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CIOs must reassess cloud concentration risk post-CrowdStrike

CIO

The recovery from last week’s defective content update from CrowdStrike that impacted millions of Microsoft Windows endpoints has been a significant undertaking, to say the least. The outage put enterprises, cloud services providers, and critical infrastructure providers into precarious positions, and has drawn attention to how dominant CrowdStrike’s market share has become, commanding an estimated 24% of the endpoint detection and response (EDR) market.

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To Make Your Pitches More Engaging, Appeal to Multiple Learning Styles

Harvard Business Review

When idea pitches fail to resonate, it doesn’t always have to do with the merit of the idea, your presentation style, or charisma; the problem could stem from a deeper disengagement in your organization. To make pitches more appealing and increase the chances of ideas resonating, the author recommends engaging three main learning styles that may be in your audience: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.

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20 IT management certifications for IT leaders

CIO

IT managers are often responsible for not just overseeing an organization’s IT infrastructure but its IT teams as well. To succeed, you need to understand the fundamentals of security, data storage, hardware, software, networking, and IT management frameworks — and how they all work together to deliver business value. Plus, you must be adept at managing teams, projects, and processes.

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Survey Surfaces Mass Open Source Java Migration

DevOps.com

A global survey of 663 IT professionals with Java expertise finds 86% are migrating some portion of their applications to an open-source edition of the Java platform or have already migrated (25%).

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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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For security leaders, AI is a mounting peril and an emerging shield

CIO

The already heavy burden born by enterprise security leaders is being dramatically worsened by AI, machine learning, and generative AI (genAI). Malware, phishing, and ransomware are fast-growing threats given new potency and effectiveness with AI – for example, improving phishing attacks, creating convincing fake identities or impersonating real ones.

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ServiceNow embroiled in DOJ probe of government contract award

CIO

ServiceNow has reported potential compliance issues to the US Department of Justice “related to one of its government contracts” as well as the hiring of the then-CIO of the US Army to be its head of global public sector, the company said in regulatory filings on Wednesday. The DOJ is looking into the matter. Following an internal investigation, ServiceNow said, its President and COO, CJ Desai, has resigned, while “the other individual has also departed the company.

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Survey Surfaces Wide Generative AI Adoption Among Software Engineers

DevOps.com

A survey of 509 software engineers finds nearly three-quarters (72%) are leveraging generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities somewhere in a software development process, with nearly half (48%) reporting they use these tools every day.

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The evolving role of security and IT in DR and incident response

CIO

CIOs have a long history of managing incidents and disasters through established IT practices, guided by frameworks such as ITIL for incident management and disaster recovery. However, as ecommerce has proliferated, security threats have increased, elevating cybersecurity to a board-level concern. Early cybersecurity threats were limited in their scope and damage, but current threats can ruin a business.

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Five Lessons Learned the Hard Way From the Global Blue Screen of Death

DevOps.com

Don’t wait until the pain is unbearable. Invest in people, processes and tools to ensure that you will never be put in the position of explaining why a bug in one small file impacted the entire world.

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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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Webinar: How SMBs can embrace today’s AI Era

CIO

New developments in artificial intelligence can lead to real benefits for businesses—especially small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that have fewer resources and smaller staffs than their enterprise counterparts. However, SMBs must approach AI in a thoughtful, measured way that works for their unique businesses if they want to reap its full potential.

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Can AI Help Your Company Innovate? It Depends

Harvard Business Review

Companies need new ways to innovate quickly, cheaply, and productively. Many, quite reasonably, wonder how deploying AI might help. To investigate, we researched how companies are using AI for innovation and found that tools are just tools — success depends on how organizations use these new tools now at their disposal. To investigate what kinds of innovation AI worked with, the authors performed two studies: first, a survey of 331 firms for practices on process improvement and new technology de

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The Curse of Perfection – Toil and Trouble

Perficient

“Double, double toil and trouble,” is a line repeated by the witches in Macbeth as they lay out the ominous prophecies of greatness and dire consequences for the titular character. Macbeth’s ambition envisions a perfect ending though desperate actions and moral weakness ruin it. So too are the misguided actions in pursuit of perfection which can set expectations and pressure that lead to unwanted results.

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More Than 3,000 ‘Ghost’ Accounts Spreading Malware on GitHub

DevOps.com

GitHub and similar open-source code and project repositories have become a common target of cybercriminals looking to lure developers into unknowingly downloading malicious scripts.

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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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US, Vietnam discuss supplying Hanoi with C-130 military transport planes, sources say

Ooda Loop

The US and Vietnam have discussed a sale of C-130 transport planes which could take place as early as next year. In 2022, Vietnam declared its intention to diversify its stocks of military equipment to reduce dependency on Russian equipment.

