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3 steps to get your data AI ready

CIO Business Intelligence

As they embark on their AI journey, many people have discovered their data is garbage, says Eric Helmer, chief technology officer for software support company Rimini Street. For many CIOs, preparing their data for even one AI project is a tall order. They arent sure where it is among hundreds of different systems in some cases.

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Cisco launches intelligent Wi-Fi 7 access points

Network World

Now it’s exciting to see Wi-Fi 7’s “deterministic” features come to fruition, because that means Wi-Fi can be used for next-generation networking requirements, including distributed data centers, SD-WAN and more, Matt MacPherson, wireless CTO at Cisco, told Network World in a recent interview.

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What is a CTO? The exec who sets tech strategy

CIO Business Intelligence

What is a CTO? The chief technology officer (CTO) is the senior executive who focuses on the technological requirements, opportunities, and challenges within an organization. What does a CTO do? What does a CTO do? Years ago, the CTO most often led the infrastructure function.

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Lessons learned: 4 Zscaler deployments later

Network World

When I joined Capitec in April 2022 as CTO, the first thing I wanted to find out was whether there was a zero trust strategy in place. 2: Start with simple policies My second piece of advice is this: Don’t break your user experience by locking everything down. After setting the global default policies, we started tweaking things.

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Wi-Fi 7 brings enterprise-caliber predictability to wireless networks, says Cisco CTO

Network World

Now it’s exciting to see Wi-Fi 7’s “deterministic” features come to fruition, because that means Wi-Fi can be used for next-generation networking requirements, including distributed data centers, SD-WAN and more, said Matt MacPherson, wireless CTO at Cisco. “One Wi-Fi 7 can schedule traffic based on a policy.

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Responsible AI Institute offers new AI policy template

CIO Business Intelligence

The Responsible AI Institute has launched an AI policy template designed to help enterprises develop their own company-wide responsible AI policies. It could also be the CTO, or even the chief AI officer (CAIO), again it depends on the fit.” The AI Policy Template is free for members of RAI Institute.

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7 types of tech debt that could cripple your business

CIO Business Intelligence

Data biases, gaps in classifying data, and data sources with inadequate authorization policies can all lead to bad decisions, compliance risks, and customer-impacting issues. Using the companys data in LLMs, AI agents, or other generative AI models creates more risk.