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Overconfidence in Cybersecurity: A Hidden Risk

Information Week

Overconfidence in cybersecurity leaves companies exposed. Staying ahead of evolving threats means streamlining your tools and regularly reassessing your strategy.

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Predictions 2025: Younger Business Buyers And GenAI Will Upend The Status Quo

Forrester IT

B2B organizations won’t succeed without adapting to the preferences of younger business buyers. Find out how they will shape the landscape in the year ahead.

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Internet Archive Cyberattack Saga Continues

Information Week

The nonprofit suffered a series of successive cyberattacks, and it has yet to fully recover.

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Predictions 2025: Retail — Tech Investments Will Support Retailer Profitability

Forrester IT

As retailers brace for a challenging 2025, technology will play a crucial role in offsetting the impact of waning consumer demand on their business.

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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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Nvidia CEO Teases ‘Revolutionary’ AI PDF Reader Release

Information Week

As data-hungry artificial intelligence continues to place high demands on enterprises, Nvidia will soon release a reader that makes the ubiquitous PDF file format easier for digital ingestion, a development experts say could be an AI game changer.

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Prognosen 2025: Der digitale Handel steht vor grundlegenden Umwälzungen

Forrester IT

Verbraucher und Geschäftseinkäufer fühlen sich mit digitalen Angeboten wohler denn je. Es gibt Anzeichen dafür, dass die Bereitschaft für noch mehr digitale Interaktion da ist, aber das muss möglicherweise warten.

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Predictions 2025: CMOs Clear Out The Clutter

Forrester IT

For B2C CMOs, 2025 will be less sensationalized and more operationalized. The result? They will step up in the broader business to lead amid a heightened confluence of operation and opportunity.

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IT pros: One-third of AI projects just for show

CIO Business Intelligence

As organizations rush to spin up AI projects, many IT professionals aren’t sold on the value of these early efforts. A substantial 36% of IT professionals surveyed by Dice.com believe that the primary purpose of many AI projects they’ve worked on is to show investors, board members, or outside stakeholders that the company is doing something with AI.

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Reshape 2024: Amazon Business Is Ready For Its Closeup

Forrester IT

Curious about Amazon Business and the future of B2B ecommerce? Read this blog for key insights from Forrester analyst Sucharita Kodali.

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Dulling the impact of AI-fueled cyber threats with AI

CIO Business Intelligence

IT leaders are placing faith in AI. Consider 76 percent of IT leaders believe that generative AI (GenAI) will significantly impact their organizations, with 76 percent increasing their budgets to pursue AI. But when it comes to cybersecurity, AI has become a double-edged sword. While poised to fortify the security posture of organizations, it has also changed the nature of cyberattacks.

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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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Prognosen 2025: Die Medienbranche lässt die großen Unbekannten von 2024 hinter sich

Forrester IT

Marketers werden an Vertrauen gewinnen, da einige offene Fragen in Bezug auf Medien und Werbung gelöst werden. Sie sollten es sich jedoch nicht allzu bequem machen. Erfahren Sie, was Sie im nächsten Jahr erwarten wird.

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Supermicro unveils AI-optimized storage powered by Nvidia

Network World

Supermicro announced the launch of a new storage system optimized for AI workloads using multiple Nvidia BlueField-3 data processing units (DPU) combined with an all-flash array. The new Just a Bunch of Flash (JBOF) system features a 2U rack that can house up to four BlueField-3 DPUs. These units support 400Gb Ethernet or InfiniBand networking and provide hardware acceleration for demanding storage and networking workloads.

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Predictions 2025: Agencies Jettison Legacy Structures To Form New Agency Types

Forrester IT

The coming year will see the rise of something new as existing agency capabilities are recombined and new ones are created. Read a few of our top predictions.

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Companies to shift AI goals in 2025 — with setbacks inevitable, Forrester predicts

CIO Business Intelligence

Forrester Research this week unleashed a slate of predictions for 2025. Noting that companies pursued bold experiments in 2024 driven by generative AI and other emerging technologies, the research and advisory firm predicts a pivot to realizing value. “2025 will be about the pursuit of near-term, bottom-line gains while competing for declining consumer loyalty and digital-first business buyers,” Sharyn Leaver, Forrester chief research officer, wrote in a blog post Tuesday.

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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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Predictions 2025: Fundamental Disconnects Will Challenge Digital Commerce

Forrester IT

Consumer and business buyers are more comfortable with digital than ever. Indications are that they’re ready to go even further — but they may have to wait.

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Gartner projects major IT spending increases for 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

Gartner is projecting worldwide IT spending to jump by 9.3% in 2025, one of the largest percentage increases in this century, and it’s only partially driven by AI. Gartner’s new 2025 IT spending projection , of $5.75 trillion, builds on its prediction of an 8.2% growth this year, with data center spending increasing by nearly 35% in 2024 in anticipation of generative AI infrastructure needs.

