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Deepfakes: Coming soon to a company near you

CIO

AI-powered deepfake technology is rapidly advancing, and it’s only a matter of time before cybercriminals find a business model they can use, some security experts say.

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9 Best AI Tools for Programming Assistance in 2024

The Crazy Programmer

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing software development by enhancing productivity, improving code quality, and automating routine tasks. Developers now have access to various AI-powered tools that assist in coding, debugging, and documentation. This article provides a detailed overview of the best AI programming tools in 2024. 1. GitHub Copilot It is one of the most popular AI-powered coding assistant tools developed by GitHub and OpenAI.

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How can CIOs safely unleash generative AI on their company’s data?

CIO

Generative artificial intelligence, or GenAI, has been a transformative force in many different business fields since it appeared on the scene in 2022. According to McKinsey, GenAI could bring savings opportunities of up to $2.6 trillion across various operational functions. However, many business leaders hesitate to adopt it due to security fears. IBM reports that 96% of executives see adopting generative AI as increasing their organisation’s chances of experiencing a security breach within the

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Learning to Delegate as a First-Time Manager

Harvard Business Review

Learning how to delegate well is a skill every first-time manager needs to learn from the very start. Many people are promoted into management for doing their previous job well. But once you’re promoted into a leadership role, you must accept that you can’t do everything on your own — nor should you. Though it may seem counterintuitive, the more senior you become in an organization, the less you’ll be involved in doing the day-to-day work.

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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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ECBA certification: An entry-level credential for business analysts

CIO

The Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA) is a credential for business analysts offered by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), a nonprofit professional association founded in 2003 to promote the field of business analysis. According to the organization, the ECBA covers the foundational knowledge and competencies on business analysis for this in-demand field.

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Atos grabs lifeline from Onepoint

CIO

Atos has opted for a rescue offer from Onepoint consortium that, together with offers from the French government and Alten to acquire parts of the business, lifts the cloud of uncertainty hanging over the ailing French IT services company. Onepoint’s proposal provides for a restructuring of Atos’ financial debt and the establishment of a sustainable capital structure, Atos said on Tuesday, the same day it announced that it had received a €270 million (about $290 million) offer from engineering c

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Early AI Funding May Be Showing Some Cracks

Crunchbase News

While funding to AI-related startups remains strong, with nearly $30 billion raised so far this year alone, there are indicators that some of the earliest-stage investors are getting some AI fatigue. Deal-making volume seems to be slowing in the second quarter — with just a couple of weeks left — compared to other recent quarters, when investors’ appetite showed little to no limits for the all-encompassing technology.

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La IA puede ser la respuesta a sus problemas de datos, pero no a todos ellos

CIO

En la actualidad, 143 millones de personas esperan una intervención quirúrgica en países de renta baja. Y aunque hay organizaciones dispuestas a aportar médicos y recursos, existe un vacío de información entre unos y otros, afirma Joan LaRovere, jefa médica asociada del Boston Children’s Hospital, profesora de la Facultad de Medicina de Harvard y cofundadora de la Virtue Foundation, ONG dedicada a resolver este problema de información.

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How to Get Results Quickly After a Merger or Acquisition

Harvard Business Review

Delayed and ineffective commercial integration can turn a good deal into a loser, because sales growth ultimately determines whether a merger achieves its value-creation goals. To create value, mergers need top-line gains: More sales to more customers, expansion into new territories or market adjacencies, new products and services to sell to existing customers.

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

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.

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Briolf Group pone en marcha su plan estratégico de seguridad TI

CIO

Briolf Group ha optado por implementar una estrategia integral de seguridad TI para las siete sociedades con las que actualmente cuenta la multinacional. Para ello, el grupo industrial con sede en Girona ha confiado en Fsafe, la unidad de ciberseguridad de Fibratel. El grupo empresarial de origen familiar, que cuenta con más de 1.000 empleados en el mundo, ha crecido notablemente orgánica e inorgánicamente, incorporando a nuevas compañías hasta llegar a siete sociedades productivas y posicionánd

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The Key to Resolving Conflict: Knowing When to Quit

Let's Grow Leaders

Episode 261: In this episode, you’ll explore resolving conflict – when it might be necessary to quit a conflict or even leave a job. You’ll learn specific phrases and questions to ask yourself to determine if it’s time to walk away. Host David Dye shares personal stories and examples, illustrating the importance of speaking up and considering the impact of the conflict on your life.

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Cognizant lanza un conjunto de soluciones basadas en LLM para el sector sanitario

CIO

La asociación entre Cognizant y Google Cloud suscrita el pasado mes de agosto empieza a dar sus frutos. La compañía de servicios ha lanzado el “primer” conjunto de soluciones de modelos de lenguaje a gran escala (LLM) para el sector sanitario basándose en la tecnología de inteligencia artificial (IA) generativa Google Cloud , que incluye la plataforma Vertex AI y los modelos Gemini.

