Fri.Nov 15, 2024

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AI, cybersecurity drive IT investments and lead skill shortages for 2025

Network World

AI and cybersecurity are driving enterprise tech investments and at the same time exposing the talent gaps that IT teams face. According to Skillsoft’s 2024 IT Skills and Salary Report , IT leaders are planning to invest in AI and machine learning in 2025 while also aiming to bring more AI/ML skills in house and recruit hard-to-find cybersecurity talent.

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The 5 Top Initiatives For B2C CMOs In 2025

Forrester IT

With budgets set for 2025, CMOs are about to enter the new year with several critical initiatives. What’s bubbling to the top? Forrester’s Q4 B2C Marketing CMO Pulse Survey, 2024 provided a list of 17 initiatives and we asked respondents (127 US B2C marketing executives) to select up to three.

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CISOs who delayed patching Palo Alto Vulnerabilities now face real threat

Network World

Two of six critical vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks’ Expedition Migration tool, which the company patched in October, are being actively exploited according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. CISA has now added the two vulnerabilities — CVE-2024-9463 and CVE-2024-9465 — to its known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, putting CISOs who ignored last month’s warnings to patch the Palo Alto flaws on notice that their systems are now under threat.

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ai.PULSE: My First Cloud Vendor Event Focused Entirely On AI

Forrester IT

Scaleway hosted its third ai.PULSE event on AI and cloud sustainability and sovereignty. Key discussions included the environmental impact of AI, the need for nuclear power, and digital sovereignty in AI deployments.

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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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Generative AI: Reshaping the Semiconductor Value Chain

Information Week

The technology will change the game from design to manufacturing and more, but there are strategic priorities to consider for successful integration.

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Back In The Analyst Chair: What I’ll be focusing on in 2024 – 2025

Forrester IT

Many of you will have noticed that I have moved back into an analyst role over the last few weeks.

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ANZ CIO Challenges: AI, Cybersecurity & Data Analytics for 2025

Tech Republic Security

ANZ government CIOs face budget constraints while prioritizing AI, cybersecurity, and data analytics for productivity gains and digital transformation in 2025.

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New framework aims to keep AI safe in US critical infrastructure

CIO Business Intelligence

Analyst reaction to Thursday’s release by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of a framework designed to ensure safe and secure deployment of AI in critical infrastructure is decidedly mixed. Where did it come from? According to a release issued by DHS, “this first-of-its kind resource was developed by and for entities at each layer of the AI supply chain: cloud and compute providers, AI developers, and critical infrastructure owners and operators — as well as the civil society and publ

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From NASA to AWS to Momento: Seattle startup’s journey to reinvent cloud caching

GeekWire

We are in a world where we are consuming interactive applications and content from our mobile devices. But we rarely think about the technologies that make this happen. Caching is a big part of how low latency interactive applications like live sports, streaming apps are enabled — it is a necessary but unglamorous piece of cloud infrastructure. Khawaja Shams is co-founder and CEO of Momento , which sees itself as powering interactive applications with boring but highly reliable software.

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CEO of Salesforce AI Clara Shih has left

CIO Business Intelligence

The CEO of Salesforce AI, Clara Shih, has left after just 20 months in the job. Neither Shih nor the company has made an official announcement, but a source familiar with the matter confirmed to CIO that Adam Evans, previously senior vice president of product for Salesforce AI Platform, has moved up to the newly created role of executive vice president and general manager of Salesforce AI.

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The Tumultuous IT Landscape Is Making Hiring More Difficult

After a year of sporadic hiring and uncertain investment areas, tech leaders are scrambling to figure out what’s next. This whitepaper reveals how tech leaders are hiring and investing for the future. Download today to learn more!

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 gains security, networking upgrades

Network World

Red Hat is out this week with the latest milestone update of its flagship Linux platform. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 (RHEL) became generally available on Nov. 14, providing users of the platform with a long list of updates and improvements that impact nearly every aspect of IT and system operations. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x first debuted back in 2022, with the company providing incremental updates every six months with additional features.

