Fri.Jan 19, 2024

article thumbnail

12 data science certifications that will pay off

CIO

Data scientist is one of the hottest jobs in IT. Companies are increasingly eager to hire data professionals who can make sense of the wide array of data the business collects. If you’re looking to get into this lucrative field, or want to stand out from the competition, certification can be key. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) forecasts employment of data scientists will grow 35% from 2022 to 2032, with about 17,000 openings projected on average each year.

article thumbnail

How to Interact With a Highly Sensitive Person

Xebia

In a world that seems to be constantly buzzing, it’s normal to feel busy and stressed. But if you feel tired, overwhelmed, and overstimulated most of the time, you might have sensory-processing sensitivity. Hi, I’m Rachèl, and I’m a Highly Sensitive Person. I’m not embarrassed to admit that because it’s actually my superpower.

How To 147
article thumbnail

Yogurt maker stirs in SAP to boost its demand planning capability

CIO

In 1919, Isaac Carasso was on a mission. Using cultures from the Pasteur Institute, he created yogurt to help improve the health of children with gut issues in Barcelona. At that time, yogurt was not widely known in the region as a food item. Instead, he sold his product as a medicine to pharmacies. Over the years, Carasso’s mission turned into a global, diversified business named Danone that today offers products such as yogurt, soy milk, water, and early life and medical nutrition to consum

Culture 305
article thumbnail

Agile doesn’t create future-proof organizations

Xebia

Authors Riët Broekhuizen and Ellen Barree A fourth industrial revolution is happening, challenging organizations to implement radical change. The fusion and exponential growth of technologies that allow man and machine to "merge" will impact society, organizations, and people in ways we can barely imagine. Consider, for example, the impact of smart devices in your home, voice control, self-propelled trucks, robot receptionists, and AI.

Agile 147
article thumbnail

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?

article thumbnail

Stakeholder management: Your guide to influencing project outcomes

CIO

Stakeholder management is vital to project success. When key individuals are informed and on task, projects run smoothly. But when those impacted by or have an impact on a project are left out, the project can fall apart. Many project managers struggle to implement effective stakeholder management, despite its importance. Often, this is a top-down issue, starting with the CIO.

More Trending

article thumbnail

CISOs are not just the keepers of our data – they must be its custodians

CIO

The frequency and sophistication of cybercrime have risen enormously in recent years. According to Deep Instinct’s research , 75% of security professionals observed an increase in cyberattacks in 2023, with 85% of them attributing the rise to generative AI. These attacks come in various formats, often including accessing private data through phishing, which AI is making harder and harder to detect.

Data 298
article thumbnail

Deploy an Astro Site to GitHub Pages using GitHub Actions

Xebia

Astro is a modern front-end framework for building fast, optimized websites. It allows you to write components using your favorite JavaScript framework (like React, Vue, or Svelte), but renders them as static HTML at build time for faster page loads. Additionally, Astro offers server-side rendering capabilities, and integrates well with popular tools and frameworks, enhancing performance and SEO.

IPv6 130
article thumbnail

Game on: The evolution of gaming through generative AI innovation

CIO

You step forward into a dark, lush forest, steeped in fog. Except for the trees, you are alone–and without tools or resources. You must create your very own reality and adventure, using your hands to build a virtual world by relentlessly punching the trees. You take a deep breath and begin…BAM! If you’re a video gamer or gaming company, you can likely relate to this scene.

article thumbnail

7 Steps to Repair a Damaged Business Partnership

Harvard Business Review

No long-term partnership — personal or professional — is without challenges. Getting key issues on the table in a timely way and having open, direct, and respectful conversations can reduce frustrations and facilitate needed change. In this article, the authors outline seven steps to take if your business partnership has gotten rocky.

142
142
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

The NIS2 Directive: why cyber-resilience is the new normal for European organisations

CIO

Due to be adopted as law by member states by October 2024, the EU Network and Information Systems (NIS2) Directive is the most important cybersecurity legislation ever enacted across member states. While the original NIS1 Directive of 2016 was viewed as a major evolution in cybersecurity regulation, a lot has changed since then, particularly assumptions about the risk posed by an expanding range of cyberattacks.

article thumbnail

Remote Team Building: How Do I Stay Connected with My Virtual Team?

Let's Grow Leaders

Remote Team Building Insights from the Muppets Are you struggling with remote team building? You’re not alone. Even Kermit the Frog (or someone with an uncanny resemblance) faces this challenge. He’s #AskingforaFriend , but we know it’s a common query: How do you foster remote team building and bonding? If you’re like so many for whom remote work and hybrid teams is the new normal, here are a few fun and practical tips to keep your remote teams engaged and connected is mo

article thumbnail

Powder and profits: the economics of ski resorts

The Hustle

Vail Mountain kicked off the new year by setting a record. For the first week of January, a single-day lift ticket purchased on-site cost $299, the highest amount ever charged to ski the iconic resort, roughly 100 miles outside Denver. The price was $100 higher than a single-day lift ticket just six years ago, but anyone following the industry wouldn’t have felt sticker shock.

Industry 137
article thumbnail

How to Vet a Corporate Intelligence Vendor

Harvard Business Review

Demand for intelligence vendors is substantial and increasing. In 2022, global cyber threat intelligence was estimated to be a $4.93 billion industry, and U.S. security services was a whopping $48.1 billion. Geopolitical and security risk intelligence is an unquantified but essential and rapidly growing part of the story. But how do you know whether an intelligence vendor aligns with your company’s needs, risk tolerance, and ethics?

