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Potential Nvidia chip shortage looms as Chinese customers rush to beat US sales ban

Network World

The AI chip shortage could become even more dire as Chinese customers are purportedly looking to hoard Nvidia chips ahead of a proposed US sales ban. According to inside sources, Chinese companies including ByteDance, Alibaba Group, and Tencent Holdings have ordered at least $16 billion worth of Nvidias H20 server chips for running AI workloads in just the first three months of this year, The Information reported Wednesday.

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12 ways to accelerate digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

CEOs prize transformation and reinvention, seeing both as essential to current and future competitiveness. But successful transformation and reinvention are no longer enough, top executives say. They must happen fast, and their delivery must get faster over time. Speed and agility bring in the top transformation prize. CIOs are feeling the pressure to expedite transformational work, as the ever-faster churn of customer demands and the possibility of economic headwinds further ratchet up the ne

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Be THE Human-In-The-Loop: Data & AI Literacy is Your Edge

Forrester IT

AI is transforming the way we live, work, and play. It’s altering how we make decisions and interact with technology. But for all its power, it still needs humans (for now).

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3 Ways the UK Government Plans to Tighten Cyber Security Rules with New Bill

Tech Republic Security

Amid a sharp spike in ransomware attacks disrupting essential services and critical infrastructure, the U.K. government has set out the scope of its upcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill for the first time. It aims to patch the holes in the countrys existing cyber regulations and protect critical infrastructure from ransomware and other attack types.

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How AI Is Revolutionizing Contact Centers: 2025 Strategy + ROI Playbook

In 2025, contact centers aren’t just changing—they’re being rebuilt by AI. This no-fluff, executive-ready guide shows you how to capitalize on the transformation. Inside: proven ROI calculators, workforce optimization tactics, deflection strategies, and a 90-day AI deployment plan. Built for CIOs, COOs, CX leaders, and contact center strategists, it goes beyond buzzwords into play-by-play implementation.

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What You Should Know About Agentic AI

Information Week

By taking artificial intelligence to a new level, agentic AI promises to elevate enterprise operations and productivity to new heights. Now is the time to prepare for this powerful technology.

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Silicon Motion rolls SSD kit to bolster AI workload performance

Network World

Three years after announcing its plans, merchant supplier Silicon Motion has begun shipping its 128TB Solid State Disks (SSD) Reference Design Kit (RDK) aimed at maximizing the performance and efficiency in AI tool workloads. Silicon Motion is best known as a designer of NAND flash drive controllers and the RDK is built on the MonTitan PCIe Gen 5 platform that utilizes the latest 2TB QLC NAND die.

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AI brings complexity to cybersecurity and fraud

CIO Business Intelligence

The 2024 Security Priorities study shows that for 72% of IT and security decision makers, their roles have expanded to accommodate new challenges, with Risk management, Securing AI-enabled technology and emerging technologies being added to their plate. Artificial Intelligence has sharpened both edges of the sword, as organizations are better equipped to defend against cybersecurity conundrums that are finessed to be deadly, wide-ranging and impacting operations and market reputation.

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3 Key Insights on Driving Intelligent Operations in the GenAI Era

Social, Agile and Transformation

Intelligent operations is crucial for executives in construction and manufacturing today. They enhance safety, competitiveness, and growth, especially with the advent of genAI. Emphasizing the human element in operations, leveraging technology, and building trust in AI systems can improve overall performance and attract younger talent, while addressing workforce challenges.

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What Cybersecurity Guardrails Do CIOs and CISOs Want for AI?

Information Week

With more AI models emerging, how do CIOs and CISOs at enterprises go about establishing security guardrails to reduce risks as the technology gets deployed?

