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How to Manage a Rapidly Growing IT Team

Information Week

Maintaining IT staff performance and efficiency during rapid growth requires careful planning and structure. Here's how to expand your team without missing a beat.

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Adobe Adds Firefly and AI Watermarking to Bug Bounty Program

Tech Republic Security

Researchers can earn up to $10,000 for critical vulnerabilities in the generative AI products.

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The Role that Mentors Play in Closing the Gender Gap

Information Week

Mentoring staff members makes a difference. Here's how you can use it productively to develop in-house talent.

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Are VPNs Legal To Use?

Tech Republic Security

Are virtual private networks legal to use? Discover if VPNs are legal, restricted or banned in your geolocation and what activities are legal vs. illegal when using a VPN.

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The Ultimate Contact Center Buyer's 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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Hiring Hi-Tech Talent by Kickin’ It Old School

Information Week

Using elements of a traditional approach to recruiting IT professionals can attract and grow the modern workforce.

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Global IT Services Spend Will Reach $2 Trillion By 2028

Forrester IT

The IT services industry is often overlooked, even though it captures more than a third of annual global tech spend — some four times the annual spend on computer equipment. Forrester forecasts that by 2028, annual spend on IT services will reach $2 trillion.

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B2B Marketing Leaders Don’t Trust Their Measurement, And What They Measure Isn’t Helping

Forrester IT

Nearly two-thirds of marketing leaders say that they don’t believe their measurement and analytics are well aligned with organizational objectives. A continued focus on marketing sourcing is emblematic of the problem.

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Expectations vs. reality: A real-world check on generative AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Is generative AI so important that you need to buy customized keyboards or hire a new chief AI officer, or is all the inflated excitement and investment not yet generating much in the way of returns for organizations? Gen AI takes us from single-use models of machine learning (ML) to AI tools that promise to be a platform with uses in many areas, but you still need to validate they’re appropriate for the problems you want solved, and that your users know how to use gen AI effectively.

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The Critical Role Of Campaign Content Strategy

Forrester IT

We like to practice what we preach at Forrester — when you’ve got valuable content, share it in as many audience-centric ways as you can muster. In this case, the core content is our just-published report, The Forrester Campaign Content Strategy.

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World Password Day 2024: Tech Leaders Discuss Password Obsolescence and Alternatives

IT Toolbox

On the occasion of World Password Day 2024, tech experts from around the world discuss the growing redundancy and alternatives to conventional passwords. The post World Password Day 2024: Tech Leaders Discuss Password Obsolescence and Alternatives appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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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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Google spurs US to ease immigration rules for tech talent

CIO Business Intelligence

In a plea for hiring relief, Google has sent the US Department of Labor an urgent appeal to amend US immigration laws to ease the hiring of foreign IT workers. On May 1, the tech titan submitted a lengthy response to the department’s request for information on modernizing Schedule A, a little-known immigration rule that fast-tracks the hiring of foreign workers in occupations facing pre-certified shortages in the US.

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Hannover Messe 2024: We’re All In This Together

Forrester IT

A Forrester analyst's impressions from Hannover Messe 2024, the smart manufacturing world's big annual trade show.

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Ingesan embraces a new way to approach HRM with AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Ingesan, a subsidiary of the OHLA Infrastructure Group, the Madrid-based construction and concession management multinational, has launched the Empath-IA project, a joint initiative between HR management and the digital transformation division that aims to address the increasingly competitive demands and complexities in HRM. And at its center is Nuria Fuentes, Ingesan’s CIO and leader of systems and digital transformation.

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My Prediction For The 2024 RSA Conference: Proactive Security Will Dominate Use Cases

Forrester IT

The RSA Conference is upon us again, and many are planning their travel to San Francisco next week and determining which talks to attend (including talks from our own Heidi Shey, Jinan Budge, Jeff Pollard, and Joseph Blankenship).

