CIO
AUGUST 6, 2024
IT projects fail at alarming rates — nearly 70% of them , according to project management tool provider TeamStage. Common factors of project failure are missed deadlines, blown budgets, or deliverables that fail to meet original objectives. CIOs and project managers understand these risks. They do everything they can on the IT side to address them. They pay keen attention to business requirements.
Ruby on Rails
AUGUST 6, 2024
Rails 7.2 is approaching it final release. Today we are happy to announce the first release candidate of Rails 7.2.0. If no issues are reported, we will release 7.2.0 final, this next Friday, August 9, 2024. Please help us test all this new stuff, and let us know what you think , so we can ensure a solid final release of Rails 7.2. To recap, here are some of the new features and improvements in Rails 7.2: Better production defaults Rails 7.2 comes with better productions defaults to help you bui
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CIO
AUGUST 6, 2024
It’s among CIOs’ most persistent and underdiscussed challenges: embracing innovative technologies without losing sight of mounting — and potentially crippling — technical debt. Tech debt can take many forms — old applications, bloated code, and aging hardware among them — and while the issue often takes a back seat to innovation and new technology, it is on the minds of a lot of CIOs.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 6, 2024
Stablecoins — cryptocurrencies pegged to an external currency — have the potential to rewire the global financial system, and expose banking and finance to new digital competition. Now, there is intensifying competition among stablecoin issuers, prominent digital wallet providers, and traditional banks, each racing to establish their platform as the dominant one.
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CIO
AUGUST 6, 2024
OpenAI founder John Schulman has joined the list of departing OpenAI executives, making the move to Anthropic. But Schulman — and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — went out of their way to be cordial and pleasant about the move, at least publicly. “This choice stems from my desire to deepen my focus on AI alignment, and to start a new chapter of my career where I can return to hands-on technical work,” Schulman said in a statement on X.
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CIO
AUGUST 6, 2024
A medida que las empresas comienzan a adoptar la inteligencia artificial (IA) en sus operaciones internas y externas, la demanda de perfiles especializados en esta tecnología y en datos se dispara. Así lo demuestra un informe elaborado por IndesIA en colaboración con Talent Hackers , que reveló que, de las cerca de 120.000 ofertas de empleo tecnológicas publicadas en 2023, un 24% (o 29.100 ofertas) estuvo relacionada con data e IA.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 6, 2024
How can Coursera continuously improve its GenAI-enabled offerings to stay competitive as the technology evolves?
CIO
AUGUST 6, 2024
By Michael Cullum, VP of Engineering at Bud Financial Generative AI (genAI) is a powerful tool that is transforming the financial industry and empowers financial services professionals. It makes banks more data-driven and insightful, enhancing decision-making; providing deeper insights; and achieving greater agility, personalized customer service, and automation.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 6, 2024
A conversation with Michigan Ross’s Lindy Greer and Christina Bradley on handling uncomfortable situations.
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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?
CIO
AUGUST 6, 2024
Con el objetivo de aprovechar todas las ventajas que ofrece la tecnología, el Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD) ha anunciado la inversión de 2,84 millones de euros para crear una plataforma tecnológica que reúna en un mismo lugar todas las aplicaciones, soluciones y herramientas del organismo y para la puesta en marcha de un data lake , donde almacenar y compartir los datos del ecosistema deportivo.
Crunchbase News
AUGUST 6, 2024
Startup Riverlane helped continue what has been a strong year for venture funding in the quantum computing industry. The U.K.-based firm — which specializes in quantum error correction technology — raised a $75 million Series C led by Planet First Partners. The round also includes participation from ETF Partners , EDBI , Cambridge Innovation Capital , Amadeus Capital Partners , the National Security Strategic Investment Fund and Altair The company’s tech helps quantum computers perform wit
CIO
AUGUST 6, 2024
En un tiempo récord de sólo nueve meses, la compañía de comercialización de energía Naturgy ha desplegado un nuevo sistema de facturación y cobros basado en inteligencia artificial (IA), que permite automatizar los procesos de negocio y maximizar la experiencia digital de sus clientes. Con la tecnología SAP S/4HANA for Energy & Utilities y la asesoría de IBM Consulting , la implantación de esta solución tecnológica avanzada se ha realizado con un 80% menos de código que la media de iniciati
Crunchbase News
AUGUST 6, 2024
Abnormal Security closed a $250 million Series D that now values the San Francisco-based cybersecurity startup at $5.1 billion. The new round was led by Wellington Management with participation from existing investors Greylock Partners , Menlo Ventures , Insight Partners and the Falcon Fund. The valuation is a more than 28% uptick from the $4 billion valuation Abnormal got when it raised a $210 million Series C led by Insight Partners back in May 2022.
