Weekly Summary (3/26/2023): More funding around ZT is the most interesting part of this week’s news. The majority of enterprises are allocating up to 30 percent of their IT budgets to align on ZT. Wow. Things get done when money gets spent, at least that is how it is supposed to work. A variety of research points to growth in ZT. You will also note some interesting developments around enabling ZT for mobile devices and how trust is either implied or not in digital systems by allowing access. I think you can get some real value out of the news this week. Enjoy!
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