Ooda Loop
AUGUST 27, 2024
Generative AI models aren’t actually humanlike. They have no intelligence or personality — they’re simply statistical systems predicting the likeliest next words in a sentence.
CIO
AUGUST 27, 2024
In early 2000, following IT’s unprecedentedly effective response to the Y2K situation, the world botched its after-action review. Consumed by the need to have someone to blame, influencers from around the world proclaimed it was a hoax perpetrated by IT to inflate technology budgets and its perceived importance. Happy to have a scapegoat, the world ignorantly sneered and then moved on to the next pseudo-culprit.
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AWS Machine Learning - AI
AUGUST 27, 2024
With the advent of generative AI solutions , a paradigm shift is underway across industries, driven by organizations embracing foundation models to unlock unprecedented opportunities. Amazon Bedrock has emerged as the preferred choice for numerous customers seeking to innovate and launch generative AI applications, leading to an exponential surge in demand for model inference capabilities.
CIO
AUGUST 27, 2024
If you’re stressing over cloud cost increases, you’re not alone. Three out of every five organizations saw cloud spending increase in the past year, with nearly four in 10 who experienced price hikes saying their costs jumped by more than 25% — this according to a recent survey of IT professionals commissioned by cloud provider Civo. Several factors appear to be driving cloud cost increases, including inflation, a rush to deploy compute-hungry AI , and energy costs, says Mark Boost, CEO of Civo,
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Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 27, 2024
Few companies have a clear idea of where strategy making ends and execution begins. As a result they develop strategic plans where they’re not required and fail to develop strategic plans where they are. To help prevent this happening to your Graham Kenny offers a few dos and don’ts: (1) Don’t develop strategic plans for functions; (2) Confine “strategy” to the business level; (3) Keep strategy and action separate; and (4) Be careful how you use the terms “strategy” and “strategic.
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Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 27, 2024
High stress at work can destabilize people’s ethical compass, putting them at heightened risk of ethical lapses. When employees focus solely on achieving their targets, deadlines, or personal financial goals at the expense of ethical considerations — when doing the right thing feels burdensome compared to seemingly less-costly shortcuts — they can teeter on “ethical burnout.
CIO
AUGUST 27, 2024
El Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME-CSIC) liderará el consorcio internacional Génesis (Geologically Enhanced NaturE-based Solutions for Climate Change Resiliency of Critical Water Infrastructure), un ambicioso proyecto que busca abordar los desafíos en la gestión del agua dulce provocados por el cambio climático. Para lograrlo, el organismo público de investigación se apoyará en soluciones basadas en la naturaleza y en tecnologías como la inteligencia artificial (IA) o la creación de
Crunchbase News
AUGUST 27, 2024
Venture funding to Chinese startups seems almost certain to hit its lowest point in a decade as early-stage funding to the country continues to plummet. Total funding to startups in China bottomed out last quarter when it hit only $7.4 billion — a stunning 42% decline from Q1, which saw $12.8 billion invested, and the lowest since Q3 2014, per Crunchbase data.
CIO
AUGUST 27, 2024
A veces, las tecnologías más prometedoras están justo delante de usted. Todo lo que hace falta es reconocer el valor empresarial inherente a su uso. Para hacernos una idea de las tecnologías más prometedoras para su uso en las empresas el año que viene, hemos encuestado a una serie de responsables de TI sobre los sistemas que creen que ayudarán a las empresas a innovar, servir mejor a sus clientes y transformar su forma de hacer negocios.
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.
The Daily WTF
AUGUST 27, 2024
Peter was tracking down some bugs, when he found code which looks like this: if (IsEmptyOrNull(myInput)) { // do things that clearly expect myInput to NOT be null or empty } else { throw BadInputException( "The input must not be null." ); } Names are made up above, to illustrate the flow of code. This seemed wildly wrong, and was possibly the source of the bug, so Peter dove in.
CIO
AUGUST 27, 2024
La inteligencia artificial (IA) se ha ganado la reputación de solución milagrosa para un sinfín de retos empresariales modernos en todos los sectores. Desde mejorar la atención diagnóstica hasta revolucionar la experiencia del cliente, hay muchas industrias y organizaciones que han experimentado el verdadero poder transformador de la IA. Sin embargo, ese no es el caso para las grandes masas.
Crunchbase News
AUGUST 27, 2024
In the past couple years, a larger share of U.S. startup investment has come from corporate funding rounds. That was the broad finding from a Crunchbase data dive into U.S. rounds solely backed by a corporate investor. Such rounds accounted for 12% of total funding in 2023 — a high point in our survey and potentially a record-setting share. The strong showing was largely due to a single round — Microsoft ’s $10 billion investment in OpenAI.
