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It Takes a (C-Suite) Village to Implement AI

Information Week

Exec teams often see a chief AI officer as the solution to their AI implementation challenges. Yet responsibly and reliably incorporating AI throughout a company requires collaboration from across the C-suite.

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Call For Entries: Forrester 2025 B2B Summit North America Awards

Forrester IT

Do you have a success story on transforming your company or function in the service of customers? We would love to hear from you if so. Submit your story for a chance to be honored on the B2B Summit mainstage.

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How to Keep IT Up and Running During a Disaster

Information Week

Natural disasters can have devastating effects on IT infrastructure. How can you plan for these events and ensure that your IT remains operational when they occur?

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Embracing AIOps: Revolutionizing DevOps And Agile Methodologies

Forrester IT

Learn how AIOps can significantly enhance the efficiency, speed, and reliability of software development and deployment processes.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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Fortinet launches its first standalone endpoint DLP product

Network World

Fortinet is expanding its data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities with the launch of its new AI-powered FortiDLP products. Underpinning FortiDLP is technology that Fortinet gained back in August, via the acquisition of Next DLP. The FortiDLP platform provides automated data movement tracking, cloud application monitoring and endpoint protection mechanisms that work both online and offline.

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Craft An Intelligent Business Case For SaaS ERP

Forrester IT

One of the most strategic, and costly, business applications is enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. ERP is critical to an organization, underpinning functions such as finance and business operations. Organizations should strive for a modern ERP solution; however modernizing ERP is often a costly and time-consuming process.

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MEF has a vision for NaaS: Easy provisioning and integrated security across a federated network of providers

Network World

The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) is pushing forward with an ambitious vision to modernize network-as-a-service (NaaS ) offerings through automation, cloud integration and cybersecurity capabilities. At this week’s MEF Global NaaS Event held in Dallas, Texas, the organization released its 2025 NaaS Blueprint while highlighting significant momentum in API adoption and security certifications, marking major steps toward achieving its vision.

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The future of Gen AI in analytics

CIO Business Intelligence

As businesses increasingly rely on digital platforms to interact with customers, the need for advanced tools to understand and optimize these experiences has never been greater. Enter Gen AI, a transformative force reshaping digital experience analytics (DXA). Gen AI allows organizations to unlock deeper insights and act on them with unprecedented speed by automating the collection and analysis of user data.

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Gartner: GenAI spurs 9.3% increase in IT spending for 2025

Network World

Gartner identifies generative AI as a pivotal force in tech investments for the year ahead, with the research firm’s latest projections placing global IT spending at $5.74 trillion by 2025. The Gartner forecast highlights server sales, which are expected to triple in the coming years as genAI pushes data center systems spending up by 15.5% in 2025. Gartner reported that server sales will grow from more than $134 billion in 2023 to $332 billion by 2028, including an estimated more than $257 billi

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Why ethical AI should be important to CIOs

CIO Business Intelligence

Salima Bhimani has been encouraging the responsible and ethical use of AI for several years as Alphabet’s first chief strategist and director for inclusive and responsible technology, business, and leaders from 2017 to 2023. At Google’s parent company, she worked with moonshot companies such as Waymo, Wing, and X, to shape sustainable businesses and global impact.

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic

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Why Transnational Cooperation Is Key in the Battle Against Cross-Border Cybercrime

IT Toolbox

Hackers have learned that transnational attacks - attacks on victims outside their national borders - are low risk and high yield. Because so many different governments and regulations are involved, these types of attacks are also difficult to apprehend. The post Why Transnational Cooperation Is Key in the Battle Against Cross-Border Cybercrime appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Overwhelmed cybersecurity teams need autonomous solutions

CIO Business Intelligence

Today, security teams worldwide are under immense pressure. They are inundated by increasingly potent cyber threats, especially as threat actors are now leveraging AI to enhance their attack strategies. Addressing intensifying threats The modern threat landscape consists of increasingly complex and varied attacks. Today’s cybercriminals are leveraging advanced techniques to breach security perimeters – ransomware attacks are more targeted, phishing campaigns are increasingly sophisticated, and a

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Google Cloud service lets customers prioritize network traffic between clouds

Network World

Google Cloud has rolled out a new service that will let enterprise customers set traffic priorities and control bandwidth for cloud-based workloads. The application awareness package is part of Google’s Cross-Cloud Interconnect service which offers secure, dedicated high-speed connections between the Google Cloud network and customer networks hosted in other clouds—such as, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, or Alibaba.

