Wed.Sep 18, 2024

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How to Avoid Common AI Newbie Mistakes

Information Week

To err is human, but AI doesn't really care about that. It's up to you to ensure that your first AI project doesn't turn into a big, costly mistake.

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How cybersecurity red teams can boost backup protections

Network World

Cybersecurity red teams are known for taking a more adversarial approach to security by pretending to be an enemy that’s attacking an organization’s IT systems. Let’s look at the tactics, strategies, and importance of red teams and the role they can play in enhancing the security of your backup system. A cybersecurity red team acts as a group of ethical hackers who simulate infrastructure attacks to identify weaknesses and vulnerabilities that malicious actors could exploit.

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Two-Thirds of Security Leaders Consider Banning AI-Generated Code, Report Finds

Tech Republic Security

Security leaders don’t believe developers check the quality of the AI-generated code with as much rigour as they do their own, according to a report from Venafi.

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Gartner: Network automation to increase threefold by 2026

Network World

By 2026, 30% of enterprises will automate more than half of their network activities, according to Gartner. By comparison, less than 10% of enterprises were automating more than half of their network activities in mid-2023. The research firm also noted in its latest Hype Cycle for I&O Automation that during the same timeframe, 50% of enterprises will use AI functions to automate “day 2” network operations, compared with fewer than 10% in mid-2023.

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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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Holiday shopping has started – so has our research to help!

Forrester IT

Get an early read on UK and US consumers' thinking about 2024 end of year holiday shopping - and watch for more research and holiday prep advice in the coming weeks.

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Pioneering Progress Through People-First Data Solutions

Information Week

It's possible to adopt a people-first approach to data analytics, through the involvement of a community in problem-solving.

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Do boards understand their new role in cybersecurity?

CIO Business Intelligence

Julie Ragland was CIO of vehicle manufacturing company Navistar, and has held IT leadership roles at Adient and Johnson Controls. To Ragland, who also sits on several state agency and non-profit boards, one of the greatest responsibilities for today’s boards is in governing cyber security risk. And while board members are generally tuned in to the importance of cyber governance, they don’t always understand the true risks with cyber and their own governing role.

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OpenAI’s o1: More Than Meets The Eye

Forrester IT

With all the buzz around OpenAI’s project “Strawberry,” I was eager to try out OpenAI’s o1 preview when it launched. At first, it felt like an incremental update. The more I explored, the more I realized this model is a significant step forward and a preview of what is to come.

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Oracle CloudWorld 2024: 10 key takeaways from the big annual event

CIO Business Intelligence

As competition heats up among cloud service providers, especially on the generative AI front, Oracle is focusing its energies on providing IT infrastructure that can help developers and enterprises take advantage of generative AI in their operations. Shifting gears from his standpoint last year, Oracle Chairman and CTO Larry Ellison took to the stage last week to unveil the company’s strategies and products around multicloud, distributed cloud, AI, application development, and security.

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Survey: Work/Life Balance in IT Achieved Through Flexibility, PTO

Information Week

When creating policies, it’s important for business leaders to know it’s not just time-off and wellness programs that impact stress and work-life balance.

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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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Human vs. humane: How companies pursue AI for enhanced CX

CIO Business Intelligence

We’ve all been there. Your laptop breaks down, you miss a flight, or you need to call an insurance company. You hope for a quick conversation to resolve the matter but instead, you’re greeted by a disembodied voice delivering scripted questions and answers with no empathy, passing you through one list of choices after another, leaving you even more frustrated than when you started.

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Younger Generations Are Shaking Up B2B Buying In APAC — Are You Prepared?

Forrester IT

A generational shift is underway in B2B buying. Forrester’s annual Buyers’ Journey Survey reveals that 72% of APAC business buyers surveyed were Millennials and Gen Zers (born after 1980), far surpassing older generations in purchasing power. While this shift is, of course, inevitable, it’s forcing a reckoning among B2B companies.

