Fri.Jan 31, 2025

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AI's Key Role in the Emerging Bio Revolution

Information Week

It may be AI's most important breakthrough: helping people live longer and healthier lives.

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VMware offers fixes to severe vulnerabilities in VMware Aria

Network World

VMware has fixed multiple high-severity vulnerabilities affecting its cloud management platform (CMP), VMware Aria, which could allow attackers to steal sensitive credentials from the virtualization giants IT management and logging solutions. Parent company Broadcom, in an advisory issued on Thursday , revealed that two out of five recently disclosed vulnerabilities are high severity information disclosure flaws impacting the VMware Aria Operations and VMware Aria operations for Logs components,

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Speech-to-Speech AI: Empowering a More Connected World

Information Week

Speech-to-speech AI is reshaping industries by enabling real-time translation and seamless voice interactions.

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What is NaaS? Providers, delivery models, and benefits explained

Network World

Network as a service (NaaS) is a cloud service model thats designed to let enterprise IT professionals order network infrastructure components from a menu of options, have them configured to fit their business needs, and have the whole thing delivered, running and managed in a matter of hours instead of weeks. Enterprises have been slow to adopt NaaS for a number of reasons, including confusion about exactly what NaaS is, lack of a solid business case, and questions around security, visibility a

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The Ultimate Contact Center Buyer's Guide: A Crucial Decision

Harness the True Power of your Contact Center In today’s fast-paced business environment, selecting the right contact center solution is critical for enhancing customer experience, improving operational efficiency, and optimizing costs. This comprehensive guide will walk you through the essential factors to consider when choosing a contact center software that aligns with your business needs.

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Cracking the Code on Sustainable Software

Information Week

Green software development represents an untapped opportunity for many organizations. It can dial up performance and slash costs.

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How AI can drive business transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

The race to implement artificial intelligence solutions across the enterprise is in full swing. Most are using AI to drive down bottom-line costs by doing things quicker or more frequently than they did before. The potential for time and cost savings are immense, but almost no one defines what they are going to do with the time that they save. At the same time, while increased efficiency can help reduce bottom-line costs today, businesses will need to transform to stay competitive in an AI-drive

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How AI, Energy Requirements Are Shaping Data Center Investment

Information Week

As Microsoft invests $80 billion to build out AI-powered data centers, tech companies face energy challenges in the cost of AI infrastructure.

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SAP Offers On-Prem ERP Customers Additional Three-Year Support Until 2033 — With Conditions

Forrester IT

As reported by several media outlets and confirmed by SAP CEO Christian Klein during its Q4 2024 earnings call, SAP will offer an additional three years of support for some on-premises ERP (enterprise resource planning) customers beyond the existing extended maintenance support of 2030.

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Nvidia unveils preview of DeepSeek-R1 NIM microservice

CIO Business Intelligence

Nvidia stock plummeted 17% on Monday after Chinese AI developer, DeepSeek, unveiled its DeepSeek-R1 LLM. On Thursday, the chipmaker turned around and announced the DeepSeek-R1 model is now available as a preview Nvidia inference microservice (NIM) on build.nvidia.com. NIM is a set of containers and tools to help developers deploy and manage gen AI models across clouds, data centers, and workstations.

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SAP makes significant leadership changes along with strong FY2024 results

Forrester IT

SAP reported better-than-expected Q4 2024 financial results and raised its full-year operating profit forecast as demand for artificial-intelligence systems continues. On top of beating expectations, SAP said it now expects 2025 operating profit to be between 10.3 billion to 10.6 billion, above previous estimates of approximately 10 billion. Its current cloud backlog of 18.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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Ericsson provides 5G solutions to hybrid workforce

CIO Business Intelligence

Founded as a telephony business in Stockholm in 1876, Ericsson is a provider of wireless and 5G services to telecoms operators worldwide and is currently investing heavily in cloud-based enterprise solutions. At the same time, the businesss basic principles remain unchanged. Our culture is very much based on technology and innovation, says Henrik Thunell, Global Head of Client Solutions at Ericsson.

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Europe-5 Retail E-Commerce Growth Drivers 2025

Forrester IT

Read this Forrester blog by Forecast Analyst Jitender Miglani to learn key takeaways from the latest Europe-5 Retail Forecast.

