Fri.May 17, 2024

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Understanding Matching Rules in Salesforce

Perficient

Hello Trailblazers! In the area of Salesforce data management, ensuring data accuracy and integrity is paramount. One of the critical aspects of maintaining clean data is identifying and merging duplicate records efficiently. This is where Matching Rules come into play. In this blog, we’ll learn Matching Rules in Salesforce, exploring their significance and implementation.

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State of IT jobs: Mixed signals, changes ahead

CIO

IT is an ever-changing industry, a truism that 2023 underscored, thanks in large part to the meteoric rise of generative AI. The industry saw unprecedented growth in certain areas — such as AI and ML — alongside massive layoffs from tech vendors and cooling (or even contracting) salaries for a wide range of IT roles. And in the adjustment to a post-pandemic workforce, employees and employers have found a new battleground, with IT pros continuing to seek remote and flexible work opportunities, wh

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Is Your Mindset About Generative AI Limiting Your Professional Growth?

Harvard Business Review

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has garnered immense publicity over the past few months. Some believe it’s a passing fad or a threat to human creativity. For young professionals, it’s the source of a unique dilemma: Do you “buy into the hype” of AI and use it as a guidepost for your professional development and ambitions? Or do you stick to the beaten path, focusing on building more traditional skills and pursuing more conventional trajectories?

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Girbau automatiza la separación y clasificación de la ropa sucia para lavanderías

CIO

El fabricante de maquinaria para lavanderías industriales Girbau se apoya en la automatización de procesos con el firme propósito de catapultar sus índices de productividad y revalorizar los puestos de trabajo de los operarios. La multinacional catalana ha desarrollado una solución bautizada como Sortech para automatizar el proceso de separación y clasificación de la ropa sucia en lavanderías industriales , centros sanitarios e instalaciones con un gran volumen de producción, facilitando así el

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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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Your Personal Brand Needs a Refresh. Here’s Where to Start.

Harvard Business Review

In a fast-changing world, it requires both a strategy and disciplined execution to stand out and remain relevant. And since your own career interests, goals, and objectives are likely changing more rapidly than ever, don’t assume that your internal state of mind is reflected in your public brand. Indeed, there’s often a lag between our self-perception and how others view us, and we have to consciously focus on closing that gap to achieve the brand or reputation we seek.

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A Model for Expanding Your Business into Foreign Markets

Harvard Business Review

It used to be thought that globalization would flatten out cultural differences among countries and regions of the world, making it easier than ever for companies to move into foreign markets. According to a new study by the author and a colleague, however, cultural differences are greater today than they were 40 years ago, which explains why some major corporations have failed in their recent efforts to establish a foothold in new countries.

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Project manager salary: 5 key tips to earn more

CIO

Project managers are the front-line officers of the modern white-collar workforce who plan and organize projects, and then shepherd them to completion, making sure they don’t take too long or run over budget. If you’re in this crucial position, you may rightfully feel it’s time to have your role recognized with improved compensation, either from your current employer or somewhere new.

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Building Generative AI prompt chaining workflows with human in the loop

AWS Machine Learning - AI

Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that can be used to create new content, including conversations, stories, images, videos, and music. Like all AI, generative AI works by using machine learning models—very large models that are pretrained on vast amounts of data called foundation models (FMs). FMs are trained on a broad spectrum of generalized and unlabeled data.

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10 cosas a tener en cuenta con la IA generativa de código abierto

CIO

Parece que hoy en día cualquiera puede crear un modelo de inteligencia artificial (IA). Aunque no se disponga de datos de entrenamiento ni de conocimientos de programación, se puede tomar el modelo de código abierto favorito, modificarlo y publicarlo con un nuevo nombre. Según el Informe sobre el Índice de IA de Stanford, publicado en abril , en 2023 se publicaron 149 modelos básicos, dos tercios de ellos de código abierto.

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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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Expert Strategies for Handling Vague Feedback from Your Boss

Let's Grow Leaders

Episode 257: In this episode, you’ll learn how to handle a manager who gives lazy, frustrating, and vague feedback. Drawing from the insights in his recent book, David offers practical phrases to navigate various feedback scenarios. Here’s what you can do when you’re faced with vague feedback , ask for specifics. Try saying, “Could you give me an example of what you’re referring to?

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¿Qué frena a los directores de tecnología?

CIO

Anurag Dhingra no es ajeno a los retos a los que se enfrentan los directores de tecnología hoy en día. Según la encuesta State of the CIO 2024 , el 43% de los directores de tecnología dependen de otro responsable de TI o de un ejecutivo de la LOB , y sólo el 38% dispone de un presupuesto independiente del de TI , por lo que, como agentes del cambio, pueden encontrarse en una situación difícil.

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Mixtral 8x22B is now available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart

AWS Machine Learning - AI

Today, we are excited to announce the Mixtral-8x22B large language model (LLM), developed by Mistral AI , is available for customers through Amazon SageMaker JumpStart to deploy with one click for running inference. You can try out this model with SageMaker JumpStart, a machine learning (ML) hub that provides access to algorithms and models so you can quickly get started with ML.

