CIO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Despite mixed early returns , the outcome appears evident: Generative AI coding assistants will remake how software development teams are assembled, with QA and junior developer jobs at risk. As AI assistants become better at writing code, CIOs and dev leaders will reshape their teams, focusing on AI specialists and senior developers to oversee AI-generated code, some IT leaders say.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Unaffordable housing is a major drag on the economy. Here’s what governments — and businesses — can do to meaningfully improve the situation.
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CIO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Salesforce today released Agentforce, a new suite of low-code tools aimed at helping enterprises build autonomous AI agents for sales, service, marketing, and commerce use cases. Agentforce, which has been in pilot phase for the past six months, combines three major Salesforce tools — Agent Builder, Model Builder, and Prompt Builder — to provide the necessary software development infrastructure to create these autonomous agents, according to the company.
DevOps.com
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
A survey of 555 software executives published this week finds that 75% have seen up to a 50% reduction in development time by implementing various artificial intelligence (AI) and automation technologies.
Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage
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CIO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Cuando Uber decidió en 2022 dejar de gestionar sus propios centros de datos, la empresa de transporte y reparto quería un alto nivel de control sobre cómo se ejecutaban sus cargas de trabajo en la nube, hasta el nivel de CPU. Uber, que anteriormente albergaba más del 90% de su infraestructura en sus propios centros de datos, recurrió a Oracle y Google en 2023 para que fueran sus proveedores en la nube en un esfuerzo por alejarlo “todo” de su propia infraestructura local.
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CIO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Los tejidos de datos han ganado importancia en el último año a medida que más organizaciones buscan aprovechar sus datos y propiedad intelectual en soluciones de IA generativa. Los tejidos de datos ayudan a abordar los retos de centralizar los datos en las unidades de negocio y los conjuntos de datos alojados en nubes públicas, centros de datos y soluciones SaaS.
Crunchbase News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Eight companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in August, with six based in the U.S., and two hailing from China and India, respectively. Among them was Huawei Technologies’ smart car subsidiary Yinwang Smart Technology , valued at $16 billion. That dollar amount represents the second-largest value for a newly minted unicorn this year — trailing only xAI , which was valued at $24 billion in May when it joined the board.
CIO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
En un esfuerzo conjunto por impulsar la inversión empresarial en Extremadura, el Ejecutivo autonómico e IBM han anunciado la puesta en marcha de un nuevo asistente virtual. Este, basado en la plataforma de datos e inteligencia artificial (IA) generativa IBM watsonx , pretende facilitar y simplificar el acceso a la información sobre ayudas al tejido empresarial en Extremadura.
Ooda Loop
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
In defiance of sanctions, North Korea is continuing to supply advanced short-range ballistic missiles to Russia. These sanctions were imposed to prevent North Korea from creating these weapons and to stop Russia from importing them. However, the two countries continue to defy the restrictions.
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CIO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Gartner describes AI as a ‘beacon of innovation’ that companies across all industries are leveraging to save money and increase productivity. But this doesn’t mean AI can do everything, cautions Rudy Wolfs, CTO at Anywhere Real Estate. “While no one can deny the potential and promise of AI, we must be aware of the immaturity of this technology today,” he says.
AWS Machine Learning - AI
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Organizations generate vast amounts of data that is proprietary to them, and it’s critical to get insights out of the data for better business outcomes. Generative AI and foundation models (FMs) play an important role in creating applications using an organization’s data that improve customer experiences and employee productivity. The FMs are typically pretrained on a large corpus of data that’s openly available on the internet.
CIO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
It is often suggested that rapid advances in technology are threatening jobs in the IT sector perhaps more than any other. Among the cited factors are the rapid popularity of AI technologies and the desire to automate many processes. If at all true, there are definite steps that CIOs can take to best protect staff – and themselves – against potential job actions.
Aqua Security
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Aqua Nautilus researchers identified a new Linux malware targeting Weblogic servers. he main payload calls itself Hadooken which we think is referring to the attack “surge fist” in the Street Fighter series. When Hadooken is executed, it drops a Tsunami malware and deploys a cryptominer.
