Tue.Sep 17, 2024

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AI For Advisors, Digitizing Life Planning, And Investing For The Masses Highlight Finovate’s First-Ever Wealth Management Track

Forrester IT

Wealth management firms must still balance the innovation AI offers with the oversight and governance expected from regulators. As AI continues make inroads in wealth management, it’s important for firms to use explainable AI tools that provide trust, transparency, and explainability to “black box” AI systems.

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IT Professionals Day – Honoring the Pros

IT Toolbox

SolarWinds established IT Professionals Day in September 2015. The holiday falls on the third Tuesday of each September. It honors IT professionals, acknowledges their challenges, and emphasizes their essential role in keeping today's businesses operational. The post IT Professionals Day – Honoring the Pros appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Let’s get our hands dirty… workshops at Forrester’s B2B Summit EMEA

Forrester IT

Roll up your sleeves because there’s work to be done at Forrester’s upcoming B2B Summit EMEA, taking place 7th-9th October in London. Last year’s delegates told us that they wanted to see much more practical, hands-on application of the research showcased; we listened, we heard, and we’ve taken action.

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LastPass Review 2024: Is it Still Safe and Reliable?

Tech Republic Security

LastPass’ recent data breaches make it hard to recommend as a viable password manager in 2024. Learn more in our full review below.

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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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SaaStr 2024 Shines A Spotlight On Customer Success

Forrester IT

Last week I attended the 10th annual SaaStr conference in San Mateo. For those unfamiliar, SaaStr is a community and resource hub that covers the building and scaling of software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies. The conference brings together industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors to network and share insights.

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Australian IT Spending to Surge in 2025: Cybersecurity & AI Focus

Tech Republic Security

Australia's IT spending is set to surge 8.7% in 2025, driven by cybersecurity needs, AI investments, and hardware upgrades as Windows 10 ends.

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Conversational Commerce Makes Dollars and Sense

Information Week

Retailers and e-commerce sites have been trying to optimize their sites for conversion in different ways. Artificial intelligence language models make a positive difference.

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Manage Tech Debt Urgently To Prevent Tech Bankruptcy

Forrester IT

Technical debt is a growing issue for many organizations. Forrester’s Q2 2024 Tech Pulse Survey revealed that only 21% of US IT decision-makers report no significant technical debt. In contrast, 49% face moderate levels, and an alarming 30% struggle with high or critical debt.

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Master IT Fundamentals With This CompTIA Certification Prep Bundle

Tech Republic Security

Prepare for a successful IT career with lifetime access to expert-led courses covering CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, and Cloud+ certification prep.

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CIOs: Get Tech Sprawl Under Control

Forrester IT

Tech sprawl refers to the uncontrolled expansion or proliferation of technological tools, platforms, systems, and solutions within an organization. As companies grow, merge, and digitally transform, their technology footprint expands, often leading to redundancy and inefficiency.

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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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80% of Critical National Infrastructure Companies Experienced an Email Security Breach in Last Year

Tech Republic Data Center

Cyber attackers are using malicious emails to infiltrate critical national infrastructure, like utilities, transport, telecommunications, and now data centres.

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Misconfigured ServiceNow Knowledge Bases Expose Confidential Information

Tech Republic Security

AppOmni researchers found over a thousand instances of misconfigured Knowledge Bases where articles could be compromised through Public Widgets.

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‘The way we were’: Amazon tries to rekindle its future by rediscovering a spark from the past

GeekWire

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy in 2021. (GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong) Amazon went through a one-way door against its will. Now it wants to go back. And the future of the company is at stake. That’s one way of looking at Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s memo to employees Monday morning. The headlines were the full return-to-office and the thinning of Amazon management ranks.

