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.
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.
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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.
AWS Machine Learning - AI
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
In this post, we discuss how generative artificial intelligence (AI) can help health insurance plan members get the information they need. Many health insurance plan beneficiaries find it challenging to navigate through the complex member portals provided by their insurance plans. These portals often require multiple clicks, filters, and searches to find specific information about their benefits, deductibles, claim history, and other important details.
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CIO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
For most organizations, the effective use of AI is essential for future viability and, in turn, requires large amounts of accurate and accessible data. Across industries, 78 % of executives rank scaling AI and machine learning (ML) use cases to create business value as their top priority over the next three years. Yet, organizations need help in scaling AI and moving applications from pilot to production.
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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.
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
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.
AWS Machine Learning - AI
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Llama 3, Meta’s latest large language model (LLM), has taken the artificial intelligence (AI) world by storm with its impressive capabilities. As developers and businesses explore the potential of this powerful model, crafting effective prompts is key to unlocking its full potential. In this post, we dive into the best practices and techniques for prompting Meta Llama 3 using Amazon SageMaker JumpStart to generate high-quality, relevant outputs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
An analysis of company performance and the career trajectory of S&P 500 CEOs revealed how a background in supply-chain management helps companies weather unanticipated disruptions.
Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage
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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.
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.
CIO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Now that AI can unravel the secrets inside a charred, brittle, ancient scroll buried under lava over 2,000 years ago, imagine what it can reveal in your unstructured data–and how that can reshape your work, thoughts, and actions. Unstructured data has been integral to human society for over 50,000 years. More recently, some of the earliest examples are ancient scrolls and tally sticks –notched wood or bones used to record transactions, debts, and ownership.
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
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
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
CIOs are under pressure to drive through AI initiatives that will make their organizations more competitive, effective, and productive. Yet for many, data is as much an impediment as a key resource. At Gartner’s London Data and Analytics Summit earlier this year, Senior Principal Analyst Wilco Van Ginkel predicted that at least 30% of genAI projects would be abandoned after proof of concept through 2025, with poor data quality listed as one of the primary reasons.
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.
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CIO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
While some enterprises are already reporting AI-driven growth, the complexities of data strategy are proving a big stumbling block for many other businesses. Recent research by Vanson Bourne for Iron Mountain found that 93% of organizations are already using genAI in some capacity, while Gartner research suggests that genAI early adopters are experiencing benefits including increases in revenue (15.8%), cost savings (15.2%) and productivity improvements (22.6%), on average.
Symantec
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Attacks surge again in second quarter of 2024 as attackers bounce back from disruption.
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.
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