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CIO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
El Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (MITECO), con la colaboración del Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública, ha puesto a disposición de la ciudadanía una nueva aplicación para dispositivos móviles. Así, la nueva herramienta permite la visualización en tiempo real del Índice Nacional de Calidad del Aire (ICA) que marcan las distintas estaciones de medición de la red nacional de vigilancia.
Daffodil Software
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The user experience (UX) plays a key role in determining the success of a digital product and can either elevate it or lead to its downfall. A substantial aspect of UX design revolves around the interaction between users and interfaces; however, there exists a hidden layer that is equally impactful - the subconscious layer.
CIO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Imagine a highly competitive market where the urgency to innovate is high. A product manager is under immense pressure to deliver complex customer insights that could pivot the company’s product strategy. Frustrated by the lack of generative AI tools, he discovers a free online tool that analyzes his data and generates the report he needs in a fraction of the usual time.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
UPDATED: The web version of Microsoft's software suite is currently inaccessible for a large number of people, and other services seem to be down as well.
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CIO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Dubai, a global leader in innovation and smart city development, is positioning itself as a pioneer in artificial intelligence implementation. Under the visionary leadership of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the emirate is making rapid strides in digital transformation, with AI playing a pivotal role in these efforts. A core aspect of Dubai’s AI strategy is ensuring the security of AI systems, and the Dubai Electronic Security Center is at the forefront of these efforts.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Apple unveiled the new iPhone 16 series with camera improvements and larger displays, but which one is right for you? Here's how each model compares.
CIO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Jürgen Hill: You’ve now been group CIO for about four months, and lead an IT team made up of around 11,000 employees. How do you assess the situation so far? Katrin Lehmann: We’re looking forward to the future. Since we live in a challenging, but exciting time, this applies both to Mercedes-Benz as a whole and to the entire tech industry. All you have to do is look at the speed at which technologies are changing at the moment, and my department is very well positioned for this.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Apple's new iPhone 16 Pro has some notable improvements, but do they warrant upgrading from the now two-year-old iPhone 14 Pro? Here's how to decide.
Speaker: Conrado Morlan
In this engaging and witty talk, industry expert Conrado Morlan will explore how artificial intelligence can transform the daily tasks of product managers into streamlined, efficient processes. Using the lens of a superhero narrative, he’ll uncover how AI can be the ultimate sidekick, aiding in data management and reporting, enhancing productivity, and boosting innovation.
CIO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Enterprises must reimagine their data and document management to meet the increasing regulatory challenges emerging as part of the digitization era. Laws such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Saudi Arabia’s Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) and the EU AI Act, underline the scale of the compliance challenge facing business. With data volumes and AI deployments set to grow, as well as new regulatory requirements in areas such as sustainability, it’s clear this must be a h
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
I've been a Kindle user for over a decade, but the TCL Tab 10 Nxtpaper 5G is my new favorite e-reader for its versatile display and value.
CIO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The finalists for the Next CIO Award in this year’s CIO50 Australia have been announced. This award, now in its second year, recognises rising stars in ICT roles who are on the pathway to senior leadership. The Next CIO winner will be an individual who is exceeding expectations and helping drive innovation through their organisation. The finalists for the 2024 Next CIO Award are: Steve Abbott, general manager infrastructure and services, The Lottery Corporation Carrie Hu, head of digital product
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Influencer marketing is a billion-dollar industry, and its recent meteoric rise has sparked curiosity about which factors makes some influencer posts more popular than others. In a new paper, researchers analyzed more than 55,000 Instagram posts from the top 763 influencers worldwide during a six month period and discover that posts that read as more authentic to the influencer, for example posts that show close family or friends, receive the highest engagement.
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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Synthesia is adding new features to its AI video generation platform for seamless, culturally relevant translations. Here's how it works.
Crunchbase News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
In recent quarters, cybersecurity has seen venture funding pick up. Now perhaps it’ll also lead an upswing in M&A deal-making. Credit card giant Mastercard has agreed to buy threat intelligence company Recorded Future from Insight Partners for $2.65 billion. The deal represents a nice return for the private equity firm, which bought the startup in 2019 for $780 million.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
These two wearables might look like they track the same metrics, but they are vastly different devices.
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