Wed.Jun 05, 2024

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What is Low-Code?

Xebia

Hello! I am Craig St. Jean, an OutSystems MVP based out of Ohio in the United States. I am a dedicated Xebian driven by a high degree of intellectual curiosity and a desire to share what I’ve learned. Today, I want to tell you a little about what low-code means for developers, what it means for your architecture and tools, and a success story.

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Testing server calls in generated HTML

Martin Fowler

Matteo Vaccari completes his article on testing template-generated HTML, by looking at how to use TDD with pages that make calls to the server.

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Is your data ready for AI? CIOs lack answers

CIO

As CIOs and other tech leaders face pressure to adopt AI, many organizations are still skipping a crucial first step for successful deployments: putting their data house in order. Despite warnings going back at least six years , many CIOs fail to collect and organize the vast amount of data their organizations continuously generate, according to some data management vendors.

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Onboarding New Employees in a Hybrid Workplace

Harvard Business Review

As you’re navigating hybrid work, it’s a good moment to assess how your onboarding processes enable or empower your new hires to thrive. Researchers at Microsoft have conducted and identified studies that suggest that onboarding to a new role, team, or company is a key moment for building connections with the new manager and team and doing so a few days in person provides unique benefits.

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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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El sistema judicial madrileño, más ágil, seguro y flexible gracias a la virtualización de escritorios

CIO

El sistema judicial madrileño da un paso adelante hacia la digitalización apostando por una infraestructura más ágil, segura y flexible. Fujitsu, en colaboración con Microsoft y bajo la batuta de la Consejería de Digitalización mediante su ente público Madrid Digital, ha desarrollado una solución innovadora de virtualización de escritorios para securizar, modernizar y mejorar la eficiencia en el ámbito de la Justicia en la Comunidad de Madrid de la mano de la Consejería de Presidencia, Justicia

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AI avatars in the workplace: A tricky equation CIOs must prepare for

CIO

As generative AI capabilities expand, CIOs will soon have to make difficult decisions about how far to allow AI to represent company employees, whether in internal meetings or when meeting with customers or partners. Two events this week — an announcement from Asana Wednesday and an interview from Zoom’s CEO on Monday — outline a near future in which lines between human and AI collaborators become increasingly blurred.

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Research: Why We Choose the Hard Way to Do Tedious Tasks

Harvard Business Review

In life and at work, we often get stuck persisting in unpleasant activities even when more enjoyable and equally effective alternatives exist. Research shows this happens due to “entrenchment,” where repeating an activity blocks consideration of better options and makes you more likely to keep doing it. The author’s research focuses on enhancing well-being by limiting over-persistence in these tasks and suggests solutions that include reducing repetition, dividing attention, and alternating task

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Don’t fall into the AI buzzwords trap when evaluating vendors

CIO

No one would dispute that artificial intelligence (AI) is reimaging how businesses and entire industries operate. Yet, as the hype around AI and machine learning intensifies, so does the number of AI buzzwords designed lure and distract. When having discussions with AI vendors, it’s easy to be enticed by terms such as “sentient AI”, “large language models”, “virtual copilot”, and others.

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How to Future-Proof Your Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Understand which investments will allow your organization to thrive—even in a crisis.

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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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SAP to buy digital adoption specialist WalkMe for $1.5 billion

CIO

SAP has agreed to buy WalkMe, a tool for offering workers personalized guidance on how to use software, for $1.5 billion in cash. There’s clearly a lot at stake for SAP as its offer, announced Wednesday morning, was 45% over WalkMe’s closing share price on Tuesday night. The companies expect the acquisition to close in the third quarter of 2024, provided that regulators and WalkMe’s shareholders approve the deal.

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Crossing The Series A Chasm

Crunchbase News

As we get deeper into 2024, there is increasing concern about the state of Series A fundraising. The bar for investment appears much higher , and fewer startups are reaching it. This is a problem for founders, and investors like Jenny Fielding , managing partner of Everywhere Ventures , who said, “Every Seed investor’s dilemma: All my Series A buddies want to meet my companies early!

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How H&M integrates tech into its stores

CIO

Just over a year ago, H&M’s IT department was heavily reduced as a result of cost restrictions. Originally there was talk of cutting 3,500 to 1,500, but in the end, it didn’t have to be that severe, according to H&M CDIO, Ellen Svanström. “The cost efficiency program hit us, and this applied to both employees and consultants,” she says. “We had to make cuts.

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Deloitte’s Pixel: A Case Study on How to Innovate from Within

Harvard Business Review

If you’re an intrapreneur — or aspire to be one — this episode is for you.

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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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Bridging the gap between legacy tools and modern threats: Securing the cloud today

CIO

The cloud will become a cornerstone of enterprise operations as IDC estimates that by 2025, there will be over 750 million cloud-native applications globally. Additionally, over 90% of organizations anticipate employing a multi-cloud approach over the next few years. Considering the cloud offers unparalleled flexibility, scalability, and agility, these numbers should be unsurprising.

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Crunchbase Monthly Recap May 2024: AI Leads Alongside An Uptick In Billion-Dollar Rounds

Crunchbase News

Venture funding rebounded in May to reach $31 billion, the highest monthly tally so far this year. Investment was up over 40% month over month and 29% year over year, with AI leading as the sector that raised the most funding. A spate of billion-dollar fundings contributed to the total, with $11 billion — over a third of capital raised last month — invested in six companies in rounds at $1 billion or more.

