Wed.Nov 13, 2024

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Use Skills-Based Talent Practices To Future-Proof Your Tech Organization

Forrester IT

Tech leaders are being asked to do more with fewer resources available, which makes cultivating the right skills in the workforce essential.

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State of IT 2025: Insights on Budgets, Jobs, and AI

IT Toolbox

For the past 13 years, Spiceworks has surveyed IT professionals to find out how they feel about IT budgets, emerging technology, and the job market for the year ahead. The 2025 State of IT report—powered by Aberdeen Strategy & Research—offers actionable insights for everyone in IT, whether you be a professional, a marketer, a recruiter, or an executive.

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AI Governance Software Spend Will See 30% CAGR from 2024 to 2030

Forrester IT

The global commercial AI software governance market is poised for exceptional growth. Forrester forecasts that by 2030, spending on off-the-shelf AI governance software will more than quadruple, reaching $15.8 billion and capturing 7% of overall AI software spending.

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Where IT Consultancies Expect to Focus in 2025

Information Week

Next year is going to be another AI year, though the focus is shifting to scalability and risk management.

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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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AppGen Is An Existential Threat To The Enterprise App Business

Forrester IT

AI-powered enterprises will “build” software instead of “buy” it – and many applications in enterprise portfolios will consolidate onto low-code AppGen platforms.

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Why CIOs Must Lead the Charge on Sustainable Technology

Information Week

CIOs face mounting pressure to deliver sustainable IT solutions while maintaining competitiveness. Learn actionable strategies to transform environmental challenges into business advantages.

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Inside The Duality of AI's Superpowers

Information Week

This session weighs the benefits of AI versus the risks and explores pathways to begin your AI risk assessment.

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7 ways gen AI can create more work than it saves

CIO Business Intelligence

JP Morgan Chase president Daniel Pinto says the bank expects to see up to $2 billion in value from its AI use cases, up from a $1.5 billion estimate in May. And speaking at the Barclays Global Financial Services conference in September, he said gen AI will have a big impact in improving processes and efficiencies. The company has already rolled out a gen AI assistant and is also looking to use AI and LLMs to optimize every process.

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A new look at Microsoft’s startup story, with insights for today: Microsoft @ 50, Chapter 2

GeekWire

Microsoft co-founders Paul Allen, left, and Bill Gates with an array of personal computers in the early 1980s. Microsoft’s decision to make software, rather than produce a PC of its own, defined its business in its early years. Gates and Allen recreated this photo years later — see below. (Microsoft Photo) Editor’s Note: Microsoft @ 50 is a year-long GeekWire project exploring the tech giant’s past, present, and future, recognizing its 50th anniversary in 2025.

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Huawei sidesteps US sanctions with new MED storage that fuses SSD and tape

TechSpot

Unveiled earlier this year, MED is Huawei's gambit to replace conventional HDDs entirely with a hybrid drive that combines the speed of solid-state drives with the capacity of tape storage. As reported by Blocks & Files, it fuses these technologies into a single sealed enclosure with the aim of killing.

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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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Cómo alcanzar el éxito como CIO (y mantenerse)

CIO Business Intelligence

El camino a una gestión triunfante ni es único, ni está estandarizado. Cuando se detenta un cargo de responsabilidad (y se quiere hacerlo bien), no basta con saber más que el resto del tema, con haber hecho un curso de gestión de personal o con tener las habilidades sociales para medrar hasta la junta directiva: hace falta una combinación de características, no siempre fáciles de definir, pero sin duda todas necesarias.

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Casio's new calculator watches will take you back to 6th grade math class

TechSpot

The watches' calculator function can add, subtract, multiply, and divide up to eight digits. As for watch functions, you get dual time, an alarm, stopwatch functionality, and more. Casio said the watch's band is made of bio-based resin, which should minimize the impact on the environment.

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Starfish Space raises $29M to bankroll development of orbital servicing vehicles

GeekWire

An artist’s conception shows an Otter spacecraft in orbit. (Starfish Space Illustration) Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space today announced that it has raised $29 million to support the development of its first three Otter orbital servicing vehicles for missions serving the U.S. Space Force, NASA and Intelsat. The investment round was led by Shield Capital, a San Francisco venture capital firm specializing in advanced technologies in fields ranging from space to cybersecurity and artifici

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Escalar el talento en IA: un modelo de aprendizaje que sí funciona

CIO Business Intelligence

AI Singapore es un programa nacional de I+D en inteligencia artificial (IA) que se lanzó en mayo de 2017. Estamos totalmente financiados por el Gobierno de Singapur y nuestra misión consiste en acelerar la adopción de la IA en la industria, formar talentos locales en la citada tecnología, realizar investigaciones de primera categoría y poner a Singapur en el mapa mundial como potencia en IA.

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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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Amazon's Latest Data Breach a Ripple Effect of MOVEit

SecureWorld News

On Monday, November 11, Amazon confirmed a data breach that impacted its employee data. The breach, linked to the infamous MOVEit Transfer vulnerability, underscores the far-reaching consequences of last year's major supply chain attack. The MOVEit vulnerability (CVE-2023-34362), first exploited in May 2023, allowed unauthenticated attackers to gain unauthorized access to vulnerable systems.

