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The AIC Framework: Action, Innovation, Collaboration

Eric D. Brown

Lately, I’ve seen many people and businesses talk excitedly about new ideas (LLMs, AI, etc) but often without plans to turn those ideas into reality. That’s why I want to share The AIC Framework, a practical approach I use with my clients. The AIC Framework addresses the gap between ideation and execution, which can lead to missed opportunities and stagnation.

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Best Practices for Budgeting for Tech, According to IT Pros

IT Toolbox

When you plan your budget wisely, you'll often get better results. We asked IT pros in the Spiceworks Community for their budgeting best practices that help them secure the most money during annual budget planning. The post Best Practices for Budgeting for Tech, According to IT Pros appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Clean, Lean Data Is the Cornerstone of AI Sustainability

Information Week

Messy data is making AI inefficient and hampering its sustainability. So why aren’t more organizations doing a better job of optimizing their data for AI?

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If You Are A Business Resilience Pro, We Need You To Answer A Few Questions!!

Forrester IT

Each year, Forrester Research and the Disaster Recovery Journal (DRJ) team up to launch a study examining the state of business resilience. We examine different topics in business resilience such as disaster recovery, but this time it’s all just business resilience.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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How We Redesigned “Drive” With Help From Gen AI

Social, Agile and Transformation

How Isaac Sacolick and team rebrand, redesign, and replatform his 700 post blog with tech assistance from Gen AI like ChatGPT and autimation like Zapier and Quickbase. They enhance the information architecture, establish the StarCIO Digital Trailblazer Community, and launch "Drive," the redesigned blog for digital transformation leaders.

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Google bets on nuclear power to drive AI expansion

Network World

Google has signed its first corporate deal to purchase power from multiple small modular reactors (SMRs) to meet the energy needs of its AI systems, marking a key step as AI companies shift toward nuclear power. In a blog post, Google announced an agreement with Kairos Power to source nuclear energy, aiming to bring the first SMR online by 2030, with more reactors planned by 2035.

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NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs Sold Out: Demand Surges, What’s Next?

Tech Republic Data Center

The supply of next-gen processors is sold out for the next 12 months as company demand for more sophisticated AI models and applications continues unabated.

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AI makes edge computing more relevant to CIOs

CIO Business Intelligence

Analysts predict the incoming phase of enterprise AI will herald agentic systems that require minimal human intervention, with 75% of CIOs increasing their AI budgets during this year alone, according to a recent report from Gartner. As gen AI becomes embedded into more devices, endowing it with autonomous decision-making will depend on real-time data and avoiding excessive cloud costs.

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Windows 10 support ends in a year, leaving users with difficult choices to make

TechSpot

As the clock ticks down to October 14, 2025, millions of Windows 10 users face a critical decision. On that date, Microsoft will officially end support for its widely used operating system, leaving many wondering what to do with their computers.

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Izola Turns One — And It’s Just Getting Started

Forrester IT

We launched our genAI tool, Izola, one year ago today with the goal of helping clients accelerate progress on their top initiatives. To celebrate Izola’s birthday, we’re thrilled to share a few of the ways that our clients are deriving value.

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic

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9 Cybersecurity Channels to Follow on YouTube

IT Toolbox

If you click the "subscribe" button for any of these YouTube cybersecurity channels, you're guaranteed to learn something new, get great tips on ethical hacking, and discover what it's really like to work in cybersecurity. The post 9 Cybersecurity Channels to Follow on YouTube appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Quantum Report Card: Achieving Real Scale That Cannot Be Simulated

Information Week

The next major moves in quantum computing are expected to take technology on a generational journey, though it will still be some years before tangible results emerge.

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Global cybersecurity talent gap widens

Network World

Despite some recent positive news for tech hiring , a growing cybersecurity talent shortage threatens to hamstring businesses. Data from CyberSeek shows that in the U.S., some 265,000 more cybersecurity workers are needed to solve current staffing needs. CyberSeek is a data analysis and aggregation tool powered by a collaboration among Lightcast, a provider of global labor market data and analytics; NICE, a program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology focused on advancing cyber

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Forrester’s 2024 Enterprise Architecture Award Winner And Finalists For APAC

Forrester IT

What does excellence in enterprise architecture look like? Learn more about the enterprise architecture strategy that won Contact Energy, a New Zealand electricity generator and retailer, this year’s EA Award for the APAC region.

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4 HR Priorities for 2025 to Supercharge Your Employee Experience

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

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Six steps to creating a successful IT strategy: A guide for CIOs

CIO Business Intelligence

In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, the role of the CIO has transcended simply managing IT infrastructure to becoming a pivotal player in enabling business strategy. The IDC IT Strategy Framework provides a structured approach for CIOs to align IT initiatives with business goals, ensuring that technology investments drive organizational success.