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Survey: Getting it right with AI in networking still an uphill climb for IT leaders

CIO

A new Foundry survey shows IT leaders are all-in on the idea that artificial intelligence (AI) can help them address a longstanding struggle with enterprise networks: making day-to-day management of networks easier. That, in turn, promises to free up IT to spend more time on strategic initiatives while maintaining a superior experience for end users.

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RansomHub: New Ransomware has Origins in Older Knight

Symantec

Emergent operation has grown quickly to become one of the most prolific ransomware threats

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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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Ikea apuesta por el ‘live shopping’ con una presentadora generada por IA

CIO

El live shopping emigra desde Asia de la mano de Ikea para hacer las delicias de los consumidores digitales españoles. Y es que el gigante sueco lleva dos años apostando por esta modalidad de comercio electrónico basada en la venta de productos a través de retransmisiones en directo. Ahora, Ikea España ha celebrado la primera experiencia de live shopping -también conocida como shopstreaming – de la mano de Laia, una presentadora virtual generada por inteligencia artificial (IA).

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Craig St. Jean, From Young Programmer to Chief Technology Architect

Xebia

Hello! I am Craig St. Jean, an OutSystems MVP based out of Ohio in the United States. I am a dedicated Xebian driven by a high degree of intellectual curiosity and a desire to share what I’ve learned. In this post, I will give you an idea of where I am in my career and how I got here. Early Inspiration I suppose I can technically say I was “programming” (or at least scripting) back in the late 80s or early 90s when my uncle gave us a Commodore 64.

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Así integra H&M la tecnología en sus tiendas

CIO

Hace poco más de un año, el departamento de TI de H&M sufrió una fuerte reducción de personal como consecuencia de las restricciones de costes. En un principio se habló de recortar de 3.500 a 1.500 trabajadores, pero al final no tuvo que ser tan severo, según Ellen Svanström, CDIO de H&M. “El programa de eficiencia de costes nos afectó, y esto se aplicó tanto a los empleados como a los consultores” , dice.

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Building A New Toolkit to Ensure Accurate AI Predictions

DevOps.com

Meta created an internal toolkit to help improve the accuracy of AI predictions. Its engineers say it has a hefty set of features that makes a big difference.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

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.

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Porsche basa la toma de decisiones estratégicas a pie de pista en el valor de los datos

CIO

Porsche Motorsport sella su alianza con NetApp al ampliar el acuerdo estratégico de colaboración que ambas partes venían manteniendo. Para el fabricante alemán de automóviles deportivos, el objetivo no es otro que optimizar la toma de decisiones a pie de pista extrayendo el máximo valor de los datos. De esta forma ha convertido a la tecnológica en su partner exclusivo de infraestructura inteligente de datos.

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3D Orthopedic Implant Tech Startup Restor3d Lands $70M Financing

Crunchbase News

Restor3d , a North Carolina-based maker of 3D printed personalized orthopedic implants, locked up a $70 million financing — even as investors continue to cool on 3D tech startups. The round includes a $55 million Series A round led by Summers Value Partners and existing investors plus an additional $15 million in debt financing led by Trinity Capital. “This fundraising round is a testament to the confidence our investors have in restor3d’s vision and potential,” said CEO Kurt Jacobus

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SAP CEO Christian Klein: Everything we do contains AI

CIO

SAP CEO Christian Klein kicked off the company’s Sapphire customer conference with the promise of a real productivity boost from AI. “The innovations for enterprise AI that we will be announcing at SAP Sapphire in 2024 will redefine the way business processes are handled,” Klein said at the start of the event in Orlando, Florida, this week. For Europe’s largest software company, AI is currently the linchpin of its entire product strategy.

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How Skyflow creates technical content in days using Amazon Bedrock

AWS Machine Learning - AI

This guest post is co-written with Manny Silva, Head of Documentation at Skyflow, Inc. Startups move quickly, and engineering is often prioritized over documentation. Unfortunately, this prioritization leads to release cycles that don’t match, where features release but documentation lags behind. This leads to increased support calls and unhappy customers.

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success. That’s why we developed this white paper to give you insights into four key open-source technologies – Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, Apache Spark™, and OpenSearch® – and how to leverage them for lasting success. Discover everything you’ll want to know about scalable, data-layer technologies: Learn when to choose these technologies and when to avoid them Explore h

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Accepting Your Team’s Failures

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

The way you react to failure has a big impact on your team’s future performance and culture. Make sure you handle failures constructively. As much as we like to celebrate success, there are going to be failures. They’re not fun and they can derail a team if you don’t handle the failure well. When there is failure, the first thing to remember is to avoid blame.

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Muhstik Malware Targets Message Queuing Services Applications

Aqua Security

Aqua Nautilus discovered a new campaign of Muhstik malware targeting message queuing services applications, specifically the Apache RocketMQ platform. Our investigation revealed that the attackers downloaded the known malware Muhstik onto the compromised instances by exploiting a known vulnerability in the platform. In this blog, we will explore how the attackers exploit the existing vulnerability in RocketMQ, examine how the Muhstik malware affects the compromised instances, and analyze the num

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Women CEOs in S&P 500: Lisa Su from Advanced Micro Devices Tops the List of Highest-Paid Female CEOs

CEO Insider

Although the number of women reaching CEO positions in S&P 500 companies is increasing, they still represent a small fraction compared to their male counterparts. According to the latest annual compensation survey by The Associated Press and Equilar, 25 out of 341 CEOs are women. This is the highest number since the survey started in […] The post Women CEOs in S&P 500: Lisa Su from Advanced Micro Devices Tops the List of Highest-Paid Female CEOs appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine

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