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How Celanese makes people central to its digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

Celanese operates more than 50 large manufacturing plants across 27 countries, and has made several significant acquisitions in recent years, including Dupont’s $11 billion mobility and materials (M&M) business. At the same time, the company is undergoing a massive digital transformation. Sameer Purao, who joined Celanese as CIO and CDO in 2021, is keeping the team and company focused by making change management a core competency of his team, and ensuring a focus on value, agility, and purpo

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Predicting the Future of Sales: How AI and Automation Will Revolutionize Strategies

In this exploration, we're diving into predictions about the future of sales. We're talking about a complete shake-up powered by automation and artificial intelligence (AI). These aren't just fancy tools — they're real game-changers. Automation and AI are here to redefine every interaction, making them smarter, faster, and more meaningful. From personalized customer journeys to streamlined sales processes, the goal is to make every moment count, enhancing both efficiency and connection.

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Best Antivirus Software for Small Businesses in 2024

Tech Republic Security

Bitdefender is our overall pick for the best antivirus software for small businesses, while Norton offers 24/7 support, and ESET provides scalability.

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Enable Entra Website SSO using Configuration Profiles for Edge Browser using Microsoft 365 Admin Center

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link] and LinkedIn page for latest updates [link] The post Enable Entra Website SSO using Configuration Profiles for Edge Browser using Microsoft 365 Admin Center appeared first on HTMD Community Modern Device Management News & Guides by Anoop C Nair.

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Belgium is constructing the world's first artificial island to harness offshore wind

TechSpot

The €650 million ($702 million) project is being funded by the European Investment Bank, which recently finalized a green credit deal with Belgian transmission operator Elia to kick off the first phase. This initiative is a key part of the EU's ambitious REPowerEU plan to phase out fossil fuels and.

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Siete señales de que es hora de modernizar sus sistemas informáticos

CIO Business Intelligence

La tecnología sigue avanzando a un ritmo vertiginoso. Eso es estupendo, porque un entorno informático sólido es necesario para aprovechar las últimas innovaciones y oportunidades de negocio. La mala noticia, sin embargo, es que la modernización de los sistemas informáticos requiere importantes inversiones financieras y de tiempo. Cuando se aborda adecuadamente, la modernización de aplicaciones y plataformas genera un valor inmenso y sitúa a las organizaciones por delante de su competencia, afirm

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4 HR Priorities for 2025 to Supercharge Your Employee Experience

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

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Archon Biosciences emerges from stealth with $20M to create tiny ‘Antibody Cages’

GeekWire

Archon Biosciences’ co-founders, James Lazarovits and George Ueda, lead a tour through their Seattle lab. Ueda is holding an expandable toy that he uses to demonstrate how the company’s computationally designed Antibody Cages work. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Three weeks after University of Washington biochemist David Baker won a Nobel Prize , the latest venture that’s spun off from his lab — Archon Biosciences — has emerged from stealth mode with $20 million in f

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Operation Magnus: Joint Law Enforcement Operation Targets Major Infostealer Networks

Tech Republic Security

Read more about a joint operation between several law enforcement agencies in the U.S., Australia, Belgium, Portugal, The Netherlands, and the U.K. to tackle RedLine Stealer and META malware.

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Elon Musk's supercomputer with 100,000 Nvidia GPUs uses proprietary Spectrum-X networking platform

TechSpot

The high-performance computing system built by xAI, featuring 100,000 Hopper GPUs, is named Colossus. The system utilizes the company's Spectrum-X networking platform instead of InfiniBand, which Nvidia acquired in 2019 along with the last independent supplier of the technology, Mellanox.

