CIO
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
CIO ASEAN is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 CIO100 Awards – recognising the top technology leaders and teams across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong who are driving innovation and influencing rapid change. Winners were unveiled during an in-person awards ceremony at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, with more than 300 executives from across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy reunite in a powerful short film using AI and deepfake technology to give fans the emotional farewell they deserve.
CIO
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Many organizations are mortgaging their futures by reallocating IT resources from long-term projects to achieve short-term wins, according to a recent survey of CEOs. Two-thirds of CEOs surveyed by the IBM Institute for Business Value acknowledge raiding long-term IT projects to achieve short-term goals. At the same time, the CEOs surveyed see a focus on short-term performance as the top barrier to innovation.
Crunchbase News
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
ServiceTitan , a platform for building services professionals, is the latest heavily-funded software unicorn to file publicly for a U.S. IPO. The Glendale, California-based company, which provides cloud-based software for residential and commercial HVAC, plumbing, electrical and other field-service businesses, filed its S-1 Monday. Founded in 2012, the company had previously raised at least $1.5 billion from a long list of venture and private equity backers.
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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?
AWS Machine Learning - AI
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Principal is a global financial company with nearly 20,000 employees passionate about improving the wealth and well-being of people and businesses. In business for 145 years, Principal is helping approximately 64 million customers (as of Q2, 2024) plan, protect, invest, and retire, while working to support the communities where it does business and build a diverse, inclusive workforce.
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CIO
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
JP Morgan Chase president Daniel Pinto says the bank expects to see up to $2 billion in value from its AI use cases, up from a $1.5 billion estimate in May. And speaking at the Barclays Global Financial Services conference in September, he said gen AI will have a big impact in improving processes and efficiencies. The company has already rolled out a gen AI assistant and is also looking to use AI and LLMs to optimize every process.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Your boss has read about the power of generative AI and wants you to stop dithering about potential risks and start delivering results.
Perficient
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
This post is the third in a series of four about estimating project hours. Part 1: Sandbagging & Lowballing Part 2: Dependencies & Creep Part 3: Assumptions & Uncertainty Part 4: The Emotional Conclusion The emotional finale is here! Don’t worry, this isn’t about curling up in a ball and crying – we’ve already done that. This final installment of my series on project estimating is all about navigating the emotions of everyone involved and trying to avoid frustration.
DevOps.com
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Most security and software development professionals are using GenAI-based solutions for building or delivering applications, but despite its widespread use, significant security challenges persist.
Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin
As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Navigating a relationship with a manager you perceive as ineffective or unqualified can be daunting, but it can also be a catalyst for growth. Rather than allowing frustration to erode your engagement and productivity, shift your focus to what you can control. You may not have control over who you report to, but you can control the beliefs, assumptions, and narratives you create about the situation, as well as the impact of your behavior on those around you.
CIO
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
From obscurity to ubiquity, the rise of large language models (LLMs) is a testament to rapid technological advancement. Just a few short years ago, models like GPT-1 (2018) and GPT-2 (2019) barely registered a blip on anyone’s tech radar. But with the advent of GPT-3 in 2020, LLMs exploded onto the scene, captivating the world’s attention and forever altering the landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), and in the process, becoming an essential part of our everyday computing lives.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
OpenAI's GPT-4o model makes it harder to determine who'll find free ChatGPT adequate and when ChatGPT Plus is worth it. We break down your options to help you decide.
AWS Machine Learning - AI
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Live streaming has been gaining immense popularity in recent years, attracting an ever-growing number of viewers and content creators across various platforms. From gaming and entertainment to education and corporate events, live streams have become a powerful medium for real-time engagement and content consumption. However, as the reach of live streams expands globally, language barriers and accessibility challenges have emerged, limiting the ability of viewers to fully comprehend and participa
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DevOps.com
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
We’re thrilled to announce the finalists for the DevOps Dozen Awards 2024, recognizing this year’s top innovators and their standout contributions in the DevOps field. These exceptional individuals and organizations have shown true dedication to advancing DevOps, driving progress and excellence in our industry over the past year. Congratulations to all the finalists!
