Wed.Jun 05, 2024

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Announcing Our Inaugural AI Foundation Models For Language Forrester Wave™ — 21 Criteria To Consider, Beyond Benchmarks

Forrester IT

AI researchers and scientists love their benchmarks and model parameter counts, but perhaps not as much as tech journalists love to report on them. Every week there is news about a model beating a benchmark or exceeding parameter counts.

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Cisco Live: AI takes center stage

Network World

LAS VEGAS – Cisco put AI front and center at its Live customer conclave this week, touting new networking, management and security products, along with partnerships and investments it expects will drive enterprise AI deployments. “AI is moving at an unprecedented pace, especially when you compare it to, say, some of the technologies that we talked about over the years.

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How Luxury Brands Can Bolster Their DTC Business

Forrester IT

We reviewed luxury fashion brands across their long-term digital success and the strength of their direct-to-consumer operations.

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NY Tech Week Talks Software Development and the New Era of AI

Information Week

Andreessen Horowitz held a panel with three of its portfolio companies -- Luma, Mistral AI, and Pinecone -- for a chat about ways AI changes software development.

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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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Apple Is About To Cross Its AI Rubicon

Forrester IT

On June 10, Apple will cross its AI Rubicon Apple’s early reticence toward AI was entirely on brand. The company has always been famously obsessed with what its offerings did for its customers rather than how it did it.

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Are Password Managers Safe to Use? (Benefits, Risks & Best Practices)

Tech Republic Security

Are password managers safe to use? Find out if they are really secure and discover the benefits and risks of using password managers.

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Snowflake’s Lack of MFA Control Leaves Companies Vulnerable, Experts Say

Information Week

Multi-factor authentication is a gold standard for cybersecurity that organizations can use to better shield users from threats. Cybersecurity experts say Snowflake's lack of MFA enforcement leaves a gap.

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Juniper tunes AI to find and fix SD-WAN, WAN routing problems

Network World

Juniper Networks continues to deliver on its overarching enterprise AI plans, this time adding features that will help customers proactively spot and fix WAN routing, SD-WAN and SASE problems. The enhancements are aimed at fortifying the vendor’s AI-Native Networking Platform, announced earlier this year , which brings Juniper’s wired, wireless data center, campus and branch networking products under one common management offering.

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Why Some Newer C-Suite Titles Fail

Information Week

Corporate C-suites continue to expand, but the success rate of the newer positions depends on many things.

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IBM’s Think 2024 News That Should Help Skills & Productivity Issues in Australia

Tech Republic Data Center

TechRepublic interviewed IBM’s managing director for Australia about how announcements from the recent Think event could impact the tech industry in particular.

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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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Why Now is the Time to Reinitiate Halted IT Projects

Information Week

The return to business-as-usual, combined with the emergence of new corporate technologies, means there is an opportunity to revisit IT projects put on hold during the pandemic.

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OpenAI insiders are demanding a “right to warn” the public 

Vox

Employees from some of the world’s leading AI companies published an unusual proposal on Tuesday, demanding that the companies grant them “a right to warn about advanced artificial intelligence.” Whom do they want to warn? You. The public. Anyone who will listen. The 13 signatories are current and former employees of OpenAI and Google DeepMind. They believe AI has huge potential to do good, but they’re worried that without proper safeguards, the tech can enable a wide range of harms.

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Is your data ready for AI? CIOs lack answers

CIO Business Intelligence

As CIOs and other tech leaders face pressure to adopt AI, many organizations are still skipping a crucial first step for successful deployments: putting their data house in order. Despite warnings going back at least six years , many CIOs fail to collect and organize the vast amount of data their organizations continuously generate, according to some data management vendors.

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Broadband providers file lawsuits against FCC to crush net neutrality rules

TechSpot

The plaintiffs took their lawsuits to several appellate courts, including the Fifth Circuit, the Sixth Circuit, Eleventh Circuit, and the D.C. Circuit, but only one of them will hear the cases after being chosen by a lottery. While USTelecom filed its lawsuit in the US Court of Appeals for the.

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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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We don’t need AI rolling pins: Food tech experts on the risks and opportunities for AI in the kitchen

GeekWire

Brava Home’s ovens were one of the cutting-edge kitchen appliances featured at the Smart Kitchen Summit held in Seattle on June 4th and 5th. The ovens use light as an efficient, high-performing heating source. (Middleby Photo / Mark Janoff) Scott Heimendinger , a culinary entrepreneur who helped lead Nathan Myhrvold’s Modernist Cuisine project, has a request for today’s kitchen innovators: please, please don’t create a rolling pin powered with ChatGPT, artificial intellig

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Cisco Talos: LilacSquid Threat Actor Targets Multiple Sectors Worldwide With PurpleInk Malware

Tech Republic

Find out how the cyberespionage threat actor LilacSquid operates, and then learn how to protect your business from this security risk.

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Third time’s the charm? Countdown is on for another try to launch Boeing’s Starliner

GeekWire

United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V sits on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, topped by Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule. (ULA Photo) For the third time in a month, two NASA astronauts have taken their seats for an attempt to launch the first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket is due to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 10:52 a.m.