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Agentes de IA: seis casos de uso prometedores para las empresas

CIO Business Intelligence

Los agentes de inteligencia artificial , una tecnología que promete automatizar tareas manuales en las organizaciones, están en auge. Esta tendencia que Forrester destacó en junio como una de las principales tecnologías emergentes para 2025 lleva la IA generativa un paso más allá al permitir que estas herramientas tomen decisiones operativas en lugar de generar contenido.

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Researcher demonstrates Apple iOS 18 security feature rebooting an iPhone after 72 hours of incativity

TechSpot

Last week brought reports of police officials warning other departments that iPhones being stored in evidence for forensic examination were rebooting themselves. 404Media writes that security experts later confirmed that Apple had quietly introduced the feature in iOS 18.1.

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9 Worthwhile Product Launch Templates for Busy Leaders

Tech Republic

Download the best product launch templates for monday.com, ClickUp, Wrike, Notion, Excel, Google Sheets, and more.

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Improving the Accuracy of Generative AI Systems: A Structured Approach

Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.

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Nvidia's upcoming CPU could offer RTX 4070 mobile levels of performance

TechSpot

The long-running rumor is that Nvidia will be working with MediaTek to produce these Arm-based chips. The latter's rival, Qualcomm, has been busy in the PC space with its Snapdragon X-series processors. They've not really set the world on fire, especially when it comes to gaming performance, though they are.

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U.S. Confirms Chinese Hackers Compromised Telecommunications Networks

SecureWorld News

In a joint statement from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), United States officials have disclosed the details of a broad cyber espionage campaign by Chinese state-sponsored actors targeting U.S. telecommunications infrastructure. The China-backed hackers, identified as the Salt Typhoon group, have reportedly accessed customer call data, law enforcement records, and private communications of U.S. officials and politically a

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Nvidia is giving away a custom GeForce RTX 4080 Super to celebrate Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary

TechSpot

Valve released Half-Life 2 on November 16, 2004, forever changing the gaming industry. Now, one of the greatest video games ever made turns 20, and Nvidia is celebrating this milestone with new hardware and gaming updates. The iconic first-person shooter will soon receive its "RTX" remake, and one fortunate gamer.

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Ubuntu Server: A Cheat Sheet

Tech Republic

Ubuntu Server is very popular, thanks to containers and the cloud. This resource guide about Ubuntu Server covers why the platform matters, how to use it, and more.

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2024 Salary Guide

Procom’s 2024 Salary Guide provides critical insights into the latest hiring trends, in-demand IT roles, and competitive pay rates across Canada and the U.S. It highlights key market dynamics such as the growing demand for remote work, skills-based hiring, and flexible staffing solutions. With detailed pay rate data for top IT positions like Cybersecurity Consultants, Cloud Engineers, and Salesforce Developers, this guide is an essential resource for companies looking to stay competitive in toda

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Next-gen synthetic diamond cooling tech for chips could secure CHIPS Act backing

TechSpot

This is just an initial agreement and not a done deal, but it marks an important first step. According to Akash, the money would go toward ramping up production of its diamond semiconductor solutions for AI, data centers, space tech, and defense applications.

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Edge Extending the Reach of the Data Center

Information Week

New edge technologies provide diagnostics, remediation and AI, which can help ease the burden on IT.

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As Half-Life 2 turns 20, Valve celebrates with a free to download weekend, new Episode 3 footage reveal

TechSpot

If you're one of the few Steam users who still doesn't own Half-Life 2, now is your chance to add Valve's blockbuster first-person shooter to your library permanently – for free – until November 18. The bundle also includes both follow-up episodes, plus the game has received a major update.

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FIX Autopilot V2 Enrollment Error 80180014 Issue with Corporate Device Identifier Format

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 FIX Autopilot V2 Enrollment Error 80180014 Issue with Corporate Device Identifier Format appeared first on HTMD Community Modern Device Management News & Guides by Anoop C Nair.

