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5 of the Scariest IT News Stories of 2024… Spooky!

IT Toolbox

There has been a lot to scream about in IT security in 2024. By February, we'd seen thousands of tech layoffs, dealt with firmware-level exploits, and recovered from ChatGPT leaking conversations — which weren't even close to the scariest stories of the year. The post 5 of the Scariest IT News Stories of 2024… Spooky! appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Make Your Website Accessible Or Leave Money On The Table This Holiday Season

Forrester IT

Focus on accessibility before the busyness of holiday shopping kicks in to gain more customers.

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6 Important AI and Data Governance Non-Negotiables

Social, Agile and Transformation

The importance of clear governance for CIOs, CTOs, and CDOs in fostering innovation while addressing the complexity of governance policies. One-pagers, termed "non-negotiables," serve as essential communication tools to simplify governance concepts, align expectations, and ensure adherence to data and AI governance standards for organizational success.

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No Clickbait Here—LinkedIn Is Clearly King Of B2B Social Media

Forrester IT

Social media plays a pivotal role in shaping brand strategies and reaching target audiences for B2B companies. Forrester’s Brand and Communications Survey, 2024, sheds light on the preferences and strategies of over 100 marketing leaders from B2B companies with revenues exceeding $100 million.

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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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Are Your Firewalls and VPNs the Weakest Link in Your Security Stack?

Network World

Zero Trust architecture was created to solve the limitations of legacy security architectures. It’s the opposite of a firewall and VPN architecture, where once on the corporate network everyone and everything is trusted. A Zero Trust platform ensures applications and data are not visible to the public internet and users are only provided least privilege access, preventing lateral movement and protecting against ransomware attacks.

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Beyond the Election (Part 1): Preparing for New Tech Directives

Information Week

What changes in policy and leadership among tech policymakers must organizations plan for with an election on the horizon?

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Gartner Keynote Bites into AI ‘Sandwich’

Information Week

Analysts open Gartner event with a discussion about how different businesses and organizations are implementing artificial intelligence and urge proper pacing.

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Has the time come for integrated network and security platforms?

Network World

Platformization isn’t a new trend, but there’s renewed focus from a number of vendors, including Fortinet , Palo Alto, HPE Aruba, and Cisco , as enterprises weigh the appeal of combining network and security features in a single overarching platform. Palo Alto Networks created some buzz in February, when it announced a wholesale platformization of the company’s security products and services.

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Future of farming? Carbon Robotics raises $70M for AI robots that blast weeds with lasers

GeekWire

Carbon Robotics’ machine uses AI technology to zap weeds in farms across the globe. (Carbon Robotics) Seattle startup Carbon Robotics raised $70 million in the latest vote of confidence from investors in the company’s agriculture technology platform that helps farmers eliminate weeds without the use of herbicides. San Francisco firm BOND invested for the first time and led the Series D round, which also included Nvidia’s venture capital arm.

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Gartner: Top 10 strategic technology trends for 2025

Network World

Gartner is sharing its annual look at the hot technologies enterprise customers should be watching out for in the coming years. AI, security, energy-efficient computing , robotics, and virtual computing interactions are among the research firm’s top 10 strategic technology trends, which were unveiled at Gartner’s annual IT Symposium/XPO in Orlando. 1.

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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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Microsoft unveils new autonomous AI agents in advance of competing Salesforce rollout

GeekWire

Microsoft, under CEO Satya Nadella, is adding new AI capabilities including AI agents that can complete tasks and oversee business processes autonomously. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) AI agents are reigniting the competition between Microsoft and Salesforce. Microsoft announced 10 new AI agents for its Dynamics 365 line of business applications — tools that can complete tasks autonomously in areas including sales, service, finance, and supply chain operations. “Think of agents as th

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Secure Your Endpoints with Extended and Managed Detection and Response

IT Toolbox

The proliferation of endpoint devices, coupled with the scale of remote work, has complicated endpoint security. Organizations can streamline endpoint management through an extended detection and response (XDR) approach. Managed detection and response (MDR), which outsources XDR to a third-party vendor, can shift the burden off of your internal staff.

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The 6 Best Antivirus Software Providers for Mac in 2024

Tech Republic Security

Macs may need additional antivirus protection in a business environment or high-risk use case. Bitdefender is the best overall Mac antivirus provider when it comes to protection, usability, and performance.

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Estancamiento de la IA: la brecha entre la inversión en IA y su adopción

CIO Business Intelligence

La inteligencia artificial (IA) sigue dando forma a las estrategias en la nube, pero su implantación está siendo más lenta de lo previsto. Esto resulta frustrante para los proveedores de tecnología que han hecho grandes apuestas por la IA. ¿Qué está ocurriendo? Una encuesta reciente realizada por Censuswide en nombre de Red Hat encuestó a 609 directores de TI de todo el Reino Unido y otros mercados importantes.

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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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Australia’s New Scam Prevention Laws: What You Need to Know

Tech Republic Security

Australia's Scam Prevention Framework aims to protect consumers by holding tech, banking, and telecom sectors accountable, with fines up to $50 million.

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Securing the digital future: How Huawei is tackling cybersecurity in the GCC

CIO Business Intelligence

As the GCC countries continue to evolve into global digital hubs, the adoption of technologies such as 5G, AI, and IoT is accelerating rapidly. These advancements offer immense economic growth and innovation potential, but they also introduce new cybersecurity challenges. To explore how organizations in the Gulf region are addressing these challenges, CIO Middle East discussed with Sultan Mahmood Malik, Chief Security Officer at Huawei Gulf North, who shared insights into the latest cybersecurit

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5 Best CRM with Project Management for 2024

Tech Republic

CRM software solutions with built-in project management tools help streamline client relationships and task management. Explore our top picks for the best CRM solutions with project management.

