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Possibilities at the Edge: Putting Intelligence Where your Data is

CIO

The major technology trend of the past decade has been mass migration to the cloud. The economies of scale and breadth of online services have meant that organizations of all sizes have adopted cloud services for a variety of IT functions, to such an extent that modern approaches to building and running applications are now described as “cloud native.

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Code Splitting in Single-Page Applications

Martin Fowler

Single-Page Applications often require a lot of code to be downloaded to the browser, which can delay a page's initial appearance. Juntao Qiu's next pattern, Code Splitting , describes how this code can be divided up, so that modules are only loaded if they are going to be needed, and the dangers of doing so.

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US lawmakers advance bill to close loopholes in AI export controls

CIO

The House Foreign Affairs Committee has advanced a bill that would enhance the White House’s ability to regulate the export of AI systems, amid ongoing efforts to tighten grip on key technologies. “The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission reported last year that China is using commercial AI advancements to prepare for military conflict with Taiwan,” bill co-author and House Representative Michael McCaul said in a statement.

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How HackerEarth’s Smart Browser Has Increased Integrity of Assessments In the Age of AI

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

At HackerEarth, we take pride in building robust proctoring features for our tech assessments. The tech teams we work with want to hire candidates with the right skills for the job, and it helps no one if the candidates can easily ace tests by plagiarizing answers. HackerEarth Assessments has always boasted of robust proctoring settings to ensure that our assessments help users find the right skill match every single time.

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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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10 most powerful ERP vendors today

CIO

Back-office ERP systems are gaining strategic importance as organizations seek to digitize and automate business processes, modernize their application stack, migrate to the cloud, and accelerate the speed of business. In its latest MarketScape on worldwide SaaS and cloud-enabled large enterprise ERP, IDC says, “The pace of innovation is increasing, and ERP vendors focused on AI, ML, natural language processing (NLP), chatbots, robotics process automation (RPA), and genAI are critical partners t

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Insights from Middle Eastern CIOs: AI’s transformative impact on healthcare

CIO

In recent years, the healthcare industry has undergone a remarkable transformation propelled by technological advancements, reshaping the landscape of patient care and medical practices. Tech leaders within this sector have been at the forefront of this revolution, spearheading innovations that have catalyzed unprecedented growth and progress. From the adoption of electronic health records (EHR) to the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in diagnostics and treatment planning, technology

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Scaling a Midsize Startup

Harvard Business Review

The “mighty-middle” segment of startups falls between venture-scale unicorns and small businesses. These startups aim for valuations in the high single-digit to high tens of millions within 5-10 years, targeting midsize niches with significant growth potential. Enabled by internet tools, global advertising, and affordable tech, mighty-middle businesses often bootstrap, use contractors, and require entrepreneurs to acquire diverse skills.

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Getinge’s digital transformation shows scaling and adapting in equal measure

CIO

When Getinge started 120 years ago, the main focus was agricultural machinery, but that shifted in the 1930s to medical technology, which is what the globally recognized company is known for today. More recently, products have become increasingly digital, with software that manages patient flows, tools for surgery planning, and sterile management processes that optimize inventory and ensure that surgical instruments are delivered at the right time to the right place.

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Why Board Members Must Prioritize Cybersecurity and Regulatory Compliance: Lessons from the SEC’s $10 Million Fine on Intercontinental Exchange and NYSE

Ooda Loop

The SEC charged Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and nine affiliates, including the New York Stock Exchange, with failing to promptly inform the SEC about a cyber intrusion in 2021 (more here). ICE was fined $10 million for delaying notification and not following Regulation SCI, which mandates immediate reporting of cyber events.

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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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Unlocking AI: Machine learning as a service

CIO

Once upon a time, the data that most businesses had to work with was mostly structured and small in size. This meant that it was relatively easy for it to be analyzed using simple business intelligence (BI) tools. Today, this is no longer the case. Much of the data that organizations are mining is unstructured or semi-structured, and the trend is growing such that more than 80% of corporate data is expected to be unstructured by 2020 [1].

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How much stress do you experience related to your personal finances?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: How much stress do you experience related to your personal finances? None. I have absolutely no worries 17.73% Some. Occasionally there are financial concerns 55.96% A lot. Financial issues regularly stress me out 16.34% Constantly. It’s an ever-present source of stress 9.97% How financially stressed are your people?

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From IT leader to tech spinoff CEO: How to win a CIO-plus role

CIO

Early in his career, Andrew Brock was told by a mentor that, to reach the C-suite, you have to take assignments across the various drivers of a P&L: marketing, operations, information technology, and so on. At the time, Brock had held finance-related roles of increasing responsibility at household brands such as Kraft and PepsiCo at the time, and the advice piqued in Brock a curiosity that has since marked his career.

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Creating a Security Program with Less Complexity and More Visibility

Palo Alto Networks

Developing a strong security program is like tending a garden. It takes a lot of work, and you don’t always see immediate results. Every day you water the soil, pull the weeds, spray the bugs, and after a while, you begin to see the cumulative results of all of those individual efforts – a vibrant and healthy ecosystem. But, as seen in our 2024 Incident Response Report, vulnerabilities go unpatched, and critical resources sit exposed.