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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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Internet startup launches while embracing adoption

CIO Business Intelligence

When Brightspeed launched in 2022, the fiber broadband internet service had ambitious goals, acquiring a service territory encompassing more than 6.5 million locations in mainly rural and suburban communities in 20 U.S. states. As the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company planned its fiber build plan across its footprint, the company’s IT specialists realized that, with artificial intelligence (AI) emerging as the consummate transformative technology, Brightspeed needed to embrace adoption o

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Announcing Forrester’s Security & Risk Enterprise Leadership Award

Forrester IT

Forrester announces the opening call for our annual Security & Risk Enterprise Leadership Award. This award recognizes organizations that have transformed the security, privacy, and risk management functions into capabilities that fuel the organization’s long-term success. Learn more about the award and how to apply here.

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Internet startup explodes while embracing adoption

CIO Business Intelligence

When Brightspeed launched in 2022, the fiber broadband internet service had ambitious goals, acquiring a service territory encompassing more than 6.5 million locations in mainly rural and suburban communities in 20 U.S. states. As the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company planned its fiber build plan across its footprint, the company’s IT specialists realized that, with artificial intelligence (AI) emerging as the consummate transformative technology, Brightspeed needed to embrace adoption o

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Time to use Microsoft Graph Device Management PS Module Instead of MS Graph Intune Module

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link] and Facebook Page to get the latest updates [link] The post Time to use Microsoft Graph Device Management PS Module Instead of MS Graph Intune Module appeared first on HTMD Community Blog #1 Modern Device Management Guides by Vidya M A.

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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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DoorDash reports record quarterly revenue of $2.5B, rips Seattle over minimum wage law

GeekWire

Photo by Marques Thomas on Unsplash. DoorDash dedicated two large paragraphs of its first quarter earnings report and spent several minutes on a call with analysts to voice opposition against controversial minimum wage laws for delivery drivers in Seattle and New York City. The company’s comments reflect an ongoing battle between tech giants and supporters of legislation aimed at boosting pay for drivers that are classified as independent contractors.

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Navigating Our Future: AI as a Partner, Not a Replacement

Eric D. Brown

“Don’t let inhumanity steal your humanity” – Marcus Aurelius (paraphrased) In its relentless efficiency, artificial intelligence promises to solve problems that have plagued humanity forever. From eradicating diseases to optimizing traffic, its potential seems endless. But as we delegate more of our tasks, decisions, and even emotional labor to algorithms, we risk diminishing our own capacity for compassion, empathy, and connection.

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Prudential to shut down Assurance, the insurance tech startup it acquired for $2.35B in 2019

GeekWire

Inside Assurance HQ in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Taylor Soper) Insurance giant Prudential is shutting down Assurance IQ , five years after spending $2.35 billion to acquire the under-the-radar tech startup based in the Seattle region. “As we look to the future, we believe that directly investing in our core businesses and capabilities will help us become a higher growth, more capital efficient company,” Caroline Feeney, head of Prudential’s U.S. businesses, wrote in an em

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Navigating Our Future: AI as a Partner, Not a Replacement

Eric D. Brown

💡 "Don't let inhumanity steal your humanity" - Marcus Aurelius (paraphrased) In its relentless efficiency, artificial intelligence promises to solve problems that have plagued humanity forever. From eradicating diseases to optimizing traffic, its potential seems endless. But as we delegate more of our tasks, decisions, and even emotional labor to algorithms, we risk diminishing our own capacity for compassion, empathy, and connection.

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The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report

Procurement leaders are at a pivotal moment. With CPOs playing an increasingly strategic role, it’s time to leverage innovation and technology to drive resilience and efficiency. Download The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report to uncover key insights to thrive in a dynamic procurement landscape. What’s Inside: How CPOs are driving strategic decision-making and technology adoption The top priorities and challenges for procurement in 2025 Why AI, sustainability, and data analytics are essential for

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Asteroid hunters say they’ve found 27,500 new prospects in search for space rocks

GeekWire

This visualization shows the solar system trajectories of asteroids discovered by ADAM and THOR. (Credit: B612 Asteroid Institute / Univ. of Wash. DiRAC Institute / OpenSpace Project) A team of asteroid hunters that includes researchers at the University of Washington says it has identified 27,500 new, high-confidence asteroid discovery candidates — not by making fresh observations of the night sky, but by sifting through archives of astronomical data.

