Forrester IT

AUGUST 6, 2024

With the July 19th incident that impacted CrowdStrike Falcon® customers globally, CrowdStrike has significantly damaged customer trust. CrowdStrike’s initial Post Incident Review outlines a number of reasonable steps they plan to take to regain that trust including: Improved testing protocols Staged deployments External QA of both its code and its end-to-end processes.

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IT Toolbox

AUGUST 6, 2024

The CrowdStrike/Microsoft outage in July significantly affected several businesses. Discover how it affected customer experience and tips on how CX leaders can prepare for such incidents. The post 8 CX Lessons from the Microsoft/CrowdStrike Outage appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Forrester IT

AUGUST 6, 2024

In Forrester’s 2024 B2B Brand And Communications Survey, we asked B2B marketing leaders to share their perspective on anticipated budget changes in 12 program and personnel categories. This year’s responses show expected increases are up in most categories over last year and expected decreases have dropped in most categories.

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Network World

AUGUST 6, 2024

Rising costs, AI concerns and staffing challenges are among the top issues facing data center leaders in 2024, according to Uptime Institute’s latest survey data. Data center teams are working to balance higher rack power density and future capacity needs with capital investments and staffing limitations. Uptime Institute’s 14 th annual Global Data Center Survey included insights from 1,631 respondents, including more than 850 enterprise companies and data center operators, across 16 vertical in

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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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Forrester IT

AUGUST 6, 2024

B2B companies are forecasting healthy increases in agency investments this year, according to Forrester’s Brand and Communications Survey 2024, which surveyed 205 B2B marketing leaders to understand their expectations for agency budgets over the next 12 months. The results generally reveal plans for a net increase in agency spending across all industries and company sizes.

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Information Week

AUGUST 6, 2024

With support from Cognizant, the racing team bolstered its IT infrastructure to allow for growth, transformation, and a hybrid cloud strategy.

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Information Week

AUGUST 6, 2024

Containerization is expanding in IT architectures, and so is an IT teams’ need to be trained on it.

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IT Toolbox

AUGUST 6, 2024

Yum! Brands are introducing voice AI at Taco Bell drive-thrus. Discover how the fast-food brand plans to transform drive-thru services with Voice AI and aim for full brand integration by 2024. The post Taco Bell Unveils Drive-Thru With Voice AI, Sets Eyes on Future Tech Innovations appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Information Week

AUGUST 6, 2024

A federal judge says Google’s exclusive search arrangements for Android and Apple mobile devices creates a monopoly -- a case decision that could set up eventual break up of parent company Alphabet.

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Network World

AUGUST 6, 2024

A mission by the Chinese government to launch the first 18 satellites of the G60/Qianfan constellation comes with massive funding that surpassed the $1 billion mark, according to Blaine Curcio, founder of Hong Kong-based Orbital Gateway Consulting and an expert on China’s space programs. A published report stated that China today “launched its first batch of internet satellites that will form part of a constellation it hopes will rival SpaceX’s Starlink.

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Information Week

AUGUST 6, 2024

Wondering what to prioritize in your generative AI strategy? Here are 90+ reasons to focus on tech cost optimization.

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IT Toolbox

AUGUST 6, 2024

A federal judge ruled that Google violated antitrust laws by maintaining a monopoly in search and advertising markets. Learn more about the development and what it could mean for the search engine market. The post US Judge Rules Google Has an Internet Search Monopoly appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Information Week

AUGUST 6, 2024

A sensor expecting one less input field was the culprit behind the largest global IT disruption in history, says the cybersecurity firm.

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Network World

AUGUST 6, 2024

Fortinet has bolstered its operational technology protection platform with a variety of new features, including improved device identification and patching capabilities, and it introduced new ruggedized switches targeted at high-bandwidth networks. The new features are part of Fortinet’s overarching OT Security Platform, which is designed to protect industrial control systems and infrastructure from cyber threats.

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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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Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 6, 2024

IBM’s recent Cost of a Data Breach report found that the average cost of a data breach in Australia reached a record-high in 2024. Explore additional key findings and how the Australian government is mitigating these threats.

