Access Point: News Roundup For Midmarket IT Executives – Week Of June 13, 2025

Access Point is a weekly roundup of major tech news for midmarket IT executives on the go.

In this week’s roundup: Which ISP leads in Wi-Fi adoption? Why it’s important to make order of unstructured data before implementing AI, and how the demand for AI is causing a surge in big tech emissions.

Get ‘Messy’ Data In Order Before Implementing AI

Adeptia offers a platform for organizations, including the midmarket, to get their unstructured data in order before integrating it with AI or other internal systems.

Commvault Beefs Up Its Post-Quantum Cryptography To Battle Next-Gen Threats

Commvault, a provider of cyber resilience and data protection offerings, last week unveiled enhancements to its security platform to aid organizations in protecting against emerging cyberthreats brought on by quantum computing.

Wi-Fi 7: Cable Vs. Fiber ISP Speed Face Off, Adoption Rates

Wi-Fi 7 is the latest wireless networking standard and offers benefits over legacy Wi-Fi. Which ISPs have the best Wi-Fi 7 performance, and which are leading its adoption? Here’s some data.

97 Percent Of UK Midmarket Migrating Some Workloads Out Of Public Cloud: Research

From our sister site Computing: “Research commissioned by MSP Node4 has revealed that 97 percent of midmarket companies (defined here as those employing between 500 and 5000 people) plan to migrate some workloads out of their public cloud environments over the next 12 months.”

AI Boom Drives 150 Percent Surge in Big Tech Emissions

Also from Computing: “A new report from the United Nations' International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has revealed a 150 percent average increase in indirect carbon emissions from four leading AI-focused tech companies – Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta - between 2020 and 2023.”