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La seguridad cuántica acerca a IBM y Telefónica Tech con un nuevo acuerdo de colaboración

CIO Business Intelligence

La computacin cuntica es una disciplina por la que muchas organizaciones estn apostando firmemente, especialmente en el desarrollo y las garantas de una tecnologa criptogrficamente segura, dados los desafos futuros a los que podran enfrentarse. En esta interseccin han coincidido Telefnica Tech, la unidad de negocios digitales del buque insignia espaol de las telecomunicaciones, e IBM, pionera en criptografa quantum safe , con un nuevo acuerdo de colaboracin.

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Supercharge The IT Circular Economy With The CARFAX(R) Approach

Forrester IT

The Challenge With The Circular Economy In 2025, Forrester predicted that more than a third of Global Fortune 100 firms will commit to circular economy goals. We recommended that in 2025, enterprise leaders perform infrastructure lifecycle assessments to understand the environmental impact of their choices.

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Future-Proof IT: Cost-Saving Strategies Every IT Leader Needs in 2025

With IT budgets projected to grow 9.8% in 2025, leaders must invest wisely—not just cut blindly. This whitepaper introduces The Future-Proof IT Cost Optimization Model, a framework to reduce costs while maintaining service quality. Learn how Cloud Efficiency, AI-Powered Workforce Automation, Vendor Optimization, Cybersecurity Resilience, and Unified Communications can drive savings and improve efficiency.

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Purchasing the future you want

CIO Business Intelligence

Procurement and sustainability professionals recognise the vital role sustainable procurement plays in purchasing the future we want. There has never been a more pressing set of indicators demonstrating the scale of the issues facing humans and the planet. Even a small shift in the way we buy will have a significant impact on people and the planet, while helping to meet the Paris Agreement targets and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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"Everything I say leaks," complains Mark Zuckerberg in a memo that was leaked

TechSpot

The saga kicked off during Mark Zuckerberg's all-hands meeting with Meta employees on Thursday, where he vented about recent leaks exposing his private remarks to staff.

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HP redefines PC refresh approach using performance data

CIO Business Intelligence

Traditionally, a PC refresh plan is scheduled based on the age of the devices, but as technology advances, so do opportunities. PCs today often continue to perform as needed for much longer than established in a lifecycle policy. At the same time, some users experience PC performance challenges unrelated to the age of the device but impacting both productivity and satisfaction.

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New group brings unique approach to help startups take flight out of the University of Oregon

GeekWire

Launch Oregon director Nate Costa. (LinkedIn Photo) Launch Oregon wants to help boost the researchers, engineers, and scientists at the University of Oregon commercialize their innovation and turn ideas into full-fledged companies. The group got off the ground in 2023 with a unique approach to funding university spinouts. It is not technically part of the university’s tech transfer office and operates differently than a traditional venture capital firm, given that it is an LLC funded by th

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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Bringing zero downtime to anywhere work

CIO Business Intelligence

In a work-from-anywhere world, how can a team of so few be expected to keep doing so much for so many? The pace is unsustainable. Its time for IT to enlist some support of its own and delegatehanding off time-consuming tasks to people and to intelligent, automated tools. Partnering with an experienced IT services provider can put AI-driven automation and analytics, plus a pool of people expertise, at the fingertips of overburdened tech teams.

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Apartment landlords can force tenants to use specific ISPs under new FCC action

TechSpot

The proposal, originally put forward by former FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel in March 2024, sought to prohibit arrangements that required tenants to pay for specific internet services, even if they preferred alternative providers.

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Maximise device lifecycles

CIO Business Intelligence

In todays business environment, where IT budgets are tight and sustainability is paramount, striking a balance between financial and environmental objectives is crucial. HP understands this challenge and offers a suite of services designed to help companies maximise their technology ROI while reducing their environmental footprint. HPs approach goes beyond mere sustainability; its about driving real impact at every stage of the product lifecycle.

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NordVPN debuts new protocol that could make VPN connections undetectable

TechSpot

Virtual private networks are a clever network architecture that creates a secure, encrypted connection between your device and the internet. It works by routing your internet traffic through a private server, hiding your IP address and encrypting your data to enhance privacy and security.

