Fri.Mar 22, 2024

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Don’t Wait for a Crisis to Reduce Costs

Harvard Business Review

Leaders who take a hard, holistic look across their cost base will find opportunities to reposition their companies for future growth. But they must act boldly and decisively to achieve a competitive cost position. In this article, the authors discuss five critical actions that CEOs and other executives can take to tackle cost challenges. Collectively, these measures help organizations sustain efficiency and redirect resources to invest in innovation, promote growth, and capture value.

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Deutsche Telekom calls on SAP for Rise all-in-one offer

CIO

SAP has won another convert to its Rise with SAP managed software offering. Deutsche Telekom intends to migrate systems used by its European operating companies to Rise over the next two years. It’s following in the footsteps of IBM and Microsoft, which like the German telco have an edge over regular companies contemplating a similar move to Rise in that they have their own clouds in which to host the applications and their own IT services divisions to make the move.

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Discover the Power of Meaningful Work in the Era of AI

Let's Grow Leaders

In this episode, you’ll join David Dye as he hosts Ed Hess, author of “Own Your Work Journey,” in a deep dive into discovering the power of meaningful work in the era of Ai. Ed explores the crucial role of critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and trade jobs in the era of smart technology. Ed gives you the tools to take ownership of your thinking, listening, and collaboration skills so you can thrive even during fast technological change.

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Executive Search Consultancy: Your Partner in Leadership Excellence

N2Growth Blog

The Importance of Leadership Excellence in Organizations Effective leadership is the driving force behind an organization’s success, helping to steer it toward its goals and navigate the complexities of the market. It is the foundation upon which high-performing teams are built, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and growth. A strong leader inspires and motivates employees, creating a sense of purpose and commitment that leads to increased engagement and productivity.

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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production

Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, CTO of Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI prototypes into

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The big changes forcing PostNord to digitally restructure

CIO

Digitization is changing business models, particularly at PostNord, where it’s seen a continuous reduction in national letters sent that’s in line with the long-term digitization trend. For over 20 years, the volume of letters has dropped by 65%, which has led to delivery now only taking place every other day. By contrast, the growth of e-commerce has exponentially increased the number of packages.

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Restaurant Robotics Revs Up Amid Labor Shortages

Crunchbase News

Americans love eating out. This year, we’re forecast to spend more than $1.1 trillion doing so — the highest total ever, per the National Restaurant Association. Trouble is, restaurants need people to provide those drinks, meals and snacks. By the end of the year, the industry will likely employ nearly 16 million of us nationwide. But it won’t be enough: Nearly half of food service employers today say they need more workers.

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Building Tomorrow’s Leaders Today: A Look into N2Growth’s Executive Coaching

N2Growth Blog

Executive coaching, a synergistic alliance between a professional coach and an executive or a team, is designed to tap into the inherent potential of the coachee to enhance performance, learning, and development. Rooted in psychology, business, and organizational behavior, this unique approach enables individuals and teams to uncover their innate capabilities, challenges their perspectives, and fosters a culture of sustainable organizational growth.

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4 Experiments to Encourage Employees’ Career Progress

Harvard Business Review

The authors worked with 15 organizations and over 7,000 employees to experiment with ways to increase internal career development opportunities and prove promotion isn’t the only way people can advance. They found that when organizations enable ways to progress that go beyond promotion, it unlocks the flow of talent, skills, and strengths. Employees gain opportunities to grow, develop in different directions, and increase their career resilience.

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Edge Computing Requires DevOps at Scale

DevOps.com

The rise of edge computing will drive a long-overdue convergence of DevOps, data engineering, security, networking, OT and MLOps best practices.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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Cloudera’s RHEL-volution: Powering the Cloud with Red Hat

Cloudera

As enterprise AI technologies rapidly reshape our digital environment, the foundation of your cloud infrastructure is more critical than ever. That’s why Cloudera and Red Hat , renowned for their open-source solutions, have teamed up to bring Red Hat Enterprise Linux ( RHEL ) to Cloudera on public cloud as the operating system for all of our public cloud platform images.

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OpenAI Reportedly Prepares for Upcoming Launch of Advanced GPT-5 Model

Ooda Loop

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) company led by Sam Altman, is reportedly preparing to release GPT-5, the next generation of its multimodal large language model, in the coming months. According to a Business Insider report citing two people familiar with the company, OpenAI could introduce GPT-5 sometime over the summer.

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Future of Authentication: What Enterprises Need to Know about Passkeys

IDC

Passwords are becoming obsolete; passkeys present a superior security alternative, yet their adoption faces hurdles, rendering a full transition improbable in the near term despite increasing acceptance.

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All Aboard! Visualize Business Impact with the Enterprise Cloud Transit Map

Perficient

Cloud modernization is the primary driver of digital transformation and impactful business value. Cloud platforms have evolved from core technology to disruptive ecosystems of strategic advantage. Migration and modernization are vital to reach new markets, deliver innovative products, improve resiliency, reduce costs, and improve customer experiences.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Fighting Loneliness on Remote Teams

Harvard Business Review

Remote work offers many benefits, but the lack of community – compared to in-person environments – can cause some workers to feel isolated and lonely. These feelings can impact job performance, sometimes significantly. This article will share four evidence-based strategies that leaders and managers can use to build community in their remote teams. These strategies include reflecting on what’s working for your team, recognizing your team in a meaningful way, providing support for career developme

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Time to Extend DevOps Visibility to the Network Edge

DevOps.com

Any comprehensive approach to observability needs to include an analysis of the internet services upon which organizations depend.

