APJC were awarded AI Cloud Partner of the Year. It's impressive the scale of our partnership success that has been achieved over the years across the many verticals and regions. We also achieved Cisco's Secure AI Infrastructure Specialization in the U.S., and WWT is now the only Cisco Global Partner to have earned both the Secure Networking and Secure AI Infrastructure Specializations. As customers in their AI transformation journeys move from ideas to outcome, they need a partner who can bring networking, security, data center solutions and AI software together across the full stack and help them build and secure that infrastructure the right way. That's where our teams have been investing their time, energy and expertise for years, and it's great to see that work recognized. Recognition like this belongs to our people: our engineers, architects, sales teams, services teams and the teams in our labs and integration centers show up every day focused on solving real problems for our customers, and they do it with the kind of teamwork and culture that is world-class. I believe deeply that great teams win together, and this year is a great example of that. An incredible thank you to Cisco for a longstanding partnership built on trust. Thank you to Chuck Robbins, Jeetu Patel, Oliver Tuszik, Mark Patterson, Tim Coogan, and the entire Cisco team for your partnership and your focus on collaboration and innovation, which lets us do great things together for our customers. And thank you to all of our shared teams across Cisco, WWT and Softchoice for the high-performance teamwork and commitment to excellence you bring every single day. Proud of our team and excited for the challenge ahead!

For many enterprise organizations today, the easiest part of the artificial intelligence (#AI) puzzle is identifying the opportunity. The hard part is infrastructure: finding a path to production that does not require specialized hardware, lengthy GPU procurement cycles, or data center facilities your team has never seen before. The NetApp AIPod Mini with Intel was built with these challenges in mind. It is designed to run on modern, right-sized server infrastructure rather than the 5- to 7-year-old hardware still running in many data centers. It keeps sensitive data on-premises and scales with the organization as AI demand grows. Find out more: http://ms.spr.ly/6040a0xUC

Which #AI tool fits which enterprise workload? In this blog, we look at where Grok, Cursor and Grok Voice may fit—and the evaluation, data-governance and operating questions teams should work through before adoption. As a SpaceX Super Intelligence Launch Partner, WWT helps clients assess options in the context of their own strategy. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eXXPMfUX

At the 2026 Cisco Partner Summit, World Wide Technology and Softchoice collected 23 Cisco awards! See the list below. Global Awards: → Americas Partner of the Year → Networking Partner of the Year → Enterprise Partner of the Year → One Cisco Partner of the Year Americas Geo Awards: → Networking Partner of the Year → Security Partner of the Year → USA Partner of the Year → Collaboration Partner of the Year → Public Sector Partner of the Year → US Federal Partner of the Year → US Federal Defense Partner of the Year → Services and Software Partner of the Year → Service Provider of the Year (Amer Regional West) → Commercial Partner of the Year (Amer Regional Central) → Enterprise Partner of the Year (Amer Regional Central) → Security Partner of the Year (Amer Regional Central) → Cloud & AI Infrastructure Partner of the Year (Amer Regional East) Canada Geo Awards: → Canada Security Partner of the Year (Softchoice) → Central Canada Impact Partner of the Year (Softchoice) EMEA Geo Awards: → Services and Software Excellence Partner of the Year → UK&I Services and Software Excellence Partner of the Year → UK&I Enterprise Partner of the Year APJC Geo Awards: → AI Cloud Partner of the Year These recognitions run across geographies, industries and expertise. Behind every award is a customer who trusted our teams to design, build and run their Cisco environments. Thank you to our Cisco Partners and to every client who made this possible. Find out more: http://ms.spr.ly/6048a0OA2

One week to go until the #WWTChampionship in Los Cabos! ⛳ WWT Ambassador Keith Mitchell (and a special guest 🐶) has a message for you as we count down to tee time. Beyond world-class golf, the week brings business sessions that spark thought leadership and exclusive networking with industry executives. Whether you’re joining us in person or watching on Golf Channel, follow along on our social channels for updates all week long!

We are proud to be a Thought Leader sponsor at the ONUG AI Networking Summit 2026 partnered with Intel! Connect with our experts at Booth 15 and explore live demos showcasing innovative solutions that bring cutting-edge solutions to life. Discover how: → WWT’s AI Proving Ground provides clients with a secure environment to test, validate and deploy AI solutions in real-world scenarios. → Intel Confidential Computing helps protect sensitive AI data and models. → Intel Xeon® 6 delivers enhanced performance for AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. Join us to explore how we are helping organizations turn #AI innovation into real-world impact: http://ms.spr.ly/6042axp24

World Wide Technology was named Nokia’s 2026 U.S. Partner of the Year at the 2026 Nokia Partner Leadership Summit, co-hosted with SReXperts Americas and Wavelengths Americas in San Diego. This recognition reflects the breadth and impact of WWT’s execution across Mission Critical, Strategic Enterprise, Public Sector, RSP/CSP, and Data Center & Cloud—spanning WWT’s GES, GSP, and Public Sector organizations. Beyond technology and services, WWT differentiates with warehousing, stocking, and capital solutions, helping us simplify execution and deliver stronger outcomes for our customers. Learn more: http://ms.spr.ly/6041axpdP