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Priest arrested for using $40,000 of parish funds on mobile games, including Candy Crush and Mario Kart

TechSpot

Reverend Lawrence Kozak, 51, was charged with theft and other related crimes for allegedly using a church credit card to spend $41,879.83 on mobile games between September 2019 and July 2022, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Kotaku).

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Take-Two Interactive layoffs hit Seattle area; 70 workers affected

GeekWire

Take-Two Interactive, the gaming giant behind the Grand Theft Auto franchise, is laying off 70 employees in the Seattle region. A WARN notification with Washington’s Employment Security Department (ESD) revealed the layoffs in Seattle as part of a closure beginning June 28. Take-Two lists Seattle as an office location on its website. The company owns Seattle-based studio Intercept Games, which is developing Kerbal Space Program 2.

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Tesla lays off entire Supercharger and new vehicles teams, weeks after previous cuts

TechSpot

Rebecca Tinucci, Tesla's senior director of EV charging, will be leaving the automaker. Being shown the door alongside Tinucci will be all 500 members of the team that reported to her, writes The Information.

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The 2025 Recruitment Playbook

The 2025 Recruitment Playbook by Procom is a strategic guide tailored for hiring managers to navigate the evolving talent landscape. Highlighting innovations like AI-driven tools and data analytics, the playbook empowers leaders to streamline processes, enhance candidate experiences , and foster diversity and inclusion. It provides actionable insights for every recruitment stage—from sourcing and screening to onboarding and retention.

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Former Microsoft engineers raise $3M for cybersecurity startup StepSecurity

GeekWire

Ashish Kurmi (left) and Varun Sharma, co-founders of StepSecurity. (StepSecurity Photo) StepSecurity , a Seattle-area startup aiming to help developers secure their projects, raised a $3 million seed round led by Runtime Ventures. Founded in 2022 by former Microsoft engineers and cybersecurity veterans Ashish Kurmi and Varun Sharma , StepSecurity focuses on CI/CD, an industry term known as continuous integration and continuous delivery that describes the process of automating the development and

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Devious "Brokewell" trojan masquerades as Chrome browser update to steal your banking data

TechSpot

As reported by fraud risk company ThreatFabric, the modus operandi of this malware is deceptively simple - it tricks unsuspecting users into downloading it by disguising itself as an update for Google Chrome. The fake update page looks pretty legit at first glance, using similar visuals and branding as the.

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Microsoft President Brad Smith and wife Kathy Surace-Smith join Mariners ownership group

GeekWire

Microsoft President Brad Smith. (GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong) Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith and his wife Kathy Surace-Smith have purchased a stake in the Seattle Mariners , becoming just the third additions since the team formed a partnership group in 1992. Mariners chairman and managing partner John Stanton announced the news Wednesday, saying that the goal of the group has been to find “partners who both love baseball and are passionate about public service.” S

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Boston Dynamics bots could revolutionize the live entertainment industry

TechSpot

Boston Dynamics introduced its four-legged, canine-like robot in 2016. Over the years, we have seen Spot work alongside - and in place of - humans in several risky scenarios. In 2019, for example, the Massachusetts State Police leased a unit for a trial run in the bomb squad. The following.

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Brace for Impact. Unpredictable Tariff Disruptions Are Here - Your Playbook

Tariffs will have a major impact on your supply chain, margins, and operations. Drawing on our work with global companies across manufacturing, automotive, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, software, technology, financial services, and a range of service industries, we outline the key strategic and tactical actions companies are taking to navigate this period of heightened uncertainty.