The Daily Index — Friday, July 31, 2026 · TLDR Index

NEWS & TRENDS

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THE MAJORITY OF CORPORATE IT IS NOW OFF PREMISES FOR THE FIRST TIME

Third-party facilities now host 46% of enterprise workloads, compared with 44% in company-owned datacenters, marking the first time off-premises infrastructure has taken the lead, according to Uptime Institute's survey of more than 800 operators. Typical rack density also climbed above 11 kW as organizations replace older servers with more power-hungry hardware.

theregister.com · 4 min

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DNS IS INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S TIME TO MANAGE IT THAT WAY

DNS is often managed through manual dashboards and scattered accounts even though a single incorrect change can disrupt websites, email, certificates, and other critical services. Bring domain and DNS management into Infrastructure as Code, APIs, and CLI workflows so changes are repeatable, reviewable, automated, and easier to audit or roll back.

thenewstack.io · 5 min

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OKTA BUYS AI SECURITY STARTUP PERMISO - SOURCE SAYS FOR ABOUT $200M

Okta agreed to acquire Permiso Security in a deal reportedly worth just under $200 million, adding technology that detects suspicious behavior involving employees, service accounts, applications, and AI agents after they have authenticated. The acquisition pushes Okta deeper into identity threat detection and response and the security operations center, with capabilities for identifying excessive privileges, compromised identities, and anomalous agent activity across cloud and SaaS environments.

techcrunch.com · 4 min

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INFORCER RAISES $50M TO HELP PREPARE SMALLER BUSINESSES FOR A NEW WORLD OF AI AND SECURITY RISKS

Inforcer raised a $50 million Series C to expand its platform for MSPs managing Microsoft 365 environments across multiple small and midsize businesses. The company says revenue is growing 300% year over year as it adds capabilities for detecting unauthorized AI use and responding to security threats across customer environments.

techcrunch.com · 4 min

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OUTDOOR WI-FI FINALLY MEANS BUSINESS

Cisco's outdoor Wireless 9177 Series combines tri-band Wi-Fi 7 with automated frequency coordination for outdoor 6 GHz access and Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul for multigigabit connectivity and sub-10-millisecond handoffs. The access points offer directional, omnidirectional, and external-antenna models, copper or fiber uplinks, and cloud or on-premises management for campuses, ports, industrial facilities, stadiums, and transit environments.

blogs.cisco.com · 4 min

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STEP-BY-STEP FABRIC DEPLOYMENT WITH CISCO NEXUS HYPERFABRIC

Nexus Hyperfabric lets IT teams design cloud-managed VXLAN EVPN networks using validated templates, automatically generate hardware bills of materials, and perform guided zero-touch deployments. The platform abstracts much of the BGP, VXLAN, and cabling complexity normally associated with datacenter fabric deployments.

blogs.cisco.com · 4 min

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RUSSIAN SPIES TAKE THEIR HALF-CLICK EMAIL ATTACK FROM ZIMBRA TO OUTLOOK

A Russian espionage group is exploiting an on-premises Outlook Web Access flaw that can install a mailbox-based browser implant when a victim opens a malicious email.

theregister.com · 5 min

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QUALCOMM SHOWS APPLE'S MODEM TRANSITION IS ALMOST COMPLETE

Qualcomm's latest comments suggest Apple is moving more quickly toward replacing third-party modems with its own chips, potentially improving battery efficiency while reshaping the mobile-device supply chain.

computerworld.com · 4 min