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Quantum Compute Report Card: Looking Beyond Two-qubit Gates

Information Week

Delivery of commercially viable quantum computers remains years away, however IBM believes the technology remains on track -- though there is more work to come.

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SUSE Edge upgrade targets Kubernetes and Linux at the edge

Network World

Open source and Linux platform vendor SUSE is looking to help organizations solve some of the complexity and challenges of edge computing with the company’s SUSE Edge 3.1 release, announced today. SUSE Edge is not a single technology but rather a set of capabilities that together enable deployment and management of an edge platform. SUSE Edge integrates SUSE Linux Micro, which is an optimized Linux distribution for smaller deployments based on the company’s flagship SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE).

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Is Keeping Your Commerce Tech Vendor The Right Fit For You?

Forrester IT

To retain or replatform your commerce technology solution? Forrester's latest research guides leaders on how to answer this burning question.

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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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Maximizing Return on Investment with Your Security Budget

IT Toolbox

Demonstrating a return on investment for security spending can be difficult. The cost of a breach is often cited to demonstrate spending on technology, personnel, or services. However, this doesn't always articulate the best business case for the budget, shares Andy Collins, CISM, CIPP/E. The post Maximizing Return on Investment with Your Security Budget appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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How CIOs and CTOs Are Bridging Cross-Functional Collaboration

Information Week

IT necessarily works across departments, but now, CIOs and CTOs are driving greater collaboration across the business.

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AI-native software engineering may be closer than developers think

CIO Business Intelligence

Developers unimpressed by the early returns of generative AI for coding take note: Software development is headed toward a new era, when most code will be written by AI agents and reviewed by experienced developers, Gartner predicts. Organizations and vendors are already rolling out AI coding agents that enable developers to fully automate or offload many tasks, with more pilot programs and proofs-of-concept likely to be launched in 2025, says Philip Walsh, senior principal analyst in Gartner’s

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Board of Clients Book+Media list, 2024

Forrester IT

Every year for the last 26 years, Forrester has convened its Board of Clients — a group of clients (pic to the left) who advise us on our strategy, new products, and research agenda.

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Predicting the Future of Sales: How AI and Automation Will Revolutionize Strategies

In this exploration, we're diving into predictions about the future of sales. We're talking about a complete shake-up powered by automation and artificial intelligence (AI). These aren't just fancy tools — they're real game-changers. Automation and AI are here to redefine every interaction, making them smarter, faster, and more meaningful. From personalized customer journeys to streamlined sales processes, the goal is to make every moment count, enhancing both efficiency and connection.

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Netskope extends data security with Dasera acquisition

Network World

Netskope today announced it has broadened its data protection capabilities by integrating data security posture management (DSPM) technology into its Netskope One Platform via its acquisition of Dasera. The integration will help the company deliver advanced security across web, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, email, endpoint, and on-premises use cases—now including structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data stores and data lakes, Netskope says.

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Boosting Sales With the Power of AI

Information Week

A growing number of businesses use AI to increase sales. Here's how your firm can cash in.

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Zscaler Report: Mobile, IoT, and OT Cyber Threats Surge in 2024

Tech Republic Security

Zscaler ThreatLabz report reveals a 2024 surge in mobile, IoT, and OT cyberattacks, highlighting key trends and the need for zero trust security.

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Introducing Forrester’s Partner Selection Blueprint

Forrester IT

Selecting the right partner can be the difference between success and failure for technology-driven initiatives. Businesses and institutions make dozens or hundreds of technology and service provider selections every year. Most don’t follow a rigorous process or involve all the right people in the decision.

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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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How to choose a flexible unified SASE solution

Network World

SASE is at the top of all CIOs’ minds, and for good reason. When deployed properly, SASE, which combines SD-WAN with cloud-delivered security via SSE, enables all users and devices, regardless of location, to securely access an organization’s hybrid network. Flexibility is an oft-overlooked but critical component of any SASE solution. Because SASE connects and protects the entire hybrid network, most organizations don’t deploy the entire solution at once; instead, they start with a use case, lik

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8 Technical Skills Everyone Should Have

Information Week

Technology tends to get easier to use over time to expand the base of potential users. Meanwhile, new tech and channels continue to emerge challenging workers to keep up. Here’s a look at some skills that all employees should have.

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99% of UK Businesses Faced Cyber Attacks in the Last Year

Tech Republic Security

Almost all businesses in the U.K. were breached by cyber attackers in the last 12 months, a report has found.

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Now Live: A Retailer’s Guide To Planning For The 2024 Holiday Season

Forrester IT

Retailers needing advice before the winter shopping season: Read this blog for a sneak peek into Forrester's Retail Holiday Planning Guide.

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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.