Access Point Weekly News Roundup For Midmarket IT Executives – May 23, 2025

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

In this week’s roundup: Dive into the most-used phishing techniques out there; IT executives from Lowe’s and JPMorgan Chase join Micheal Dell on stage at Dell Technologies World and discuss their AI strategies; HPE rolls out new gateway appliances targeted to the midmarket; how a new company’s solution can streamline compliancy processes from “two years to 15 minutes” with AI, and more news for midmarket IT leaders from the past week.

HPE Expands Instant On Product Lineup Aimed To Aid Midmarket In Tackling ‘Complex’ Threats

Hewlett Packard Enterprise recently announced a new offering in its Instant On lineup of gateway appliances targeting small business and the midmarket.

‘Today’s SMBs are under constant pressure to defend their networks from complex cyber threats,’ says Amol Mitra, VP and GM, worldwide small and medium business, at HPE.

Kovr.Ai CEO: Automating Compliancy Can Be Reduced From ‘2 Years To 15 Minutes’

Kovr.ai, a startup offering an AI-powered platform to help organizations automate compliance regulations like FedRAMP and CMMC [Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification], officially launched last week.

MES Computing spoke with Kovr.ai CEO Andrew Black on how the company’s compliance automation works. Black is a former lead for emerging tech at Amazon Web Services, in addition to previously holding other tech executive and venture capital positions.

This Generation Dominates The AI Job Market

As AI continues to capture the lion’s share of tech news coverage, and tech vendors’ interest, a new report looks at just who is building AI.

The new report from marketing firm DesignRush analyzed data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The analysis looked at several metrics related to the AI-related labor force, including the most in-demand jobs, and which generation was more represented in those job categories.

Devicie Unveils Reporting Connector For Microsoft Edge For Business

Devicie, which provides endpoint management in Microsoft Intune environments, announced last week its new Reporting Connector for the Microsoft Edge for Business browser.

The new solution allows MSPs and IT teams to view information about Microsoft Edge for Business browsers running on all endpoints they manage. This data includes browser health indicators, browser extensions activity, and security events.

Here are five things for midmarket IT leaders to know about Devicie’s new solution.

Dell Technologies World 2025 Keynote: Lowe’s, JPMorgan IT Execs Share AI Strategies

Two IT executives took to the stage alongside Dell Technologies founder, chairman and CEO Michael Dell at the Dell Technologies World event on Tuesday.

Larry Feinsmith, head of global technology strategy, innovation and partnerships at JPMorgan Chase, and Seemantini Godbole, executive vice president, chief digital and information officer at Lowe’s, discussed their partnerships with Dell and dove into how AI is transforming their business operations.

News From Our Sister Site Computing:

Why AWS Doesn’t Let AI Run The Show (Yet): Ctrl Alt Lead Podcast

Tom Allen, the editor of Computing, MES’ sister site, hosts the Ctrl Alt Lead podcast which features compelling interviews with IT leaders. In this episode, Tom speaks with AWS CISO Chris Betz who explains why AI still needs a human hand on the wheel. From sandboxing to red teaming, here’s how AWS keeps its agents in check.

The Craftiest Phishing Techniques And How To Defend Against Them

“Phishing is most successful when it catches us off balance, when time pressure is applied, and when the malicious message appears authoritative, familiar, expected or even welcome. The right combination of these factors will have even the most vigilant clicking on a link that could set off a very nasty chain of events,” says Computing’s research editor, John Leonard.