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Predictions 2025: Environmental Sustainability Drivers Shift From Regulation To Efficiency And Savings

Forrester IT

While regulatory compliance will remain a driver for sustainability efforts, in 2025, sustainability teams will need to change their focus to show savings. Find out more in our 2025 environmental sustainability predictions.

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What Is PCI Compliance? A Simple Guide for Businesses

Tech Republic Security

Learn what PCI compliance is and why it’s crucial for businesses handling credit card data. Explore key requirements to ensure security and protect customer information.

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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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Predictions 2025: The Media Industry Resolves 2024’s Unruly Unknowns

Forrester IT

Marketers will gain confidence as some lingering media and advertising questions are resolved. But they shouldn’t get too confident or comfortable. Learn what the coming year will hold.

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Why your IT team needs to upgrade its digital employee experience (DEX)

CIO Business Intelligence

Business and IT leaders agree that improving the “digital employee experience” (DEX) results in better productivity and workplace morale. But recent research by Ivanti reveals an important reason why many organizations fail to achieve those benefits: rank-and-file IT workers lack the funding and the operational know-how to get it done. They don’t prioritize DEX for others because the organization hasn’t prioritized improving DEX for the IT team.

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How to examine files on Linux

Network World

There are many types of files on Linux systems and numerous ways to look at them, from listing permissions to viewing content. You just need to pick the right command to get the information you need. The command to use to get information about a file – especially file content – depends on the type of file that you’re working with. This post describes the most basic commands, as well as some more complicated commands, that will give you information on files and file content.

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Avoiding ‘The Overlap Trap’: Poor org structure can sabotage results

CIO Business Intelligence

Janet Sherlock is a digital and retail executive with a long track record of modernizing organizations, processes, and solutions. She has held various P&L and technology leadership roles at companies such as British Petroleum, ExxonMobil, Guess, and Carters. Most recently she was the chief digital and technology officer at Ralph Lauren, where she was responsible for the global e-commerce strategy and revenue as well as driving digital transformation.

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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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Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Review: Arrow Lake is a Mess

TechSpot

Intel is ready to unveil its latest Core Ultra desktop CPU series. With a tile-based design, Arrow Lake marks a major architectural shift, aiming for improved performance and efficiency.

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Google Cloud chief moves to ServiceNow as COO

CIO Business Intelligence

Just a day after announcing his departure from Google to his LinkedIn followers, Amit Zavery said that he is joining ServiceNow as COO. ServiceNow said that Zavery will serve as “president, chief product officer (CPO), and chief operating officer (COO) to lead product and engineering, effective October 28, 2024.” “In his role as president, CPO, and COO, Zavery’s responsibilities include ServiceNow’s platform, products, engineering, cloud infrastructure, and user experience.

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Big Cable and others file multiple lawsuits to block the FTC's Click-to-Cancel regulation

TechSpot

Telecom, advertising, and newspaper lobbying groups have filed multiple lawsuits to block the Federal Trade Commission's adoption of its newly approved "Click-to-Cancel" regulation. It's not surprising considering that these same groups were contending that the rule is a disservice to consumers because they are more likely to cancel their services.

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How AI can alleviate help desk workloads

CIO Business Intelligence

The rising flood of trouble tickets is straining help desk operations. Yet many still rely on phone calls, outdated knowledge bases, and manual processes. Unsurprisingly, this is leading to staff frustration and burnout, dissatisfied end users and persistent security vulnerabilities. As many as 56% of IT workers 1 say the help desk ticket volume is up, according to a recent survey by software vendor Ivanti.

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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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Microsoft speeds up Windows 11 updates with version 24H2 release

TechSpot

Windows 11 version 24H2 dramatically reduces the operating system's installation time, restart time, and CPU usage. Microsoft's internal tests show that the new update process is up to 45 percent faster installation, with restart times reduced by nearly 40 percent on some systems. These improvements come with up to 25.

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How IT leaders can assess “secure-by-design” software claims

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s no secret cyberthreats are increasing. The cost of reported cybercrime in the US jumped 22% last year to more than $12.5 billion, according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. 1 One issue is weaknesses that have been preserved in software by traditional approaches to coding and security. To combat these risks, there is now a concerted effort to create software that is secure by design.

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Russia, China, and Iran are escalating online influence efforts ahead of US election, says Microsoft

TechSpot

Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) writes that malicious foreign influence operations aimed at the US election are evolving. Clint Watts, MTAC General Manager, notes that history has shown how foreign actors' ability to rapidly distribute deceptive content can significantly impact public perception and electoral outcomes.

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Profesionales de TI: un tercio de los proyectos de IA son sólo un espectáculo

CIO Business Intelligence

A medida que las organizaciones se apresuran a poner en marcha proyectos de inteligencia artificial (IA) , muchos profesionales de TI no están convencidos del valor de estos primeros esfuerzos. Un 36% de los profesionales de TI encuestados por Dice.com cree que el objetivo principal de muchos proyectos de IA en los que han trabajado es mostrar a los inversores, miembros del consejo de administración o partes interesadas externas que la empresa está haciendo algo con la IA.

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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.