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Will AI-enabled ARIS redefine the role of a BP analyst?

CIO Business Intelligence

Business process analysts, at least not the good ones, do not yet need to be worried about the launch by Software AG of an AI-enabled release of ARIS, its business process management (BPM) and process mining suite, an analyst said Wednesday. The new version, ARIS 10 SR27, available now, includes AI Companion, which a release stated contains capabilities such as the ability for users to query information stored in models within the ARIS repository without the need for an exact match on keywords,

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Patch Tuesday: Four Critical Vulnerabilities Paved Over

Tech Republic

The November 2024 Microsoft updates let Windows 11 users remap the Copilot button.

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Gilead Sciences to close Seattle office; shutdown impacts 72 employees

GeekWire

Biopharma giant Gilead Sciences will shut down its office in Seattle’s Eastlake neighborhood, the company confirmed to GeekWire on Wednesday. A filing with the Washington state employment security department revealed the closure, which affects 72 workers. “We are closing our Seattle office as part of our efforts to align resources with our long-term strategic goals,” the company said in a statement.

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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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TIOBE Programming Index News November 2024: Go Reaches Its Highest-Ever Ranking

Tech Republic

Go reached number seven on the index of most popular programming languages, while the top three stayed the same. Go will likely have a difficult fight ahead.

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Stalker 2 PC requirements finalized; benchmarks show even RTX 4090 struggles to hit 60fps@4K without DLSS 3

TechSpot

Starting with Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, GSC Game World has now finalized the system requirements, increasing the required storage and minimum RAM and CPU requirements.

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NordPass vs 1Password (2024): Which Password Manager Is More Secure?

Tech Republic

While 1Password’s robust feature set is enticing, NordPass’ innovative encryption algorithm and affordable subscription plans give it the slight edge.

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Seattle startup MIND raises $11M to help companies protect data and prevent leaks

GeekWire

From let: Itai Schwartz, co-founder and CTO; Eran Barak, co-Founder and CEO; and Hod Bin Noon, co-founder and VP of R&D. (MIND Photo / Ohad Kab) MIND , a Seattle-based startup aiming to help companies protect their data, emerged from stealth mode and announced a $11 million seed round. Founded last year by a trio of cybersecurity experts, MIND uses various algorithms and automation to help companies mitigate risks and prevent leaks with their sensitive unstructured data.

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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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MKBHD faces backlash for driving at 95mph in 35mph zone in a sponsored video

TechSpot

On November 11, Brownlee posted a video on his MKBHD YouTube channel titled How My Video Gear is Changing. Unlike his many impartial reviews, the entire video is sponsored by Chinese drone maker DJI.

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Amazon launching discount storefront ‘Amazon Haul’ with items under $20, longer delivery times

GeekWire

Amazon Haul is now rolling out in beta and available to U.S. customers when they next update their Amazon Shopping app. (Amazon Image) Amazon is launching a new storefront aimed at delivering a wide range of products priced $20 and under as the e-commerce giant faces increased pressure from discount retailers such as Shein, TikTok Shop and Temu. “Amazon Haul” — a mobile only experience available on Amazon’s shopping app and its mobile website — will feature fashion, home, lifes

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Fan-made Half-Life 2: Episode 3 project gets free demo, available now on Steam

TechSpot

Half-Life 2 owners can now download a free prologue for an upcoming fan game that aims to conclude the story from 2007's Half-Life 2: Episode 2. The project is based on a story that former series writer Marc Laidlaw published in 2017.

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Get your GeekWire Gala tickets as festive holiday party returns to Seattle on Dec. 12

GeekWire

The scene inside the 2023 GeekWire Gala in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) The hap-happiest time of the year can also be the geekiest — so make sure your plans include the upcoming GeekWire Gala. Our annual holiday extravaganza — featuring networking, dancing, karaoke, cocktails and more — returns Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Showbox SoDo in Seattle, and early bird tickets are now on sale through Nov. 30.

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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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The unintentional hilarity of Apple Intelligence's summary notifications

TechSpot

Apple finally introduced its suite of AI features with the release of iOS/iPadOS 18.1 and macOS 15.1 last month. It offers the usual capabilities, such as assisted writing tools, image generation, photo enhancements, and more.

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IBM preps Power servers with AI support, new processor

Network World

IBM’s plans for its Power server family promise faster and more programmable AI capabilities along with a new, more powerful processor. Highlights of the 2025 roadmap include: IBM’s Spyre Accelerator for AI will be part of the Power processing systems. The Power server line will be anchored by a new processor, the IBM Power11. A new AI-based assistant will aid in RPG application modernization and development.

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The pursuit of better farming, and futures, through tech

CIO Business Intelligence

Ever since he was young tinkering with early versions of PCs, Dhaya Sivakumar knew he had a fire for tech. And even though his first job was in the travel industry in the late 90s, it was a role that was a mix of IT support and finance. After about three months, though, he just wanted tech. “Travel was one of the first industries to go through such disruption, and I got to be part of it understanding how a business works, how technology supports it, and getting my hands dirty to try and change t

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A "platform upgrade" involves swapping which core PC components?

TechSpot

There are several ways to squeeze additional performance out of an aging PC. Replacing a traditional disk drive with a faster SSD, or upgrading the graphics card.

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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.