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Exploring Japan’s Business and Technology Priorities for 2024

Forrester IT

Japanese organizations are facing a pivotal shift in their business and technology priorities amidst economic uncertainties. Take a look at the insights from our latest report.

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Artists Win Initial Phase of Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against GenAI Companies

IT Toolbox

Last year, artists sued a few generative AI (GenAI) developers, such as Stability AI, DeviantArt, and Midjourney, for illegally using their work to train AI models. According to the latest court ruling, the lawsuit can proceed further toward discovery. Learn about the implications of this ruling for GenAI companies. The post Artists Win Initial Phase of Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against GenAI Companies appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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The Shakedown From BlackHat USA, 2024

Forrester IT

What happens when five security analysts gather at a security conference in Las Vegas? Stuff gets broke. Find out more in this review of the recent BlackHat USA event.

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Reshaping the CIO's Playbook for the AI Age

Information Week

In this landscape of rapid change, the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) on the role of the chief information officer is profound and far-reaching.

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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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Building Tests For Conversational AI

Forrester IT

The Problem Recently we published the Forrester Wave: Conversational AI For Employee Services, ranking how well different conversational AI providers provide employees with daily support across domains like IT, HR, Finance, and more.

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What To Do if Your AI Leader Suddenly Quits

Information Week

Your AI director, valued and admired organization-wide, has left the building -- forever. What's your next move?

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Enterprise spending on cloud services keeps accelerating

Network World

The cloud market continues to grow at an accelerated rate, defying the economic pressures that are stifling the rest of the industry. Spending on cloud services is in turn driving massive investment in equipment , which is good for the IT vendors because the on-premises data center market is largely flat. According to Synergy Research Group, enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services was $79 billion worldwide in the second quarter, up $14.1 billion or 22% from the second quarter of 202

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Four Takeaways From The Esri User Conference For Enterprises Leveraging Location Intelligence

Forrester IT

Every year, an ever-increasing number of geospatial professionals descend on San Diego for the annual Esri User Conference. This year was no exception: Over 20K professionals focused on various aspects of geographic information systems (GISes), including location intelligence, came from all parts of the world to talk shop.

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Broadcom distrust drives sales for VMware competition

Network World

Discontent over VMware licensing changes and shifts to the partner program has sent customers looking elsewhere, and at least two competitors say they are benefiting from the discord in the form of increased sales. Scale Computing, which specializes in hyperconverged software systems, said in its most recent quarterly earnings announcement that sales have taken off, thanks in part to Broadcom’s changes to VMware sales operations.

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Abstimmung der Budgetplanung zur Steigerung der Performance 2025

Forrester IT

Business- und Technologie-Führungskräfte bereiten ihre Budgets für das kommende Jahr vor. Um das Beste aus den geringen Budgeterhöhungen zu machen, bedarf es einer funktionsübergreifenden Zusammenarbeit, der Bereitschaft, sich von veralteter Technologie zu trennen, und strategischer Experimente mit KI (und darüber hinaus).

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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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Cisco to cut 7% of workforce, restructure product groups

Network World

Cisco today said it is slicing 7% of its global workface and reconfiguring its networking, security and collaboration business units as part of a restructuring that will result in a $1 billion pre-tax charge to earnings. The current round of cuts will impact about 6,000 jobs. Earlier this year, Cisco cut 4,200 jobs in a move that cost the company an estimated $800 million in pre-tax charges.

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Tesserent Offers Mental Health Tips for Australian CISOs

Tech Republic Security

Cybersecurity professionals are experiencing high levels of stress, which can have both business and personal implications. Here’s how they can improve their mental health.

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Your attack surface is showing, Unit 42 warns enterprises

Network World

The average organization adds or updates some 300 services every month, creating a significant challenge for security teams charged with protecting enterprise cloud-based resources, notes Unit 42. Companies in the telecommunications, insurance, pharma and life sciences industries can add over 1,000 new services every month, while those in financial services, healthcare and manufacturing industries often add over 200 new services monthly, says the security research group, which is part of Palo Al

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Microsoft Patched 6 Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws

Tech Republic Security

Patch Tuesday brought updates for 90 security vulnerabilities, including patching severe remote code execution vulnerabilities and closing some doors in Chromium.

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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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VMware by Broadcom: Product, service and support news

Network World

News of Broadcom’s plans to acquire VMware triggered concerns among customers, partners, and industry watchers , many of whom recalled Broadcom’s track record with prior high-profile acquisitions, including network switching vendor Brocade in 2016 for almost $6 billion, software firm CA Technologies in 2018 for $19 billion, and Symantec’s enterprise security business in 2019 for $10 billion.

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CBA’s x15ventures Set to Lead in Fintech AI Innovation

Tech Republic Security

CBA's x15ventures is transforming fintech AI with its Xccelerate program, boosting innovation and setting new industry benchmarks in AI technology.

