Mon.Nov 04, 2024

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From Data Scientist to Business Leader: Growing Beyond Code

Eric D. Brown

Most data scientists enter their careers focused purely on the technical side – algorithms, neural networks, and the elegance of well-structured code. The path from data scientist to business leader requires a different mindset. From the start, I straddled both the technical and business worlds , which has given me a unique perspective on how these two areas intersect – and often collide.

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This Holiday Season, Gift Consumers Compelling Creative  

Forrester IT

Advertising spend is big during the holiday season, but the key ingredient of persuasive advertising – compelling creative – is scarce.

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Future of AI? How an Army of Chatbots Made Me Feel Like a Celebrity

IT Toolbox

Imagine being a celebrity. Besides the fame and fortune that come with that status, you would also have access to millions of followers hanging on your every word across social platforms. Even a bana.

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Building the Future with AI at the Edge: Critical Architecture Decisions for Success

Forrester IT

Edge intelligence marks a pivotal shift in AI, bringing processing and decision-making closer to where it matters most: the point of value creation. By moving AI and analytics to the edge, businesses enhance responsiveness, reduce latency, and enable applications to function independently—even when cloud connectivity is limited or non-existent.

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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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How Enterprises Use Cloud to Innovate

Information Week

As organizations look to accelerate innovation, they’re moving deeper into the cloud and taking advantage of more services.

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Revenue Operations: Hot Topics from B2B Summit EMEA 2024

Forrester IT

Revenue operations hot topics from the ever-popular analyst sessions at this year’s Forrester B2B Summit EMEA 2024.

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12 Must-Read Books Every Tech Leader Needs to Succeed as a Product Manager

Social, Agile and Transformation

Many professionals transition to product management from various fields like DevOps, data science, and marketing. This role requires new skills in market research, stakeholder engagement, and change management. Recommended books cover responsibilities, strategy, and innovation, essential for success in product management, especially for those with a tech background.

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Download the AI in the Enterprise (for Real) Spotlight

Network World

This issue showcases practical AI deployments, implementation strategies, and real-world considerations such as for data management and AI governance that IT and business leaders alike should know before plunging into AI.

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5 Tips for Balancing Cost and Security in Cloud Adoption

Information Week

Cloud adoption offers opportunities for cost savings scaling, but it is critical businesses balance these benefits with robust security measures to avoid potential risks.

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Buyer’s guide: Data protection for hybrid clouds

Network World

Data protection is a broad category that includes data security but also encompasses backup and disaster recovery, safe data storage, business continuity and resilience, and compliance with data privacy regulations. Data protection platforms also proactively manage and monitor data, making it available and accessible for advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

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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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AI in the C-suite: Using AI to shape business strategy

CIO Business Intelligence

Jeff Schumacher, CEO of artificial intelligence (AI) software company NAX Group, told the World Economic Forum : “To truly realize the promise of AI, businesses must not only adopt it, but also operationalize it.” Schumacher and others believe AI can help companies make data-driven decisions by automating key parts of the strategic planning process.

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6 Strategies for Maximizing Cloud Storage ROI

Information Week

As organizations look to reduce cloud waste this year, attaining a data-centric perspective of cloud storage requirements has multitude of benefits.

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IT resiliency: Running two different hypervisors

CIO Business Intelligence

Having a Plan B is table stakes for any IT team. Rather than wait for a storm to hit, IT professionals map out options and build strategies to ensure business continuity. This may involve embracing redundancies or testing new tools for future operations. Following Broadcom’s late 2023 acquisition of VMware, numerous changes prompted customers and partners to reassess their strategies.

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Software Makers Encouraged to Stop Using C/C++ by 2026

Tech Republic

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation assert that C, C++, and other memory-unsafe languages contribute to potential security breaches.

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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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AI market evolution: Data and infrastructure transformation through AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI), a term once relegated to science fiction, is now driving an unprecedented revolution in business technology. From nimble start-ups to global powerhouses, businesses are hailing AI as the next frontier of digital transformation. Nutanix commissioned U.K. research firm Vanson Bourne to survey 650 global IT, DevOps, and Platform Engineering decision-makers on their enterprise AI strategy.

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‘Uber for ocean intelligence’ startup wins Bellingham Angel Investors pitch competition

GeekWire

Astraeus Ocean Systems founder Alex Parker (left) receives an oversized $6,000 check for first place from event emcee and BAI member Jason Cohenour. (Frank Catalano Photo) Astraeus Ocean Systems , an ocean data startup that plans to field a fleet of autonomous boats to gather and analyze information on environmental conditions, won the Bellingham Angel Investors ’ Startup Pitch Competition.