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.
CIO
AUGUST 6, 2024
When asked what enabled NxtGen to become the largest cloud services and solutions provider in India, A S Rajgopal, CEO, founder, and managing director, points to the pillars that guide the company’s operations: speed, security, simplicity, support, scalability, and sovereignty. He stresses that all are directly applicable to enterprises NxtGen serves in India and in its rapidly growing operations throughout Asia and the Middle East.
DevOps.com
AUGUST 6, 2024
A survey of 504 DevOps professionals published today finds that 20% are now using artificial intelligence (AI) across all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
CIO
AUGUST 6, 2024
The recent global outage at CrowdStrike, a leading cybersecurity firm, has sent shockwaves through the business community. As organizations increasingly rely on cloud-based services and cybersecurity solutions to protect their digital assets, the incident serves as a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities inherent in even the most robust systems. This article explores the lessons businesses can learn from the CrowdStrike outage and underscores the importance of proactive measures like performing
AWS Machine Learning - AI
AUGUST 6, 2024
With last month’s blog, I started a series of posts that highlight the key factors that are driving customers to choose Amazon Bedrock. I explored how Bedrock enables customers to build a secure, compliant foundation for generative AI applications. Now I’d like to turn to a slightly more technical, but equally important differentiator for Bedrock—the multiple techniques that you can use to customize models and meet your specific business needs.
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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
DevOps.com
AUGUST 6, 2024
DevOps teams are experiencing a chasm between traditionalists and innovators — a rift that grows as pressure mounts for teams to leverage the latest advancements. Traditionalists are fighting to preserve the basics, to carry an appreciation for the early days of DevOps, and to not cut corners (look no further than CrowdStrike).
Ooda Loop
AUGUST 6, 2024
North Korean hackers have launched attacks on South Korea’s construction and urban development industries. South Korea has identified two North Korean state backed groups as being responsible for a series of cyber attacks against South Korean industries.
Palo Alto Networks
AUGUST 6, 2024
Over 15 years since its initial conception, and more than three years since the U.S. federal government made it a fundamental tenet of its overall cybersecurity strategy, Zero Trust has only become a more important strategic framework for government and critical infrastructure alike. The strategic emphasis on Zero Trust implementation in high-level U.S. government policies, like the Presidential Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity , made it clear that federal departments and
InfoQ Culture Methods
AUGUST 6, 2024
Even skilled and motivated agile teams sometimes fail to achieve their own software quality goals. In this article, we present a practice we use to assist agile teams in reaching their quality goals and share our experience. The practice is about paying constant attention to specific metrics. It means encouraging people to improve themselves in both qualitative and quantitative ways.
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.
Perficient
AUGUST 6, 2024
Understanding Microservices Architecture: Benefits and Challenges Explained Microservices architecture is a transformative approach in backend development that has gained immense popularity in recent years. To fully grasp the advantages of microservices, it is essential first to understand monolithic architecture, as microservices emerged primarily to address its limitations.
O'Reilly Media - Ideas
AUGUST 6, 2024
July was a big month for model releases: There are new large models from Mistral and Meta, smaller multilingual models from Mistral and DeepL, another Mistral model that specializes in code generation, and a small version of GPT-4o. The security world saw another software supply chain disaster when CrowdStrike released a bad software update that disabled many Windows machines worldwide.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
AUGUST 6, 2024
If you've ever been curious about BitTorrent or torrenting, we have the explainer for you!
Dzone - DevOps
AUGUST 6, 2024
Docker is the obvious choice for building containers, but there is a catch: writing optimized and secure Dockerfiles and managing a library of them at scale can be a real challenge. In this article, I will explain why you may want to use Cloud Native Buildpacks instead of Docker. Common Issue Using Docker When a company begins using Docker, it typically starts with a simple Dockerfile.
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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
AUGUST 6, 2024
AI can create unexpected problems for crafters. Here's what to watch out for, and why it matters even if you don't crochet.
Dzone - DevOps
AUGUST 6, 2024
Lately, I have been playing with JBang and PicoCLI, and I am pretty amazed at what we can do with these tools. I needed to create a script that would go to a specified repository on GitHub, check the commit range, and verify if any tickets were associated with them. Additionally, I wanted to check if the ticket was accepted and if the commit was approved or not.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
AUGUST 6, 2024
The ChargerLAB Power-Z AK001 USB-C cable includes a power meter that's super handy for seasoned technicians and hobbyists alike.
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