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10 top priorities for CIOs in 2025

CIO

As 2025 dawns, CIOs face an IT landscape that differs significantly from just a year ago. AI, once viewed as a novel innovation, is now mainstream, impacting just about facet of the enterprise. Over the next 12 months, IT leaders can look forward to even more innovations, as well as some serious challenges. To keep ahead of the curve, CIOs should continuously evaluate their business and technology strategies, adjusting them as necessary to address rapidly evolving technology, business, and econo

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My favorite musical discoveries of 2024

Martin Fowler

I've got into the habit of starting the New Year by sharing six favorite albums I discovered during the last year. This years set includes Celtic jazz, trip-hop neo-fado, jazz-fusion for the 2020's, playful harmonies, and a vibrant collaboration between Indian classical musicians and a string quartet. (I was also unable to limit myself to six.

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Refactoring with Codemods to Automate API Changes

Martin Fowler

As a library developer, you may create a popular utility that hundreds of thousands of developers rely on daily, such as lodash or React. Over time, usage patterns might emerge that go beyond your initial design. When this happens, you may need to extend an API by adding parameters or modifying function signatures to fix edge cases. The challenge lies in rolling out these breaking changes without disrupting your users’ workflows.

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CIOs are rethinking how they use public cloud services. Here’s why.

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Over the past few years, enterprises have strived to move as much as possible as quickly as possible to the public cloud to minimize CapEx and save money. Increasingly, however, CIOs are reviewing and rationalizing those investments. Are they truly enhancing productivity and reducing costs? In the rush to the public cloud, a lot of people didnt think about pricing, says Tracy Woo, principal analyst at Forrester.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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Startup Funding Regained Its Footing In 2024 As AI Became The Star Of The Show

Crunchbase News

Global venture funding in 2024 edged above 2023s totals, with AI showing the biggest leap in amounts year to year. Overall startup funding in 2024 reached close to $314 billion compared to $304 billion in 2023 up around 3%, based on an analysis of Crunchbase data. Global venture investment in 2024 was above the pre-pandemic year of 2019, but below 2018 and 2020 amounts at $346 billion and $350 billion, respectively.

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What Companies Succeeding with AI Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

In 2021, researchers at MIT and McKinsey teamed up to ask more than 100 companies how they were using AI in their operations and to learn what separated the highest-performing companies from the rest. They conducted a similar survey in 2023 to see what had changed. They found that the gap between leading companies and the rest had widened; that the payback-period for AI investments was much shorter; and that leading companies were better at identifying and implementing use cases that delivered p

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10 Linux apps I always install first - and you should too

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

If you're just now jumping onto the Linux train, you might be wondering what apps to install first. Here are the first 10 I find should be installed by all.

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How to install Python packages from an internal package registry with uv

Xebia

If you’ve published a Python package to a private index, you want your users to be able to install it. But this requires some setup. In this blogpost, we’ll show how to set up an internal package dependency with uv. For our index, we’ll be using Gitlab’s package registry. But many of these steps will also apply when you are using another index.

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Why Retailers Are Turning to Third-Party Marketplaces

Harvard Business Review

Some traditional retailers including Walmart, Target, and Best Buy are adopting third-party marketplaces, which connect customers with external sellers and thereby offer customers a much broader selection. Many other traditional retailers are considering whether to follow suit. Making the choice isnt clear-cut. It involves weighing a host of benefits and challenges.

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Revolutionize QA: GAPs AI-Driven Accelerators for Smarter, Faster Testing

GAP's AI-Driven QA Accelerators revolutionize software testing by automating repetitive tasks and enhancing test coverage. From generating test cases and Cypress code to AI-powered code reviews and detailed defect reports, our platform streamlines QA processes, saving time and resources. Accelerate API testing with Pytest-based cases and boost accuracy while reducing human error.

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A more complex codemod

Martin Fowler

Juntao Qiu moves onto a more complex example of a codemod , one that extracts a tooltip responsibility from a JSX component. This illustrates how to manipulate the AST in several steps.

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Your CEO has little idea who IT is or what IT does

CIO

IT may be central to modern existence, but the people and processes of IT remain a mystery to most business executives and colleagues. Its time to change this. I asked a group of business executives to take out a blank sheet of paper, draw a big circle, and label it IT People and Processes. I then asked them to draw a circle inside that circle representing the degree to which they understood IT people and processes.

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The one feature Bluesky really needs

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

You just followed a fascinating new account on Bluesky. But does that account really belong to who you think it does?

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Thermodynamic Computing: The next computer architecture

Ooda Loop

I believe I have found a useful analogy that can help explain the new approach of Thermodynamic Computing: Surfing. The surfer may surf for pleasure or competition, but whatever their purpose, they become one with the ocean, harnessing its raw power to surf. They do not bring gasoline engines or other power sources. They take […] The post Thermodynamic Computing: The next computer architecture appeared first on OODAloop.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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Research: Consumers Don’t Want AI to Seem Human

Harvard Business Review

Studies have shown that people dislike attempts to make AI convincingly human. But emphasizing the essential role of humans in AI tools can help reduce resistance to adoption.

