Fri.Feb 16, 2024

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“32 To 36 Courses” Is Not Revenue Enablement

Forrester IT

True story: Years ago, a Forrester revenue enablement customer meeting was unexpectedly joined by a new voice, an individual whose exact role was unclear to our team beyond “they’ve joined us to help up-level our B2B sales onboarding.

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The New Network Security Debate – Best of Breed, Portfolio, or Platform

IT Toolbox

Explore SASE strategies, understand the nuances, and make informed decisions. The post The New Network Security Debate – Best of Breed, Portfolio, or Platform appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Invisible Experiences: Anticipate Customer Needs with Real-Time Interaction Management

Forrester IT

Imagine having a butler who anticipates and serves your needs. In Gotham City, Alfred ensures Batman’s utility belt is always stocked. Just as Alfred faithfully supports Batman, your personal assistant earns your trust through silent understanding. Now think of this relationship in terms of your experiences with brands. Do those experiences feel invisible and immersive?

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Malicious Intent: Microsoft and OpenAI Identify APT Groups Weaponizing GenAI LLMs

IT Toolbox

Microsoft and OpenAI disclosed that nation-state threat groups are actively leveraging large language models to automate malicious operations, translate technical papers, generate believable phishing content, and gain vulnerability knowledge. The good news is that the APT groups weren’t directly engaging LLMs to create malware. Find out who these APT groups are.

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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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2024: A Bittersweet Beginning For The Subscription Hardware Business

Forrester IT

What is the future of subscription hardware? Learn why the transition to on-premises subscription hardware faced some bittersweet moments last year and where it’s headed this year.

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How Retailers & Manufacturers Can Leverage Metaverse

IT Toolbox

Unlock the hidden potential of metaverse and cloud-based AR/VR applications for retailers and their manufacturing partners. The post How Retailers & Manufacturers Can Leverage Metaverse appeared first on Spiceworks.

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CX vs. Data Security: Striking a Balance for Success

IT Toolbox

In an ever-digital world, customer experience can demarcate the line that separates a successful business from an unsuccessful one. However, does having a thriving customer experience implementation mean companies have to do away with the appropriate cybersecurity? Read on to know. The post CX vs. Data Security: Striking a Balance for Success appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Has Apple Changed VR and AR’s Trajectory with the Vision Pro?

Information Week

The arrival of Apple’s VR-AR headset might be a watershed moment. Forrester and Gartner offer perspective on where this tech niche is heading.

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All Eyes on the Intersection of Risk, Research, and Innovation This Year

IT Toolbox

Learn how Trust Layers defend against evolving threats, ensuring a secure AI landscape. The post All Eyes on the Intersection of Risk, Research, and Innovation This Year appeared first on Spiceworks.

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What Is a Passphrase? Examples, Types & Best Practices

Tech Republic Security

Learn about passphrases and understand how you can use these strong yet memorable phrases to safeguard your accounts against hackers.

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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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Job Losses Mount as New Round of Layoffs Hits Tech Sector

IT Toolbox

Tech companies have already shed more than 34,000 jobs since the start of 2024. The post Job Losses Mount as New Round of Layoffs Hits Tech Sector appeared first on Spiceworks.

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5 Ways to Use AI You May Have Never Even Considered

Information Week

AI has already been applied to an array of business and personal uses. Here are some that may come as a surprise to you. (AI for pest control, anyone?

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Why Companies Should Patent Their Quantum Technology Now

IT Toolbox

Learn how IP protection navigates quantum hurdles and secures future innovation. The post Why Companies Should Patent Their Quantum Technology Now appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Privacy’s Va-Va-Voom Year

Information Week

It’s the year of privacy. Both organizations and privacy pros need to rise to the occasion.

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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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AI Hallucinations and their Impact on Enterprise LLM Adoption

IT Toolbox

Discover everything about AI hallucinations and their impact on businesses, from legal repercussions to customer trust. The post AI Hallucinations and their Impact on Enterprise LLM Adoption appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Here’s Why Trust in Female Health Technology is Critical

Information Week

Everyone -- including women -- deserves to know that their most sensitive information is protected and that they have control over their data.

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5 Best Open-Source CRM for 2024

Tech Republic

Discover the top open-source CRM software for your business needs. Explore features, benefits, and pros and cons in our review.

