CIO
JULY 24, 2024
OpenAI announced on Wednesday a new approach to AI development, one that it said “aligns models to behave safely without extensive human data collection,” although some have raised concerns about AI interacting with AI. The move coincided with an announcement to address questions about safety priorities, following the reassignment of a key safety executive.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 24, 2024
A popular analogy compares our goals to rocks in a jar: put the big rocks (your most valued goals) in the jar first, or else the smaller (less important) rocks will take up all the space. But goals aren’t rocks; in fact, they’re more like balls of soft clay that require molding as much as prioritizing. To better mold your goals to your stage in life and what’s important to you, work through a four-step process that breaks your goals into values and definitions of success.
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CIO
JULY 24, 2024
Alphabet, the parent of Google, had solid results in its second quarter, with revenues of US$85 billion, driven by Search, as well as Cloud, which the company said exceeded US$10 billion in quarterly revenues for the first time. Despite surpassing expected earnings, Reuters reported today that Alphabet stock shed 5.08% by late afternoon, despite “a second-quarter earnings beat, as investors focused on an advertising growth slowdown and the company flagged high capital expenses for the year.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 24, 2024
When companies appoint two people to share a leadership role, they typically invest time explaining and justifying the dual structure when it’s launched — but they neglect to continue the work of making people understand how the two leaders are working together. To be successful, co-leaders need an ongoing process to keep from settling into separate fiefdoms that destroy value in the business.
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CIO
JULY 24, 2024
CrowdStrike has blamed a hole in its testing software for the release of a defective content update that hobbled millions of Windows computers worldwide on Friday, July 19. The hole caused CrowdStrike’s Content Validator tool to miss a flaw in an update for the security vendor’s Falcon Sensor endpoint protection technology, causing Windows machines that received the update to crash with the infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) before forcing them into a repetitive boot-loop that left them unus
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CIO
JULY 24, 2024
SAP’s restructuring is having a greater impact on the workforce than originally expected. At the beginning of the year, the German software company estimated 8,000 jobs would be impacted , but according to a recent announcement, between 9,000 and 10,000 SAP jobs could be affected by the measures. SAP officials emphasize that this is a restructuring program, avoiding terms such as layoffs and job cuts.
Tenable
JULY 24, 2024
Organizations that have used Google Cloud Platform’s Cloud Functions – a serverless execution environment – could be impacted by a privilege escalation vulnerability discovered by Tenable and dubbed as “ConfusedFunction.” Read on to learn all about the vulnerability and what your organization needs to do to protect itself. Tenable Research has discovered a vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform involving its Cloud Functions serverless compute service and its Cloud Build CI/CD pipeline service.
CIO
JULY 24, 2024
If you’ve ever volunteered to help in a crisis, then you know how beneficial your support can be to the welfare of others and how important a smooth operation is to the mission’s success. Essen für Alle , based in Switzerland, is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that relies solely on volunteers’ time, talent, and generosity to assist people in need, regardless of their residency or financial status.
IDC
JULY 24, 2024
As GenAI becomes more mainstream, many market participants have announced their own set of AI tools to enhance new smartphones.
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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
JULY 24, 2024
La industria TI tiene una larga historia de proveedores que exageran la funcionalidad de sus productos; sin duda, esto también está sucediendo al dar bombo y platillo a la inteligencia artificial (IA). Ahora, incluso, las empresas usuarias parecen estar exagerando sus capacidades de IA, lo que podría provocarles grandes quebraderos de cabeza. Los responsables de TI de las organizaciones que se plantean la IA están sometidos a una gran presión -por parte de los consejos de administración, otros e
Crunchbase News
JULY 24, 2024
Two years into a venture funding slowdown, a lift from mega-rounds and AI funding signaled a stronger quarter in Q2. There are also signs that active venture investors, who backed off from the peak volume of 2021, are picking up the pace a little. However, despite the glimmer of an uptick, the overall funding outlook has not changed, as founders still face a high bar to raise funding at each stage.
CIO
JULY 24, 2024
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, agility is no longer just a buzzword — it’s a business imperative. Yet, according to IDC’s March 2024 Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, Wave 3 , 60% of organizations consider their digital infrastructure spending poorly aligned with expected business results. This stark reality underscores a critical challenge facing CIOs: building and maintaining a technology portfolio that’s not just cutting-edge but also delivers tangible value.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 24, 2024
Management professor and author Melvin Smith takes questions from listeners who are struggling to coach employees.
