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On September 17th, PulseOne hosted our live Copilot event—The AI Advantage: Unleashing Copilot Agents Across Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365—at Microsoft’s Tech Center in Irvine. With clear skies and a full room of attendees, the day was a great opportunity to learn, connect, and explore how AI is transforming the way we work. We’d like to extend our thanks to everyone who joined us in person and to those who supported behind the scenes. For those who couldn’t attend, here’s a detailed look back at the highlights.

As artificial intelligence continues to transform the business landscape, today’s CEOs face critical decisions surrounding AI's role in the workplace. To navigate this rapidly evolving environment, it’s essential for leaders to have a clear grasp of the most important AI terminology and foundational concepts. Understanding what AI models are, what they can actually deliver for your business, the considerations for their secure implementation, and how to strategically leverage these technologies are now critical skills for executive leadership.

Join PulseOne on September 17th for a live event at the Microsoft Tech Center in Irvine, "The AI Advantage: Unleashing Copilot Agents Across Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365". The event will feature speakers from Microsoft, Queue Associates, AvePoint, TouchBrick, and PulseOne to deliver insights and real-world strategies for integrating Copilot capabilities into your Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 workflows.

In this episode, Chad talks with Jason Melo, CTO and Co-Founder of TouchBrick, to explore its solution that strengthens organizational data security when working with generative AI chatbots. Jason holds over 15 years of expertise in developing secure, scalable systems across web, mobile, AI, blockchain, and cloud platforms.

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As small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) increasingly leverage data for AI initiatives, they face a critical challenge: how to utilize sensitive information while maintaining privacy, security, and compliance. Traditional approaches like redaction—simply removing or masking sensitive elements—often strip data of its utility for AI training and analysis.

Do your end-users who handle files with intense graphics complain about performance when they work remotely? It might be time to add Graphical Processor Units (GPUs) to your servers. GPUs have moved beyond cutting-edge technology and the early-adopter stage. With many technology vendors investing heavily in GPUs, they are on the brink of becoming a mainstream technology.

A good business is always prepared for a breach or an attack on its IT systems. To ensure maximum security, a routine security audit should be conducted on a regular basis. An annual security audit prevents the chances of data breaches by ensuring you have the proper protections in place and that they are working as you would expect in the case of an attempted security or data breach. You can have a strong business or even extra security detail at every entrance, only to have one cyber-breach knock you flat.
So how do you avoid being compromised? The easy answer is to ensure you conduct a regular security audit. This will help to protect your business information, credit card information, passwords, and customer information – keeping you locked down and secure. Here are a few reasons why your business needs an annual security audit:

Regardless of the size of your business, today’s digital climate involves risks. In fact, smaller and mid-sized companies are open to more threats due to lack of protection and know how. Cyber security is a critical part of managing those risks and taking the necessary steps to protect your assets. It pertains to all the IT measures needed as preventative measure against cyber risks. Cyber risk is any risk of disruption, monetary loss, or reputational damage of an organization due to an IT system failure. Before stepping into the cyber security context, one needs to come to terms with the dynamics of the digital era and the highly vulnerable virtual environment of today.  

Investing in tools and systems that improve productivity has long been considered a necessary cost of doing business – a better set of tools creates a more productive workforce. In the 20th century, those kinds of technologies were essentially production-enhancing tools (think faster writing tools like the typewriter and word processors). Not all these improvements were required. Some companies did not feel the need to keep up with the latest trends. If you could afford them, great, but if you didn’t you still managed to get by.