CIO

AUGUST 13, 2024

I’ve changed my mind about artificial intelligence. It used to worry me. Now I can’t get enough of it soon enough. Why the change? Once upon a time, CRM was more than a software category. It was a philosophy of doing business, exemplified by the late, great grocer Sid Applebaum, who reportedly explained (I paraphrase), “Every time I watch a shopper leave one of my stores, I see them carrying $50,000 worth of groceries.

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Xebia

AUGUST 13, 2024

Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are amazing. But most big companies will always run their LLMs on the cloud. And the cloud is simply someone else’s computer! What if you want to run your own LLMs, on your own computer? You can! Let’s get started. What is Ollama? Ollama is a tool that allows you to run Large Language Models locally.

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CIO

AUGUST 13, 2024

The IDC CIO Sentiment Survey has consistently shown automation climbing the priority list since 2020. Indeed, according to the 2023 survey (September 2023), 71.1% of respondents said they were accelerating or continuing to invest in automation to replace part of the workforce, and 73.7% said it was to improve processes in the context of difficult economic conditions.

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Tenable

AUGUST 13, 2024

Tenable Research discovered multiple privilege-escalation issues in the Azure Health Bot Service via a server-side request forgery (SSRF), which allowed researchers access to cross-tenant resources. Key takeaways The Azure Health Bot Service is a cloud platform that allows healthcare professionals to deploy AI-powered virtual health assistants. Tenable Research discovered critical vulnerabilities that allowed access to cross-tenant resources within this service.

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CIO

AUGUST 13, 2024

Sustainability is on the rise as a CIO imperative, with most CIOs now central to their organization’s increasing focus on sustainability planning — a trend that’s shaking up what technologies IT leaders are investing in and the vendors and partners they are signing deals with. More than nine in 10 CIOs are ramping up sustainability investments, according to the Logicalis Global CIO Report for 2024.

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CIO

AUGUST 13, 2024

Like most modern CIOs, Sathish Muthukrishnan has seen the list of responsibilities for the top IT position expand; his title — chief information, data, and digital officer — reflects that expansion. As the IT chief at Ally Financial, and one of this year’s 10 CIO Hall of Fame inductees , Muthukrishnan says the position has evolved into one that is now “a strategic partner for the enterprise.

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Palo Alto Networks

AUGUST 13, 2024

To our community, customers, partners and colleagues, Let me begin with a sincere apology for a recent marketing decision at an event hosted by Palo Alto Networks during Black Hat in Las Vegas. The misguided attempt to welcome guests with branded lampshade-wearing hostesses was not consistent with our values. I appreciate you not judging us on this isolated event, and I want to reassure you of our continued commitment to and celebration of inclusion and diversity.

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CIO

AUGUST 13, 2024

The proposed $35-billion merger of chip design software giants Synopsys and Ansys is facing increased scrutiny from global regulators, with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) the latest to launch an investigation. The CMA has initiated an early-stage inquiry into the acquisition proposal, signaling potential regulatory hurdles ahead for the massive deal.

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Ooda Loop

AUGUST 13, 2024

research reveals that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT cannot learn independently or acquire new skills without explicit instructions, making them predictable and controllable. The study dispels fears of these models developing complex reasoning abilities, emphasizing that while LLMs can generate sophisticated language, they are unlikely to pose existential threats.

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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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CIO

AUGUST 13, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) has upped the ante across all tech arenas, including one of the most traditional ones: data centers. Modern data centers are running hotter than ever – not just to manage ever-increasing processing demands, but also rising temperatures as the result of AI workloads, which sees no end in sight. Two out of three IT leaders expect AI spending to increase this year, making it a necessity to find new ways to cool data centers. [1] Liquid cooling is rapidly gaining tractio

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Prisma Clud

AUGUST 13, 2024

Executive Summary This research examines an attack vector allowing the compromise of GitHub repositories, leading to severe consequences and potential high-level access to cloud environments. The vulnerability arises from the abuse of GitHub Actions artifacts in CI/CD workflows. Misconfigurations and security flaws can cause these artifacts to leak tokens from third-party cloud services and GitHub, making them accessible to anyone with repository read access.

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CIO

AUGUST 13, 2024

According to EY , 96% of enterprises are planning to use AI in the next 12 months, compared to 43% today. Integrating AI and large language models (LLMs) into business operations unlocks new possibilities for innovation and efficiency, offering the opportunity to grow your top line revenue, and improve bottom line profitability. As with any new technology, however, security must be designed into the adoption of AI in order to minimize potential risks.

