Crunchbase News

APRIL 30, 2024

The venture capital ecosystem faces a severe liquidity crunch. But although the IPO market shows new signs of life , startup investors should be looking to M&A this year to bring more capital back into the system. That’s the view from Ryan Hinkle , managing director at New York-based startup investor Insight Partners , one of the most active investment firms in the bull run in private tech companies in 2021 and into the first half of 2022, when the firm announced its $20 billion fund,

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CIO

APRIL 30, 2024

The adoption of AI is creating a tectonic shift in the skills requirement and thereby the hiring needs for companies, according to a report by EY. According to a poll conducted by EY in March with over 250 industry leaders, half of the participants expect a trend of simultaneous layoffs and hiring as companies grapple with the evolving skillsets required in the AI era.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

Understanding the Importance of Succession Planning Succession planning is crucial to any organization’s growth strategy, and its importance cannot be overstated. This process helps organizations align their current and future business goals, promotes employee career development, and ensures smooth leadership transitions. A well-executed plan can minimize the risks of abrupt departures or retirements, thereby maintaining business continuity and preserving institutional knowledge.

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CIO

APRIL 30, 2024

Saudi Aramco is spearheading the innovations by embracing cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence, both within its core operations and beyond, which places the company ahead of the curve. The Saudi state-owned oil company has significantly invested in research and development compared to its industry peers, allocating approximately 3.5 USD billion in 2023, representing a 15% annual increase despite global challenges.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

Understanding Emotional Intelligence: An Overview Emotional Intelligence, often referred to as EQ , signifies an individual’s ability to perceive, assess, and govern their own emotions while also empathetically engaging with the emotions of others. It involves self-awareness , self-regulation, motivation, social skills, and empathy. These different components create a set of abilities that help individuals effectively navigate social complexities, cultivate meaningful relationships, and le

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2024

Whenever a new technology comes along, large companies think you need to appoint a designated senior leader — a “czar,” in popular parlance — and it will get taken care of. This, however, is a mistake. The process usually starts when teams are pitching leadership on wildly optimistic and conflicting use cases, and the board, excited but unsure how to proceed, puts some poor, unsuspecting soul in charge of the whole thing.

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CIO

APRIL 30, 2024

Enterprises are moving computing resources closer to where data is created, making edge locations ideal for not only collecting and aggregating local data but also for consuming it as input for generative processes. AI, including Generative AI (GenAI), has emerged as a transformative technology, revolutionizing how machines learn, create, and adapt.

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Ooda Loop

APRIL 30, 2024

A few decades from now, historians might conclude we are living in a Second Gilded Age. In a bit of a repeat of the 1890s, our mid-2020s seems to be an era where technological advancements have triggered fear and uncertainty about what the application of those technologies means for workers, industries, and nations.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2024

How can you decline a promotion without making things awkward? In this article, the author shares advice from two experts on how to navigate this complicated situation. First, explore the underlying reasons behind your hesitation. If you are 100% sure you don’t want the promotion, decline as swiftly as possible. Be tactful and tactical. While there’s no need to provide an exhaustive account of your decision, framing it strategically is important.

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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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Next Level Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

Lead long enough and it’s eventually going to happen. Your team is going to come up against a tough run. Things were going great and then, suddenly, they’re not. The tough times could last for weeks, months, or even a year or more. The causes can be varied – competitive pressures, customer service challenges, a financial squeeze, uncontrollable externalities – and aren’t mutually exclusive.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

The Role of an Executive Coach in Your Development In today’s dynamic business environment, executive coaching’s role in leadership development has become more critical than ever. As a trusted advisor and coach to top executives in the world’s largest companies, I have witnessed the transformative power of coaching firsthand and its impact on organizations.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

APRIL 30, 2024

As of April 30, 2024 Amazon Q Business is generally available. Amazon Q Business is a conversational assistant powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) that enhances workforce productivity by answering questions and completing tasks based on information in your enterprise systems. Your employees can access enterprise content securely and privately using web applications built with Amazon Q Business.

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Daffodil Software

APRIL 30, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming organizations by offering more efficiency and problem-solving skills. However, AI development can be costly due to the high computation demands and enormous data processing requirements. When using cloud environments, these costs may escalate rapidly if not adequately managed.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

Understanding the Board’s Responsibility in Promoting Sustainable Ethics & Practices Board members are crucial in guiding corporate entities toward adopting ethics and sustainable practices. By setting clear policies, earmarking resources for green initiatives, and meticulously monitoring their execution, they carve out a path for the organization’s impact.