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CIOs look to sharpen AI governance despite uncertainties

CIO Business Intelligence

As more generative AI projects move from proof-of-concept to production, CIOs will be shouldering the additional pressure of enacting AI governance policies to protect the enterprise — and their jobs. There is no dearth of AI governance frameworks available from the US government and European Union, as well as top market researchers, but no doubt, as gen AI innovation outpaces formal standards, CIOs will need to enact and hone internal AI governance policies in 2025 — and enlist the entire C-sui

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Former Gates Foundation leader lands $1.8M for engineered bamboo building materials startup

GeekWire

Ocean’s bamboo panels are safer, more affordable, sustainable, longer lasting and cooler than many alternative building products available in lower-income communities internationally. (Ocean Photo) Launching one’s first startup — maybe a domestic software company, for example — could certainly be daunting. But creating a company to produce a physical, engineered product with international manufacturing and sales is next-level bold.

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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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Stanford researchers develop molecule that forces cancer cells to kill themselves

TechSpot

The researchers' recently published study describes a way to re-activate apoptosis in mutated cells, which would amount to forcing cancer to self-destruct through a bioengineered, bonding molecule.

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Meetings that Matter: Three Steps To Effective Meetings

IT Toolbox

Many teams start the day with a meeting to set the day up for success. At the same time, most people are more productive in the morning. Is this the smartest way to ensure your employees are starting the day effectively? The post Meetings that Matter: Three Steps To Effective Meetings appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Camelot Secure’s AI wizard eases path to cybersecurity compliance

CIO Business Intelligence

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) serves a vital purpose in that it protects the Department of Defense’s data. But certification – which includes standards ensuring that businesses working with the DoD have strong cybersecurity practices – can be daunting. Fulfilling all the detailed requirements across multiple maturity levels is costly and time-consuming, especially for smaller businesses without dedicated cybersecurity teams.

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Automate Microsoft Intune Device Non-Compliance Report using PowerShell Script

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 Automate Microsoft Intune Device Non-Compliance Report using PowerShell Script appeared first on HTMD Community Modern Device Management News & Guides by Sujin Nelladath.

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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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Beyond the hype: Unlocking real enterprise value from genAI

CIO Business Intelligence

When generative AI (genAI) burst onto the scene in November 2022 with the public release of OpenAI ChatGPT, it rapidly became the most hyped technology since the public internet. But what goes up must come down, and, according to Gartner, genAI has recently fallen into the “trough of disillusionment ,” meaning that enterprises are not seeing the value and ROI they expected.

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8 Easy Content Calendar Templates You Can Use for Free

Tech Republic

Discover the top beginner-friendly content calendar templates for monday.com, ClickUp, Asana, Airtable, Google Sheets, and more.

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Nutanix CEO sees multi-year opportunity after Broadcom’s VMware acquisition

CIO Business Intelligence

Historically, data center virtualization pioneer VMware was seen as a technology leader, but recent business changes have stirred consternation since its acquisition by Broadcom in late 2023. New product bundling and pricing, reseller program adjustments, divestments, and unforeseen changes are driving CIOs and IT providers to reassess their strategies and technologies.

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Column: To navigate the promise and peril of AI, resist the urge to fall into extreme narratives

GeekWire

Editor’s note: This is guest commentary from Dave Siegfried , CEO of Official AI, a Seattle startup building a marketplace designed to help people control their digital likeness and connect them with marketers interested in using AI-generated talent. AI is everywhere these days, and I get it — it’s overwhelming. If you’ve been paying attention to the headlines, you’ll notice two main narratives.

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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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Microsoft vs. Google cloud-spat belies anticompetitive reckonings for both

CIO Business Intelligence

Microsoft has accused Google of building a lobby front in Europe to take action against Microsoft. In a blog post dated Oct. 28, Rima Alaily, Microsoft corporate vice president and deputy general counsel, described the recently founded Open Cloud Coalition (OCC) , allegedly financed and controlled by Google, as an “astroturf group.” Its sole aim, according to Alaily, is to discredit Microsoft with competition authorities and political decision-makers and to mislead the public.

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Apple M4 Max chip outperforms Core Ultra 9 285K and Ryzen 9 9950X in Geekbench 6

TechSpot

Apple released a spate of new Mac models powered by the M4 chips last month. They include the upgraded iMac, the redesigned Mac Mini, and the all-new MacBook Pro models with Thunderbolt 5. While the M4 Pro features a 14-core CPU and 20-core GPU, the M4 Max comes with a.

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Herramientas vs. soluciones: por qué los CIO necesitan un enfoque de dos niveles para la IA generativa

CIO Business Intelligence

Los CIO que no logran ganar tracción organizacional con la inteligencia artificial (IA) generativa podrían querer repensar cómo están introduciendo la tecnología y cómo están perfeccionando sus estrategias de IA para adaptarse. Según una nueva investigación del Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts (MIT), cuando los responsables de TI se plantean la IA generativa, deberían crear estrategias distintas para el despliegue de herramientas de IA que mejoren la productividad y para el despliegue de s

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Direct Inward Dialing Guarantees Callers Reach You Faster

Tech Republic

Learn how Direct Inward Dialing can be used with a cloud phone system to create efficiencies and cost savings.

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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.