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The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report

Procurement leaders are at a pivotal moment. With CPOs playing an increasingly strategic role, it’s time to leverage innovation and technology to drive resilience and efficiency. Download The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report to uncover key insights to thrive in a dynamic procurement landscape. What’s Inside: How CPOs are driving strategic decision-making and technology adoption The top priorities and challenges for procurement in 2025 Why AI, sustainability, and data analytics are essential for

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Simple, secure device retirement

CIO Business Intelligence

Is your IT service providers warehouse overrun by your depreciating end-of-life IT assets, and they dont know what to do with them? Do your work-from-home and on-the-go employees have old devices lying around collecting dust and posing a security risk? Retire devices securely and responsiblyand also fund future upgrades by extracting value from those existing investments.

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Microsoft boasts of Edge's growth, but is it really at 30% market share?

TechSpot

Nadella made the revelation during Microsoft's Q2 2025 earnings call (via Seeking Alpha). He added that the Copilot consumer app is seeing increased engagement and retention with its improved speed, unique personality, and first-of-its-kind features, apparently.

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Renault Group strengthens decarbonisation commitment

CIO Business Intelligence

Renault Group is committed to taking actions that help reduce its carbon footprint. By using HP IT Asset Disposition Service, the companys end-of-use devices are securely collected, sanitised, and restored or responsibly recycled by HP. Through these efforts, Renault Group is accelerating its sustainability goals and contributing towards the circular economy. 2021 saw the launch of Renaulution, Renault Groups new strategic plan in which corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability pl

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"Super Mario" supermarket in Costa Rica wins trademark dispute against Nintendo

TechSpot

The saga began last year when the supermarket, established in 2013 under the name "Super Mario," renewed its trademark registration. This routine filing seemingly caught Nintendo's attention, prompting the lawsuit.

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The 2025 Recruitment Playbook

The 2025 Recruitment Playbook by Procom is a strategic guide tailored for hiring managers to navigate the evolving talent landscape. Highlighting innovations like AI-driven tools and data analytics, the playbook empowers leaders to streamline processes, enhance candidate experiences , and foster diversity and inclusion. It provides actionable insights for every recruitment stage—from sourcing and screening to onboarding and retention.

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Workforce collaboration strategies to keep your teams happy

CIO Business Intelligence

No matter where employees work day-to-day, the office is the heart of every business. Its where companies create and reinforce the culture and experience that are central to their relationship with employees. An experience that supports employee desires, such as achieving the right home life/work ratio, plays a valuable role in both retention and business results.

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Asus denies reports of quick-release GPU damage but offers support for affected users

TechSpot

Asus has released an official statement regarding reports that its Q-Release Slim system can damage graphics cards upon removal. The company claimed that the scratch marks left on PCIe gold fingers are just wear and tear and shouldn't impact performance, but pledged to help customers with complaints.

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Stay ahead of security threats to support hybrid work

CIO Business Intelligence

HP Print Security Software Solutions provide simplified secure print management to the distributed workforce, reducing security risks, improving IT efficiencies, and enhancing employee experiences. These solutions help protect data and documents, control user access, and extend modern authentication to print. Embrace modern identity management and access control Benefits from mobile-driven authentication flows with multifactor and role-based access control policies for a unified user experience

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Tire recycling tech startup with link to Costco lands $40M from former CEO Jim Sinegal and others

GeekWire

Used tires have limited uses once they’re worn out. (Photo by Alex , via Flickr, Creative Commons ) Prism Worldwide is likely the swan song for Bob Abramowitz , its CEO and 66-year-old co-founder. The tire recycling company is also a chance for his environmental redemption. “I did bottled water for Costco,” Abramowitz said. “So we were making a billion-plus bottles a year.

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Brace for Impact. Unpredictable Tariff Disruptions Are Here - Your Playbook

Tariffs will have a major impact on your supply chain, margins, and operations. Drawing on our work with global companies across manufacturing, automotive, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, software, technology, financial services, and a range of service industries, we outline the key strategic and tactical actions companies are taking to navigate this period of heightened uncertainty.