Tue.Oct 22, 2024

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What to Do When Goals Seem Too Far Away

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Today’s guest post is by Kelly Gregorio of Advantage Capital Funds. As the leader of your team, it is your job to forge ahead. When the horizon feels miles away, your team will turn to you expecting enough support to keep them going. However, people (including you) can take for granted that the person in the management position is still human with their own doubts, stressors and anxiety.

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AI dominates Gartner’s 2025 predictions

CIO

Artificial Intelligence continues to dominate this week’s Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo, as well as the research firm’s annual predictions list. “It is clear that no matter where we go, we cannot avoid the impact of AI,” Daryl Plummer, distinguished vice president analyst, chief of research and Gartner Fellow told attendees. “AI is evolving as human use of AI evolves.

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AI-Related Seed Rounds Slow, But Prices Remain High

Crunchbase News

The third quarter was the second-largest for venture funding to AI startups ever — with a whopping $19.1 billion raised, per Crunchbase. However, the numbers also showed total deal flow in Q3 dipped to under 1,000 rounds for the first time since ChatGPT launched — falling 33% from last year. At the heart of that deal flow decline was the very earliest stage — seed — which saw a precipitous 43% drop from just a year ago.

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CIOs must become chief IT evangelists

CIO

Technology evangelists abound in the IT sector, but typically the term is used to describe a marketing-related role aimed at promoting a product, service, or technology. These external-facing positions have been established to educate users and enterprises about a company’s offerings and inspire those potential customers to adopt them. Individuals who succeed in these roles are influencers who understand technology value propositions and how to present them to prospective customers.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Mid-Market CEOs Guide to AI for Insights, Strategy, and Execution

CEO Insider

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionize various industries, the role of CEOs, especially in midsize companies, is undergoing a profound transformation. This essay delves into the evolving responsibilities of CEOs in the age of AI, highlighting the critical leadership skills required to harness AI’s potential effectively and responsibly.

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Survey Sees AI Being Applied to Improve Software Quality Testing

DevOps.com

A global survey of 1,775 IT and business executives published today finds 71% are working for organizations that have integrated some form of artificial intelligence and generative AI capability into their operation, with just over a third (34%) specifically using AI to improve quality assurance.

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INE Security Launches New Training Solutions to Enhance Cyber Hygiene for SMBs

CIO

INE Security offers essential advice to protect digital assets and enhance security. As small businesses increasingly depend on digital technologies to operate and grow, the risks associated with cyber threats also escalate. INE Security , a leading provider of cybersecurity training and certifications, today shared its cybersecurity training for cyber hygiene practices for small businesses, underscoring the critical role of continuous education in safeguarding digital assets.

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Cloud Security — Maturing Past the Awkward Teenage Years

Palo Alto Networks

{{interview_audio_title}} 00:00 00:00 Volume Slider 10s 10s 10s 10s Seek Slider The genesis of cloud computing can be traced back to the 1960s concept of utility computing, but it came into its own with the launch of Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2006. This marked the beginning of cloud computing's adolescence (with some early “terrible twos” no doubt) revolutionizing how businesses access and utilize computing resources.

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Latest DORA Report Surfaces Limited Gains from AI and Platform Engineering

DevOps.com

The annual DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) published today by Google finds that while generative artificial intelligence (AI) is leading to moderate gains in productivity, it also appears to be slowing the rate at which software is being delivered.

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The 2025 Recruitment Playbook

The 2025 Recruitment Playbook by Procom is a strategic guide tailored for hiring managers to navigate the evolving talent landscape. Highlighting innovations like AI-driven tools and data analytics, the playbook empowers leaders to streamline processes, enhance candidate experiences , and foster diversity and inclusion. It provides actionable insights for every recruitment stage—from sourcing and screening to onboarding and retention.

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From Bugs to Breaches: 25 Significant CVEs As MITRE CVE Turns 25

Tenable

Twenty five years after the launch of CVE, the Tenable Security Response Team has handpicked 25 vulnerabilities that stand out for their significance. Background In January 1999, David E. Mann and Steven M. Christey published the paper “ Towards a Common Enumeration of Vulnerabilities ” describing an effort to create interoperability between multiple vulnerability databases.

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Unifying security and networking the AI-native way

CIO

In today’s enterprise environments, security and networking teams may be siloed for a variety of reasons. Perhaps legacy organizational structures divided their responsibilities and expertise, or different priorities resulted in a lack of interdepartmental collaboration. The root cause might be technological, with teams using tools and platforms specifically tailored for their separate domains.

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A New Era of AI Agents in the Enterprise?

Perficient

In a move that has sparked intense discussion across the enterprise software landscape, Klarna announced its decision to drop both Salesforce Sales Cloud and Workday , replacing these industry-leading platforms with its own AI-driven tools. This announcement, led by CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski, may signal a paradigm shift toward using custom AI agents to manage critical business functions such as customer relationship management (CRM) and human resources (HR).