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DevOps.com

APRIL 30, 2024

Backstage helps large teams document their infrastructure and services. This extends the open source version.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

Embracing the Age of Automation The dawn of automation is upon us. This shift is bringing forth benefits and challenges and drastically transforming the way companies operate, as well as people working together. As this digital revolution unfolds, it is essential for leaders to adopt the advanced tools at their fingertips and encourage and embrace the automation age with open arms.

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CableLabs

APRIL 30, 2024

We hear a lot about 5G/6G mobile and 10G cable these days, but another technology is also helping lead the pack to much less fanfare. It’s a technology that’s as essential as the public utilities you rely on every day. In fact, you’re most likely using it to read this blog post. Just as you expect your electric, water, sewer or natural gas services to be available without interruption, you likely also depend on your Wi-Fi to be working all the time.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

Understanding the Importance of Succession Planning The importance of succession planning cannot be overstated in ensuring an organization’s longevity and growth. It prepares for the inevitability of change and ensures that operations will remain uninterrupted while minimizing potential hiccups that may come with the transition of power. Unforeseen departures in key leadership roles can disrupt a company’s ecosystem, the shockwaves of which can be detrimental, even catastrophic if th

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Netlify

APRIL 30, 2024

Netlify Image CDN effortlessly resizes, crops, and reformats images to deliver globally optimized media—selecting the best file type based on the user’s browser.

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Crunchbase News

APRIL 30, 2024

Cybersecurity venture funding saw a small bounce back in the first quarter of the year and a couple of large raises Tuesday may indicate that trend continuing. Dallas-based enterprise browser developer Island raised a $175 million Series D at a $3 billion valuation — doubling its last valuation from less than a year ago. The round was led by new investor Coatue and existing investor Sequoia Capital.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

APRIL 30, 2024

By Rufus Rock , UCL ; Tim O’Reilly , UCL ; Ilan Strauss , UCL ; and Mariana Mazzucato , UCL This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Time and again, leading scientists, technologists, and philosophers have made spectacularly terrible guesses about the direction of innovation. Even Einstein was not immune, claiming, “There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable,” just ten years before Enrico Fermi completed cons

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Crunchbase News

APRIL 30, 2024

A few months ago, we wrote about an uptick in accounting-related startup investment , much of it driven by AI-enabled applications. As it turns out, that investment theme continues to resonate, with more large financings in the past few weeks. Most recently, Ageras , a Copenhagen-based accounting platform provider, picked up $88 million Tuesday in a growth round led by Investcorp.

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Dell EMC

APRIL 30, 2024

Learn about the newest Dell data protection portfolio innovations, including a refresh of high-end PowerProtect Data Domain appliances.

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QBurst

APRIL 30, 2024

Managing tenant complaints is tricky. Tenants want quick resolution for issues with their living spaces, and rightly so; a leaky roof or a clogged sink are not issues patience can solve. But attending to them at warp speed is by no means easy. Property managers are overextended for one. Between marketing and maintenance, they have […] The post Fast-Track Tenant Complaint Resolution with AI Chatbot appeared first on QBurst Blog.

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InfoWorld

APRIL 30, 2024

In its latest The State of Cloud Cost in 2024 report, CloudZero illuminates the serious implications of cloud cost management and its effect on business stability and job security. The conclusions are interesting. CloudZero’s survey, which drew insights from 1,000 finance and engineering professionals, underscored a crucial element in cloud cost management: the pivotal role of engineering teams.

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Crunchbase News

APRIL 30, 2024

By Renee Sieli One of the most effective ways to generate brand awareness is for an organization’s executive team, particularly the CEO or founder, to establish a thought leadership profile. A thought leader is someone who has established a profile for offering industry insight, unique perspectives and advice. Thought leaders cement expertise in the public domain, which positively reflects on the individual and the brand they represent.

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InfoWorld

APRIL 30, 2024

Teradata is adding support for two open table formats, Apache Iceberg and Linux Foundation’s Delta Lake , to its multi-cloud analytics platform VantageCloud Lake and its AI and machine learning engine Unlimited AI. Typically, open table formats are architected to generate performance for data lakes using cloud-based object storage. The performance is achieved by creating a layer of abstraction atop a data lake via the use of columnar storage and metadata management that allows enterprises to man

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2024

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