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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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Los CIO, en busca del retorno de inversión de la IA

CIO

La complejidad para estimar o demostrar el valor de las tecnologías de IA para el negocio han sido o serán una de las principales barreras para su implementación , según una encuesta reciente de Gartner a más de 700 líderes de TI en organizaciones que han adoptado o planean adoptar la IA, y en la que se puso de manifiesto que casi la mitad de los entrevistados reconocieron tener dificultades al respecto.

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AlmaLinux Introduces Engineering Steering Committee to Enhance Community Collaboration

DevOps.com

AlmaLinux is keeping its Linux community in the technology loop.

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Defense Tech Funding Slows At Start Of Year

Crunchbase News

Defense tech became a popular topic last year — especially as the likes of Gecko Robotics , Shield AI and True Anomaly racked up big rounds — but this year has not continued that hot streak for the industry. Through the middle of May, funding is less than half of what it was at the same point last year, per Crunchbase data , despite the war in Ukraine continuing into its third year and tensions in the Middle East running high.

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React 19: Comprehensive Guide to the Latest Features

Apiumhub

React 19 Beta is finally here, after a two-year hiatus. The React team has published an article about the latest version. Among the standout features is the introduction of a new compiler, aimed at performance optimization and simplifying developers’ workflows. Furthermore, the update brings significant improvements to handling state updates triggered by responses, with the introduction of actions and new handling from state hooks.

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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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How to implement identity authentication in minimal APIs in ASP.NET Core

InfoWorld

Minimal APIs in ASP.NET Core allow us to build lightweight APIs with minimal dependencies. However, often we will still need authentication and authorization in our minimal APIs. There are several ways to achieve this in ASP.NET Core including basic authentication, token-based authentication, and identity-based authentication. We discussed implementing basic authentication in minimal APIs here , and JWT token-based authentication in minimal APIs here.

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Better error message, opt-in devcontainers and more!

Ruby on Rails

Hi, it’s Greg. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase. Raise a descriptive error when a Store column is misconfigured This pull request improves ActiveRecord::Store to raise a descriptive exception if the column is not either structured (e.g., PostgreSQL hstore / json , or MySQL json ) or declared serializable via ActiveRecord.store.

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JetBrains debuts Kotlin 2.0.0 with K2 compiler performance boost

InfoWorld

With the newly released Kotlin 2.0.0 language , JetBrains offers the K2 compiler for improved performance and the open source Kotlin dataset for large language (LLM) model creators. Kotlin 2.0.0 was announced on May 23. With this release, K2 reaches the stable state, having been completely rewritten based on a new architecture. The rewritten compiler boosts performance and daily productivity, JetBrains said.

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How A CNAPP Can Take You From Cloud Security Novice To Native In 10 Steps

Tenable

Context is critical in cloud security. In a recent RSA presentation, Tenable's Shai Morag offered ten tips for end-to-end cloud infrastructure security. At the recent RSA Conference, Shai Morag, SVP and GM of Cloud Security at Tenable, led the session titled “ Cloud Security Novice to Native in 10 Steps: A CNAPP Approach ,” which delved into what it takes to protect cloud-native applications.

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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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Microsoft Build 2024: 6 takeaways for developers, data professionals

InfoWorld

With AI and generative AI becoming the dominant theme for most enterprise software vendors at their annual conferences, Microsoft’s 2024 version of Build stuck to the norm. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took the stage to summarize his keynote right at the beginning to say that the event was all about Copilots and the Copilot stack across most of the company's offerings.

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PHP Migration Trends to Watch in 2024

Zend

Upgrading PHP versions can cause major disruptions. Using data from our 2024 PHP Report, we explore how teams are approaching the process and discuss how you can simplify your 2024 migration plans.

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Architecting flexible back ends with GraphQL

InfoWorld

As businesses traverse the complexities of the digital landscape, the seamless integration of diverse systems has emerged as a key element in driving business success. However, traditional integration approaches, burdened by their reliance on fixed data schemas, often make it harder to keep up with the demands of modern applications. Taking a more modern approach to data access can make all the difference.

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How to Set Up a Fully Managed Alerting Pipeline Using Confluent Cloud Audit Logs

Confluent

Audit logs let you track interactions in your CC setup, such as connector creation or role changes. You can set up Splunk alerts for these—to catch problems early.

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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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Angular 18 arrives with server-side rendering improvements

InfoWorld

Google has published Angular 18, a major upgrade of Google’s TypeScript -based web app development framework that brings server-side rendering improvements and experimental support for zoneless change detection. The release also moves deferrable views and declarative control flow out of developer preview to a stable stage. Angular 18 was released May 22.

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Network Transformation Critical to Survival, Say Communications Service Providers

Dell EMC

New research says improved customer experiences, stronger cybersecurity, enhanced competitive positioning and AI are top drivers for open networks.

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EDB unveils EDB Postgres AI

InfoWorld

Relational database provider EnterpriseDB (EDB) on Thursday introduced EDB Postgres AI , a new database aimed at transactional, analytical, and AI workloads. EDB Postgres AI, which was internally named Project Beacon during its development, started its life as a data lakehouse project with support for Delta Live Tables and later evolved into a product that combines EDB’s PostgreSQL software and other components such as data lakehouse analytics into a singular unified offering.