Fri.Dec 13, 2024

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Understanding Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Xebia

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is a key technique powering more broad and trustworthy application of large language models (LLMs). By integrating external knowledge sources, RAG addresses limitations of LLMs, such as outdated knowledge and hallucinated responses. In this webinar , Je roen Ov erschie , a M achine L earning E ngineer at Xebia Data, expl ains how RAG works by going through four different levels of complexity.

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The Agile advantage: Modernizing auto finance in Thailand

Agile Alliance

By embracing Agile principles of collaboration, adaptability, and customer focus, a leading Thai bank transformed its digital strategy, fostering innovation, alignment, and measurable business success. The post The Agile advantage: Modernizing auto finance in Thailand first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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Process Intelligence: The CIO’s secret weapon for unlocking value

CIO

CIOs are under intense pressure to deliver massive digital transformation initiatives with limited resources under tight time constraints. Boards of directors are placing a high priority on deploying generative AI as fast as possible so their organizations dont lose competitive advantage. Meanwhile, organizations running SAP ERP platforms have until 2027 to upgrade from ECC and R3 to S/4HANA, when support will end.

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Whiteboard Interviews: Why They’re Bad For Technical Interviewing

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Whiteboard interviews have traditionally been a go-to method for evaluating technical candidates. However, as hiring practices evolve, more companies are questioning their validity and fairness. While these interviews aim to test a candidates problem-solving and coding abilities, they often fail to reflect real-world scenarios and can create unnecessary barriers for talented professionals.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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Olga Forné, CISO de Abertis, ganadora del premio a CISO del Año en los ‘CIO 100 Awards’

CIO

Olga Forn, CISO de Abertis, ha sido galardonada como CISO del Ao en la reciente edicin de los CIO 100 Awards Spain 2024. En concreto, el jurado ha valorado la trayectoria y experiencia de la directiva, que han sido claves para introducir la seguridad por defecto en los equipos de innovacin y desarrollo de la multinacional espaola. De este modo, ha logrado anticipar y abordar los riesgos de una forma prctica y posicionar a su organizacin como referente en un entorno digital cada vez ms complejo.

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Relative Python imports in a Dockerized lambda function

Xebia

Relative Python imports can be tricky for lambda functions. I wrote a blog on this 3 years ago. But recently, I ran into the same issue with Dockerized lambda functions. So, I figured it was time for a new blog! You can follow along with the steps or look at the result directly on GitHub. Project setup Make sure you installed the AWS CDK cli. brew install aws-cdk Initialize the project: cdk init app --language=typescript Lambda setup First we will need to create the file and folder structure: mk

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Survey: Generative AI Spurring Rapid Expansion of Application Development in Next 12 Months

DevOps.com

A global survey of 1,666 IT professionals finds that nearly three-quarters (74%), plan to build ten or more applications over the next 12 months, with nearly half (45%) planning to build 25 or more.

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Continuing the Work of DEI, No Matter What Your Company Calls It

Harvard Business Review

While DEI has faced significant backlash in the last year, companies across industries are still looking for ways to build healthy, inclusive workplace cultures where everyone can do their best work. New data at shows that even during this year of backlash, companies continued to make progress on many of their DEI initiatives. There are three ways companies should consider shifting their approach to DEI, both to be responsive to the current moment and to achieve greater impact: resetting the nar

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How to Notice and Appreciate an Overworked Employee

Let's Grow Leaders

Simple Ways to Show Support for Overworked Employees Lets set the stage. Youve got a guy on your team working incredibly hard. The company is in the middle of an intense period of transition. Things have been turbulent, and hes the go-to subject matter expert on multiple critical priorities. In short, all roads lead to him. Bottom line? He’s overworked.

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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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Juan Antonio Relaño, CIO de Bosch, elegido CIO del Año en los ‘CIO 100 Awards’

CIO

Juan Antonio Relao, Chief Information Officer (CIO) de Bosch en Espaa , ha sido reconocido con la mxima distincin en el marco de los CIO 100 Awards Spain 2024. El recin galardonado como CIO del Ao ha visto reconocida su labor y trayectoria al frente de la multinacional especializada en tecnologa e innovacin, reconocida globalmente por su compromiso con la sostenibilidad y el avance en soluciones tecnolgicas que mejoran la calidad de vida de las personas.

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One Common Leadership Communication Mistake to Avoid for Better Conflict Resolution

Let's Grow Leaders

Is your approach to conflict resolution unintentionally shutting down collaboration with phrases like “let’s agree to disagree”? This episode tackles one of the most common but damaging phrases leaders use in the workplace. Whether you’re navigating team conflicts, resolving disagreements, or fostering innovation, learning what to say instead can help you avoid stalling progress and build trust instead of tension.

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Joining a Professional Group Where Everyone Already Knows Each Other

Harvard Business Review

Four strategies to help you break in.

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Discover’s hybrid cloud journey pays off

CIO

Discover Financial Services has moved aggressively to the cloud in 2024 with a migration strategy focused on retaining hybrid flexibility and making the most of cloud elasticity. EVP and CIO Jason Strle, who joined Discover 18 months ago after CIO and CTO roles at Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase & Co., has opted to migrate mission-critical workloads using Red Hat OpenShift on AWS.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

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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Rails Version 8.0.1 has been released!