How To 137
article thumbnail

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

article thumbnail

AI Breakthroughs and Promising Partnerships: What You Need to Know

Ooda Loop

We have separated the wheat from the chaff in the AI ecosystem, surfacing and highlighting some of the most prescient AI/ML breakthroughs, partnerships, and evolving threats for the OODA Loop readership. Details here.

article thumbnail

Flexport Raising $260M From Shopify — Report

Crunchbase News

Logistics giant Flexport is raising $260 million from partner and e-commerce titan Shopify after burning through hundreds of millions of dollars last year, per a report in The Information. The huge fundraising event is just the latest headline for the San Francisco-based startup that hit a peak valuation of $8 billion almost exactly two years ago after raising a massive $935 million round.

Report 125
article thumbnail

Deep Dive into IBM Sterling Certified Containers and Cloud Solutions

Perficient

Many retailers are embarking on a digital transformation to modernize and scale their order management system (OMS) solution. Built on a modern architecture, the solution wraps Docker containers around order management business services. This architecture streamlines application management and the release of new functionality. The container technology also supports varying levels of technical acumen, business continuity, security, and compliance.

Cloud 118
article thumbnail

AI Startup Cohere Reportedly Looking To Raise $500M To $1B 

Crunchbase News

Nearly three weeks into the new year, and there have been no huge rounds for any AI startups. That may be about to change, as Reuters reported Toronto-based Cohere is in discussions to raise between $500 million and $1 billion. The news comes just about a month after it was reported another AI startup, Anthropic , was in discussions to raise $750 million in a funding round led by Menlo Ventures.

Report 119
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Generative AI Revolution: A Comparative Analysis

Perficient

In the world of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), a new era of large language models has emerged with the remarkable capabilities. ChatGPT , Gemini , Bard and Copilot have made an impact in the way we interact with mobile device and web technologies. We will perform a comparative analysis to highlight the capabilities of each tool. ChatGPT Gemini Bard Copilot Training Data Web Web Web Web Accuracy 85% 85% 70% 80% Recall 85% 95% 75% 82% Precision 89% 90% 75% 90% F1 Score 91% 92% 75% 84% Mu

article thumbnail

Alerts Are Fundamentally Messy

Honeycomb

Good alerting hygiene consists of a few components: chasing down alert conditions, reflecting on incidents, and thinking of what makes a signal good or bad. The hope is that we can get our alerts to the stage where they will page us when they should, and they won’t when they shouldn’t. However, the reality of alerting in a socio-technical system must cater not only to the mess around the signal, but also to the longer term interpretation of alerts by people and automation acting on them.

Analysis 113
article thumbnail

Unlocking Accountability: How Real-Time App Monitoring Empowers Engineering Teams

DevOps.com

Real-time app monitoring is about fundamentally shifting your mindset toward a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

article thumbnail

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Quantinuum Locks Up Huge $300M Round On Promise Of Quantum Computing

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 second full week of the new year proved to be pretty slow.

Biotech 108
article thumbnail

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

article thumbnail

Revolutionizing Kubernetes With K8sGPT: A Deep Dive Into AI-Driven Insights

Dzone - DevOps

In the ever-evolving landscape of Kubernetes (K8s), the introduction of AI-driven technologies continues to reshape the way we manage and optimize containerized applications. K8sGPT, a cutting-edge platform powered by artificial intelligence , takes center stage in this transformation. This article explores the key features, benefits, and potential applications of K8sGPT in the realm of Kubernetes orchestration.

article thumbnail

Latin American Startup Funding Fell Again In 2023

Crunchbase News

A couple of years ago, Latin America was the fastest-growing region in the world for startup investment. Hot companies from Brazil to Mexico were securing large, later-stage rounds to scale up in sectors like real estate, deliveries and e-commerce. Not anymore. In 2023, Latin America ranked for the second year in a row among the fastest shrinking regions for venture capital funding.

article thumbnail

What is RAG? More accurate and reliable LLMs

InfoWorld

In an exercise in dogfooding, I asked the GPT-4 large language model “What is retrieval-augmented generation?” using its Browse plug-in, which is one implementation of retrieval-augmented generation. This is what GPT-4 eventually told me, after I asked it to regenerate its answer: -- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is an AI framework that significantly impacts the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP).

article thumbnail

Exploring Automation Technologies in DevOps

Dzone - DevOps

DevOps, a software development paradigm emphasizing cooperation between development and IT operations, mainly depends on automation to optimize processes, boost productivity, and assure timely, dependable software delivery. Here’s an exploration of key automation technologies integral to DevOps: 1. Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) In the DevOps landscape, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) stands as a pivotal approach, accelerating software delivery and enha

DevOps 81
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Visual Studio upgrade boosts Code Search

InfoWorld

With the just-released Preview 3 of the planned Visual Studio 2022 17.9 upgrade, Microsoft has enhanced Code Search, also known as the All-In-One Search experience. The third preview of Visual Studio 2022 17.9 was launched January 17 and can be downloaded at the Visual Studio website. The improvements to Code Search allow Visual Studio users to search for any word or string of characters across their solution, supplementing file and symbol results from their codebase.

80
article thumbnail

Microservices Architecture: Navigating the Buzz

Dzone - DevOps

Lately I’ve been exploring what all the talk around "microservices architecture" is really about. From it popping up in every other social media debate to it increasingly becoming a must-have skill on job listings, what is it that has caused this strong divide between the proponents of the traditional monolithic approach and those who have embraced the microservices paradigm?

article thumbnail

Astro 4.2 boosts accessibility, image optimization features

InfoWorld

Following fast in the footsteps of the Astro 4.1 release , Astro 4.2 has arrived, bringing improvements to accessibility rules and the ability for remark plugins to customize image optimization. The Astro 4.2 release also introduces prerendering using the Speculation Rules API and reworked routing priority for injected routes, both experimental features.

77