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Ubuntu namespace vulnerability should be addressed quickly: Expert

Network World

Linux admins who have enabled the unprivileged user namespace restriction in their recent Ubuntu environments should take action to close three new vulnerabilities that allow a threat actor to bypass the supposed protection. This warning comes after researchers at Qualys found three different ways this hardening feature can, under certain circumstances, be bypassed.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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NVIDIA GTC 2025: Reasoning And Robotics Converge

Forrester IT

San Jose was abuzz with excitement as AI enthusiasts gathered for the 2025 NVIDIA GTC AI conference. NVIDIA showcased its expanding data center offerings, along with a commitment to joint developments with server and network vendors. Everyone had high expectations, as this is a world-renowned AI infrastructure event, and this year, it did not disappoint.

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Siemens and Accenture launch joint business group to transform manufacturing

CIO Business Intelligence

At Hannover Messe 2025,Accenture and Siemens announced an extension of their strategic partnership in the form of the Accenture Siemens Business Group, an Accenture-based joint business unit that will employ 7,000 professionals with manufacturing and IT expertise worldwide. The group will develop software-defined products and factories, combining industrial technology with AI-supported engineering and manufacturing expertise.

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KeePass Review (2025): Features, Pricing, and Security

Tech Republic Security

KeePass customizability is ideal for tech savvy users, but its lack of features and complicated user experience prevent it from being the best choice among competitors.

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Why Cybersecurity Needs More Business-Minded Leaders

Information Week

The question is no longer "Are we compliant?" but "Are we truly resilient?

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The Ultimate Contact Center Buyers Guide: A Crucial Decision

Harness the True Power of your Contact Center In today’s fast-paced business environment, selecting the right contact center solution is critical for enhancing customer experience, improving operational efficiency, and optimizing costs. This comprehensive guide will walk you through the essential factors to consider when choosing a contact center software that aligns with your business needs.

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Airtel connects India with 100Tbps submarine cable

Network World

In a significant development for digital infrastructure in India, Bharti Airtel has landed the 2Africa Pearls submarine cable, delivering 100 Terabits per second of international network capacity for the country. The submarine cable will connect to Airtels cable landing station (CLS) in Mumbai. This infrastructure addresses bandwidth constraints and communication challenges for enterprises seeking improved global connectivity.

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The Sudden Silobreaker: GenAI Converges Search Experiences And Disciplines

Forrester IT

GenAI Mirrors Search Experiences Because of genAI, all search experiences are increasingly conversational, assistive, and agentic. Consequently, distinctions between search experiences disappear. Perplexity and Rufus, Amazons shopping assistant, both leverage genAI-integrated search, blurring the line between search engine and site search experiences.

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Vecttor automatiza su flota con una solución de llave digital

CIO Business Intelligence

Vecttor, filial del grupo Cabify, da un paso ms en su apuesta por la innovacin y digitalizacin junto aTelefnica Techy la empresa de soluciones de transporte conectado Geotab. La compaa de vehculos VTC implementar, de la mano de ambos partner tecnolgicos, la solucin Keyless para optimizar su eficiencia operativa y seguir avanzando hacia una movilidad ms sostenible y segura.

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Which Top Cybersecurity Role of 2024 Was Featured in 64,000+ Job Postings?

Tech Republic Security

IT and security workforce management firm CyberSN surveyed job listings from 2022 to 2024. Yes, decreases in demand for some job titles may be related to AI.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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How Data Silos Impact AI and Agents

Information Week

AI, including agentic AI, continues to rise in popularity, but without the right foundation, enterprises are taking unnecessary risks. Heres what CIOs need to know.

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Kyndryl extends Google Cloud partnership for AI-based mainframe modernization

Network World

Kyndryl and Google Cloud are expanding their partnership to help customers use generative AI to move data off the mainframe and into the cloud. Kyndryl will offer a new Mainframe Modernization with Gen AI Accelerator Program, which includes Google Clouds AI and Gemini large language models, Mainframe Connector package, and BigQuery analytics platform.

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Medallia And Qualtrics Conference Highlights: Rivals Offer Different Plans For AI Enhancements

Forrester IT

Over the past two weeks, we attended back-to-back CX events first Qualtrics X4 in Salt Lake City, then Medallia Experience in Las Vegas. Both leaders in The Forrester Wave: Customer Feedback Management Solutions, Q4 2024, these vendors court enterprise-wide CX programs as well as digital, contact center, and location-based operations leaders.

