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Passwordless authentication startup Descope lands whopping $53M seed round

TechCrunch

Take Descope , for example, which today announced that it raised a whopping $53 million in seed funding for its “developer-first” authentication and user management platform. In tight economies, organizations feel the pressure to shift software development efforts to initiatives that’ll move the needle for business.

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Overcoming the 6 barriers to IT modernization

CIO

Solution: Invest in continuous learning and development programs to upskill the existing workforce. For example, a financial services firm adopted a zero trust security model to ensure that every access request is authenticated and authorized. Q: What do you get when you add new technology to bad processes?

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Scaling AI talent: An AI apprenticeship model that works

CIO

Along the way, we’ve created capability development programs like the AI Apprenticeship Programme (AIAP) and LearnAI , our online learning platform for AI. AIAP in the beginning: Goals and challenges The AIAP started back in 2017 when I was tasked to build a team to do 100 AI projects. To do that, I needed to hire AI engineers.

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Digital transformation 2025: What’s in, what’s out

CIO

Transformational CIOs continuously invest in their operating model by developing product management, design thinking, agile, DevOps, change management, and data-driven practices. CIOs must also drive knowledge management, training, and change management programs to help employees adapt to AI-enabled workflows.

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IT leaders brace for the AI agent management challenge

CIO

What is needed is a single view of all of my AI agents I am building that will give me an alert when performance is poor or there is a security concern. Johnson adds that this area is still maturing on cloud management platforms, as well as inside legal, security, compliance teams.

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Marsh McLennan IT reorg lays foundation for gen AI

CIO

As part of MMTech’s unifying strategy, Beswick chose to retire the data centers and form an “enterprisewide architecture organization” with a set of standards and base layers to develop applications and workloads that would run on the cloud, with AWS as the firm’s primary cloud provider.

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3 Ways to Discover Your Authentic Leadership Style

CIO

Here, I’ll share a few tips to help you uncover your authentic leadership style. What are your strengths and weaknesses? If you can answer these questions, you’ll be on your way to uncovering your authentic style. Do you search for solutions that benefit the whole team or just yourself? What are your values?