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Gen AI in 2025: Playtime is over, time to get practical

CIO Business Intelligence

Generative AI playtime may be over, as organizations cut down on experimentation and pivot toward achieving business value, with a focus on fewer, more targeted use cases. Nearly nine out of 10 senior decision-makers said they have gen AI pilot fatigue and are shifting their investments to projects that will improve business performance, according to a recent survey from NTT DATA.

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Look For These Five Brand And Customer Experience Themes At CES 2025

Forrester IT

On January 7th, about 140,00 people will join serpentine queues in Las Vegas, where over 300 of the Fortune 500 will flaunt their wares at the world’s most revered tech show CES 2025.

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IT’s New Frontier: Protecting the Company from Brand Bashing

Information Week

Company brand protection in the age of disinformation and brand bashing on social media is something CIOs should think about.

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IA generativa en 2025: de la experimentación a la práctica real

CIO Business Intelligence

Parece llegar a su fin el tiempo de que las empresas jueguen con la IA generativa : las organizaciones comienzan una nueva etapa en la que se reduce la experimentacin para pivotar hacia logros de valor empresarial , con un enfoque en menos casos de uso pero ms especficos. Segn una encuesta realizada recientemente por NTT DATA, casi nueve de cada diez responsables de la toma de decisiones de alto nivel afirman estar cansados de los proyectos piloto de IA generativa y estn cambiando sus inversione

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketer's 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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TotalAV VPN vs Surfshark: Which VPN Should You Choose?

Tech Republic Security

Compare TotalAV VPN and Surfshark to find the best fit for your online security needs. Discover more and make an informed choice today.

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Intel's latest microcode update fails to fix Arrow Lake performance issues

TechSpot

Arrow Lake's debut is shaping up to be one of the most disappointing chapters in Intel's business history. The new Core Ultra CPUs have been heavily criticized for forcing customers into a significant performance downgrade compared to both AMD's latest offerings and Intel's previous processor generations.

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Old BitLocker vulnerability exploited to bypass encryption on updated Windows 11

TechSpot

According to a presentation shown during the recently held Chaos Communication Congress at the Chaos Computer Club (CCC), Windows BitLocker can be screwed without a screwdriver. A Hacker named Thomas Lambertz found a way to exploit an old, supposedly fixed vulnerability in Microsoft's encryption tech, bypassing many security features to.

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Download the Hot IT Certifications Enterprise Spotlight

Network World

Download the January 2025 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World.

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Download the Hot IT Certifications Enterprise Spotlight

CIO Business Intelligence

Download the January 2025 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World.

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New Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for Linux Management Now Supported by Intune

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 New Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for Linux Management Now Supported by Intune appeared first on HTMD Community Modern Device Management News & Guides by Anoop C Nair.

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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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Federal Cybersecurity Policy Still Lags Rapid Change

Information Week

The need for robust cybersecurity regulation and oversight has become essential if we are to protect American citizens, companies, and governments from cyberattacks.

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Apple stops Vision Pro production amid weak demand and customer dissatisfaction

TechSpot

Apple is said to have scaled back production of the Vision Pro last summer after building up a large inventory that it believed would last through the year. Now that production has ended, the company reportedly has enough units in stock to meet demand for the device's remaining lifespan through 2025.

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Microsoft raises bar with water-saving data center design

Network World

Microsofts new data center designs include acooling systemthat it claims will consume zero water while at the same time offering liquid cooling of the hardware. The designs leverage a chip-level liquid cooling solution that can provide precise temperature control without water evaporation. The closed-loop system continuously circulates water between servers and chillers like traditional water-cooling systems, but thanks to the temperature controls, it doesnt require a fresh water supply due to l

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Investor predictions 2025: Seattle VCs sound off on AI, remote work, and city’s tech ecosystem

GeekWire

Clockwise, from top left: Erik Benson from Voyager; Heather Redman from Flying Fish Ventures; Sri Chandrasekar from Point 72 Ventures; Kyle Lui from Bling Capital; and Ken Horenstein from Pack Ventures. (Photos via LinkedIn and firms) What do startups need to do to succeed in the year ahead? Whats the next big use case for AI? And what would help Seattle’s tech ecosystem thrive?

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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.

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Nintendo Switch 2 alleged motherboard leaks, patent confirms DLSS upscaling-like tech

TechSpot

New photos of an alleged Switch 2 PCB emerged on Reddit on New Year's Eve. Around the same time, the US Patent Office published a document from the company describing machine learning-based upscaling functionality similar to Nvidia RTX graphics cards and the PlayStation 5 Pro.

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Judge denies Uber’s motion to block new Seattle law regulating the driver deactivation process

GeekWire

(Uber Photo) A federal judge denied Uber’s effort to stop the enforcement of a new Seattle law that establishes labor standards for the driver deactivation process. In a new ruling issued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman rejected Ubers request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, clearing the way for the App-Based Worker Deactivation Rights Ordinance to take effect Jan. 1.

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Cutting the cord again? Americans are spending less on streaming as fatigue and options grow

TechSpot

According to Review's annual State of Consumer Media Spending Report, the average American spent 23 percent less on streaming subscriptions in 2024 than in 2023.

