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Eye On AI: The Never-Ending AI Valuation Escalation

Crunchbase News

This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here. It really never stops. It’s only been a few weeks since OpenAI announced its long-awaited raise of $6.6 billion at a post-money valuation of $157 billion. The Thrive Capital -led raise nearly doubled the San Francisco-based AI giant’s $80 billion valuation from its secondary offering in February.

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Why CIOs need a two-tier approach to gen AI

CIO

CIOs failing to gain organizational traction with generative AI might want to rethink how they are introducing the technology — and how they are honing their AI strategies to suit. When IT leaders consider generative AI, they should create separate strategies when rolling out productivity-enhancing AI tools than when deploying business-case-driven AI solutions, according to new research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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When the World Is Too Distracting — and It Feels Impossible to Work

Harvard Business Review

As much as we wish we could, we can’t eliminate uncertainty in the world. But we can control how we respond to it, and one of the ways that we can respond is to help create workplaces where people feel seen, supported, and able to contribute meaningfully. This article includes a curated list of HBR articles and podcast episodes to help you manage yourself, your team, and your organization when you’re consumed with what’s happening outside of work.

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Is now the right time to invest in implementing agentic AI?

CIO

Software vendors’ pitches are evolving, with agentic AI beginning to supplant generative AI in their marketing messages. Rather than just generating code or content for human review agentic AI will, they say, follow instructions, make decisions, and take actions much as a human worker would, without human intervention. It’s more than just a smarter RPA Agentic AI isn’t just a better version of robotic process automation (RPA) : It promises to take enterprises places RPA never could.

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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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A Toolkit to Help You Manage Uncertainty Around AI

Harvard Business Review

Uncertainty around AI takes different shapes and forms, but we can boil it down to three main categories that every manager should consider: state, effect and response uncertainty. State uncertainty occurs when managers lack sufficient information to predict market trends and changes. Managers experiencing this type of uncertainty face challenges in understanding AI’s current capabilities and potential developments.

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Microsoft Engineers Highlight Git Repository Bloat Flaw 

DevOps.com

A Git functionality shortcoming means Git calculates changes between different versions of the same file, which ultimately creates repository bloat through the excess storage requirements that result.

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El crecimiento de la oposición a la nube

CIO

Es un momento emocionante para ser un experto en computación en nube. Me he dado cuenta de que cada vez que me opongo a la computación en nube pública, incluida la repatriación de la nube y los rechazos estratégicos , recibo más visitas e interés de ustedes. ¿Por qué? Hay un claro interés en oponerse a la computación en nube por muchas razones que hemos tratado aquí.

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5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In October: More Accessible Tech And The Ultimate Weed Wacker

Crunchbase News

This is a monthly column that runs down five interesting startup funding deals every month that may have flown under the radar. Check out last month’s entry here. While the goblins and ghouls make their rounds this month, so have some pretty fascinating startups with funding news. From startups trying to make sure tech is more usable for people with disabilities, to those looking to harness the power of the ocean, there was some eye-catching tech that raised cash this month.

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Toyota y NTT apuestan por la IA para reducir los accidentes de tráfico

CIO

La inteligencia artificial (IA) conquista a la industria del automóvil al perfilarse como un aliado en la asistencia al conductor. Toyota Motor y NTT han anunciado una inversión de alrededor de 3,3 millones de dólares con vistas al 2030 para el desarrollo de una plataforma de infraestructura y software que, sirviéndose de la IA, reduzca posibles accidentes de tráfico.

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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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How To Manage Power And Trust In Relationships With Investors And Business Partners

Crunchbase News

By Roman Axelrod The dynamics of personal relationships can make or break a startup. Even if a founder and investor or business partner start their partnership as the best of friends, myriad hiccups can occur along the way. Sooner or later, most startups will face a power struggle and founders need to be ready for it. Playing by the rules of the game is paramount; only then can founders carve their own path.

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El AC Milan moderniza su infraestructura TI con el foco en el rendimiento deportivo y la experiencia del aficionado

CIO

El mundo del fútbol se rinde a la tecnología de vanguardia. Si recientemente explorábamos la estrategia de datos del Sevilla F.C , ahora es el gigante del fútbol italiano, el AC Milan, quien se apoya en la inteligencia artificial (IA) y la analítica de datos para impulsar el rendimiento deportivo y la mejora de la experiencia del aficionado. El club centenario fundado por inmigrantes ingleses en 1899 confía en la transformación digital para modernizar su infraestructura TI de la mano de PureStor

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Boosting Efficiency: Implementing Natural Language Processing With AWS RDS Using CloudFormation

Dzone - DevOps

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is revolutionizing how organizations manage data, enabling the automation of text-intensive tasks such as analyzing customer feedback, monitoring sentiment, and recognizing entities. NLP can yield significant insights from extensive datasets when integrated with AWS Relational Database Service (RDS) for efficient data storage and retrieval.