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Ooda Loop

AUGUST 13, 2024

The Federal Ruling against Google is the tipping point many have been waiting for in a much-needed wave of judicial and legislative activity to begin strengthening the U.S. cognitive infrastructure and cleaning up the information ecosystem. Details of the ruling can be found in this post.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2024

In the last few years, large companies like Wayfair, Amazon, Yelp, DoorDash, and Instacart have launched initiatives to try to address racial inequality in their business models. In a new study, researchers examined some of these strategies, including Yelp and Wayfair’s labels which identify minority-owned businesses. The authors offer insight into how supporting companies owned by underrepresented groups can benefit sponsor businesses while promoting the growth of minority entrepreneurship.

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Ooda Loop

AUGUST 13, 2024

According to the latest Canalys data, 8.8 million AI-capable PCs were shipped in Q2 2024. These devices are defined as desktops and notebooks that include a chipset or block for dedicated AI workloads, such as an NPU. Shipments of AI-capable PCs represented 14% of all PCs shipped in the quarter.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

AUGUST 13, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) provides an opportunity for improvements in healthcare by combining and analyzing structured and unstructured data across previously disconnected silos. Generative AI can help raise the bar on efficiency and effectiveness across the full scope of healthcare delivery. The healthcare industry generates and collects a significant amount of unstructured textual data, including clinical documentation such as patient information, medical history, and test result

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Daffodil Software

AUGUST 13, 2024

With smart manufacturing & Industry 4.0 reinventing the landscape, the need for advanced and interconnected manufacturing systems is now even more essential than ever. At the centre of this evolution lies Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), weaving emerging technologies such as Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), artificial intelligence and cloud computing, into the intricate process of manufacturing.

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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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Crunchbase News

AUGUST 13, 2024

Earlier this week, Peter Walker of Carta shared data on the use of different mechanisms in SAFEs issued for U.S. startups in 2024: 61% used a cap, 30% used a cap and a discount, 8% used only a discount, and 1% used neither. In response to the number of uncapped SAFEs, or a Simple Agreement for Future Equity, one investor replied, “That tells me at least 1/12 VC funds has no idea what it’s doing.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 13, 2024

Google's new flagship foldable, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, just dropped, and it's packed with new features. But how does it compare to Samsung's Z Fold 6? Let's break down the major differences.

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Crunchbase News

AUGUST 13, 2024

Less than two years after raising an $80 million Series D, automated debt manager Tally has shut down after not being able to raise more money in a tough environment for fintech startups. Founder and CEO Jason Brown said in a LinkedIn post , “we have made the difficult and sad decision to shut down Tally. This was not the outcome we had hoped for, but after exploring all options, we were unable to secure the necessary funding to continue our operations.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 13, 2024

On Tuesday at the Made by Google event, Google unveiled the new Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 earbuds, along with new Pixel phones and watches. We've found the best places to preorder the latest earbuds.

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Crunchbase News

AUGUST 13, 2024

New unicorn counts jumped in July, as 13 companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board. Nine of the new herd came from the U.S., while two healthcare companies joined from the U.K., a green energy company from China, and a bike taxi startup from India. Four of the new unicorns this past month were under 3 years old at the time they were valued at or above $1 billion with one — a foundation model developer for robotics — launching out of stealth.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 13, 2024

Google just unveiled the Pixel Watch 3, its latest smartwatch with a host of hardware updates and a 45mm watch size (finally). Here are some answers to the most commonly asked questions.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

AUGUST 13, 2024

Over the years, many of us have become accustomed to letting computers do our thinking for us. “That’s what the computer says” is a refrain in many bad customer service interactions. “That’s what the data says” is a variation—“the data” doesn’t say much if you don’t know how it was collected and how the data analysis was performed. “That’s what GPS says”—well, GPS is usually right, but I have seen GPS systems tell me to go the wrong way down a one-way street.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 13, 2024

I've been subjecting AI chatbots to a set of real-world programming tests. Which chatbots handled the challenge and which crawled home in shame? Read on.

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Dzone - DevOps

AUGUST 13, 2024

The economic volatility in the tech industry has most enterprises looking at their cloud bills and searching for deterministic ways to drive down costs. One of the interesting layers of that consideration is the cloud architecture itself. The following is an interview with Loft Labs CEO Lukas Gentele - the creator of the vCluster open-source project - to learn more about how virtualizing clusters is giving developers and platform teams productive new ways to right-size cloud resource utilization

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

AUGUST 13, 2024

Both of these new Google Wear OS smartwatches offer a similar software experience, but Google's and Samsung's optimizations set them apart.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2024

Six strategies to separate critiques aimed to tear you down from guidance meant to build you up.

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