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What is S/4HANA? SAP’s latest ERP system explained

CIO Business Intelligence

What is S/4HANA? S/4HANA is SAPs latest iteration of its flagship enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The successor to SAP ECC, S/4HANA is built on an in-memory database and is designed to enable real-time data processing and analysis for businesses. It is available both in a cloud-based SaaS and an on-premises version. The abbreviation S/4HANA sounds cryptic but fits seamlessly with its predecessors.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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Carbon Robotics unveils ‘AutoTractor,’ a self-driving platform to boost productivity on farms

GeekWire

Carbon Robotics vice president of product John Mey, left, and founder and CEO Paul Mikesell, with a tractor outfitted with the company’s new Carbon AutoTractor and its LaserWeeder. (GeekWire Photo) Long gone are the days on the farm where getting up at the crack of dawn to run a tractor through fields might have been just the start of a long day’s work.

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How to Eliminate Software Development Bottlenecks

Information Week

Bottlenecks waste team time, energy, and resources. Here's how to prevent getting stuck.

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Lightmatter launches photonic chips to eliminate GPU idle time in AI data centers

Network World

Lightmatter has announced new silicon photonics products that could dramatically speed up AI systems by solving a critical problem: the sluggish connections between AI chips in data centers. The companys newly unveiled Passage L200 and M1000 platforms use light instead of electricity to move data, potentially unlocking major performance gains for companies running large AI models, the company said in a statement.

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Translytical Databases Are Fueling Modern AI Apps

Forrester IT

The growing demand for real-time data to power AI applications is compelling businesses to reevaluate their traditional data architectures. Legacy systems typically rely on separate platforms for transactional and analytical processing, leading to inefficiencies and delayed insights.

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Future-Proof IT: Cost-Saving Strategies Every IT Leader Needs in 2025

With IT budgets projected to grow 9.8% in 2025, leaders must invest wisely—not just cut blindly. This whitepaper introduces The Future-Proof IT Cost Optimization Model, a framework to reduce costs while maintaining service quality. Learn how Cloud Efficiency, AI-Powered Workforce Automation, Vendor Optimization, Cybersecurity Resilience, and Unified Communications can drive savings and improve efficiency.

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El gasto mundial en IA para 2025 rondará los 644.000 millones de dólares

CIO Business Intelligence

La inteligencia artificial (IA) mantiene su popularidad en la lista de prioridades de inversin de las organizaciones. As lo confirma la firma de anlisis e investigacin Gartner al situar el gasto mundial en IA para 2025 en, aproximadamente, 644.000 millones de dlares. Una cifra que constata una tendencia al alza del 76,4% respecto al ya caduco 2024. Las expectativas sobre las capacidades de IA generativa estn disminuyendo debido a las altas tasas de fracaso en los trabajos iniciales de prueba de

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Tiger Global leads $146M round for Seattle-based developer tools startup Temporal

GeekWire

Temporal co-founders Samar Abbas (left), CTO, and Maxim Fateev, CEO. (Temporal Photo) Temporal , a Seattle startup that helps companies write and run cloud applications, raised $146 million. The company is now valued at $1.72 billion up slightly from 2022, when it raised $103 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, making it one of a handful of Seattle-area unicorns.

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What Happens When AI Is Used as an Autonomous Weapon

Information Week

Bad actors are using AI as an autonomous weapon to speed and scale attacks. Enterprise CIOs and CISOs need to be ready with a renewed focus on cyber hygiene.

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Former Arista COO launches NextHop AI for customized networking infrastructure

Network World

A new player in the networking industry is tackling the unique challenges of AI infrastructure at hyperscale. NextHop AI, founded by former Arista Networks Chief Operating Officer Anshul Sadana, announced this week that it has secured $110 million in funding to develop highly customized networking solutions specifically for the worlds largest cloud providers.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!