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How to Get Your Team to Stop Sending You Frustrating Email Communication

Let's Grow Leaders

Streamline Your Team’s Email Communication With 4 Important Questions Have you ever been SO FRUSTRATED by your team’s email communication that you just want to hit “delete all”? Too many words. Gobs of attachments. Data with no explanation. If you’re frustrated with the emails you’re getting from your team (particularly if they’re seasoned senior leaders), it’s easy to think, “They should know better.” But even if they SHOULD know, if y

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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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Telefónica España promociona los destinos inteligentes con un nuevo ‘hub’ de innovación

CIO

Telefónica España lidera la creación de un Hub de Innovación Turística (HIT) junto a más de 40 empresas especializadas en el sector con el propósito de impulsar su digitalización. Además, harán especial hincapié en el fomento de nuevos destinos turísticos inteligentes (DTI) de los que actualmente hay en España más de 400. En este sentido cabe recordar que los DTI nacieron allá por el 2013 con el fin de modernizar y hacer más competitivos los destinos turísticos españoles siguiendo un planteamien

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Mastering Team Email: How to Deal with Frustration and Improve Collaboration

Let's Grow Leaders

Streamline Your Team Email: Tips to Reduce Frustration and Boost Efficiency Have you ever been SO FRUSTRATED by a team email from one of your team members? Too many words. Gobs of attachments. Data with no explanation. If you’re frustrated with the emails you’re getting from your team (particularly if they’re seasoned senior leaders), it’s easy to think, “They should know better.” But even if they SHOULD know, if you’re not getting what you need, ask for

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Repsol democratiza la IA generativa entre sus empleados con Copilot

CIO

Repsol vuelva a situarse a la vanguardia al introducir y extender la inteligencia artificial (IA) generativa a todos sus empleados con el asistente para web Copilot. Gracias a la tecnología desarrollada por Microsoft, la fuerza laboral de la multienergética podrá realizar búsquedas más precisas en Internet, resumir documentos web o generar imágenes, entre otras tareas, siempre en entornos seguros.

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Evolving ECM: The Shift to GraphQL for Enhanced API Efficiencies

DevOps.com

Over time, it has become clear that developers prefer GraphQL over REST APIs for web client interfaces to deliver and use content more effectively.

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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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Ascension Says Personal, Health Information Stolen in Ransomware Attack 

Ooda Loop

Ascension’s patient information was stolen in a ransomware attack in early-May. The attack involved an employee accidentally downloading malware, causing disruptions to various Ascension systems. These systems included electronic health records, MyChart, phones, medication ordering, and procedures. Patients had to be diverted at some hospitals.

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Massive Rounds By Cruise And AlphaSense Lead Way

Crunchbase News

Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2024 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding rounds here. After a few slow weeks, things picked up slightly concerning big funding deals.

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The New O’Reilly Answers: The R in “RAG” Stands for “Royalties”

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

The latest release of O’Reilly Answers is the first example of generative royalties in the AI era, created in partnership with Miso. This new service is a trustworthy source of answers for the O’Reilly learning community and a new step forward in the company’s commitment to the experts and authors who drive knowledge across its learning platform. Generative AI may be a groundbreaking new technology, but it’s also unleashed a torrent of complications that undermine its trustworthiness, many of wh

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Does AI make us dependent on Big Tech?

InfoWorld

European banking executives are increasingly concerned about the growing dependence of big U.S. tech firms on integrated artificial intelligence (AI) in financial services. Substantial computing power is needed for AI, and many banks believe they will struggle to operate AI independently. They fear a shift towards “Big Tech” and “Big Cloud” due to AI adoption requirements.

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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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Where Does Data Governance Fit Into Hybrid Cloud?

Cloudera

At a time when artificial intelligence (AI) and tools like generative AI (GenAI) and large language models (LLMs) have exploded in popularity, getting the most out of organizational data is critical to driving business value and carving out a competitive market advantage. To reach that goal, more businesses are turning toward hybrid cloud infrastructure – with data on-premises, in the cloud, or both – as a means to tap into valuable data.

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Python pick: Monkeytype automates type hints

InfoWorld

What's new this (half-)month in Python and elsewhere? First up is Monkeytype, an Instagram-created library with a somewhat silly name. What's not silly is using it to add type hints automatically to untyped Python code. We also have five lesser-known tools for data science, a chance to go feet-first into Django 5 without getting swamped, and another look at Python 3.13, whose second beta has arrived.

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Building an Internal TLS and SSL Certificate Monitoring Agent: From Concept to Deployment

Dzone - DevOps

Can you monitor your internal SSL certificates ? This was a question we frequently heard from our clients. Many organizations keep their services (web, database, etc.) inaccessible on the public internet, for security, compliance, cost, and other reasons. At TrackSSL, we initially offered public SSL/TLS certificate monitoring, but we often received requests from customers for private SSL certificate monitoring.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: U.K. Cyber Agency Urges Software Vendors To Boost Product Security, While U.S. Gov’t Wants Info on Banks’ AI Use

Tenable

Check out the NCSC’s call for software vendors to make their products more secure. Plus, why the Treasury Department is looking at how financial institutions are using AI. And the latest on the cybersecurity skills gap in the U.S. And much more! Dive into six things that are top of mind for the week ending June 14. 1 - NCSC issues “code of practice” for software makers Software vendors improve the security of their products.

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IT Leadership Agrees AI is Here, but Now What?

IT leaders are experiencing rapid evolution in AI amid sustained investment uncertainty. As AI evolves, enhanced cybersecurity and hiring challenges grow. This whitepaper offers real strategies to manage risks and position your organization for success.

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Embrace Extends Mobile App Alliance with Grafana Labs

DevOps.com

Grafana Labs and Embrace, a provider of a platform for troubleshooting mobile applications, this week extended their alliance to include integration with Grafana Cloud.

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Rust stabilizes inline const expressions

InfoWorld

The Rust Team has released Rust 1.79, an update to the memory safe programming language that stabilizes both inline const expressions and the associated item bounds syntax. Unveiled June 13 , Rust 1.79 can be installed by running rustup update stable. With Rust 1.79, const { … } blocks now are stable in the expression position, thus permitting explicitly entering a const context without needing extra declarations.

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Apple Enters a New Era

IDC

At Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC24), they unveiled how AI will be embedded into their ecosystem and announced enhanced features to empower users through the use of AI.