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Results of the Forrester Commerce Solutions for B2C Wave – digital leaders focus on extending the life of their commerce solution

Forrester IT

Read Principal Analyst Emily Pfeiffer's insights on the shifts in the B2C Commerce market over the past two years.

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Why Digital Trailblazers Must Be Paranoid In These Four Important Areas

Social, Agile and Transformation

My friends and colleagues know I can be paranoid sometimes, but it’s part of my survival instincts. When you’re driving transformation and responsible for operations, as I was for most of my career, you develop anxieties over what can go wrong, how it will impact your objectives, and whether you’re missing opportunities to address a material risk.

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More Alliance: MACH Comes of Age With Coaching Focus

Forrester IT

Now that The Forrester Wave™: Commerce Solutions for B2B, Q2 2024 is released, I can share an update of my perspective on The MACH Alliance.

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‘They’re Coming After Us’: RSA Panel Explores CISO Legal Pressure

Information Week

The panel pondered the future of the CISO role as prosecutors are increasingly taking aim at holding corporations -- and specifically security executives -- legally accountable for breaches and security responses.

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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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50/50: Capital One, Discover, And Differentiation In Credit Cards

Forrester IT

Welcome back to Forrester’s blog series “50/50,” where we showcase two sides of a B2C marketing issue. This time, we explore how consumers feel about Capital One’s bid to acquire Discover — and how differentiated credit card brands are in the eyes of customers.

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Wisdom From the Pump: What Gas Spending Can Teach Us About Managing Public Cloud Costs

Information Week

Both gas and cloud spending are on the rise, but there are common-sense efficiency steps organizations can take to get cloud spending under control.

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Cloud-Native Software: What it Is, How We Got Here, and Why it Matters

Information Week

To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.

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Announcing The Forrester Wave™: Commerce Solutions for B2B, Q2 2024

Forrester IT

The B2B commerce solutions market is no longer “A Tale of Two Cities” – stuck between choosing either cloud architecture or robust features. Collectively, the vendors have closed the chasm: the new school cloud-native vendors have invested in features – and the stalwarts have invested in modernized architecture.

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Cloud Security and the Know-Your-Customer Executive Orders

Information Week

Kyle Dewar, with Tanium, and Chuck Herrin, with F5, discuss some of the threats the proposed rules take aim at.

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40,000 AI-narrated audiobooks flood Audible, dividing authors and listeners

TechSpot

Since announcing a beta tool last year allowing self-published authors to generate AI "virtual voice" narrations for their ebooks, over 40,000 AI-narrated titles have flooded onto Audible, Amazon's audiobook platform. The eye-popping stat, revealed in a recent Bloomberg report, has many authors celebrating but is also raising red flags for.

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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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Google Steps Up The Battle Against Gmail Spam

Tech Republic Security

Additional enforcement means non-compliant email may be delivered to spam folders. Here’s what Google Workspace administrators and Gmail users need to know.

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Watch the first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi to the space station

GeekWire

Boeing’s Starliner space taxi sits atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, ready for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (ULA Photo) The countdown is on for the first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi , which comes after years of setbacks and $1.5 billion in cost overruns. Liftoff is set for 10:34 p.m. ET (7:34 p.m.

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Computer science coding classes deemphasize syntax as professors teach higher-level skills in AI era

TechSpot

A report by IEEE Spectrum has shown how generative AI is transforming academia. Students are using AI assistants like ChatGPT to grasp thorny concepts, summarize dense research papers, brainstorm ways to approach coding challenges, and prototype new ideas. Essentially, AI has become the ultimate study buddy for CS majors.

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Gates Foundation’s toilet and sanitation exhibit in Seattle is flush with education and innovation 

GeekWire

Doulaye Kone, interim director of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene team at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, shows off a high-tech toilet featured in the “A Better Way to Go” exhibit. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) “Everyone poops,” declares the classic children’s book used by parents, including me, to help their kids understand what is a natural part of all animals’ lives. “Everyone poops — and half the world could use toilets and the other hal

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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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6 cloud market forces impacting IT strategies today

CIO Business Intelligence

The cloud services landscape is in constant flux. With the cloud being an inevitable part of enterprise digital transformation journeys, IT leaders must keep on top of the latest developments in the cloud market to better predict downstream impacts on their roadmaps. Here is a closer look at recent and forecasted developments in the cloud market that CIOs should be aware of. 2023: Greater flexibility, challenging decisions In 2023, the cloud services space — including hosting and managed and mig

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Docusign to acquire Lexion for $165M in exit for Seattle-based AI contract management company

GeekWire

Gaurav Oberoi, Lexion CEO, speaks during the 2023 GeekWire Summit in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Docusign announced an agreement to acquire Lexion for $165 million, signaling plans to integrate the Seattle-based company’s AI-powered contract management technology into its Intelligent Agreement Management Platform. The deal looks to be a successful exit for Lexion, which got its start in 2018 after co-founders Gaurav Oberoi (CEO), Emad Elwany (CTO), and James Baird (principal a

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7 IT leadership hacks that deliver results

CIO Business Intelligence

Fail fast is a frequent maxim in business, but what about reverse engineering that concept? We sought technology leaders who could advise on succeeding fast, along with creating a strong organization, developing team leaders, leveraging the support of peers, and specifically how to streamline day-to-day management of a technology group. Here is the main the question we posed: If you were writing your own book on how to lead, what advice would you impart to other technology executives?