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Network World

AUGUST 6, 2024

New data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics points to an ongoing slowdown in high-tech job growth as industry watchers say employers continue to focus on skills-based hiring. According to IT certification and training organization CompTIA, the tech industry shed an estimated 9,162 jobs in July. CompTIA analyzes the U.S. BLS statistics to report on companies in the various tech industries.

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Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 6, 2024

While Mullvad VPN offers strong privacy and transparency features, NordVPN’s feature-packed service and robust server fleet give it an advantage.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 6, 2024

It’s among CIOs’ most persistent and underdiscussed challenges: embracing innovative technologies without losing sight of mounting — and potentially crippling — technical debt. Tech debt can take many forms — old applications, bloated code, and aging hardware among them — and while the issue often takes a back seat to innovation and new technology, it is on the minds of a lot of CIOs.

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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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Tech Republic Cloud

AUGUST 6, 2024

Dialpad is a modern, innovative and powerful cloud-first alternative to other phone services. Check out the full review below to see if it’s the right VoIP solution for you.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 6, 2024

IT projects fail at alarming rates — nearly 70% of them , according to project management tool provider TeamStage. Common factors of project failure are missed deadlines, blown budgets, or deliverables that fail to meet original objectives. CIOs and project managers understand these risks. They do everything they can on the IT side to address them. They pay keen attention to business requirements.

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IT Toolbox

AUGUST 6, 2024

NVIDIA is delaying its next AI chip due to a design flaw. The AI chip startup Groq just gained an investment, and Intel plans to focus on AI chips as part of its restructuring strategy. Meanwhile, Amazon and Meta are also investing in AI chips. Learn more about them here. The post AI Hardware Developments: Innovations, Investments, and Delays appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 6, 2024

According to internal Slack chats, emails, spreadsheets, and several other sources obtained by 404 Media, Nvidia asked workers to download videos from various online platforms to compile data to train its Omniverse, autonomous vehicles, and digital human products.

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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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IT Toolbox

AUGUST 6, 2024

Apple has released a new feature, "Distraction Control", to its Safari browser. Discover how the feature helps users, its limitations, and how users can access it. The post Apple Brings Distraction Control To Safari To Improve Web Browsing appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 6, 2024

OpenAI founder John Schulman has joined the list of departing OpenAI executives, making the move to Anthropic. But Schulman — and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — went out of their way to be cordial and pleasant about the move, at least publicly. “This choice stems from my desire to deepen my focus on AI alignment, and to start a new chapter of my career where I can return to hands-on technical work,” Schulman said in a statement on X.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 6, 2024

After six years of development, Google Chrome is transitioning to Manifest V3 – Mountain View's new version of the Chrome extension platform – which will become mandatory for all extensions. Initially introduced in 2018, the last update regarding Manifest V3 came a few months ago when Google indicated that extensions.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 6, 2024

A medida que las empresas comienzan a adoptar la inteligencia artificial (IA) en sus operaciones internas y externas, la demanda de perfiles especializados en esta tecnología y en datos se dispara. Así lo demuestra un informe elaborado por IndesIA en colaboración con Talent Hackers , que reveló que, de las cerca de 120.000 ofertas de empleo tecnológicas publicadas en 2023, un 24% (o 29.100 ofertas) estuvo relacionada con data e IA.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 6, 2024

Intel's CPU stability issues persist, with a microcode update expected in a few weeks. While TechSpot has covered various angles, hands-on testing remains pending, here's our take so far.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 6, 2024

By Michael Cullum, VP of Engineering at Bud Financial Generative AI (genAI) is a powerful tool that is transforming the financial industry and empowers financial services professionals. It makes banks more data-driven and insightful, enhancing decision-making; providing deeper insights; and achieving greater agility, personalized customer service, and automation.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 6, 2024

The FCC's efforts to reinforce net neutrality in the US received a setback last week when the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the agency's plans to reinstate Obama-era regulations that classify internet service providers as "common carriers.

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Vox

AUGUST 6, 2024

Wall Street stocks deepened their losses Monday and Tokyo had its worst day in 13 years as panic spread across trading floors over fears of recession in the United States and overvaluation of AI and tech companies. | Charly Triballeau/ AFP via Getty Images How much is the future worth? Usually to answer that question, you’d need to ask philosophers or economists.

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