CIO
AUGUST 27, 2024
Cada vez es más habitual ver cómo la tecnología se pone al servicio de la plantilla y el aficionado en competiciones deportivas mejorando con creces la experiencia. Ahora, Capgemini y America’s Cup Media han presentado WindSight IQ , un innovador producto que incorporarán a la retransmisión de la Louis Vuitton 37ª Copa América y que forma parte de la asociación global anunciada a principios de este año.
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Palo Alto Networks
AUGUST 27, 2024
In today’s world, organizations are adapting to the future of work, with critical work taking place fluidly between corporate branches, home offices or on the road. Digital transformation initiatives are no longer isolated projects and are becoming a source of growth in a rapidly changing global marketplace. And, enterprises are exploring how they can leverage the power of AI to transform their operations with enhanced automation and increased productivity.
CIO
AUGUST 27, 2024
A lawsuit filed in a Texas federal court on Friday is a good illustration of the problems that can arise when two competitors — or even potential competitors — sign Non-Disclosure and Access Agreements (NDAAs) to share sensitive information to ostensibly help mutual customers. Friday’s filing involved Cognizant Technology Solutions , Colorado-based TriZetto, whose software helps process medical claims, which is now owned by Cognizant, and India-based Infosys.
Crunchbase News
AUGUST 27, 2024
San Francisco-based Cribl raised a $319 million Series E led by new investor GV and valuing the data infrastructure company at $3.5 billion. The new round is actually a mix of $200 million in capital and a $119 million secondary offering, per Bloomberg. The raise represents a significant up-round for the company, which last raised a $150 million Series D led by Tiger Global Management at a valuation of nearly $2.6 billion in 2022.
CIO
AUGUST 27, 2024
In 2019, it took an act of Congress to formally initiate the expansive modernization of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), marking an ambitious leap toward reimagining taxpayer services and operations. The strategy unfolded through careful planning, leveraging technology to enhance the taxpayer experience and ensuring robust cybersecurity measures.
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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.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
AUGUST 27, 2024
Labor Day weekend is almost here, and there are already tons of great deals on headphones, TVs, smart home devices, and more that you can grab across major retailers.
CIO
AUGUST 27, 2024
IT architect Marco Simoncini was enjoying Friday evening supper in a restaurant in Rome with his colleague Piernunzio Pennisi when inspiration struck. Simoncini began sketching out his vision on a napkin. Before long, he headed home. By 2am the following morning, he had finalised the design for a new kind of desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) service. “He left the restaurant without paying,” says Pennisi.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 27, 2024
When companies seek to engage in more inclusive recruitment, they often overlook recruitment initiatives focused on refugees. The number of global refugees, asylum seekers, and others in need of international protection surpassed 50.3 million people at the end of 2023, per the U.N. Refugee Agency. The authors cite their findings from two of their studies: first, that managers who have never recruited from this group tend to not only undervalue the benefits of this talent pool, but also hold vari
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
AUGUST 27, 2024
Getac has launched its latest rugged tablet with upgraded internal components, making it one of the best options if you work in challenging environments.
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DevOps.com
AUGUST 27, 2024
Cloud-based testing platform company LambdaTest has launched KaneAI, an end-to-end software AI test agent. With AI software in (some would say dire, or at least thorough) need of deep-level testing to eradicate hallucinations, to identify bias and to ensure that wider ratification systems are in place including retrieval augmented generation, there is much to test.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
AUGUST 27, 2024
Google says 'a known bug' is preventing some Pixel 9 Pro XL devices from supporting wireless charging. Here's what you can do while you wait for a patch.
Cloudera
AUGUST 27, 2024
It’s nearing the end of the summer in North America, and one report has been a staple on my reading list for more than a decade: the Flexera State of the Cloud Report. The annual survey of hundreds of global IT decision makers assesses cloud strategies, migration trends, and important considerations for companies moving to the cloud or managing cloud environments.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
AUGUST 27, 2024
Amazon's flagship Echo device is one of the best smart speakers we've tested, and the $200 price tag can still be justified two years after release.
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DevOps.com
AUGUST 27, 2024
Broadcom at the VMware Explore 2024 conference today updated its VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) platform to provide both deeper levels of integration, multitenancy capabilities and a single console through which all VCF components can be managed.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
AUGUST 27, 2024
This lifetime license bundle deal gives you access to the entire Microsoft Office Pro 2021 suite and Windows 11 Pro at 88% off for a limited time.
Dzone - DevOps
AUGUST 27, 2024
Many large enterprises like retail and banks are adopting open-source Istio service mesh to abstract and better manage the security and network of microservices. To either tackle cost, achieve HA/DR, or improve latency, they apply multi-cloud and multi-cluster strategies in their production system. Implementing Istio in a multi-cloud environment can be tricky, and architects often take time for experimentation.
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