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Agentic AI, LLMs and standards big focus of Red Hat Summit
Red Hat doubled down on its AI bets with new announcements for generative AI, agentic AI, and AI standards.
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Red Hat releases tool to manage edge devices at scale… and to drive cars
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux update advances security, containerization and AI
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Liquid cooling becoming essential as AI servers proliferate
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Real-world use cases for agentic AI
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Engineers rush to master new skills for AI-driven data centers
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Agents are here — but can you see what they’re doing?
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AI workloads set to transform enterprise networks
news and Appearances
AZBEE Regional Gold Award winner
Maria Korolov was awarded the Azbee Regional Gold Award by the American Association of Business Press Editors in April of 2025 for her Network World coverage of quantum computing. Five articles were part of the award submission: Crypto flexibility key to preparing for quantum threat, experts say NIST finally settles on quantum-safe crypto standards Error-correction […]
Keynote speaker at Data & AI Summit
Maria Korolov was the keynote speaker at the sold-out Data & AI Summit 2024 in Lima, Peru. Her talk covered the enterprise adoption of generative AI, and its impacts, risks, challenges, and opportunities.
ASBPE Awards of Excellence: 2024 Regional Silver Award Winner
Maria Korolov’s CSO article, How AI chatbot ChatGPT changes the phishing game, was a regional finalist in the Technology & Innovation Reporting category of the 2024 Azbee Awards of Excellence from the American Society of Business Press Editors.
Press Release Writing in The Age Of AI
Learning AI tools is now an essential investment for every business professional, especially for corporate PR and communicators. In this workshop, Maria Korolov explained the basics of press release writing, how to use tools like ChatGPT to help create press releases, and how search engines are now treating AI-generated content.
ASBPE Awards of Excellence: 2020 National Gold Award Winner
Maria Korolov’s Network World article, Private 5G keeps Whirlpool driverless vehicles rolling, received top national honors from the American Society of Business Press Editors.
About Maria Korolov
Maria Korolov is an award-winning tech journalist who covers cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and extended reality.
She’s also a science fiction author and the editor and founder of MetaStellar, an online magazine of speculative fiction, and of Hypergrid Business, one of the world’s top virtual reality blogs.
Contact her at maria@korolov.com to pitch articles or to hire her as writer, editor, or speaker at your event.
Follow her on Twitter at @MariaKorolov, on Threads at @MariaKorolov, and check out her latest videos on the Maria Korolov YouTube channel.
Latest AI articles
Agentic AI, LLMs and standards big focus of Red Hat Summit
Red Hat doubled down on its AI bets with new announcements for generative AI, agentic AI, and AI standards.
Red Hat releases tool to manage edge devices at scale… and to drive cars
The big edge computing news from Red Hat Summit is the first continuously certified Linux OS for vehicles.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux update advances security, containerization and AI
Red Hat announced a slew of improvements to RHEL 10 at its Red Hat Summit in Boston, including quantum security features, better containerization, and even more AI built into the product and associated tools.
Real-world use cases for agentic AI
While genAI chatbots are mostly deployed as assistants or copilots, agentic AI allows companies to automate entire business processes and fundamentally transform operations. Here’s how they’re doing it.
Latest quantum computing articles
9 steps to take to prepare for a quantum future
The time is now to create cryptography polices and plan for a transition to post-quantum encryption.
DARPA backs multiple quantum paths in benchmarking initiative
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected 15 quantum computing companies to help bring quantum computing closer, and is spending millions on the project.
IonQ, Alice & Bob roll out quantum breakthroughs
IonQ and Alice & Bob, have both announced breakthroughs that bring quantum computing closer to reality
D-Wave uses quantum to solve real-world problem
D-Wave explains how quantum supremacy can be used to handle more than theoretical problems
Latest Cybersecurity articles
Red Hat releases tool to manage edge devices at scale… and to drive cars
The big edge computing news from Red Hat Summit is the first continuously certified Linux OS for vehicles.
Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages
It may have faded into obscurity but by an order of magnitude, the outage last July caused by the cybersecurity vendor was the costliest in IT history. What have we learned to prevent something similar from happening again?
Breach and attack simulation (BAS) tools buyer’s guide
From the editors of CSO, this enterprise buyer’s guide helps IT security staff understand what the various breach and attack simulation (BAS) options can do for their organizations and how to choose the right solution. Download the breach and attack simulation (BAS) tools buyer’s guide here.
10 most critical LLM vulnerabilities
Prompt injection and supply chain vulnerabilities remain the main LLM vulnerabilities but as the technology evolves new risks come to light including system prompt leakage and misinformation.
Latest Networking articles
AI workloads set to transform enterprise networks
The explosive growth of AI applications is reshaping data center, edge and cloud networks.
Packaged offerings promise to make AI infrastructure deployment easier
Cisco, HPE, and other vendors are rolling out enterprise AI packages that bundle GPUs, networking, storage and cooling tech into ready-to-deploy systems.
Internet upgrade part of a move towards 400/800G connectivity
DE-CIX Internet exchange operator announced plans to upgrade its New York backbone to 400G.
Data center growth puts unprecedented pressure on power grids
Data center power demand is spurred by AI and other high-performance computing needs, researchers say.
Network convergence will drive enterprise 6G wireless strategies
Enterprise wireless deployments are facing a significant inflection point, according to a new industry roadmap.