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What is a network router? How AI networking driving its evolution

Network World

At its most basic level, the definition of a router is a device that connects networks to each other, forwarding data packets from one location to another until they reach their destination. However, network technology has evolved, especially since the arrival of artificial intelligence (AI), and the role and the value of the router has grown significantly, offering enterprises additional functions such as enhanced network security, improved network efficiency and automated network management.

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Inside the Seattle labs of Xaira, the AI-powered startup launched with $1B from investors

GeekWire

The Xaira Seattle team. (Xaira photo / Aaron Chevalier) In a laboratory near downtown Seattle on the shores of Lake Union, Hetu Kamisetty is helping build what he says is the biotech company of the future. If talent, money and novel technology are any indication, he and his colleagues have a good shot at it. Kamisetty heads the Seattle location of Xaira Therapeutics , an AI-focused startup launched in April with more $1 billion from investors.

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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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Why enterprise CIOs need to plan for Microsoft gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Between building gen AI features into almost every enterprise tool it offers, adding the most popular gen AI developer tool to GitHub — GitHub Copilot is already bigger than GitHub when Microsoft bought it — and running the cloud powering OpenAI, Microsoft has taken a commanding lead in enterprise gen AI. Beyond the ubiquity of ChatGPT, CIOs will find obvious advantages working with a familiar enterprise supplier that understands their needs better than many AI startups, and promises integration

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Recruiters overwhelmed as 57% of young applicants are using ChatGPT for job resumes

TechSpot

According to surveys and sources cited by the Financial Times, around half of all job applicants are now leaning on AI writing tools like ChatGPT for at least some part of their materials. This wave of machine-generated content is overwhelming hiring managers already struggling with a glut of applicants in.

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SAP patches critical bugs allowing full system compromise

CIO Business Intelligence

SAP has sealed a bunch of severe bugs affecting its systems, including two critical vulnerabilities that can allow full system compromise. On its Security Patch Day for August 2024, the software giant rolled out fixes for a total of 17 vulnerabilities, with six hot fixes — CVSS ranging between 7 and 10 out of 10 — and other moderate to medium severity patches.

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Judge overturns jury verdict awarding $72M to Zunum in its dispute with Boeing

GeekWire

An artist’s conception shows Zunum Aero’s hybrid-to-electric airplane in flight. (Zunum Photo) A federal judge in Seattle has sided with Boeing and is throwing out a jury verdict that called for the aerospace giant to pay $72 million to Zunum Aero , a Seattle-area aviation startup it once supported. In a statement emailed to GeekWire, Boeing said it was “grateful for the court’s careful and thorough consideration of all the evidence at trial to reach this decision.” Zunum

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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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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X Review: We've Seen This Before.

TechSpot

The Ryzen 9 9950X is AMD's most powerful Zen 5 desktop offering. Dual CCD Ryzen CPUs have never been the best options for gamers, but they have been the best options for those who like to work and play.

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Los CIO se vuelven más verdes y ponen bajo lupa la sostenibilidad de las inversiones TI

CIO Business Intelligence

La sostenibilidad se está convirtiendo en un imperativo para los CIO, ya que la mayoría de ellos se centran cada vez más en la planificación de la sostenibilidad de sus organizaciones, una tendencia que está cambiando las tecnologías en las que invierten los responsables de TI y los proveedores y socios con los que firman acuerdos. Nueve de cada diez directores de sistemas de información están aumentando sus inversiones en sostenibilidad , según el Informe mundial sobre directores de sistemas de

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Former Google CEO blames work-from-home policy for company lagging behind OpenAI

TechSpot

Schmidt served as Google CEO from 2001 to 2011 and was executive chairman until 2015. He recently took part in a discussion led by Professor Erik Brynjolfsson and students at Stanford University, where he made his feelings on remote work clear.

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5 Actual Benefits of Conversational IVR for Call Centers

Tech Republic

Conversational IVR is so much more than just a programmed voice bot. When properly implemented, it can have real benefits for customer support.

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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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SSD Prices Have Stabilized, Breaking the Upward Trend

TechSpot

For the first time this year, we can no longer say that SSD prices keep on rising. While some drives are slightly more expensive, others have dropped in price, which is always good news.

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Hyperscalers place big bets on AI as cloud spending rolls on

CIO Business Intelligence

The global cloud infrastructure services market remains strong, buoyed in part by enterprise interest in AI. That interest is in turn spurring the Big 3 cloud vendors to accelerate AI offerings in hopes of winning even larger portions of the global cloud market, even as CIOs seek to sharpen strategies to curb costs and maximize their return from the cloud.

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US is considering breaking up Google, targeting Android and Chrome

TechSpot

The Microsoft antitrust case didn't lead to the company being dismantled, but the DOJ seems intent on not letting Google off so easily after Judge Amit Mehta's scathing August 5 ruling.

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Removal Depreciation of Paint 3D is Announced and Use 3D Viewer Instead

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 Removal Depreciation of Paint 3D is Announced and Use 3D Viewer Instead appeared first on HTMD Community Blog #1 Modern Device Management Guides by Anoop C Nair.

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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.