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It’s time for CIOs to think about post-quantum cryptography

CIO Business Intelligence

With the threat that quantum computers will break current encryption methods “looming on the horizon,” the adoption of post-quantum cryptography is now a critical priority, particularly for those industries that handle sensitive data, a report released Tuesday revealed. The current and future state of quantum are among six trends contained in Info-Tech Research Group’s Tech Trends 2025 report, based on responses from an estimated 1,000 IT decision-makers in the US, Canada, Asia Pacific (APAC), a

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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.

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Researchers propose way to "see" gravity for the first time

TechSpot

The leading idea is that gravity arises from the exchange of hypothetical "graviton" particles, much like electromagnetism arises from the exchange of photons. However, gravitons have always been considered too difficult to observe because they interact with matter very weakly, similar to neutrinos.

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The IT sector is bringing down Europe all on its own

CIO Business Intelligence

On Monday of last week, former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi presented his “long-awaited” report on the EU’s competitiveness, which the Commission tapped him to produce a year ago. The report will form the basis of the policy work going forward for the new commission that will soon take office. I put long-awaited in quotation marks because, although it is described as such, it takes a certain masochistic disposition to look forward to a slap in the face like this.

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Microsoft says new Windows App SDK delivers "incredible" performance gains

TechSpot

Microsoft recently announced the release of Windows App SDK version 1.6, which the company claims will deliver substantial performance improvements and footprint reductions for "modern" Windows 11 (and 10) apps. The most significant update is the addition of support for Native Ahead-Of-Time (AOT) compilation.

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Rethinking enterprise architects’ roles for agile transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

CIOs often have a love-hate relationship with enterprise architecture. On the one hand, enterprise architects play a key role in selecting platforms, developing technical capabilities, and driving standards. Moreover, undertaking digital transformation and technology modernization programs without an architect can lead to delays, technical debt , higher costs, and security vulnerabilities.

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Solving Open Source Complexity with a Managed Data Infrastructure Platform

With its unparalleled flexibility, rapid development and cost-saving capabilities, open source is proving time and again that it’s the leader in data management. But as the growth in open source adoption increases, so does the complexity of your data infrastructure. In this Analyst Brief developed with IDC, discover how and why the best solution to this complexity is a managed service, including: Streamlined compliance with some of the most complex regulatory guidelines Simplified operations, li

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Watch Dogs movie finally wraps production more than a decade after initial announcement

TechSpot

The Watch Dogs movie is being produced by New Regency, the studio behind films like The Lighthouse, Bohemian Rhapsody, and the 2016 Assassin's Creed adaptation. Directing the film is Mathieu Turi, whose previous work includes smaller films such as The Deep Dark, which didn't exactly set the box office on.

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When new apps lead to lower worker productivity

CIO Business Intelligence

Recent years have brought hundreds of new applications, including modern videoconferencing, task trackers, and AI assistants, but some IT leaders haven’t seen the employee productivity gains they expected. Many apps and platforms have promised productivity gains, and some have delivered, but a new productivity paradox — in which employee productivity doesn’t match the rapid advancement of IT services available — is threatening to become a new norm.

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Easy Methods to Take Screenshots on Windows 11 using Free Tools such as Snipping Tools Print Screen

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 Easy Methods to Take Screenshots on Windows 11 using Free Tools such as Snipping Tools Print Screen appeared first on HTMD Community Modern Device Management News & Guides by Anoop C Nair.

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Digital portfolio spells trouble for new European Commission

CIO Business Intelligence

Just as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was preparing to present her new team , there is trouble over the line-up for Commission posts: The European Union’s current Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, Thierry Breton, has unexpectedly submitted his resignation. In his resignation letter, which the Frenchman posted on X, Breton justified his move by saying that von der Leyen had asked the French government a few days ago to remove his name from the list of candida

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Provide Real Value in Your Applications with Data and Analytics

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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Laptop makers complain about AMD neglecting them, favoring data center clients

TechSpot

The situation has become so strained that a report from AC Analysis described it as a "Cold War ice age," eroding mutual trust between AMD and its laptop partners.