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How to Calculate Terminal ARR For Startups With A Simple Formula

Crunchbase News

By John S. Kim Startup founders often wonder (and fear) when their growth will slow down and eventually plateau. Especially in the early days of achieving product-market fit, the hustle and rapid growth often lead founders to overlook certain crucial metrics that ultimately determine the growth limit of the company. In biology and engineering, there is a concept called “carrying capacity,” which is usually a measure of a terminal value of some capacity, such as population growth or the volume of

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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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Android 15 Brings Improved Fraud and Malware Protections

Ooda Loop

Google has announced improved security features and AI-powered protections in Android 15, meant to keep users safe from fraud and malware.

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CoreWeave Raises $7.5B In Debt For AI Push

Crunchbase News

CoreWeave ’s big May continued, as the AI cloud infrastructure startup raised a $7.5 billion debt facility from the likes of Blackstone , Magnetar and Coatue. Earlier this month, CoreWeave announced it had raised a whopping $1.1 billion in a fresh funding round led by Coatue in a deal valuing the company at $19 billion, per The Wall Street Journal.

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Rails Versions 7.0.8.2, and 7.1.3.3 have been released!

Ruby on Rails

Hi folks, Rails versions 7.0.8.2, and 7.1.3.3 have been released! These are security releases, so please upgrade at your earliest convenience. Here is a list of security issues that these releases address: CVE-2024-34341 XSS Vulnerabilities in Trix Editor Here are the shasums for the released gems: $ shasum *7.0.8.2* c6c9318305c1cf4b86d3b78f8444806a414ef888 actioncable-7.0.8.2.gem 398650050120f28176eced97f31a99218df00f9d actionmailbox-7.0.8.2.gem d95a8da4dc79ce7e84721342dc18a40f7db72155 actionma

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Investors Have Limited Availability For Vacation Rental Startups

Crunchbase News

Owning and managing a vacation rental property is by no means a uniform experience. But the commonly cited draws — and drawbacks — seem quite consistent. On the pro side, vacation rentals can pull in far more per night than a standard lease while also letting owners keep their place available for occasional personal use. On the con side, overseeing a short-term rental can quickly turn into a hassle.

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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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Rails Versions 7.0.8.3 has been released!

Ruby on Rails

Hi folks, Rails versions 7.0.8.3 has been released! These is a security release, and substitute the 7.0.8.2 that was previously released by has a bug with Trix CSS. Here is a list of security issues that these releases address: CVE-2024-34341 XSS Vulnerabilities in Trix Editor Here are the shasums for the released gems: $ shasum *7.0.8.3* fc6c722547a6c42d62a1b728db60f28f97da44f1 actioncable-7.0.8.3.gem 7abdf2c73233bf909eedf7ba56aa910b6d877c87 actionmailbox-7.0.8.3.gem 58315b74710473a62aca408b7e5

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Uniquity Bio And Vercel Lead Another Huge Week

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. It was again not a bad week for raising big.

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Harness Survey Surfaces Raft of DevOps Challenges

DevOps.com

A survey of 500 software engineering leaders (38%) and practitioners finds nearly half reporting they can't release code to production without risking failures, with 39% noting their code fails to push to production at least half the time.

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Is generative AI bringing back private clouds?

InfoWorld

According to Forrester’s Infrastructure Cloud Survey in 2023 , 79% of about 1,300 enterprise cloud decision-makers surveyed said their organizations are implementing private clouds. Additionally, IDC forecasts that global spending on private, dedicated cloud services, including hosted private clouds, will hit $20.4 billion in 2024 and will at least double by 2027.

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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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System tests have failed

David Heinemeier Hansson

When we introduced a default setup for system tests in Rails 5.1 back in 2016, I had high hopes. In theory, system tests, which drive a headless browser through your actual interface, offer greater confidence that the entire machine is working as it ought. And because it runs in a black-box fashion, it should be more resilient to implementation changes.

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GitLab Readies Enterprise Edition of AI Tools for DevOps

DevOps.com

GitLab this week revealed that, in the coming months, it will add an enterprise edition of its artificial intelligence (AI) add-on for its namesake continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform.

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Evolving Digital Marketing Strategies in the Era of AI Everywhere

IDC

Organizations shouldn't just replicate their peers' AI strategies. Blindly buying solutions won't guarantee success. Learn about key AI adoption elements with IDC's AI readiness framework.

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Security, Automation and Developer Experience: The Top DevOps Trends of 2024

DevOps.com

If you want to know what's truly changing in the world of DevOps – as opposed to which conversations are most hype-worthy – these are the places to look.

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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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How Moniepoint transformed financial services for over 2 million businesses in Africa with Confluent

Confluent

Powering 48% of Nigeria's GDP through financial tools, Moniepoint overcame its scaling hurdles with Confluent, from eliminating replication lags to revolutionizing microservices.

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OpenAI created a team to control ‘superintelligent’ AI —then let it wither, source says

Ooda Loop

OpenAI’s Superalignment team, responsible for developing ways to govern and steer “superintelligent” AI systems, was promised 20% of the company’s compute resources, according to a person from that team. But requests for a fraction of that compute were often denied, blocking the team from doing their work.

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Adoption of Generative AI in Retail & CPG: The Time Is Now

Dataiku

The arrival of Generative AI (GenAI) onto the retail scene ushered in an unprecedented wave of AI hype and a wealth of real disruptive opportunities for decision makers. While some larger enterprises in the industry have been leveraging AI capabilities for some time, GenAI has emerged as a formidable presence that is changing the landscape.