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Security Update: Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure and Neurons for ZTA Gateways

Ivanti

At Ivanti, our mission is to empower customers to defend their environments in an evolving and increasingly sophisticated threat landscape. This includes providing industry-leading products, transparent communication, and sophisticated tools to help to protect and fortify networks. Central to this mission is a culture of transparency and responsiveness, especially when facing a security issue.

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Leading the digital charge: Inspiring innovation and fostering a culture of excellence

CIO

Organizations look at digital transformation as an opportunity to radically improve operations and increase the value of a product or service to the customer by embedding technology into the decision-making fabric and building automation into its functions. This involves the integration of digital technologies into its planning and operations like adopting cloud computing to sustain and scale infrastructure seamlessly, using AI to improve user experience through natural language communication, e

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CES 2025: The 25 best products that impressed us the most

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

ZDNET editors scoured the show floor for a week and identified all of this year's best products - including those that will make the biggest impact on the future.

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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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What To Know About NVIDIA’s Latest Announcements

Ooda Loop

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's keynote at CES 2025 showcased significant advancements that can have an impact on your business strategy. The post What To Know About NVIDIA’s Latest Announcements appeared first on OODAloop.

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What Effective CEOs Do After Their First 90 Days

Harvard Business Review

Six actions to take to sustain progress, create profitable growth opportunities, and build a more capable organization.

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Eye On AI: AI Venture Funding Shattered Quarterly Records In Q4

Crunchbase News

This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here. While many of us took some time off during the holidays, AI startups did not take a break from fundraising. The fourth quarter was unlike any other in the industry as far as fundraising goes. It also wasn’t just Databricks (although, yes, a massive $10 billion round does pump up the numbers).

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UAE to take center stage in AI Innovation with the launch of Dubai AI Week

CIO

The UAEs vision for AI is encapsulated in its National AI Strategy 2031, which aims to position the country as a global leader in AI by integrating it across various sectors. This strategy is not just a roadmap but a testament to the UAEs forward-thinking approach to harnessing the power of AI for socio-economic growth. The country is ranked among the top five in the world for artificial intelligence competitiveness, is poised to further solidify its leadership in the sector with the launch of D

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

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.

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CES 2025: The 10 most impressive products so far

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

CES is in full swing, and we've seen major announcements from the likes of Samsung, Roborock, MSI, and more. Here's our roundup of the new tech you don't want to miss.

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Quali Extends Reach and Scope of Platform for Provisioning IT Environments

DevOps.com

Quali has added a bevy of capabilities to its Torque platform for provisioning IT environments, including an AI copilot and a Cloud Curate tool that can be used to create infrastructure-as-code (IaC) based on existing configurations it discovers in cloud services.

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What the 2024 CrowdStrike Glitch Can Teach Us About Cyber Risk

Harvard Business Review

Despite advances in cybersecurity solutions, the number and impact of cyber incidents continue to grow, with the average cost of a data breach in 2024 reaching $4.88 million and the number of confirmed data breaches hitting a record high. The July 2024 CrowdStrike incident demonstrates the need to develop capabilities to assess the downstream business impact of cyber events, establish appropriate cyber resiliency objectives, and ensure effective communication for better cyber risk management dec

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What is a Workflow?

xmatters

Workflows are no stranger in the DevOps world. But where did this term come from, and what does it really mean? Simply put, a workflow is a sequence of steps that accomplishes a task. As the word workflow suggests, it can be understood literally as work flowing from one stage to the next. More specific definitions mention that a workflow involves a multi-step sequence, more than one person, and data transfer from one step to the next.

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4 AI Hacks to Make Sales Teams More Efficient

Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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Stretch your AI dollar and accelerate AI adoption

CIO

Given their lack of scale and resources as compared to larger enterprises, its no wonder that small to medium businesses (SMBs) weigh every decision to adopt new, emerging technologies more prudently. But this also comes without the layers of bureaucracy that plague larger enterprises. As a result, SMBs are nimbler and more responsive to change as they navigate their growth, which grants them the freedom to adopt agile practices, stay ahead of changing market trends, and drive innovation.

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Autonomous businesses will be powered by AI agents

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

The Accenture Technology Vision 2025 report explores how AI-powered autonomy is shaping technology development, customer experience, the physical world, and the future workforce, where people and AI agents work together to drive customer success.

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DDN Nabs $300M From Blackstone As AI Keeps Data Storage Hot

Crunchbase News

Data is the big-money game right now. Private equity giant Blackstone Group is making a $300 million strategic investment into DDN , valuing the Chatsworth, California-based data storage company at $5 billion. Founded in 1998, DDN formerly called DataDirect Networks helps companies store, analyze and manage data a value commodity as more businesses look to create and train AI models.

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