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Cepsa Exploración y Producción finiquita su plan de digitalización 360 avalando la unión entre TI y negocio

CIO Business Intelligence

El 30 de marzo del 2022 la cúpula de Cepsa, multinacional energética española, presentaba en sociedad un nuevo plan estratégico con el que marcaba un antes y un después en el negocio. Viraba entonces hacia un futuro más verde y apostaba por una reestructuración corporativa: escindir el negocio de exploración y producción de hidrocarburos de la matriz.

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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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Embracing Local Flavors: Understand Regional Differences In B2B Marketing In Europe

Forrester IT

European B2B marketing is conquering challenges as businesses navigate through fluctuating economic climates, process inefficiencies, data management challenges, and recruitment difficulties. Forrester’s Marketing Survey 2024 delves deep into how France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK each present unique markets with distinct regional needs.

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Seis obstáculos a la innovación en TI

CIO Business Intelligence

Según una encuesta realizada en 2024 por la empresa de servicios profesionales Deloitte , los directores de sistemas de información (CIO, por sus siglas en inglés) consideran que la innovación es la característica más importante que deben aportar a su función, por delante de aportar valor a los resultados y actuar como agentes del cambio, dos tareas que requieren de la misma.

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Too good to be true, but controversial E-Cat generator claims to have extended EV battery life while driving continuously

TechSpot

On September 27, 2024, two identical Renault Twizy 80 electric vehicles faced off in a test at the Circuito Internazionale di Latina racetrack in Italy. This was not merely a race between two cars but also a technology demonstration that could have significant implications for the future of sustainable energy production.

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How BSH boosted their knowledge power to deliver better customer service

CIO Business Intelligence

The approximately 60,000 employees of BSH Home Appliances Group (BSH) would agree with a phrase invented more than 400 years ago by an Englishman, Sir Francis Bacon. For those employees striving to meet their company’s goal of improving customers’ quality of life at home, Bacon said it best, “Knowledge is power.” Based in Munich, Germany, BSH , a part of Bosch Group, has become one of the world’s top home appliance manufacturers – from large appliances such as ovens, dishwashers, washers, dry

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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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Scientists turn to the cloud to streamline supercomputer calculations for chemistry

GeekWire

Researchers are finding ways to speed up the pace of computational chemistry through cloud computing. (Illustration by Nathan Johnson / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) A team led by researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is finding new ways to accelerate the pace of computational chemistry, by making tools for quantum computing and AI-assisted data analysis available via the cloud.

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AMD confirms one Ryzen 9000X3D CPU arrives on November 7

TechSpot

If you were hoping to learn more about Zen 5 X3D parts, I'm sorry to disappoint. But we'll walk you through the few details we have and the potential reasons for this kind of soft announcement.

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Los CIO están bajo presión para ofrecer resultados de IA más rápidamente

CIO Business Intelligence

Los directores de sistemas de información (CIO, por sus siglas en inglés) están sometidos a una presión cada vez mayor para generar valor empresarial a partir de la IA generativa , pero Juan Pérez, CIO de Salesforce, se encuentra entre los líderes de TI que creen que la impaciencia de los directivos podría condenar al fracaso muchos proyectos. “La explosión de la IA realmente ha puesto a los CIO en el punto de mira y ha colocado a los CIO en el asiento caliente como nunca antes” , dice Pérez, re

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TSMC admits it can't produce enough AI chips as demand outpaces supply

TechSpot

With AI showing no signs of slowing, TSMC will be ramping up its advanced chip packaging capabilities over the next few years. During its recent earnings call on October 17, the chipmaker revealed that its production capacity for CoWoS packaging technology is set to double year-over-year in both 2024 and 2025.

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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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SAP sustainability tracking rollout focuses on data consistency, outlier detection

CIO Business Intelligence

The complexity and hard science elements of environmental sustainability programs make them among the most complex and challenging compliance areas for CIOs. In May 2023, SAP announced that it was pursuing such a sustainability program , and on Friday it finally rolled out the program, in the sense that it said that it “has finished beta testing and is now generally available,” according to SAP spokesperson Hanna Heine.

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China's new resistive magnet is 800,000 times stronger than Earth's field

TechSpot

The new record was set on September 22 at the Steady High Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF) in Hefei, narrowly edging out the previous record of 41.4 tesla held by another resistive magnet at the National High Magnetic Field Lab in Florida since 2017.

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What crisis of confidence? Cut IT some slack

CIO Business Intelligence

In September, Gartner presented a list of CIOs’ biggest challenges right now, and apart from things that address the here and now of IT (AI, new security challenges, talent gaps), one of the main pain points the 12,000 CIOs in the survey highlighted was a more traditional issue: demonstrating to management that investments in IT have a business value.

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3D printing on the move: UW device can map a room and print custom items in desired space

GeekWire

MobiPrint is a mobile 3D printer that can automatically measure a room and print objects onto the floor. Here, the printer creates a cane holder. (University of Washington Photo) Printing a new gadget or art piece from a tabletop 3D printer is all fine and good. But what if the printer was mobile, and could move around a house taking measurements and creating objects in a desired space?

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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.