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El sistema judicial madrileño, más ágil, seguro y flexible gracias a la virtualización de escritorios

CIO Business Intelligence

El sistema judicial madrileño da un paso adelante hacia la digitalización apostando por una infraestructura más ágil, segura y flexible. Fujitsu, en colaboración con Microsoft y bajo la batuta de la Consejería de Digitalización mediante su ente público Madrid Digital, ha desarrollado una solución innovadora de virtualización de escritorios para securizar, modernizar y mejorar la eficiencia en el ámbito de la Justicia en la Comunidad de Madrid de la mano de la Consejería de Presidencia, Justicia

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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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London hospitals forced to cancel operations following ransomware attack

TechSpot

An unknown ransomware gang has brought pathology lab company Synnovis down, forcing major London hospitals to cancel or delay their healthcare services as a consequence. According to the UK's National Health Service (NHS), the attack is having a "significant impact" on services delivered by Guy's, St Thomas', and King's College.

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AI avatars in the workplace: A tricky equation CIOs must prepare for

CIO Business Intelligence

As generative AI capabilities expand, CIOs will soon have to make difficult decisions about how far to allow AI to represent company employees, whether in internal meetings or when meeting with customers or partners. Two events this week — an announcement from Asana Wednesday and an interview from Zoom’s CEO on Monday — outline a near future in which lines between human and AI collaborators become increasingly blurred.

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Micron starts sampling GDDR7 memory for next generation GPUs

TechSpot

A few months after JEDEC announced the final specifications of the GDDR7 memory standard, Micron has begun sampling its first GDDR7 chips to industry partners. According to the company, the new memory solution is based on Micron's 1-beta DRAM technology, offering 32 Gb/s in a "power-optimized" design.

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Don’t fall into the AI buzzwords trap when evaluating vendors

CIO Business Intelligence

No one would dispute that artificial intelligence (AI) is reimaging how businesses and entire industries operate. Yet, as the hype around AI and machine learning intensifies, so does the number of AI buzzwords designed lure and distract. When having discussions with AI vendors, it’s easy to be enticed by terms such as “sentient AI”, “large language models”, “virtual copilot”, and others.

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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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Elon Musk confirms he diverted 12,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs from Tesla to X

TechSpot

On Tuesday, CNBC reported that Musk had diverted the 12,000 H100s from Tesla to X, citing a memo from Nvidia staff. The publication wrote that by allowing privately held X to jump the line for the in-demand chips ahead of Tesla, he has potentially pushed back the EV maker's acquisition.

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DoorDash vows to remove controversial consumer fee in Seattle if new minimum wage passes

GeekWire

DoorDash orders in Seattle include a $4.99 “SEA Regulatory Response Fee” to “help cover DoorDash’s increased operating costs” as a result of new minimum wage standards implemented by the city. (GeekWire Photos / Taylor Soper) DoorDash for the first time has publicly promised to axe a $4.99 fee on consumer orders if the city passes a revised minimum wage law for delivery drivers.

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First foldable iPhone may be delayed until 2027 as Apple focuses on reliability and crease issues

TechSpot

With Samsung dominating the foldable phone market, and rivals from companies such as Google, OnePlus, and Motorola proving popular, it's long been expected that Apple would join the pack at some point.

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Easy Way to Disable Device Password Sync with Intune

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 Easy Way to Disable Device Password Sync with Intune appeared first on HTMD Community Blog #1 Modern Device Management Guides by Vaishnav K.

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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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Drop the hammer on power outages with Asus' Mjolnir portable gaming UPS

TechSpot

The unit boasts a 10ms switchover time, Qi 2.0 wireless charging support with MagSafe compatibility, and can be recharged using a solar panel when outdoors. The handle of the hammer doubles as a flashlight to help light up your room when the power goes out.

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Reports: Microsoft under new antitrust scrutiny over Inflection deal and AI dominance

GeekWire

A Microsoft sign on the company’s redeveloped headquarters campus in Redmond, with renovation work ongoing in the background. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft is facing a pair of new antitrust probes from the Federal Trade Commission, according to reports Wednesday evening from The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. The FTC is seeking information about Microsoft’s hiring of AI pioneer Mustafa Suleyman and colleagues from Inflection AI earlier this year, the Journal reported,

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Samsung's Odyssey G8 4K 240Hz OLED monitor is available for pre-order, now features AI upscaling

TechSpot

Following the initial reveal of its latest Odyssey monitors at CES early this year, Samsung has announced that the Odyssey OLED G8 (model G80SD) is available to pre-order for $1,299.

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SAP to buy digital adoption specialist WalkMe for $1.5 billion

CIO Business Intelligence

SAP has agreed to buy WalkMe, a tool for offering workers personalized guidance on how to use software, for $1.5 billion in cash. There’s clearly a lot at stake for SAP as its offer, announced Wednesday morning, was 45% over WalkMe’s closing share price on Tuesday night. The companies expect the acquisition to close in the third quarter of 2024, provided that regulators and WalkMe’s shareholders approve the deal.

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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.