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Web3 Funding Holds Steady After Rocky 2023

Crunchbase News

Editor’s note: For more Web3 coverage, visit Crunchbase’s Web3 Tracker , where we track startups, investors and funding news in the Web3, cryptocurrency and blockchain space, powered by Crunchbase ’s live, comprehensive data. Funding to Web3 startups certainly isn’t taking off, but perhaps it is stabilizing — which is important after a few quarters where it looked certain to crater.

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Backslash Security Adds Simulation and Generative AI Tools to DevSecOps Platform

DevOps.com

Backslash Security today added an ability to simulate upgrades to a higher version of an application to its application security platform for scanning code and creating software bills of materials (SBOMs).

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This $45 mini screwdriver kit has a useful LED screen - and I highly recommend it

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

The Arrowmax SES ultra mini power screwdriver kit combines high-quality hardware with customizable settings, and its one of the first I've seen with its own display.

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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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Eye On AI: Microsoft Continues To Try To Tiptoe Around Regulation

Crunchbase News

This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here. It certainly has been a busy period for the news cycle, so it’s understandable you may have missed some stuff in the past few days. That includes a couple of things that involve perhaps the biggest name in AI — Microsoft. A few weeks ago, the tech giant announced it was leaving its board position at OpenAI (good friend Apple also left), saying the startup’s governance had improved so much it no longer needed the R

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How to turn on Private DNS Mode on Android - and what it can do for you

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Enabling Private DNS Mode on Android means your searches and other DNS queries are encrypted and safe from prying eyes. Here's everything else you need to know.

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Understanding AI Large Language Models and Precision Workstations

Dell EMC

Harnessing the power of large language models on Precision workstations is a transformative leap for businesses.

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5 Echo Show settings to change to make your smart display less annoying

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

I love my Amazon Echo Show, but I find some of its behaviors distracting, triggering, presumptuous, and just plain pushy. Fortunately, there are easy fixes.

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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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Find answers accurately and quickly using Amazon Q Business with the SharePoint Online connector

AWS Machine Learning - AI

Amazon Q Business is a fully managed, generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant that helps enterprises unlock the value of their data and knowledge. With Amazon Q, you can quickly find answers to questions, generate summaries and content, and complete tasks by using the information and expertise stored across your company’s various data sources and enterprise systems.

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How To Implement a Gateway With Spring Cloud

Dzone - DevOps

A microservice system could have a high number of components with complex interactions. It is important to reduce this complexity, at least from the standpoint of the clients interacting with the system. A gateway hides the microservices from the external world. It represents a unique entrance and implements common cross requirements. In this article, you will learn how to configure a gateway component for a Spring Boot application, using the Spring Cloud Gateway package.

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New Opportunities for Channel Partners to Significantly Grow Their Businesses with Infinidat’s Next-Generation G4 Storage Solutions

Infinidat

New Opportunities for Channel Partners to Significantly Grow Their Businesses with Infinidat’s Next-Generation G4 Storage Solutions Adriana Andronescu Thu, 07/25/2024 - 08:57 With the announcement of the InfiniBox® G4 solutions, we have delivered a brand-new storage array from the ground up. It’s now a G4 world of enterprise storage. The big question is: What does this shift to G4 mean for the channel?

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Developing Event-Driven, Auto-Compensating Saga Transactions For Microservices

Dzone - DevOps

Over the past decade, I have presented many times and written numerous blogs and source code on sagas and event-driven microservices. In those blogs, I’ve discussed the need for sagas in microservices architectures, the preferred and increased use of event-driven patterns and communication for microservices, and the difficulties in implementing sagas, particularly around developing saga participant code for compensating transactions.

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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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5 reasons to work with the competition, according to business leaders

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Professionals are rightly wary of rival firms gaining a first-mover advantage. But in some instances, talking about challenges and opportunities with potential competitors can be beneficial.

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Error'd: Too Spicy For My Hat

The Daily WTF

My plate has been full this week, but not as full as Walter's! "Maybe hold the cheese?" suggests Walter T. regarding a pepper and steak grinder. "Seen at Reading (MA) House of Pizza on Jul 24 2024." If you decide to search around to try to understand the different names for this kind of sandwich, you will undoubtedly discover someone trying to claim that really, the hoagie is a different sandwich from a submarine, which is different from a grinder and so on.

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How to build a Pokédex with a Game Mode with Next.js, Vercel, PokeAPI, and LaunchDarkly

LaunchDarkly

Create a Pokédex game using Next.js, Vercel, PokéAPI, and LaunchDarkly. This blog will guide you through building a Pokédex that doubles as a fun quiz game. By leveraging the power of Next.js for dynamic rendering and Vercel for seamless deployment, along with PokéAPI for comprehensive Pokémon data and LaunchDarkly for feature flagging, you’ll have a fully functional and interactive Pokédex.

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