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El 30% de las empresas automatizarán más de la mitad de sus actividades de red para 2026

CIO Business Intelligence

La automatización gana protagonismo gracias al impulso del valor empresarial, la eficiencia y la agilidad para las organizaciones. De hecho, con vistas al 2026, la firma de análisis e investigación Gartner estima que el 30% de las empresas automatizarán más de la mitad de sus actividades de red. Una cifra que arroja un incremento del 10% al compararla con los datos de mediados del 2023.

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Dice: 60% More Tech Professionals Have Lost Jobs in 2024

Tech Republic Cloud

Dice’s new Tech Sentiment Report finds mixed views on the future of growth in the technology industry, with younger workers the least likely to harbor optimism.

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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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“No hay decisión comercial en SAS que no aproveche nuestra propia tecnología”

CIO Business Intelligence

Cinco años al pie del cañón en la industria tecnológica, dado el acelerado ritmo de desarrollo y evolución, son un mundo. Jay Upchurch, vicepresidente ejecutivo y Chief Technology Officer (CIO, por sus siglas en inglés) de SAS desde el pasado 2019, es gran conocedor de ello. “En el último lustro han cambiado muchas cuestiones. Cuando yo entré en el cargo -reflexiona- había ciertas cosas que estaban sucediendo y con las que tuve que lidiar; hoy en día puedo decir que de alguna manera han formado

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What is Copilot in Windows 11 | Features Advantages Disadvantages

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 What is Copilot in Windows 11 | Features Advantages Disadvantages appeared first on HTMD Community Modern Device Management News & Guides by Anoop C Nair.

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Luz verde a la digitalización de la Tarjeta Sanitaria Individual

CIO Business Intelligence

El Consejo de Ministros ha dado luz verde a la modificación del Real Decreto 183/2004, que regula la Tarjeta Sanitaria Individual (TSI) del Sistema Nacional de Salud (SNS). El objetivo, apuntan desde el Ejecutivo, no es otro que adaptar la normativa a los avances tecnológicos, estableciendo la emisión de la TSI en un formato virtual para todas las comunidades autónomas , además del soporte físico que se viene utilizando tradicionalmente.

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Coast Guard releases videos that show the shattered remains of OceanGate Titan sub

GeekWire

The aft titanium dome and ring from OceanGate’s Titan submersible, plus mangled remains of the hull, were spotted in a video captured by a remotely operated vehicle and released by the U.S. Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Pelagic Research Services) Video views from the search for OceanGate’s Titan submersible show mangled components from the craft — and tell the tale of last year’s dramatic implosion, which led to the loss of the sub and its five-person c

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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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Autodesk enlists Einstein AI to enhance customer service

CIO Business Intelligence

Even as it designs 3D generative AI models for future customer deployment, CAD/CAM design giant Autodesk is “leaning” into generative AI for its customer service operations, deploying Salesforce’s Einstein for Service with plans to use Agentforce in the future, CIO Prakash Kota says. Einstein for Service — Autodesk’s first use of Salesforce’s gen AI platform — has driven sizable efficiencies for Autodesk customer agents, says Kota, singling out AI-generated summaries of case issues and resolutio

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Edera, a cloud infrastructure startup founded this year, raises $5M to rethink container security

GeekWire

The Edera team. (Edera Photo) Seattle-based startup Edera announced a $5 million seed round from venture capital firms and angel investors include Kubernetes co-creator Joe Beda. Founded in April, Edera aims to help companies secure their Kubernetes and AI workloads. It’s taking a new approach to the security of containers, a virtualization software technology that packages application code.

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Al 58% de los CIO españoles les preocupa el impacto de la Ley de Atención al Cliente

CIO Business Intelligence

El 58% de los CIO españoles están preocupados por cómo afectará la nueva Ley de Atención al Cliente a sus empresas. Así se desprende de un reciente estudio firmado por Twilio. El informe, basado en una encuesta realizada en España a un centenar de CIO y 101 directores de Atención al Cliente, revela una importante brecha en la preparación de las empresas españolas para cumplir con la nueva normativ a.