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Integration of AI Tools With SAP ABAP Programming

Dzone - DevOps

As the landscape of enterprise technology evolves, the marriage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with SAP ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) is reshaping the way businesses approach software development within the SAP ecosystem. This article delves into the groundbreaking integration of AI with SAP ABAP programming, exploring how this fusion is revolutionizing SAP development processes.

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Now Is The Defining Moment For The Tech Sector To Rebuild Trust 

Crunchbase News

By Lisette Paras It’s been a bumpy 2024 for the technology sector. Well over 30,000 tech workers have been laid off in the U.S. alone this year , adding to the nearly 200,000 workers affected in 2023. And when the majority of Americans believe that Big Tech has “too much power,” while crowds set fire to a Waymo driverless vehicle, it’s clear that trust in tech is ebbing.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.

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An Explanation of Jenkins Architecture

Dzone - DevOps

In the fast-paced world of software development, efficiency is paramount. Automating repetitive tasks is key to achieving faster delivery cycles and improved quality. This is where Jenkins comes in — a free and open-source automation server that has become synonymous with continuous integration ( CI ) and continuous delivery ( CD ). Jenkins, the open-source automation powerhouse, plays a pivotal role in the DevOps world.

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Is Kubernetes worth it?

InfoWorld

I’ll go ahead and say it: When looking closer at the total cost of ownership (TCO) associated with Kubernetes , more traditional development methods still have compelling advantages. As we’re wrapping up another KubeCon , perhaps it is time to dig into this. This is a rare position to take. I’ve used containers and Kubernetes since they first appeared on the cloud computing scene many years ago.

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5 Kinds of Ownership Roles in a Family Business

Harvard Business Review

One of the common unspoken tensions in a family business is the reality that different owners — and future owners — don’t all want to be involved in the same way. But too often those desires and expectations are not discussed or normalized. The author outlines five different types of family business owners, whose involvement ranges from passive to operational.

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Java 22 brings security enhancements

InfoWorld

Java Development Kit (JDK) 22 , released by Oracle March 19 as the latest version of standard Java, offers a number of security enhancements, covering areas ranging from an asymmetric key interface to a new security option for -XshowSettings that allows developers to easily display security-related settings. In a March 20 blog post on Oracle’s inside.java web page , Sean Mullan, technical lead of the Java Security libraries team and lead of the OpenJDK Security Group, detailed the security enhan

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Streamlining Database Compliance with CI/CD Integration

IT leaders know the importance of compliance at every level, but the database often gets left behind as other environments are automated for robust protection. This whitepaper emphasizes the importance of robust, auditable, and secure database change management practices for safeguarding organizational compliance. Learn how automating database compliance: Mitigates risk Protects against security vulnerabilities Helps avoid regulatory penalties Aligns database workflows with app lifecycle Turns d

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Cloudera Recognized as a Great Place to Work in Ireland and Costa Rica

Cloudera

We’re excited to announce that Cloudera has been named the Best Medium Workplace in Ireland , one of the Best Workplaces in Costa Rica , and one of Ireland’s Best Workplaces for Women for 2024. These recognitions underscore Cloudera’s ongoing efforts to prioritize employee well-being, professional development, and collaborative work environments.

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Vue team releases VitePress 1.0 static site generator

InfoWorld

The developers of the Vue JavaScript framework have launched VitePress 1.0 , a static site generator (SSG) for building fast, content-centric websites. Built on top of Vue and the Vite build tool (pronounced “veet”), VitePress takes source content written in Markdown, applies a theme, and generates static HTML pages for deployment. VitePress 1.0, announced March 21, is the “spiritual” successor and replacement of the VuePress static site generator , Vue creator Evan You wrote in a blog post.

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Swarm Intelligence and Network Swarms: Future Scenarios

Ooda Loop

The concept of network swarms, particularly in the context of modern conflict and security, represents a fascinating and somewhat disorientating evolution in the dynamics of warfare and strategic operations. The implications of swarm intelligence also extend beyond these immediate scenarios in technology and defense. They challenge our traditional notions of intelligence, control, and organization, suggesting that in certain contexts, decentralized and distributed approaches can outperform cen

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Nutanix sues DBaaS startup Tessell for IP theft

InfoWorld

Datacenter and hybrid multi-cloud software provider Nutanix has filed a lawsuit against database-as-a-service (DBaaS) providing startup, Tessell, alleging that its products were built using Nutanix’s source code and other resources. The lawsuit , more significantly, is targeted at the three co-founders of the San Francisco-headquartered Tessell, including Bala Kuchibhotla, Kamaldeep Khanuja, and Bakul Banthia.

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Embedded Analytics Insights for 2024

Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.

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In One Key A.I. Metric, China Pulls Ahead of the U.S.: Talent

Ooda Loop

When it comes to the artificial intelligence that powers chatbots, China lags behind the United States. However, when it comes to producing the scientists behind a new generation of humanoid technologies, China is pulling ahead.

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OpenTelemetry Project Maintainers Add Code Profiling Capabilities

DevOps.com

OpenTelemetry maintainers added profiling capabilities to enable DevOps teams to identify the root cause of issues down to a specific line of code.

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Recognizing Our Partners’ Achievements: The Dataiku Partner Network Awards!

Dataiku

Earlier this month at our Dataiku Partner Network Virtual Kickoff , I had the pleasure to announce our 2024 Dataiku Partner Network Awards, a favorite event of the year for me! The past year has seen an explosion of AI interests in the market — particularly with the ever-evolving Generative AI advancements — and we at Dataiku feel incredibly honored to have such a thriving ecosystem of partners across our cloud, ISV, consulting, and reseller partners.

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