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The State Of Generative AI For Marketing In Asia Pacific

Forrester IT

I’m pleased to announce the publication of the first of my two generative AI (genAI) Marketing in APAC reports, “The State Of Generative AI For Marketing In Asia Pacific.” The data overview report covers a wide range of topics on APAC marketers’ use of genAI, including adoption, investment, use cases, benefits, challenges, and concerns.

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DNA is an Ancient Form of Data Storage. Is it Also a Radical New Alternative?

Information Week

Life on Earth emerged as early as 4 billion years ago. It is the product of the codes stored in DNA. Now, we are repurposing DNA to store other forms of information.

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Is Your VMware Knowledge Stuck in 2010? Let’s Catch You Up!

Forrester IT

VMware Has Evolved Over the years, most of the Fortune 5000 have standardized on VMware technologies. However, once Broadcom announced its intent to acquire VMware, many of the tech leaders at these firms, concerned with the acquisition, began exploring options.

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Can VPNs Be Tracked by the Police?

Tech Republic Security

VPNs are popular due to the fact they add security and privacy to what are otherwise daily open Wi-Fi and public internet channels. But can VPNs be tracked by the police?

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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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The Rise Of Application Generation Platforms

Forrester IT

AppGen platforms will integrate the steps of software analysis, development, security, testing, and delivery by providing TuringBots for both low-code and high-code development spanning every step — all while incorporating the principles of agile and DevOps along the way.

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Blinken: US Agencies Will Unify Cyber Approach With ‘Digital Solidarity’

Information Week

The US Secretary of State promises a unified stance on some of the biggest technological advancements and concerns during an appearance at one of the nation’s premier tech events.

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Data Privacy in the Age of AI Means Moving Beyond Buzzwords

Information Week

Privacy is possible, but only if companies move beyond empty promises and commit to ethical data practices.

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What’s Hot For Anti-Money Laundering In APAC In 2024?

Forrester IT

In 2022, I examined the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) landscape in Asia Pacific (APAC), highlighting the key trends and technologies. Since then, much has changed. New hotspots have emerged for money launderers, while innovative technology has also emerged to fight back against them. Notably, Generative AI has catapulted itself into the forefront of this fight.

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Negating all VPNs may have been possible since 2002

TechSpot

Researchers at the Leviathan Security Group have publicized an exploit that can force a VPN user to transmit unencrypted internet traffic outside of the VPN tunnel, exposing them to snooping and defeating the entire purpose of the technology. Currently, no method to fully address the problem exists on popular operating.

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Joint Accounts Are So 90s: Why FIs Need Better Shared Finance Products

Forrester IT

“Money is an inherently ‘multi-player’ experience – not a single-player game. But most incumbent FIs haven’t built their products or software systems to serve the collaborative needs of multiplayer finance.

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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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Robert Dennard, inventor of DRAM and pioneer of semiconductor scaling, dies at 91

TechSpot

Dennard's claims to fame are enormous. He's the mind behind dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), the ubiquitous memory that quite literally makes our computers and smartphones function. And that's just the start. This Texas-born extraordinaire left an indelible mark on the trajectory of semiconductor innovation.

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Your phone can tell when you’re depressed

Vox

AI-powered apps may be able to use your data (including selfies) to predict your current mental state. | Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images Emerging apps use AI to guess when you’ll be sad. Can they also help you feel better? If you have a sore throat, you can get tested for a host of things — Covid, RSV, strep, the flu — and receive a pretty accurate diagnosis (and maybe even treatment).

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Commentary: What it will take for Washington state to create a skilled and adaptable workforce

GeekWire

Technology Alliance CEO Laura Ruderman speaks during the 2024 State of Technology Luncheon in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) [Editor’s Note: This commentary was adapted from Technology Alliance CEO Laura Ruderman’s remarks at the organization’s annual State of Technology Luncheon on Friday, May 3, in Seattle.] The Technology Alliance was founded just over 25 years ago by folks like Bill Gates Sr., Tom Alberg, Ed Fritzky, Ed Lazowska, and, of course, our fearless founding CEO, Susannah M

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Economic desperation drives 500,000 Argentinians to Sam Altman's Worldcoin crypto project

TechSpot

Skyrocketing inflation and high unemployment have sent half a million people in Argentina to Worldcoin's Palantír-like Orbs. The company says the iris-scanning technology can establish an individual's identity, at which point a digital World ID is created that can be used pseudonymously in a wide variety of everyday applications.

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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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Red Hat seeks to shrink IT skills gap with Lightspeed gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

For IT leaders experiencing skills gaps in the data center and cloud, Red Hat believes it may have an answer. At Red Hat Summit 2024 in Denver today, the company announced plans to extend its Red Hat Lightspeed generative AI capabilities across all its platforms, including Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). By infusing gen AI functionality across its portfolio, Red Hat aims to reduce the complexity of enterprise IT and help platform engineers and developers be more accurate a

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Starfish tests satellite rendezvous system — and wins a $37.5M Space Force contract

GeekWire

An artist’s conception shows the Otter Pup satellite. (Starfish Space Illustration) Months after Starfish Space said it was giving up on its plan to test its satellite docking system in orbit , due to a thruster failure, the Tukwila, Wash.-based startup managed to coax one last rendezvous out of its first space mission. And this week brought more good news for Starfish Space, in the form of a $37.5 million contract from the U.S.

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CDOs’ biggest problem? Getting colleagues to understand their role

CIO Business Intelligence

Chief data officers have a lot to think about these days. Chief among them, they must ensure responsible, compliant use of their organizations’ data in the face of increasingly complex regulatory environments across the globe. Now, CDOs find themselves under additional pressure to make sure organizational data is accurate and complete, as companies launch AI projects hungry for clean and easy-to-access data.