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Maneras de evitar una estrategia de ‘stakeholders’ condenada al fracaso

CIO

Aunque las nuevas tecnologías han cambiado las prioridades, no ha sucedido lo mismo con la necesidad de gestionar a las partes interesadas, afirma Krishna Prasad, director de Información de la empresa de servicios tecnológicos UST. Con el uso de la inteligencia artificial (IA) en casi todas las áreas de la empresa, las partes interesadas son ahora mucho más expertas en tecnología, lo que reduce su dependencia de los departamentos de TI.

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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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Can't quit Windows 10? Microsoft will charge for updates next year. Here's how much

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Businesses can expect to pay a shockingly high sum for Windows 10 Extended Security Updates. Educators will fare better. And for the first time, consumers can sign up - but there's a catch.

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Ecco come i CIO stanno ricalibrando le strategie multicloud. Non senza problemi

CIO

Negli ultimi tempi, le strategie cloud sono andate incontro a un cambiamento radicale, con i CIO che stanno diventando sempre più propensi a sfruttare al meglio le formule multiple. Tuttavia, la gestione di ambienti multicloud presenta complicazioni peculiari, soprattutto quando si tratta di problemi di interoperabilità e di fluidità del carico di lavoro.

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If you're ready to leave Windows 11 behind, I recommend this distro for new Linux users

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

SDesk is a lightweight, open-source alternative to Windows and MacOS. It'll look familiar to most people, and that's the best part.

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Navigating the AI Revolution: Securing Tomorrow’s Technology, Today

Dell EMC

Discover how Dell Technologies and PowerEdge servers simplify AI infrastructure security, protecting your data and operations.

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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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Google's new AI tool transforms dense research papers into accessible conversations - try it free

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Need a research assistant to help you digest dense and complex material? AI-powered Illuminate transforms published papers into audio discussions.

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Research: The Rules of Using Playful Nicknames at Work

Harvard Business Review

A series of studies with more than 1,100 U.S.-based adults found that nicknames can have positive effects — sometimes.

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How to format a drive on Linux from the command line

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

If you need to add an external drive to your Linux system, you might need to format it. If you want to learn how to do that process from the command line, here's your chance.

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Future of Business: Reid Hoffman on Managing Technological Change and Innovation

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with the thought leader and serial entrepreneur about managing innovation in the age of generative AI.

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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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Get Microsoft Visio Professional or Microsoft Project Professional 2024 for up to 92% off

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Microsoft's project management tools help plan, execute, and complete projects -- and they're on sale right now.

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Banking on AI to Defend the Financial Services Sector

Palo Alto Networks

As cyberthreats evolve, financial institutions are leveraging AI to bolster their defenses, streamline operations and protect their assets. Like other data-rich industries, banking, capital markets, insurance and payments firms are lucrative targets with high-value information. Conversely, threat actors – from cybercriminals to nation-states – are harnessing AI to craft more sophisticated attacks, automate their operations, and evade traditional security measures.

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I tested this viral AI image generator, and it does text well - finally! Try it for free

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Recraft's newest model - the mystery AI that beat Midjourney and DALL-E - can generate high-quality images with impressive details, quality, and prompt fidelity. How to try it.

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Faster Startup With Spring Boot 3.2 and CRaC, Part 2

Dzone - DevOps

This is the second part of the blog series “Faster Startup With Spring Boot 3.2 and CRaC," where we will learn how to warm up a Spring Boot application before the checkpoint is taken and how to provide configuration at runtime when the application is restarted from the checkpoint. Overview In the previous blog post , we learned how to use CRaC to start Spring Boot applications ten times faster using automatic checkpoints provided by Spring Boot 3.2.

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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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Sick of missing your exit? These new Google Maps features can help

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

The navigation app is getting enhanced directions like lane indicators, plus Gemini-curated spots to check out along your route.

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How a classical computer beat a quantum computer at its own game

Ooda Loop

Earlier this year, researchers at the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Quantum Physics (CCQ) announced that they had successfully used a classical computer and sophisticated mathematical models to thoroughly outperform a quantum computer on a task that some thought only quantum computers could solve.

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Finally, desktop speakers that look stylish without compromising on sound quality

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

The Edifier QR65 speakers prove you don't need to spend thousands on high-end audio products for immersive sound.

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