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Onboarding bottleneck: creating a path to effectiveness

Martin Fowler

Tim and Premand begin their discussion of how to get out of the difficulties of onboarding by explaining how to create a path to effectiveness for new hires. Such a path outlines the needs of employee and how the onboarding process should fulfill them.

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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

CIO

Organizations can’t afford to mess up their data strategies, because too much is at stake in the digital economy. How enterprises gather, store, cleanse, access, and secure their data can be a major factor in their ability to meet corporate goals. Unfortunately, the road to data strategy success is fraught with challenges, so CIOs and other technology leaders need to plan and execute carefully.

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The Cost Crisis in Observability Tooling

Honeycomb

The cost of services is on everybody’s mind right now, with interest rates rising, economic growth slowing, and organizational budgets increasingly feeling the pinch. But I hear a special edge in people’s voices when it comes to their observability bill, and I don’t think it’s just about the cost of goods sold. I think it’s because people are beginning to correctly intuit that the value they get out of their tooling has become radically decoupled from the price they are paying.

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SAP announces $2.2B restructuring program that’ll impact 8,000 jobs

CIO

German tech major SAP has announced a 2 billion euro ($2.17 billion) restructuring program for 2024, impacting 8,000 employees as it focuses on AI. “In 2024, SAP will further increase its focus on key strategic growth areas, in particular Business AI. It also intends to transform its operational setup to capture organizational synergies, AI-driven efficiencies and to prepare the company for highly scalable future revenue growth,” SAP said in a press statement.

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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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Build enterprise-ready generative AI solutions with Cohere foundation models in Amazon Bedrock and Weaviate vector database on AWS Marketplace

AWS Machine Learning - AI

Generative AI solutions have the potential to transform businesses by boosting productivity and improving customer experiences, and using large language models (LLMs) with these solutions has become increasingly popular. Building proofs of concept is relatively straightforward because cutting-edge foundation models are available from specialized providers through a simple API call.

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Fixing Cumulative Layout Shift Problems on DavidWalshBlog

David Walsh

Over 50 thousand developers visit DavidWalshBlog every month from around the world to learn JavaScript tricks and fix problems in their code. Unfortunately, some of them have a slow experience on the site. David tracks the performance of his Core Web Vitals and overall performance with Request Metrics. Recently, we noticed that his CLS performance score was trending pretty slow for both desktop and mobile users.

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Modular architecture drives productivity and risk management at Gilbane

CIO

Gilbane is one of the largest privately-held real estate development and construction companies in the US. The $6.5 billion company has been family owned from its inception in 1870, with sixth-generation employees currently in the business. Karen Higgins-Carter, previously CIO of Webster Bank, joined Gilbane just over a year ago as CDIO with the responsibility of digitally transforming this 153-year-old business.

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Why DEI Leaders Are Burning Out — and How Organizations Can Help

Harvard Business Review

Why do DEI leaders burn out so quickly? Research finds that this job demands constant emotional labor and surface acting, particularly for professionals of color. As a result, frustration and exhaustion mount. One solution stems from the way DEI programs are designed. The authors found that when programs take what’s known as a discrimination-and-fairness paradigm approach, DEI leaders experience more burnout because the organization’s focus assumes employee differences are sources of problems th

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The AI continuum

CIO

ChatGPT has turned everything we know about AI on its head. Or has it? AI encompasses many things. Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are only one aspect of AI. But it’s the well-known part of AI. In many ways, ChatGPT put AI in the spotlight, creating a widespread awareness of AI as a whole—and helping to spur the pace of its adoption.

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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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Addressing Addiction Treatment in the Workplace

CEO Insider

Human resource departments are bedeviled by the scourge of addiction. It is estimated that 10% of Americans are suffering from some form of a debilitating addictive disorder. Many millions of dollars have been spent attempting to treat valuable employees struggling with addiction, only to result in frequent and heart-breaking failures. Doctors now view addiction as […] The post Addressing Addiction Treatment in the Workplace appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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What executives should know about SOAR

CIO

Coined in 2015 and later updated in 2017 by Gartner , SOAR (security orchestration, automation, and response) describes a platform that is designed to orchestrate the response to incidents, leveraging automated processes designed in decision tree mapping, typically called playbooks. The value of a SOAR platform is focused on improving the accuracy, speed, and depth of data for responding to the litany of incidents that operations teams (especially security operations) are constantly dealing with

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Survey: Widespread Inability to Remediate App Vulnerabilities

DevOps.com

A survey found only 20% of IT and security professionals are confident in their ability to detect a vulnerability before an app is released.

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Building a Labor-Employer Alliance to Reform U.S. Health Care

Harvard Business Review

U.S. employers have struggled to curb soaring health care costs. But there is an approach that could help them: involve workers in the design and implementation of health care benefits. There is a model that proves this approach can work: Taft-Hartley health plans, which arise out of collective bargaining, have succeeded in engaging employees and delivering efficient care.

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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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Where Is the Executive Order on Data Privacy?

Ooda Loop

While it is promising to see that these areas are being addressed at the highest levels of government, there is still one glaring omission that has yet to be treated with the same level of seriousness by the Executive Office – data privacy. The United States has various laws at both the state and federal levels that address different aspects of data privacy.