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Smartsheet COO Stephen Branstetter resigns amid reported acquisition talks

GeekWire

Stephen Branstetter. (Smartsheet Photo) Stephen Branstetter , the chief operating officer at Smartsheet who joined the company in 2013, resigned on Wednesday, according to a new regulatory filing. Branstetter notified the company of his decision to leave on Sept. 13. He’ll continue serving as an advisor through Nov. 18, according to the filing.

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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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Es hora de que los CIO piensen en la criptografía postcuántica

CIO Business Intelligence

Ante la amenaza de que los ordenadores cuánticos rompan los actuales métodos de cifrado, la adopción de la criptografía poscuántica es ahora una prioridad crítica , sobre todo para los sectores que manejan datos confidenciales, según revela un informe reciente. El estado actual y futuro de la cuántica es una de las seis tendencias que recoge el informe Tendencias Tecnológicas 2025 de Info-Tech Research Group, basado en las respuestas de unos 1.000 responsables de la toma de decisiones informátic

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Recipe for Cybersecurity Success in the Restaurant Industry

SecureWorld News

The restaurant industry has increasingly become a target for cyberattacks as digital payment systems, loyalty programs, and online ordering become more prevalent. In recent years, several high-profile breaches have raised concerns about the security of customer data. If data is involved, threat actors want to get their hands on it and exploit it. Some notable cyber incidents in the past half-decade include: McDonald's (2021): The fast-food giant suffered a data breach that exposed customer and e

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INE Security Wins 2024 SC Excellence Award

CIO Business Intelligence

INE Security is proud to announce that it has been named a winner in the prestigious 2024 SC Awards, named Best IT Security-Related Training Program. This designation underscores INE Security’s commitment to excellence and leadership in the cybersecurity industry. The SC Awards , now in its 27th year, recognize the solutions, organizations, and individuals that have demonstrated outstanding achievement in advancing the security of information systems.

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Final Fantasy XVI and God of War Ragnarok arrive on PC this week, DLSS and other performance details shared

TechSpot

Final Fantasy XVI is now available on Steam and the Epic Games store, with God of War Ragnarok following on Thursday, September 19. Sony released a final rundown of Ragnarok's PC feature set, and modders have already begun adding functionality to Final Fantasy.

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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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Cuatro pasos para avanzar de productos a resultados: cómo ser un ‘impact driver’

CIO Business Intelligence

Muchas organizaciones confunden el ajetreo con el progreso. Sin métricas claras para controlar y comunicar el impacto en el negocio, los equipos de proyecto se centran a menudo en completar tareas sin comprender plenamente cómo su trabajo contribuye a lograr unos objetivos empresariales más amplios. Un director de Sistemas de la Información de una empresa global -llamémosle David- se enfrentó exactamente a este problema.

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Electric cars outnumber petrol vehicles in Norway, a global first

TechSpot

Norway has become the first country where electric cars outnumber petrol-powered vehicles. As of September 16, 2024, the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) reported that out of 2.8 million registered passenger cars, 754,303 are electric, surpassing the 753,905 petrol cars.

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Le principali tecnologie che sconvolgeranno il mondo del business nel 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

A volte le tecnologie più promettenti sono proprio davanti ai nostri occhi: basta riconoscere il valore aziendale insito nel loro utilizzo. Per avere un’idea delle più promettenti che le aziende incontreranno nel corso dei prossimi mesi, abbiamo intervistato una serie di leader IT chiedendo loro quali pensano che siano i sistemi che potranno aiutare le imprese a innovare, a servire meglio i loro clienti e a trasformare il modo in cui conducono il loro business.

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Contestants sue YouTuber MrBeast and Amazon over alleged conditions on reality competition show

GeekWire

MrBeast, the YouTuber hosting a new reality competition show for Amazon Prime Video. (Amazon Photo) Contestants in the planned Prime Video reality TV series “Beast Games” are suing YouTube star MrBeast and Amazon, alleging workplace abuses including unpaid wages and sexual harassment. The class-action suit, filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of five unnamed contestants, states that the participants were subjected to “chronic mistreatment” and neglect whi

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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.