Fri.Jun 21, 2024

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INE Security: Optimizing Teams for AI and Cybersecurity

CIO

2024 is rapidly shaping up to be a defining year in generative AI. While 2023 saw its emergence as a potent new technology, business leaders are now grappling with how to best leverage its transformative power to grow efficiency, security, and revenue. With the near-universal integration of AI into global technology, the need for AI-ready cybersecurity teams is more critical than ever.

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Metaverse And Augmented Reality Remain Unpopular With VCs

Crunchbase News

The metaverse is not getting funded. That was the unsurprising finding from our latest data dive regarding investment in startups innovating around the metaverse, virtual reality and augmented reality. The space, which was significantly buzzier a few years ago, has apparently lost its cachet with VCs. Dwindling investment comes on the heels of disappointing adoption for the gear and leading metaverse platforms.

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Going ‘AI native’ with in-house ChatGPT the MITRE way

CIO

As a nonprofit R&D center for the US government, MITRE is no stranger to AI. Its researchers have long been working with IBM’s Watson AI technology, and so it would come as little surprise that — when OpenAI released ChatGPT based on GPT 3.5 in late November 2022 — MITRE would be among the first organizations looking to capitalize on the technology, launching MITREChatGPT a month later.

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Research: Warehouse and Logistics Automation Works Better with Human Partners

Harvard Business Review

A study of automation usage in warehouse and logistics companies around the world suggests that blending human labor with robotics leads to greater efficiency than full automation alone. While scalable robotic systems can handle up to 1,000 tasks per hour, they often face limitations where additional robots don’t improve performance. Human-robot collaboration, employed by companies like DHL and CEVA, enhances productivity, reduces worker fatigue, and increases job satisfaction.

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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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SAP, Salesforce lead $356 billion enterprise applications market: IDC

CIO

The market for enterprise applications grew 12% in 2023, to $356 billion, with the top 5 vendors — SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft and Intuit — commanding a 21.2% market share between them, according to International Data Corp. “With just 0.2% of market share separating SAP and Salesforce, IDC regards these two companies as statistically tied for the number 1 position in the worldwide enterprise applications market for 2023,” it said in a new study, Worldwide Enterprise Applications Software

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Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet is here, and it’s free

CIO

Anthropic, the AI startup that claims to differentiate itself from its peers as a responsible AI firm, launched a new AI model — Claude 3.5 Sonnet. This is the first model in its anticipated Claude 3.5 series and the company claims it surpasses current industry standards in AI intelligence. Anthropic is offering Claude 3.5 Sonnet for free on Claude.ai and the Claude iOS app, while it would allow Claude Pro and Team plan subscribers to access it with significantly higher rate limits.

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SmartBear Adds More Generative AI Testing Tools to Platform

DevOps.com

SmartBear this week extended its efforts to bring generative artificial intelligence (AI) to its test automation portfolio to include test data and application programming interface (API) contracts.

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El enfoque geográfico, clave para la sostenibilidad

CIO

La sostenibilidad es más que una tendencia. Es una necesidad y una responsabilidad que las organizaciones de todo tipo deben asumir para garantizar el bienestar de las generaciones presentes y futuras. En este contexto, en el que la sostenibilidad es un imperativo ético, social y económico que afecta a la reputación, competitividad y supervivencia de las organizaciones, ¿cómo se puede pasar de la intención a la acción?

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How Micro-Choices and Games Motivate Gig Workers

Harvard Business Review

Ride-hail platforms claim that drivers are largely motivated by the schedule flexibility gig work offers — but a seven-year study suggests there’s more to the story.

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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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Los desafíos tecnológicos de la integración de EVO Banco en Bankinter

CIO

El pasado miércoles 18 de mayo, el Consejo de Administración de Bankinter aprobaba la integración de EVO Banco, filial de la entidad, dentro de su estructura matriz. El objetivo, según el comunicado con el que las partes anunciaron el movimiento, es “aprovechar al máximo las sinergias entre ambas entidades y potenciar así la transformación digital del Grupo”.

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Biotech And Cybersecurity See Big Bucks

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. The top five raises this week came from sectors that have seen good heat recently.

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What is an SLA? Best practices for service-level agreements

CIO

SLAs are a critical component of any outsourcing and technology vendor contract. Beyond listing expectations of service type and quality, an SLA provides remedies when requirements aren’t met. Following are answers to common questions about SLAs and tips on how your organization can craft effective SLAs with your vendors and partners. What is an SLA?

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Transforming the Mainframe Developer Experience With Generative AI: A Day in the Life of a Developer

DevOps.com

GenAI helps developers maintain consistency and compliance across the codebase, reducing the risk of introducing errors or vulnerabilities.