Ruby on Rails

Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that Rails 8.0.1 has been released. CHANGES since 8.0.0 To see a summary of changes, please read the release on GitHub: 8.0.1 CHANGELOG To view the changes for each gem, please read the changelogs on GitHub: Action Cable CHANGELOG Action Mailbox CHANGELOG Action Mailer CHANGELOG Action Pack CHANGELOG Action Text CHANGELOG Action View CHANGELOG Active Job CHANGELOG Active Model CHANGELOG Active Record CHANGELOG Active Storage CHANGELOG Active Support CHANGELOG

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“경영진 생각과 현실은 다르다”··· AI 데이터 준비 수준의 동상이몽

CIO

(Capital One) AI , 90% AI . , , IT 84% 1 . IT 70% 1~4, 14% 4 . (Worldly) CTO AI . AI . . AI , IT AI . . AI (BairesDev) CTO . AI . . . AI , , . . . , AI 30% .

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How Gen AI and Analytical AI Differ — and When to Use Each

Harvard Business Review

Organizations that have recently discovered generative AI are at risk of overlooking an older and better-established form of AI, which the authors call analytical AI. This form of AI is by no means obsolete and is still an important resource for the great majority of companies. While a few applications of AI employ both analytical and generative AI, the two AI approaches are largely separate.

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개발자 사이에서 3순위였던 구글, 챗GPT 추격? ··· 전문가가 보는 ‘줄스’의 성공 가능성

CIO

11 AI AI . Q AI . AI . , 2024 AI GPT AI , 82% . 44% 2, 22% 3 . , AI . 2.0 AI , . . , , . , , . , , . , , . AI AI . . .

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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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The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: Fintech’s Big Week

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 weeks top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last weeks biggest funding rounds here. This is our last weekly Top 10 of the year and we go out with some pretty big rounds especially in the world of fintech.

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한국레노버, 방문 수리 서비스 시작··· “신속한 AS로 차별화”

CIO

12 (Premium Care) . , . , (Legion) (LOQ) . . . , . . (1670-0088) , . , . . jihyun.lee@foundryco.

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New Rails Tutorial and Unpacked Videos, Releases, ActiveModel::Attributes::Normalization and more!

Ruby on Rails

Hey everyone, Happy Saturday! Vipul here with the latest updates for This Week in Rails. Lets dive in! This week, the Rails Foundation released a series of updated resources to help you learn the new Rails 8 defaults, including a brand new Getting Started Tutorial , a 9-part video series on YouTube , and updated Rails Guides. Read the announcement here.

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4 CEO Success Strategies from… Santa?

CEO Insider

Twas the last month of the year, and all through the world, Not a CEO was sleeping, not even the head of Ford. The company goals were logged in spreadsheets with care In hopes that this time, it would finally be their year. The projections were documented, including the spreads, While anxiety-fueled visions danced in […] The post 4 CEO Success Strategies from Santa?

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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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Edtech Investors Avoided The Space This Year

Crunchbase News

It has not been a good year for edtech startup funding. Barring some last minute mega-rounds, investment in the space for 2024 is on track to hit the lowest level in years. The same holds true for deal counts, as illustrated below. Theres no single explanation for the slowdown. Rather, it appears there are several factors that had a role in suppressing investment.

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How can leaders drive AI’s role in creating a more equitable world?

CEO Insider

Think about the headlines you see about artificial intelligence. It’s usually about automation, efficiency, or some flashy new tech. But what if AI’s real potential isn’t in streamlining business but in saving lives? Artificial intelligence is stepping out of boardrooms and tech labs to make a tangible difference in the world’s most vulnerable regions.

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A New Normal: Developer Productivity with Amazon Q Developer

Perficient

Amazon Q was front and center at AWS re:Invent last week. Q Developer is emerging as required tooling for development teams focused on custom development, cloud-native services, and the wide range of legacy modernizations, stack conversions and migrations required of engineers. Q Developer is evolving beyond just code generation and is timing its maturity well alongside the rise of agentic workflows with dedicated agents playing specific roles within a process a familiar metaphor for enterprise

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Confluent Challenges Data Integration Dogma

Confluent

Confluent is pushing the industry beyond the outdated dogma of batch processing and improving the way you implement data integration at scale.

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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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Matt Isbell Inspires Growth in Perficient’s Microsoft Practice

Perficient

No matter the project, location, or career path, Perficient promises to challenge, champion, and celebrate every colleague on their journey to success. Perficient is a place where great minds and great companies converge to boldly advance business. Our colleagues bring fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to the table that inspire creativity, spark collaboration, and ignite change.

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FunctionalMind™: Leveraging Medical Generative AI, Knowledge Bases, and Clinical Agents to Help Clinicians Apply the Latest Evidence-Based Care

John Snow Labs

Building a Better way to Practice Functional & Integrative Medicine Functional medicine emphasizes a personalized, systems-based methodology focused on root cause analysis, prevention, and long-term health improvement. By understanding patients’ unique genetic, biochemical, and lifestyle factors, practitioners can develop more tailored, sustainable healthcare solutions.

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Title: Navigating the Generative AI Journey: A Strategic Roadmap for Healthcare Organizations

Perficient

Doctor creating artificial intelligence interface 3D rendering Introduction The healthcare industry stands at a transformative crossroads with generative AI (GenAI) poised to revolutionize care delivery, operational efficiency, and patient outcomes. Recent MIT Technology Review research indicates that while 88% of organizations are using or experimenting with GenAI, healthcare organizations face unique challenges in implementation.