Data center certifications target newcomers, experts, and sustainability pros
Data center certifications remain valuable for IT career advancement even as the industry transforms, with programs adapting to cover everything from traditional infrastructure to AI, sustainability, and security.
latest Awards
AZBEE Regional Gold Award winner
Maria Korolov was awarded the Azbee Regional Gold Award by the American Association of Business Press Editors in April of 2025 for her Network World coverage of quantum computing. Five articles were part of the award submission: Crypto flexibility key to preparing for quantum threat, experts say NIST finally settles on quantum-safe crypto standards Error-correction […]
ASBPE Awards of Excellence: 2024 Regional Silver Award Winner
Maria Korolov’s CSO article, How AI chatbot ChatGPT changes the phishing game, was a regional finalist in the Technology & Innovation Reporting category of the 2024 Azbee Awards of Excellence from the American Society of Business Press Editors.
ASBPE Awards of Excellence: 2020 National Gold Award Winner
Maria Korolov’s Network World article, Private 5G keeps Whirlpool driverless vehicles rolling, received top national honors from the American Society of Business Press Editors.
latest Appearances
Press Release Writing in The Age Of AI
Learning AI tools is now an essential investment for every business professional, especially for corporate PR and communicators. In this workshop, Maria Korolov explained the basics of press release writing, how to use tools like ChatGPT to help create press releases, and how search engines are now treating AI-generated content.
Guest Speaker: VWEC Expert Series
Maria Korolov gave a talk at the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium Eduverse Spotlight on Friday, August 26, 2022, speaking about the future of education in the metaverse.
Profile: Sam Whitmore Media Survey
Maria Korolov was profiled on the Sam Whitmore Media Survey.
SANS Attack Surface Management Solutions Forum 2022: Building Resilience in the Face of Cyber Conflict
Maria Korolov moderated a panel about what steps organizations can be taking to harden their attack surfaces and enhance their cyber resiliency.
Guest Speaker: VWBPE 2022 Conference
Maria Korolov spoke about the state of virtual environments at the 16th annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference.
Metaverse presentations: OpenSimulator Community Conference
Maria Korolov was one of the organizers of the ninth annual OpenSimulator Community Conference this December, held virtually. She gave a talk about the metaverse, about the current state of the OpenSim ecosystem, and moderated a panel about creativity in OpenSim.
Informa Webinar: Doing More IT With Less
Maria Korolov was a panelist at “Doing More IT With Less: Economizing and Innovating in Today’s Enterprise IT Organization,” an Informa virtual event on Wednesday, Oct. 27 sponsored by DarkReading, InformationWeek, Data Center Knowledge, ITProToday, NetworkComputing, and other Informa publications. She spoke on the topic “The practicalities of implementing SASE.”
MetaStellar: Setting up a WordPress website with DreamHost in 15 minutes
In a segment for MetaStellar’s YouTube channel, Maria Korolov does a quick overview of using DreamHost to set up a brand new WordPress website.
IDG Zero Trust Webinar
Maria Korolov was a guest on IDG’s zero trust webinar, “VPN vs SSO vs ZTNA — Designing Access for an Anytime, Anywhere World.”
MetaStellar Interview: How we launched in a pandemic
Maria Korolov talks with the co-hosts of Long-Lost Friends, a show on the MetaStellar YouTube channel, about how MetaStellar was launched.
BrightTalk cybersecurity panel
On Oct. 13, Maria Korolov moderated a BrightTalk panel, “Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Cyberattacks During Global Disruption.” Watch the webinar on-demand here.
CIO Magazine New Reality Event
On Sep. 15, Maria Korolov was a speaker at a CIO magazine virtual event, “The New Business Process Mandate: AI & Automation.” Watch the on-demand session by clicking here.
Look Left podcast
On May 12, Maria Korolov was a guest on the Look Left Marketing podcast to talk about her career in journalism. Listen to the podcast by clicking here.
IDG Tech Talk: CCPA Revisited
On Feb. 21, Maria Korolov was a guest on IDG Tech Talk to answer reader and viewer questions about the California Consumer Privacy Act. Watch the show on YouTube by clicking here.
InformaTech’s Cybersecurity Bootcamp
On Oct. 23, 2019, Maria Korolov was a guest speaker at InformaTech’s Cybersecurity Bootcamp, talking about securing the virtual data center. See her presentation for free and download the slides here.
IDG Tech Talk: CCPA
On Sep. 6, 2019, Maria Korolov was a guest on IDG Tech Talk to talk about how the California Consumer Privacy Act will affect businesses Watch the show on YouTube by clicking here.
older Awards and Appearances
Jan. 2018: Maria Korolov talks with Sine Wave about “Succeeding As A Retailer In Immersive Worlds.”
Dec. 2017: Speaker at Stereopsia conference in Brussels, Belgium. Topic was women in virtual reality. Click here for slides.
Dec. 2017: Speaker at OpenSimulator Community Conference. Topic was a statistical overview of OpenSim development. Click here for slides.
Apr. 2017: Profiled in Viar360’s Women of VR – 35 Ladies Who Are Killing It In Virtual Reality
Aug. 2016: Mentioned in Marie Claire’s Virtual Reality Has a Female Mafia—and They’re Looking for New Recruits
May 2016: Interviewed by the BCC about how virtual reality will change our lives. Listen to the broadcast here. Read the transcript here.
Sep. 2015: Mentioned in Fortune’s Meet the women shaping our virtual future.
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