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Keys to accelerating innovation with your existing SAP systems

CIO Business Intelligence

With the end of mainstream support for major SAP versions looming large, SAP shops may feel pressure to accelerate a shift to cloud. But more and more are learning they no longer have to stress over vendor-imposed deadlines. Leveraging third-party support, enterprises can reclaim the power dynamic, reaping value from their on-premises SAP estate while moving as fast as theyd like toward their innovation goals.

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4 HR Predictions for 2025: Supercharge Your Employee Experience with Internal Communications

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

The future of HR is here, and it's all about collaboration, innovation, and impact. Join us for a forward-thinking session where seasoned experts Miriam and Carolyn will share insights and practical strategies to help you stay ahead of evolving HR trends. Discover how to build strong partnerships with internal teams to craft a transparent, authentic, and connected workforce experience.

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Graviton progress: 50% of new AWS instances run on Amazon custom silicon

Network World

Half of all instances spun up on Amazon Web Services over the past two years used Graviton, Amazons custom silicon built on Arm processor technology, rather than x86 processors. In addition, the homegrown Graviton processor powered more than 250,000 CPUs during Amazon Prime Day, showing its efficiency in handling demand, according to a presentation at the recent AWS: reInvent conference by Dave Brown, vice president of AWS compute & networking services.

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UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act: What You Need to Know

Tech Republic

The incoming legislation will enable the U.K. government to investigate Google, Apple, and other tech companies potentially anticompetitive practices more holistically.

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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D outsells entire Ryzen 9000 non-X3D series, says German retailer

TechSpot

That's not a colossal figure by any means, but it does have some relevance when put into perspective. For one, we're dealing with a single retailer. What's more, the 8,650 units sold is more than the sum of all other Ryzen 9000 series CPUs sold by Mindfactory to date (then.

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The No-Worry Guide to VoIP Number Porting

Tech Republic

The only reason people think VoIP number porting is hard is because its unfamiliar. It's actually really easy heres exactly how to do it.

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How to Create Sales Email Sequences That Convert

Modern go-to-market teams know it takes more than one email to break through the noise. Multiple touchpoints means more ways to get your pitch right — and, potentially, more ways to be wrong. The good news? Once you know how to write compelling, one-off emails to entice prospective customers, you can easily do the same across a short sequence of emails.

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Industry push could see barcodes replaced by QR-style 2D codes within two years

TechSpot

GS1, the global non-profit organization that develops and maintains standards for supply chain communication, including barcodes, aims for widespread adoption of QR-style codes by 2027 through its Sunrise 2027 initiative.

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Ser CIO en 2025: estos serán los principales desafíos tecnológicos

CIO Business Intelligence

Anticipar cules sern las tendencias en tecnologa para el prximo ao tiene un poco de bola de cristal: su propio carcter disruptivo hace que en ocasiones entre en juego una herramienta que hasta entonces no haba destacado. Cuando adems se trata de adaptarlas a la propia empresa, el equilibrio es mayor: est ya la tendencia lo suficientemente madura para incorporarla o realizar casos de uso?

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Think CAPTCHAs are frustrating? Try this new Doom version

TechSpot

Completely Automated Public Turing tests to tell Computers and Humans Apart have been frustrating internet users for years. Preventing the likes of account-creating bots, spam, data-scaping, etc., is important, but it's hard to remember that fact when squinting at a squiggled word on the screen, or faced with the dilemma.

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Climate activism and community-building startup draws tech workers seeking camaraderie

GeekWire

Soapbox Project founder and CEO Nivi Achanta, standing, at an invite-only December soft launch of the nonprofit’s new weekly meeting space at Seattle’s Slip Gallery. The nonprofit’s public launch in the venue is Jan. 7. (Soapbox Photo) A climate-focused startup fostering community is drawing tech workers who are feeling anxious about the planet’s environmental trajectory and eager to collectively engage in positive activism. “Tech is this perfect industry where ther

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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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Japanese store deploys remote workers as convenience store clerks for graveyard shifts

TechSpot

Interactions through the new system function similarly to a video call for customers, except they interact with cartoon avatars rather than seeing the actual clerk. The remote operator's movements are replicated using cameras, allowing for a more dynamic experience. While this approach might feel a bit impersonal, the avatar system.

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IBM’s Acquisition of HashiCorp Investigated by UK Competition Authority

Tech Republic

The U.K. government is investigating whether IBMs acquisition of cloud infrastructure firm HashiCorp will result in a substantial lessening of competition within markets in the country.

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Belgium has become the first EU country to ban the sale of disposable vapes

TechSpot

As reported by The Guardian, Belgian health minister Frank Vandenbroucke didn't mince words when announcing the prohibition last year, calling disposable e-cigarettes an "extremely harmful" product designed to hook a new generation on nicotine. He cited the waste from the non-reusable vapes as being packed with "hazardous chemicals" that damage.

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How to Implement Employee Onboarding Automation + Examples

Tech Republic

Employee onboarding automation can significantly streamline new hire processes. Learn how to implement it with our guide and examples for greater efficiency.

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Foundational ABM Building Blocks

Account-based marketing (ABM) is a key strategy for driving sustainable growth. Today, many B2B companies use ABM teams or technologies to make sales. But getting a program off the ground successfully doesn’t have to be a daunting task. Watch this webinar with Rachael Foster, Director of Account-Based Experience at ZoomInfo, and Dan Dolph, Manager of Account-Based Experience at ZoomInfo.