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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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IA generativa aplicada a los servicios de inversión; esta es la apuesta de Cecabank

CIO

Cecabank ha anunciado en sociedad su participación en el espacio controlado de pruebas ( sandbox ) impulsado por la Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) para la transformación digital del sistema financiero. Lo hará junto a la fintech GPT Advisor. En este sentido cabe destacar que este es el único proyecto de innovación financiera basado en inteligencia artificial (IA) seleccionado por el organismo supervisor hasta la fecha.

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eSentire delivers private and secure generative AI interactions to customers with Amazon SageMaker

AWS Machine Learning - AI

eSentire is an industry-leading provider of Managed Detection & Response (MDR) services protecting users, data, and applications of over 2,000 organizations globally across more than 35 industries. These security services help their customers anticipate, withstand, and recover from sophisticated cyber threats, prevent disruption from malicious attacks, and improve their security posture.

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From Concept to Reality: How ASPM Brings DevSecOps to Life

DevOps.com

Building on the foundation laid by DevSecOps, ASPM represents a leap forward in operationalizing these principles within the CI/CD process.

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Manage Amazon SageMaker JumpStart foundation model access with private hubs

AWS Machine Learning - AI

Amazon SageMaker JumpStart is a machine learning (ML) hub offering pre-trained models and pre-built solutions. It provides access to hundreds of foundation models (FMs). A private hub is a feature in SageMaker JumpStart that allows an organization to share their models and notebooks so as to centralize model artifacts, facilitate discoverability, and increase the reuse within the organization.

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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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Why Business Risk Observability is Becoming Critical for Modern Applications

DevOps.com

Full visibility into hybrid infrastructures is crucial for supporting the secure development and deployment of modern applications.

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When You Need More Power Than a Lambda Provides

Dzone - DevOps

Navigating toward a cloud-native architecture can be both exciting and challenging. The expectation of learning valuable lessons should always be top of mind as design becomes a reality. In this article, I wanted to focus on an example where my project seemed like a perfect serverless use case, one where I’d leverage AWS Lambda. Spoiler alert: it was not.

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Decoding DevSecOps: Striking the Right Balance

DevOps.com

DevSecOps has promise and pitfalls, and we need a path forward to achieve a balance between speed and security.

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The Importance of Recognizing Juneteenth

Cloudera

Juneteenth holds profound significance in the history of freedom and equality for Black Americans. Also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, Juneteenth commemorates the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Galveston, Texas, finally declaring freedom for enslaved Americans held in the Confederacy–more than two years after the proclamation was issued in on January 1, 1863.

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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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Books To Start Your Career in Cloud, DevOps, or SRE in 2024

Dzone - DevOps

I am an avid reader of technical books, specifically those focused on Cloud, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineering ( SRE ). In this post, I will share a list of books that I believe are essential for anyone looking to start or advance their career in Cloud, DevOps, or SRE. These books will help you build a strong foundation in the top skills required in these fields.

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CVE-2024-28995: SolarWinds Serv-U Path/Directory Traversal Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

Tenable

Following the publication of proof-of-concept exploit details for a high-severity flaw in SolarWinds Serv-U, researchers have observed both automated and manual in-the-wild exploitation attempts; patching is strongly advised. Background On June 5, SolarWinds published an advisory for a vulnerability in its Serv-U file transfer protocol (FTP) and managed file transfer (MFT) solutions: CVE Description CVSSv3 CVE-2024-28995 SolarWinds Serv-U Path/Directory Traversal Vulnerability 8.6 Analysis CVE-2

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Automate Message Queue Deployment on JBoss EAP

Dzone - DevOps

For decades now, software projects have relied on messaging APIs to exchange data. In the Java/Java EE ecosystem, this method of asynchronous communication has been standardized by the JMS specification. In many cases, individuals and organizations leverage Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBoss EAP) to act as message-oriented middleware (MOM), which facilitates the management of message queues and topics.

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Can AI detectors save us from ChatGPT? I tried 6 online tools to find out

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

With the sudden arrival of ChatGPT, educators and editors face a worrying surge of automated content submissions. We look at the problem and what can be done about it.

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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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Surprising Results When Challenging Generative AI To The Reverse Turing Test

Ooda Loop

In today’s column, I am once again exploring the Turing Test, a widely known and controversial means of assessing whether AI can be declared as being on par with human intelligence. You’ve undoubtedly heard or seen variations of the Turing Test as depicted in Hollywood movies and TV shows.

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CSPM Practitioners: Use AI To Your Advantage

Prisma Clud

For more than seven years now, cloud security posture management (CSPM) tools have provided cloud asset visibility, detected risky misconfigurations and monitored compliance posture for organizations. The emergence of cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) solutions has transformed modern CSPM, shifting its focus from detecting misconfigurations to managing all cloud infrastructure risks — vulnerabilities, public exposures, excessive privileges and more.

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The Rising Urgency for Telecom Innovation

IDC

Telecom providers face challenges like competition, commoditization, and rigid IT systems. This blog explores network APIs, AI, and shifting priorities to address these issues.