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
JULY 24, 2024
Why is TreeHouse Foods moving from a holding company model into an enterprise model? We’re one of the largest private label companies in North America with 17 different categories of snacks and beverages, and this is a great time to be in the private label business. With the high price of groceries an ongoing concern, people are constantly looking to stretch their dollars.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 24, 2024
Wharton professor David Robertson discusses a “third way” to innovate besides disruptive and sustaining innovations.
Crunchbase News
JULY 24, 2024
Space startup Astranis raised a fresh $200 million round to build out its Omega satellite program. The new round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Bam Elevate , along with participation from the likes of Baillie Gifford , BlackRock and Fidelity. Founded in 2015, Astranis has raised more than $750 million, per the company. The San Francisco-based startup develops small broadband communications satellites for telecoms.
Cherry Work
JULY 24, 2024
The evolutions in mobile technology have profoundly impacted the business landscapes across industries. Among its transformative influences is the automation of accounts payable (AP), a crucial function in finance management. Innovations in mobile technology have played a pivotal role in enhancing AP automation, driving efficiency, accuracy, and accessibility.
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Crunchbase News
JULY 24, 2024
So far, 2024 has proceeded very much like 2023 in the startup world. AI is still the dominating talk of venture capital, funding is slightly up but most seem unsure if that’s a trend or a passing moment, and the IPO window is still only a bit ajar. What may happen in the second half? Well here’s a look at five trends Crunchbase News’ editors and reporters have been watching this year.
Cherry Work
JULY 24, 2024
The days of manual accounts payable procedures are rapidly declining in today’s fast-paced corporate environment. Accounts payable automation is drastically altering how companies manage payments, invoicing, and vendor relationships. By using advanced technologies like AI/ML, the modern AP solution can eliminate manual tasks and automate the entire invoice processing boosting efficiency and accuracy There are numerous advantages associated with Accounts Payable Automation such as-.
DevOps.com
JULY 24, 2024
Coralogix this week extended the reach of its observability platform to add real-time user monitoring (RUM) capabilities for mobile applications.
Dell EMC
JULY 24, 2024
Learn how Dell, Starburst and NVIDIA are working together to revolutionize data management with their open lakehouse architecture.
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.
AWS Machine Learning - AI
JULY 24, 2024
Large language models (LLMs) have achieved remarkable success in various natural language processing (NLP) tasks, but they may not always generalize well to specific domains or tasks. You may need to customize an LLM to adapt to your unique use case, improving its performance on your specific dataset or task. You can customize the model using prompt engineering, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), or fine-tuning.
N2Growth Blog
JULY 24, 2024
The Value of Partnering with a Life Sciences Executive Search Firm With the life sciences industry continually evolving, finding and attracting top executive talent has become a critical challenge for organizations seeking to remain competitive. Partnering with a life sciences executive search firm can benefit companies in this sector. Executive search firms specializing in the life sciences field have a deep understanding of industry trends, market dynamics, and the specific skills and experien
DevOps.com
JULY 24, 2024
No matter how comprehensive a plan to improve DevEx is, there is still no silver bullet. But these focus areas and KPIs will provide structure to your approach.
AWS Machine Learning - AI
JULY 24, 2024
This post is a joint collaboration between Salesforce and AWS and is being cross-published on both the Salesforce Engineering Blog and the AWS Machine Learning Blog. Salesforce, Inc. is an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It provides customer relationship management (CRM) software and applications focused on sales, customer service, marketing automation, ecommerce, analytics, and application development.
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Ooda Loop
JULY 24, 2024
While thankfully the incident was not the result of malicious intent, it does underscore a major problem an interconnected global community has when it relies on the same products for its tech solutions
AWS Machine Learning - AI
JULY 24, 2024
Amazon Q is a fully managed, generative artificial intelligence (AI) powered assistant that you can configure to answer questions, provide summaries, generate content, gain insights, and complete tasks based on data in your enterprise. The enterprise data required for these generative-AI powered assistants can reside in varied repositories across your organization.
Dell EMC
JULY 24, 2024
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