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Amazon to cut down on managers to strengthen culture

CIO Business Intelligence

Three years after replacing Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is still busy refining the organizational structure and processes at the online giant. In a memo to Amazon’s workforce , Jassy has announced, among other things, an end to hybrid work and a commitment to further squeeze out bureaucracy by flattening the organizational hierarchy. Jassy aims to streamline Amazon bureaucracy by increasing the ratio of employees to managers by at least 15% by the end of the first quarter of 2025 — which i

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Ex-Zulily employees say they didn’t receive required layoff notice or pay in new class action lawsuit

GeekWire

The former Zulily headquarters building in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Taylor Soper) Former employees at Seattle-based e-commerce company Zulily filed a class action lawsuit this week alleging that they did not receive adequate advance notice or pay related to widespread layoffs last year. The suit alleges that Zulily’s former owner, Regent , violated a federal law passed in 1988 known as the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act.

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Need a security road map? Ditch the ad hoc measurement

CIO Business Intelligence

CISOs can only know the performance and maturity of their security program by actively measuring it themselves; after all, to measure is to know. With proactive measurement, CISOs will confirm how well their security program performs, better understand its preparedness against relevant threats, and highlight gaps that require improvement. However, CISOs aren’t typically measuring their security program proactively or methodically to understand their current security program.

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Entity Resolution: Your Guide to Deciding Whether to Build It or Buy It

Adding high-quality entity resolution capabilities to enterprise applications, services, data fabrics or data pipelines can be daunting and expensive. Organizations often invest millions of dollars and years of effort to achieve subpar results. This guide will walk you through the requirements and challenges of implementing entity resolution. By the end, you'll understand what to look for, the most common mistakes and pitfalls to avoid, and your options.

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Apple Watch Series 10 gets reviewed: Watch Ultra lite anyone?

TechSpot

The Apple Watch Series 10 features a larger, more readable OLED display, a new sleep apnea tracking function, and a depth gauge. Battery life remains unchanged though.

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Seattle startup Arzeda raises $38M to create proteins for food, pharma, and other industries

GeekWire

(Arzeda Photo) Arzeda , a protein design startup that generates new enzymes for industrial, agricultural and other applications, announced a $38 million investment round. The Seattle-based company creates blueprints for enzymes using protein design software. Arzeda also tests and develops the enzymes in its labs. Customers include Unilever, which has used Arzeda to discover new enzymes for cleaning and laundry products.

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Proyecto Agorá: el BIS incorpora a BBVA, CaixaBank y Santander para explorar nuevas formas de pago internacionales

CIO Business Intelligence

Tres gigantes de la banca española se suman, de ahora en adelante, al Proyecto Agorá impulsado de manera conjunta por el Banco de Pagos Internacionales (BIS, por sus siglas en inglés) y el Instituto de Finanzas Internacionales (IIF). En concreto, BBVA, CaixaBank y Banco Santander se sumarán a otras compañías del sector privado internacional para valorar cómo la aplicación de tokens -unidad de representación digital de cualquier activo en una plataforma programable- puede reforzar los pagos trans

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Tech Moves: Fortive SVP joins Microsoft; Pictory hires CMO; Starbucks exec retires

GeekWire

Kirsten Paust. (Fortive Photo) Kirsten Paust , a longtime leader at publicly traded manufacturing giant Fortive , took a new job at Microsoft as a corporate vice president focusing on continuous improvement. Paust spent eight years as an executive at Everett, Wash.-based Fortive. She also spent more than 12 years at global conglomerate Danaher, which spun off Fortive in 2016. “For those who know me, you understand when I say that deciding to leave a place I deeply loved and admired — where

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Deliver Mission Critical Insights in Real Time with Data & Analytics

In the fast-moving manufacturing sector, delivering mission-critical data insights to empower your end users or customers can be a challenge. Traditional BI tools can be cumbersome and difficult to integrate - but it doesn't have to be this way. Logi Symphony offers a powerful and user-friendly solution, allowing you to seamlessly embed self-service analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting directly into your applications.