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SAP names Philipp Herzig as chief artificial intelligence officer

CIO Business Intelligence

SAP is reorganizing its AI activities. Philipp Herzig, formerly head of cross-product engineering and experience, now leads a new “end-to-end growth area” focused on AI as the company’s chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO). Herzig now reports directly to CEO Christian Klein, and will oversee the entire value chain for SAP business AI from research and product development through to implementation at the customer.

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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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OpenAI’s Sora Generates Photorealistic Videos

Tech Republic

Sora is in red teamers' and selected artists' hands for now, as OpenAI tries to prevent AI video from being used for misinformation or offensive content.

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How strategic partnerships are the key to AI-driven innovation

CIO Business Intelligence

“Innovate or die,” Peter Drucker’s 1985 exhortation on the importance of constant reinvention, was great business advice for the last 40 or so years. But things have gotten a little more complicated now, as the large-scale roll-out of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has introduced the need for a multidisciplinary approach to innovation. Today, it is not enough just to innovate within one’s own vertical; to truly exploit the power of GenAI to transform workflows and drive competitive a

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Expedia Group to close Seattle HQ temporarily to enhance security after discovery of spy cameras

GeekWire

Expedia Group’s headquarters on the Seattle waterfront. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Expedia Group will close its Seattle headquarters for three days starting this weekend to further enhance its security and improve its ability to detect unauthorized devices after news broke this week about the discovery of spy cameras in two bathrooms at the campus in December and January.

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The generative AI revolution is transforming how banks work

CIO Business Intelligence

The generative AI revolution has the power to transform how banks operate. Banks are increasingly turning to AI to assist with a wide range of tasks, from customer onboarding to fraud detection and risk regulation. For generative AI to be truly effective it must have access to the right data, but banks are almost unique in their complexity when it comes to how their data is siloed on legacy systems.

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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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What Is Reverse Engineering? Definition, Working, Examples, and Importance

IT Toolbox

Reverse engineering uncovers the design and functionality of a system by working backward from its final form. This article defines reverse engineering and provides an overview and importance of the process with examples. The post What Is Reverse Engineering? Definition, Working, Examples, and Importance appeared first on Spiceworks.

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6 Best Accounting Software for Nonprofits in 2024

Tech Republic

Nonprofit accounting software can help you track expenses, file tax forms and organize donations. We review the best accounting tools for nonprofits, from Aplos to QuickBooks.

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Okta vs. Microsoft Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) 2024: IAM Software Comparison

Tech Republic Security

In this guide, we compare BeyondTrust and CyberArk—two Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions.

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Spider-Man 2 takes home most wins at DICE Awards, Baldur's Gate 3 named GOTY

TechSpot

Baldur's Gate 3 cleaned up at gaming ceremonies last year, sweeping the board at the Game Awards and the Golden Joysticks. The DICE Awards bucked the trend slightly when it announced that BG3 didn't have the most nominations. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 led the pack with nine, followed by Alan Wake.

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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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Unleashing the power of banks’ data with generative AI

CIO Business Intelligence

The implications of generative AI on business and society are widely documented, but the banking sector faces a set of unique opportunities and challenges when it comes to adoption. Avanade’s latest research found that bankers view automation and efficiency as the biggest benefits of generative AI – with AI having the potential to fundamentally change customer onboarding and fraud detection, as well as automate regulation and compliance requests.

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OpenAI introduces Sora, a text-to-video generator that can create realistic 60-second clips in 1080p

TechSpot

Sora can generate complex scenes with multiple characters, specific types of motion, and accurate details of the subject and background, writes OpenAI. The tool is also able to create multiple shots within a single generated video.

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TIOBE Index News (February 2024): Programming Language Go Reaches a New High at Number Eight

Tech Republic

Carbon, an experimental programming language developed by a Google engineer, entered TIOBE's top 100 ranking in February.

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OpenAI could be developing a search product to rival Google

TechSpot

The news comes from The Information, which claims the new tool will be partially based on Microsoft's Bing search engine but will otherwise be similar to Google. While OpenAI hasn't yet confirmed the report, the company has been expanding ChatGPT's web browsing abilities to offer users a more contextual and.

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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.