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New Hide General Channel Feature in Microsoft Teams

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link] and Facebook Page to get the latest updates [link] The post New Hide General Channel Feature in Microsoft Teams appeared first on HTMD Community Blog #1 Modern Device Management Guides by Krishna R.

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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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Sony cancels PSN account linking requirement for Helldivers 2 PC players following backlash

TechSpot

Sony said on Friday that an upcoming update for Helldivers 2 would require all PC players to link to their PlayStation Network accounts. This mandate was supposed to be in place when the game first launched, but server issues meant it was temporarily made a optional choice for players.

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Best Guide to Enable WinSCP Win32 App Supersedence and Auto-Update with Intune

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link] and Facebook Page to get the latest updates [link] The post Best Guide to Enable WinSCP Win32 App Supersedence and Auto-Update with Intune appeared first on HTMD Community Blog #1 Modern Device Management Guides by Vaishnav K.

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Can tech help cities plan for disasters? 7 ideas from an urban resilience hackathon

GeekWire

Esther Jang, a graduate student at the University of Washington, pitches at a recent Urban Resilience Hackathon at the UW. (Chuck Wolfe Photo) Editor’s note: Chuck Wolfe participated in this hackathon and is an affiliate associate professor at the University of Washington. The University of Washington last month hosted an atypical urban planning and policy gathering called an “ Urban Resilience Hackathon.

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Install Microsoft Skype for Desktop with Intune Enterprise App Catalog App

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link] and Facebook Page to get the latest updates [link] The post Install Microsoft Skype for Desktop with Intune Enterprise App Catalog App appeared first on HTMD Community Blog #1 Modern Device Management Guides by Vidya M A.

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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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RSA: Google Enhances its Enterprise SecOps Offerings With Gemini AI

Tech Republic Security

In this RSA roundup, we also cover AI news about IBM, AWS and Proofpoint, as well as details about Cisco Hypershield.

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Third-party program blocks integrated Windows 11 advertising

TechSpot

A Windows "debloat" application previously known as Bloatynosy has been rebranded as Winpilot. It now features a completely new section aimed at removing all "promotions" and advertising that Microsoft has integrated into the OS interface. According to the app's developer, Winpilot is the "manic cousin" of Microsoft Copilot and was.

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5 Hard Truths About the State of Cloud Security 2024

Information Week

Dark Reading talks cloud security with John Kindervag, the godfather of zero trust.

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SSD Pricing Update, Q2 2024: A Rising Trend for Storage

TechSpot

Until last year, there was plenty of talk about declining SSD prices. However, as we showed a few months ago, that trend has reversed. The AI race has also become a factor for SSD and HDD pricing.

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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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Atos receives four offers of help

CIO Business Intelligence

Atos has received proposals from four different groups to inject new money into the company to keep it running, it said Monday. One group wants to redefine Atos as a more integrated IT services powerhouse, leveraging the company’s many activities to restore customer and employee confidence, while another wants to focus on the provision of data centers as a service, cutting costs and cranking up profitability.

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Apple's first hybrid iPad could launch in 2025, foldable iPhone in 2026

TechSpot

A new investor note from an analyst with a reliable track record suggests that Apple is developing not one, but two folding devices slated for potential launch in the next couple of years. According to Haitong Securities analyst Jeff Pu, the company plans to unveil a foldable hybrid iPad by.

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As Starbucks slumps, Howard Schultz says coffee giant should ‘reinvent’ mobile ordering

GeekWire

Former longtime Starbucks chief Howard Schultz offered a number of suggestions to help the Seattle company rebound. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Howard Schultz has some suggestions to help boost Starbucks’ business. The Seattle coffee giant saw shares sink more than 12% last week after missing analyst expectations for its most recent quarter.

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The big three cloud providers, Amazon, Microsoft and Google currently make up 67% of the market

TechSpot

Synergy Research Group has released its latest data on business trends in the cloud computing market. The three major companies involved in the lucrative business are racking up huge amounts of money, aided "in no small part" by the hype surrounding generative AI services.

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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.