Tue.Aug 20, 2024

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What high-performance IT teams look like today — and how to build one

CIO

Our mental models of what constitutes a high-performance team have evolved considerably over the past five years. Pre-pandemic, high-performance teams were co-located, multidisciplinary, self-organizing, agile, and data-driven. These teams focused on delivering reliable technology capabilities, improving end-user experiences, and establishing data and analytics capabilities.

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SSRFing the Web with the help of Copilot Studio

Tenable

Tenable Research discovered a critical information-disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft’s Copilot Studio via a server-side request forgery (SSRF), which allowed researchers access to potentially sensitive information regarding service internals with potential cross-tenant impact. Introduction In this blog, we take a look at a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Copilot Studio that leveraged Copilot’s ability to make external web requests.

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The end of digital transformation and the rise of business model innovation

CIO

Digital transformation represented among the largest investments in technology to modernize businesses starting in the early 2000s. But the call for digital transformation really gained popularity after 2011 when Capgemini, in partnership with MIT, officially coined the term , defining it as “the use of technology to radically improve performance or the reach of businesses.

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Research: How to Build Consensus Around a New Idea

Harvard Business Review

Previous research has found that new ideas are seen as risky and are often rejected. New research suggests that this rejection can be due to people’s lack of shared criteria or reference points when evaluating a potential innovation’s value. In a new paper, the authors find that the more novel the idea, the more people differ on their perception of its value.

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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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Learn from past cloud-first mistakes for better AI

CIO

The cloud computing revolution brought with it many innovations, but also lessons about the pitfalls of rapidly adopting new technologies without a well-planned strategy. Today, IT leaders are at a similar crossroads with the rise of generative AI. As organizations build their AI factories today in this new era, IT leaders have an opportunity to learn from their cloud-first sins of the past and strategically build in a way that prioritizes security, governance, and cost efficiencies over the l

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At risk of being left behind on AI, SMBs focus on the art of the possible

CIO

When companies like Google and Microsoft can afford to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on AI, some IT experts have questioned how SMBs can tap into the revolution. Many AI projects have huge upfront costs — up to $200,000 for coding assistants, $1 million to embed generative AI in custom apps, $6.5 million to fine-tune gen AI models, and $20 million to build custom models from scratch, according to recent estimates from Gartner.

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Research: What Happens When Influencers Turn Off Comments

Harvard Business Review

Influencers are often targets of online negativity, and how they respond to this feedback can have important ramifications for their personal brands and the effectiveness of their product endorsements. Recent research shows that one commonly employed tactic — turning off social media comments — can undermine influencers’ key assets: their persuasiveness, likability, and perceived sincerity.

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AMD buys server maker ZT Systems as AI battle intensifies

CIO

AMD is acquiring server maker ZT Systems to strengthen its data center technology as it steps up its challenge to Nvidia in the competitive AI chip market. The acquisition is important because AI’s growing demands need large clusters of connected chips for processing power. By buying ZT Systems, AMD strengthens its ability to build these high-performance systems, boosting its competitiveness against rivals such as Nvidia.

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Platform Engineering: The Next Step in Operations

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Platform engineering is the latest buzzword in IT operations. And like all other buzzwords, it’s in danger of becoming meaningless—in danger of meaning whatever some company with a “platform engineering” product wants to sell. We’ve seen that happen to too many useful concepts: Edge computing meant everything from caches at a cloud provider’s data center to cell phones to unattended data collection nodes on remote islands.

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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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IT modernization leads to smarter cities, empowered by AI and edge

CIO

The promise of the smarter city Smart cities offer the promise of a thriving urban ecosystem that seamlessly blends technology, systems, and people to optimize everything from traffic flow to energy consumption. Public services in smart cities operating at peak efficiency, deliver convenient access to accurate information, resources, and community engagement essentials.

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Companies Are Scaling Back Sustainability Pledges. Here’s What They Should Do Instead.

Harvard Business Review

In the past 18 months, many companies have significantly retreated from their sustainability commitments. High-profile examples include Tractor Supply Co., which eliminated jobs focused on diversity and withdrew its carbon-emissions goals, and Canada’s major oil sands companies, which removed decarbonization goals from their websites. Nike and others have similarly reduced their sustainability efforts.

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INE Security Alert: The Steep Cost of Neglecting Cybersecurity Training

CIO

In modern business, cybersecurity is not merely a technical concern but a crucial financial safeguard. With cyber threats growing in sophistication and frequency, the financial implications of neglecting cybersecurity training are severe and multifaceted. INE Security , a global leader in cybersecurity training and certifications, is exploring how overlooking this critical aspect of organizational strategy can lead to a financial crisis and laying out five key reasons why cybersecurity training

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GitHub Steers Copilot Autofix Into Eye of AI Security Storm

DevOps.com

GitHub has come forward with its new Copilot Autofix tool. This AI-driven software service is targeted at developers who need to address software vulnerabilities in code destined for traditional applications and inside those infused with an injection of new or existing breeds of 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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UK proposes giving digital workers the ‘right to switch off’

CIO

Britain’s new Labour government is the latest legislature to consider how it might make it easier for digital workers using always-on technologies to turn them off at the end of the working day. In Labour’s Plan to Make Work Pay , published before it won the UK’s July general election, it promised to address the issue, saying “We will bring in the ‘right to switch off’ so working from home does not result in homes turning into 24/7 offices.