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NVIDIA invests in AI-powered weed zapping ag-tech startup Carbon Robotics

GeekWire

Carbon Robotics’ LaserWeeder in action. (Carbon Robotics Photo) Seattle ag-tech startup Carbon Robotics has a new investment from NVentures , the venture capital arm of NVIDIA, to fuel the company’s AI-powered farming solutions. The amount of the funding was not disclosed. Carbon Robotics has raised $85 million to date. Carbon Robotics makes a “LaserWeeder” which relies on artificial intelligence to detect and identify plants in fields and then target and eliminate weeds

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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Innovating Services for a Digital, Intelligent Future

CIO Business Intelligence

Digital transformation remains top of mind worldwide. According to Foundry’s State of the CIO 2024 study, technology leaders will be focused on driving digital innovation, redesigning processes, and modernising infrastructure and apps in the next three years in order to stay ahead. At the same time, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming recognised as a keystone for future growth.

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The Critical Role of Good Data Habits for AI

Eric D. Brown

“All the theories in the world cannot overcome bad habits” – Musonius Rufus Artificial intelligence (AI) presents a seductive promise in business: the power to transform data into insights, automate mundane tasks, and foresee market trends. However, an overlooked aspect is that AI’s capabilities depend on underlying data and an organization’s data habits.

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PC market recovery leads to increased client CPU shipments, but server sales lag

TechSpot

According to a new report from Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the client PC CPU market reached 62 million units in Q1, 2024, representing a healthy 33 percent growth from the same period last year. However, the shipments are still down 9.4 percent sequentially from Q4, 2023, when the manufacturers shipped 69 million units globally.

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The Critical Role of Good Data Habits for AI

Eric D. Brown

💡 "All the theories in the world cannot overcome bad habits" - Musonius Rufus Artificial intelligence (AI) presents a seductive promise in business: the power to transform data into insights, automate mundane tasks, and foresee market trends. However, an overlooked aspect is that AI's capabilities depend on underlying data and an organization's data habits.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Tech Moves: NanoString CEO and CFO depart; Temporal founders swap roles; Gradial adds exec

GeekWire

Brad Gray. (LinkedIn Photo) Brad Gray is stepping down from NanoString after 14 years leading the Seattle biotech company as CEO. NanoString this week completed its acquisition to life sciences research and diagnostic giant Bruker, which bought the company’s assets for approximately $392.6 million in cash after NanoString entered a bankruptcy process earlier this year. “We have found in Bruker a wonderful home for the enterprise so many people worked so hard to build,” Gray wro

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"CPUs Don't Matter For 4K Gaming". Wrong!

TechSpot

Something we hear a lot is that CPU performance doesn't matter for 4K gaming. Without proper context, CPU benchmark data can be misinterpreted. Let us explain to you what's what with some hard data.

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The Top 5 Pipedrive Alternatives for 2024

Tech Republic

Discover the top alternatives to Pipedrive. Explore a curated list of CRM platforms with similar features, pricing and pros and cons to find the best fit for your business.

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Ransomware criminals use children's phone numbers to coerce payments from parents

TechSpot

Speaking at a Google Security Threat Intelligence Panel at this year's RSA Conference in San Francisco (via The Reg), Charles Carmakal, CTO of Google-owned cybersecurity firm Mandiant, said, "We saw situations where threat actors essentially SIM swap the phones of children of executives, and start making phone calls to executives, Read Entire Article

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success. That’s why we developed this white paper to give you insights into four key open-source technologies – Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, Apache Spark™, and OpenSearch® – and how to leverage them for lasting success. Discover everything you’ll want to know about scalable, data-layer technologies: Learn when to choose these technologies and when to avoid them Explore h

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Outreach founders reveal new ‘buyer copilot’ AI startup that automates customer demos

GeekWire

FullContext co-founders Gordan Hempton (left) and Wes Hather. (LinkedIn Photos) A new Seattle startup led by the co-founders of sales software giant Outreach is using AI to automate initial customer interactions and provide personalized product demos for B2B companies. Gordon Hempton and Wes Hather are the co-founders of FullContext , which came out of stealth mode today to unveil its “buyer copilot” tool designed to boost efficiency for software sales teams.

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Visa challenges the legitimacy of stablecoins as a payment technology

TechSpot

Stablecoins have been hailed as the future of blockchain-based digital money due to their financial stability compared to Bitcoin and other "traditional" cryptocurrencies. However, according to Visa, more than 90 percent of stablecoin transactions aren't actually generated by real users of the technology.

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SAP forecasts clarity in the cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Martin Bayer: At the moment, user companies are still hesitant to adopt cloud computing, but also SAP’s RISE and GROW programs, especially in Germany. Last year’s message that certain core innovations would only be offered in the cloud has also caused some resentment among users. How do you want to take your customers with you on their journey? Christian Klein: I understand there’s some reluctance among [German-speaking SAP user group] DSAG and some other customers to embrace the cloud.

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Amazon rolls out fleet of heavy-duty electric trucks to decarbonize more of its transportation network

GeekWire

An Amazon electric heavy-duty truck in San Bernardino, Calif. (Amazon Photo) Amazon is bulking up its fleet of electric vehicles beyond the delivery vans that many customers are accustomed to seeing in their neighborhoods. The company announced Tuesday that it has begun rolling out nearly 50 heavy-duty all-electric trucks in Southern California — its largest such fleet — to handle first- and middle-mile operations to help further decarbonize the tech giant’s delivery operations.

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IT Leadership Agrees AI is Here, but Now What?

IT leaders are experiencing rapid evolution in AI amid sustained investment uncertainty. As AI evolves, enhanced cybersecurity and hiring challenges grow. This whitepaper offers real strategies to manage risks and position your organization for success.