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CIOs recalibrate multicloud strategies as challenges remain

CIO

Cloud strategies are undergoing a sea change of late, with CIOs becoming more intentional about making the most of multiple clouds. But managing multicloud environments presents unique challenges, especially when it comes to the interoperability and workload-fluidity issues at the center of more deliberate — rather than happenstance — multicloud strategies.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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PowerMax Innovations Boost AI-Powered Efficiency, Cybersecurity and Multicloud Agility

Dell EMC

In today's fast-paced digital world, companies need IT solutions that keep pace with their demands and anticipate future needs.

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Riled by SAP’s AI policy, customers issue list of demands

CIO

Many SAP customers are still looking for the transformation melody that suits them. This was once again made clear at this year’s annual congress of the German-speaking SAP user group (DSAG) , which the organizers held under the motto “Triad of the future: users, SAP, and partners as the pacesetters of transformation.” But there can be no talk of sweet music from this trio.

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From nature to AI: preventing model collapse with evolutionary diversity

Capgemini

From nature to AI: preventing model collapse with evolutionary diversity Jonathan Aston Oct 17, 2024 Facebook Linkedin Exploring the future of Generative AI training The most well-known form of generative AI is the large language models (LLMs), and here we look to Andrew Ng for his description of how LLMs work. They use large amounts of text data in a supervised learning process to repeatedly predict what the next word in a sequence will be.

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Universal Design for Auditory Disabilities – Health System – Bridging the Gap – 3

Perficient

As we progress in our series on auditory disabilities in healthcare, it’s vital to address the importance of compatibility with assistive technology. This principle ensures that all patients, including those with auditory disabilities, can effectively access and utilize healthcare services through the use of technology designed to support their needs.

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Revolutionize QA: GAPs AI-Driven Accelerators for Smarter, Faster Testing

GAP's AI-Driven QA Accelerators revolutionize software testing by automating repetitive tasks and enhancing test coverage. From generating test cases and Cypress code to AI-powered code reviews and detailed defect reports, our platform streamlines QA processes, saving time and resources. Accelerate API testing with Pytest-based cases and boost accuracy while reducing human error.

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Critical Election Threats: NIC Warns Decision-Makers to Guard Against Post-Voting Disruptions

Ooda Loop

A declassified National Intelligence Council (NIC) report warns that foreign adversaries could exploit the period after voting ends to undermine trust in U.S. elections.

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Success Story: Enhancing Member Engagement with Marketing Cloud Personalization

Perficient

Introduction In today’s digital age, personalization is key to engaging and retaining members. A prominent labor union representing a large number of educators in a major metropolitan public school system recognized this need and partnered with Perficient to implement a scalable Salesforce Marketing Cloud Personalization solution. This collaboration aimed to drive member engagement, increase portal adoption, and improve navigation for its members.

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Exposing the Danger Within: Hardcoded Cloud Credentials in Popular Mobile Apps

Symantec

Examining the hidden risks posed to user privacy and security due to presence of hardcoded credentials within popular mobile apps.

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Protect Yourself from Quishing: The New Cyber Threat

Perficient

In today’s digital world, cybercriminals are continuously finding new ways to steal sensitive information. One of the latest techniques is Quishing , or QR phishing. This scam involves using fraudulent QR codes to trick people into revealing personal information like passwords, financial details, or other private data. As QR codes become more common in our everyday lives, it’s important to be aware of this growing risk.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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IBM doubles down on open source AI with new Granite 3.0 models

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Big Blue's Granite LLMs are built for business and now they're available under the good old Apache 2.0 license.

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Shoptalk Fall 2024: Mission Debrief

Perficient

Shoptalk held its first ever Fall conference in Chicago this past week and our very own Justin Racine, Principal of Unified Commerce, was present to take it all in. This year’s theme was 007, so Justin was on a reconnaissance mission to gain as much information on retail and commerce trends as possible. Here’s a debrief on his sources and the intel he was able to gather from them during his time at the show.

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Finally, an iPhone MagSafe car mount that charges fast while keeping things cool

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

ESR's latest Qi2 car mount can wirelessly charge your iPhone at 15W while keeping temperatures stabilized, thanks to its CryoBoost feature.

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Universal Design for Auditory Disabilities – Health System – Enhancing Patient Engagement – 4

Perficient

As we continue our series on auditory disabilities in healthcare, it’s crucial to emphasize the significance of creating an inclusive autograph experience. This principle ensures that all patients, regardless of their auditory capabilities, can fully engage and participate in their healthcare journey through accessible and empowering interactions. The Importance of an Inclusive Autograph Experience Autographs and sign-ins are often the first point of interaction between patients and healthcare p

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From Start to Scale: Driving Growth Through Seamless Payments Implementation

Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

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I actually want to put these $300 sleep earbuds in my ears every night

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

The Ozlo Sleep earbuds, developed by three ex-Bose engineers, are the best sleep earbuds I've tested.

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AI/ML Innovation in the Kubernetes Ecosystem

Dzone - DevOps

As organizations put artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) workloads into continuous development and production deployment, they need to have the same levels of manageability, speed, and accountability as regular software code. The popular way to deploy these workloads is Kubernetes, and the Kubeflow and KServe projects enable them there.

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4 ways Android cameras are about to get better, thanks to Qualcomm - even for dogs

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Photobombers and videobombers, goodbye. Tell your dogs we said hi, though.

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