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Assessing What Happened in a Negotiation

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Assessing your negotiations can help you identify what’s really important to the other party. Throughout a negotiation, you should be assessing what’s happening. Track major negotiating points over time. See what’s a plus or a minus versus the last round of negotiations. If you go back to your initial goals and what the other party’s initial goals were, their must-haves, want-to-haves, nice-to-haves and also evaluate it for your end, you can track over time where are you

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US Seed Investment Actually Held Up Pretty Well For The Past 2 Years. Here’s What That Means For 2024

Crunchbase News

Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on the state of seed startup investing at the start of 2024. Check back tomorrow for Part 2. Despite a broad pullback in global startup investment over the past two years, investors say the U.S. seed funding environment was the most vibrant compared to other funding stages during the downturn. In fact, U.S. seed funding in 2022 grew by close to 10% in terms of dollars invested, in contrast to a downturn at all other funding stages.

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Agile is no Excuse

DevOps.com

Agile doesn’t excuse bad communications, and DevOps is not short for 'random change on a whim.' Don MacVittie explains the importance of a clear product roadmap.

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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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Loyalty Startup Bilt Rewards Hits $3.1B Valuation After $200M Round

Crunchbase News

Bilt Rewards , a loyalty rewards startup, raised a $200 million round led by General Catalyst at a $3.1 billion valuation — more than double the number after its last fundraising in 2022. The round also included participation from Eldridge Industries , Left Lane Capital , Camber Creek and Prosus Ventures. The New York-based startup allows consumers to earn rewards on the rent they pay.

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Configuration-as-Code: Trends and Predictions for 2024

DevOps.com

CaC allows for a version-controlled, reproducible and automated method of managing environments, leading to more consistent and reliable systems.

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The Art of Inquiry: Transforming Leadership

CO2 Business Leadership

In the whirlwind of today’s business world, effective leadership is akin to conducting a symphony of minds. It’s less about having all the answers and more about posing the right questions. Imagine a leadership approach, let’s call it “Just Ask Leadership,” that pivots on sparking curiosity and nurturing open conversations.

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Travel Startup Funding Peaked Pre-COVID. Now TravelPerk And Others Are Scaling Up

Crunchbase News

Among startup categories, travel has followed one of the more unusual investment trajectories. Funding to the space hit a peak in 2019, amid buzz around a likely Airbnb IPO. At the time, investors were also enthusiastically backing businesses targeting business travel, customized online trip planning, and new models for upscale accommodations. Then COVID hit, and travel spending dried up.

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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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Healthcare, HIPAA, Sitecore and BAAs

Perficient

Before I begin, I just want to caveat everything with the fact that HIPAA is a complex regulation open to interpretation, and in the end your legal and compliance teams need to be comfortable with how you handle data and the risk associated with those methods. With that being said, I’ve had a lot of experience with healthcare companies, both payers, providers and life sciences organizations dealing with HIPAA regulations over the last decade and having seen the direction Sitecore has been

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Building gdocweb With Java 21, Spring Boot 3.x, and Beyond

Dzone - DevOps

Starting a new project is always a mix of excitement and tough decisions, especially when you're stitching together familiar tools like Google Docs with powerhouses like GitHub Pages. This is the story of building gdocweb , a tool that I hoped would make life easier for many. I'll be diving into why I chose Java 21 and Spring Boot 3.x, ditched GraalVM after some trial and error, and why a simple VPS with Docker Compose won out over more complex options.

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Machine learning for Java developers: Algorithms for machine learning

InfoWorld

Large language models like ChatGPT and Bard have raised machine learning to the status of a phenomenon. Their use for coding assistance has quickly earned these tools a place in the developer’s toolkit. Other use cases are being explored, ranging from image generation to disease detection. Tech companies are investing heavily in machine learning, so knowing how to train and work with models is becoming essential for developers.

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Good things are on the menu for restaurants this year

The Hustle

It’s been a hard four years for the restaurant industry. When the pandemic hit, restaurants were some of the most impacted businesses. In the US, an estimated 72.7k closed due to covid. But now, there are signs of regrowth: Yelp listings show that ~53.8k new restaurants opened last year, representing 16.1 new restaurants for every 100k people, per Axios.

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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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Beyond the Hype — Where AI Can Shine in Security

Palo Alto Networks

{{interview_audio_title}} 00:00 00:00 Volume Slider 10s 10s 10s 10s Seek Slider “AI’s Impact in Cybersecurity” is a blog series based on interviews with a variety of experts at Palo Alto Networks and Unit 42 with roles in AI research, product management, consulting, engineering and more. Our objective is to present different viewpoints and predictions on how artificial intelligence is impacting the current threat landscape, how Palo Alto Networks protects itself and its customers, as well as imp

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Data Privacy Week 2024

Dell EMC

In honor of Data Privacy Week, Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer Sommer Coutu shares Dell's privacy by design approach.

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4 Keys to Generative AI Success in 2024

Dataiku

Let’s face it — Generative AI will continue to be the star of the show in 2024. Our commissioned study with Forrester surveyed 220 AI decision makers at large companies in North America in November 2023, and a whopping 83% of them are already exploring or experimenting with the technology.