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Do data center CPUs have shorter lifespans?

Network World

Will data center GPUs have their lifespans reduced by constantly running at high utilization rates? That is an issue raised by an anonymous poster on X, but at this point it’s just a theory. The posting copied a screenshot of an unsourced message from a “GenAI principal architect at Alphabet Inc.” who said assuming a utilization rate of 60% to 70% – which CoreWeave and Lambda Labs reportedly achieve – would lead to a lifespan of three years instead of the anticipated five years.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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Microsoft beats expectations with nearly $25B in quarterly profits, as AI revenue boosts cloud growth

GeekWire

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft beat Wall Street’s expectations across its key financial metrics for its first quarter of fiscal 2025 , as artificial intelligence contributed 12 percentage points, a new high, to a 33% increase in the company’s Azure cloud revenue. The company overall posted revenue of $65.6 billion, up 16%, vs. analyst expectations of $64.5 billion; profits of $24.7 billion, up 11%; and earnings per share of $3.30, compared to th

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Ways to ward off a doomed stakeholder management strategy

CIO Business Intelligence

While new technologies have shifted priorities, the need to manage stakeholders has not, says Krishna Prasad, CIO of technology services business UST. And with AI used in almost every part of the business, stakeholders have become much more tech savvy, reducing their dependency on IT departments. But as a result, anybody could then expose a lot of company data inadvertently.

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Russia fines Google $20.5 decillion for blocking YouTube channels

TechSpot

YouTube was banning Russian channels even before Vladimir Putin's forces invaded Ukraine. In 2020, the service banned the Tsargrad TV channel and RIA FAN due to what Google said were violations of sanctions legislation and trade rules.

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Jorge González (Adolfo Domínguez): “Sentimos la transformación digital como un acompañamiento a la estrategia de negocio”

CIO Business Intelligence

Corría el año 1976 cuando el grupo Adolfo Domínguez S.A veía la luz en tierras gallegas, concretamente en Orense. Lo hacía de la mano del padre del famoso modisto e intelectual, con quien compartía nombre y vocación, tras transformar la anciana sastrería que regentaba bautizada como El Faro. Desde entonces han sido diversas las olas de transformación que el aclamado gigante del retail ha vivido, ahora, con la digitalización como punta de lanza.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Univ. of Washington selected for new federally funded Northwest innovation training hub

GeekWire

The University of Washington’s Condon Hall, which houses the CoMotion offices as well as Startup Hall. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) The University of Washington is part of a new federally selected Northwest Region Hub to support the commercialization and deployment of technologies in fields including medical tech, energy, clean tech, agricultural and food tech, and maritime and related technologies.

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Mobile Benchmark: Are error rates hurting your mobile conversions?

CIO Business Intelligence

Quantum Metric’s latest mobile benchmark report, “ How Mobile Performance Builds Consumer Confidence ,” unpacks the concerns consumers have, the opportunities to grow mobile conversions, and how mobile can finally take center stage in the e-commerce world. Let’s dive into the highlights and what they could mean for your mobile strategy. The traffic-conversion paradox Mobile phones have become our constant companions, driving a staggering 73% of monthly online traffic across industries.

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11 Marketing Strategy Templates You Can Download for Free

Tech Republic

Discover the best marketing strategy templates for ClickUp, Asana, Notion, monday.com, Google Sheets, Excel, and more.

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Podcast: Amazon devices chief Panos Panay on the color Kindle, AI, and his first year on the job

GeekWire

Panos Panay, Amazon’s senior vice president of Devices and Services, introduces the new Kindle Colorsoft at a recent Amazon media event. (Amazon Photo) Our guest on this episode of the GeekWire Podcast is Panos Panay , Amazon’s senior vice president of Devices and Services, a longtime leader in the world of consumer technology. It has been one year since he started at Amazon , after his surprise departure from Microsoft , where he oversaw products including Surface and Windows.

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4 AI Hacks to Make Sales Teams More Efficient

Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.