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Guide to Centralizing IT Operations: How to Link Tasks and Tools with an Automation Platform

For many IT admins, business as usual is a juggling act. Job schedulers and scripts run on autopilot, applications and operating systems can’t speak the same language, and other tools—like RPA or MFT solutions—operate in isolation. On a good day, everything runs smoothly. But good days are rare; more often than not, something goes wrong and you’re stuck putting out fires.

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Amazon launches first Fire TV sets with mini-LED panels and AMD FreeSync certification

TechSpot

Omni mini-LED sets feature a 4K QLED mini-LED display capable of delivering up to 1,400 nits of peak brightness, and support Dolby Vision IQ and HDR10+ Adaptive tech. The number of dimming zones varies depending on size, from 512 on the 55-inch model to 1,344 on the 85-inch variant.

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Grupos de usuarios, un eje de unión en la cadena tecnológica empresarial 

CIO Business Intelligence

El ecosistema tech podría resumirse, muy a grandes rasgos, en dos categorías: quienes desarrollan la tecnología y quienes la usan. Aun a riesgo de caer en una simplificación excesiva, este esquema sirve para entender dónde se sitúan los grupos de usuarios. Estas organizaciones sirven como enlaces entre las dos categorías e, incluso, dentro de cada una.

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AMD claims Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is 75% faster than Intel's Core Ultra 7 258V in gaming

TechSpot

To back these claims, AMD rolled out benchmark results for over 15 popular game titles run at 1080p medium settings. The titles tested include Cyberpunk 2077, Assassin's Creed Mirage, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and Hogwarts Legacy. Across the board, AMD's Ryzen AI chip consistently outgunned the competing Intel processor.

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Best Way to Auto Update Mozilla Firefox Browser Using Intune Configuration Policy

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 Best Way to Auto Update Mozilla Firefox Browser Using Intune Configuration Policy appeared first on HTMD Community Modern Device Management News & Guides by Vaishnav K.

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Bringing the Cybersecurity Imperative Into Focus

Tech leaders today are facing shrinking budgets and investment concerns. This whitepaper provides insights from over 1,000 tech leaders on how to stay secure and attract top cybersecurity talent, all while doing more with less. Download today to learn more!

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Phison steals Micron's PCIe 5 SSD crown after just one day with a 122TB drive

TechSpot

Solidigm and Phison almost simultaneously revealed upcoming data center PCIe SSDs with capacities exceeding 120TB on Thursday. The announcements come mere hours after Micron's 60TB PCIe Gen 5 SSD established a new precedent.

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The enterprise service revolution: Supercharging ESM with AI

CIO Business Intelligence

IT service management (ITSM) tools and practices transformed the tech side of the enterprise by automating service and support operations, along with adding employee self-service options. The combination was so effective that organizations are applying the principles to the entire organization in the form of enterprise service management (ESM), allowing departments such as human resources (HR), finance, and facilities to transform their own processes.

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US officials confirm Chinese hackers had access to law enforcement wiretap systems for months

TechSpot

On Wednesday, the US government confirmed that Chinese hackers breached several US telecommunications service providers. The threat actors compromised wiretap systems used for law enforcement surveillance. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a statement describing the campaign as "broad and significant," implicating a state-sponsored hacking.

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Forrester’s US End Of Year Holiday Season Forecast

Forrester IT

Forrester’s US end of year holiday season forecast for 2024 is live! Forrester defines holiday retail sales as the purchase of durable and nondurable goods that consumers make during November and December. These sales don’t include automotive and gasoline sales or spending on services, such as food and drink services at restaurants.

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How Hellenic Bank Transformed Its Indirect Procurement Operations With GEP Software

Financial institutions must navigate a complex web of policies, procedures and regulations to ensure compliance and manage risk. When Hellenic Bank, a leading retail lender in Cyprus, set out to transform its procurement operations, it needed more than just software deployment. It required a partner that would help embed its intricate buying processes — with all its validations, risk assessments and tiered approvals — into a unified system.