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New Backdoor Targeting Taiwan Employs Stealthy Communications

Symantec

Previously unseen backdoor communicates with command-and-control server using DNS traffic.

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SAP se asocia para hacer más práctica la inteligencia artificial

CIO

SAP está intensificando sus esfuerzos por integrar funciones y aplicaciones de inteligencia artificial (IA) en toda su oferta para servir mejor a la actividad diaria de sus clientes. Por desgracia, según estudios recientes, muchas empresas tienen dificultades para sacar el máximo partido de la IA al servicio de sus misiones empresariales, incluso cuando el ERP, el mercado principal de SAP, podría haberse convertido en la aplicación empresarial asesina de la IA generativa.

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ChatGPT vs. ChatGPT Plus: Is a paid subscription still worth it?

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

OpenAI's new and improved GPT-4o model makes it harder to determine who'll find free ChatGPT adequate and who should go for Plus. We break down your options to help you decide.

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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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Evaluating the relative cost of edge computing

CIO

Edge computing is a distributed computing paradigm that includes infrastructure and applications outside of centralized, dedicated, and cloud datacenters located as close as necessary to where data is generated and consumed. The ability to provision IT service at the edge is increasingly a requirement in our digital-first world. It can help companies be more responsive, lower the cost of transmitting and storing data, and improve compliance with regulations related to data sovereignty.

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Allstacks announces $10M in Series A Funding

Allstacks

We are proud to announce that Allstacks, the leading software engineering intelligence platform that enhances software development outcomes, has raised $10M in Series A funding. This significant investment aims to empower engineering and product teams with the critical data they need to demonstrate and enhance the impact of software development across their businesses.

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Unleashing the power of AI at the edge

CIO

Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into enterprise edge ecosystems is a strategic imperative. AI at the edge delivers unprecedented speed, efficiency, and agility that impacts business outcomes by enhancing operational efficiency, reducing latency, and unlocking new avenues for innovation. But success at the edge demands a unified, simplified way to deploy, manage, and scale locations without ready access to IT staff.

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Five most asked questions by Certified Scrum Master training participants

Agile42

What are the KPIs for a Scrum Master? This is the million dollar question, isn’t it? The Scrum Master’s responsibility should be to focus on themes rather than specific KPIs. These themes include: Scrum Team : Coaching the team to enhance effectiveness. Product Owner : Supporting the Product Owner in improving their role. Organisation : Leading efforts to help the organisation adopt Agile and Scrum, including addressing organisational impediments.

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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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Telefónica se adjudica el grueso del contrato de telecomunicaciones para la Policía

CIO

El Ministerio del Interior que capitanea Fernando Grande-Marlaska ha adjudicado por un procedimiento restringido un contrato de casi 150 millones de euros a Telefónica, la empresa de software TRC y la consultora Capgemini para la prestación de servicios de telecomunicaciones a la Dirección General de la Policía Nacional. El contrato, que entrará en vigor a partir del próximo mes de diciembre por un periodo de 48 meses, se articula en torno a tres lotes que abarcan diferentes aspectos críticos de

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Bolt Looking To Raise $450M As Breslow Returns

Crunchbase News

The world of startups can be a very strange place. In a letter to investors it was announced that Bolt founder Ryan Breslow is returning as CEO to the beleaguered startup and raising a fresh $450 million at a $14 billion valuation from investors in the United Arab Emirates and the U.K., The Information reported. The valuation is quite the turnaround for Bolt, which earlier this year offered investors a share buyback program that valued the company at a mere $300 million.

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¿La IA se vuelve nuclear? Los acuerdos de los centros de datos constatan lo inevitable

CIO

AWS, Microsoft y Google están recurriendo a la energía nuclear para construir y operar megacentros de datos mejor equipados para satisfacer las exigencias cada vez mayores de la inteligencia artificial (IA) generativa. A principios de este año, AWS pagó 650 millones de dólares para adquirir Cumulus Data Assets de Talen Energy, un centro de datos de 960 megavatios alimentado por energía nuclear ubicado en la planta nuclear de Talen en Susquehanna, Pensilvania, con otros centros de datos previstos

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Apple may release multiple AirPods next month. Here are the top 4 features I want to see

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Industry insiders are confident Apple will announce new AirPods next month. Although that's exciting to hear, there are a few things I'd like to see first.

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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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Breaking Free from Ransomware: Securing Your CI/CD Against RaaS

DevOps.com

For developers, few things are more precious than their codebase. Yet, a chilling trend is emerging: Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) attacks targeting CI/CD pipelines, holding valuable code hostage.

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The 2-in-1 laptop I recommend for the office is not a Lenovo or HP

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Dell's Inspiron 14 2-in-1 delivers a solid suite of hardware the line is known for, but with the added benefit of a convertible form factor.

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Don’t Shift Left Without a Platform

DevOps.com

How do you keep the rigor of specialists when things are being run by generalists? The answer is a platform.

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