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
The word diversity appears to trigger a wide variety of emotions from its equally wide array of definitions. And in our current moment of political polarization, it appears to be getting worse. What if we could frame a value proposition for diversity that emphasizes the return on investment for the organization, benefits every individual and team, and is rooted in science and backed by empirical research?
CIO
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Generative AI (GenAI) is rapidly emerging as a game changer for enterprises, but turning its potential into measurable value remains a significant challenge. According to a recent IDC study (Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, Wave 4, IDC, April 2024), companies are conducting an average of 37 GenAI proofs of concept (POCs), with only five advancing to production.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy reunite in a powerful short film using AI and deepfake technology to give fans the emotional farewell they deserve.
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.
Crunchbase News
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
The U.S. residential real estate industry is in a much different place compared to a few years ago. Both mortgage interest rates and property prices have risen sharply, making homeownership far less affordable. Cheap houses are hard to find, unless they come with a money pit’s worth of repairs. In tandem, the share of renter households is on the rise , and the number of home sales on the decline.
DevOps.com
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
An analysis of a data set collected by SignalFire, a platform provider for recruiting employees, finds that IT professionals specializing in areas such as DevOps move into leadership roles within their organizations within two to three years.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Find new ideas and classic advice on strategy, innovation and leadership, for global leaders from the world's best business and management experts.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Out of the box, Google's Pro earbuds are already a great option for on-the-go sound. Want to improve the audio quality? The connection between your Pixel phone and earbuds makes that boost possible.
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AWS Machine Learning - AI
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Today, we are happy to announce the availability of Binary Embeddings for Amazon Titan Text Embeddings V2 in Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases and Amazon OpenSearch Serverless. With support for binary embedding in Amazon Bedrock and a binary vector store in OpenSearch Serverless, you can use binary embeddings and binary vector store to build Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications in Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, reducing memory usage and overall costs.
Ooda Loop
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
When it comes to generative AI, Apple’s efforts have seemed largely concentrated on mobile — namely Apple Intelligence running on iOS 18, the latest operating system for the iPhone. But as it turns out, the new Apple M4 computer chip — available in the new Mac Mini and Macbook Pro models announced at the end […] The post You can now run the most powerful open source AI models locally on Mac M4 computers, thanks to Exo Labs appeared first on OODAloop.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
AI has been heralded — and put to use — as a groundbreaking new tool that companies can use in the budgeting process. But even companies that have embraced AI are still struggling with aspects of the budgeting process in today’s complex and rapidly changing business environment. Why is that? When does it make sense to rely on AI, and when does it not?
CIO
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
The CEO of Salesforce AI, Clara Shih, has left after just 20 months in the job. Neither Shih nor the company has made an official announcement, but a source familiar with the matter confirmed to CIO that Adam Evans, previously senior vice president of product for Salesforce AI Platform, has moved up to the newly created role of executive vice president and general manager of Salesforce AI.
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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
These handy gadgets make for useful gifts during the holidays. If your loved one likes to be prepared for anything, you can't go wrong with these EDC essentials.
thoughtLEADERS, LLC
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
When someone who has traditionally been your opponent creates a great opportunity, question their motivation. Seek to fully understand the situation before you say yes. Every organization suffers from some level of political intrigue. Whether it’s hoarding of resources, manipulative tactics, or passive aggressive behavior office politics distract your organization from getting things done.
Ooda Loop
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
The business world has taken to Google’s Gemini chatbot, but the AI application is apparently less excited about its own users. A recent report on a Michigan grad student’s long chat session, where the AI was being used to help with some homework, shows the AI discussion took a dark turn as it started issuing […] The post Why it Matters That Google’s AI Gemini Chatbot Made Death Threats to a Grad Student appeared first on OODAloop.
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