InfoWorld
JANUARY 29, 2024
Developers, engineers, data scientists, and other technologists generally understand the value of earning technical certifications, experimenting with new technologies, and strengthening collaboration skills. However, developing business acumen is just as critical for those seeking more responsibilities and opportunities to work on strategic initiatives.
CIO
JANUARY 29, 2024
Back in the day, IT culture was all about the perks. Would-be employees were drawn in by modern, open spaces punctuated by game tables and fully stocked kitchens along with an array of services that might include on-site gyms, coffee bars, even chef-inspired cafeteria fare. The evolving role of IT, coupled with new pandemic-era work models, has sifted the culture conversation away from in-office trappings.
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Tenable
JANUARY 30, 2024
With attacks becoming more sophisticated, security teams must spend more time analyzing different entry points into the organization, as well as numerous tactics, techniques and procedures. Find out how Tenable ExposureAI helps you overcome these challenges and enhances your efficiency and productivity for stronger proactive security. In today's ever-evolving threat landscape, organizations must go beyond reactive security measures and proactively fortify their defenses.
Martin Fowler
JANUARY 31, 2024
Tim and Prem finish their article on effective onboarding. They discuss the value of pair programming, setting up personal environments, and removing friction from the process.
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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?
QBurst
JANUARY 31, 2024
Any discussion on cloud portability must necessarily include an analysis of its challenges. More so, if the cloud-portable solution under consideration is a high-ingress one, which was our case. This post picks up from my previous article on cloud portability and provides you an in-depth view of the implementation, plus the challenges and solutions we […] The post Fine-Tuning Azure for High Traffic: Techniques, Challenges, and Solutions appeared first on QBurst Blog.
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Dell EMC
JANUARY 30, 2024
GenAI applications introduce new security challenges while promising enhanced threat response and operational efficiency.
InfoWorld
JANUARY 30, 2024
I’ve been asked if generative AI systems are always slow. Of course, I reply, “Slow, as compared to what?” The response I always get is funny. “Slower than we thought it would be.” And the circle continues. Performance is often an afterthought with generative AI development and deployment. Most deploying generative AI systems on the cloud, and even not the cloud, have yet to learn what the performance of their generative AI systems should be, take no steps to determine performance, and end up co
CIO
JANUARY 30, 2024
As Nelson Mandela opined, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Teachers and access to education play a crucial role in our future. Teachers educate the next generation by sharing knowledge, fostering critical thinking skills, managing parents, and developing children. At the same time, teachers face an increasingly difficult professional challenge, often feeling overworked and under-supported, spurring the threat of widespread teacher shortages.
Agile Alliance
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Dive into the fusion of AI and Agile methodologies and their impact on project management and software development. Uncover expert insights and future trends in this rapidly evolving tech landscape. The post How AI Will Reshape Agile Development: Takeaways from a Recent Briefing first appeared on Agile Alliance.
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.
Xebia
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
We recently hosted a dynamic round table event focused on streamlining processes for enhanced project efficiency, in Pulitzer Amsterdam. We enjoyed great food at a beautiful location, with some amazing people. This gathering brought together representatives from various leading companies such as Nike, Philips and Heineken. All participating companies share a common goal: to tackle the complexities of project management in today’s fast-paced business environment.
Martin Fowler
JANUARY 30, 2024
Tim and Premanand continue outlining the steps for an effective onboarding process.
CIO
JANUARY 30, 2024
Oracle’s annual flagship event, CloudWorld Tour returned to the UAE for the second consecutive year to share the company’s latest AI innovations to power UAE’s Digital Economy and its plans across the region. The company that just turned 35 years old in the UAE will continue to invest in local infrastructure to bring cloud capabilities that will help the UAE Government entities and private sector.
Agile Alliance
JANUARY 29, 2024
Meet Brian Button, 2024 Chair of the Agile Alliance Board of Directors, as he shares his journey in development and Agile, outlines his goals for the Alliance. The post Meet new Agile Alliance Board Chair Brian Button first appeared on Agile Alliance.
Advertiser: Procom Services
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
Xebia
JANUARY 30, 2024
How to create unique content with Large Language Models Do you sometimes struggle with creating content? Do you fall victim to repetition? Whether it’s a blog/manual/podcast you’re trying to produce, Large Language Models can help you to create unique content if you use them correctly. In this post, I’ll combine GPT-4, GPT-3.5, DALL-E, Azure Machine Learning and Azure AI Speech (formerly Cognitive Services) to create fresh daily content.
CEO Insider
JANUARY 31, 2024
As the CEO of a company, successfully juggling the diverse responsibilities of executive leadership and project management can seem like a daunting task. This guide is designed to provide insights and strategies to help you strike a productive balance. In the upcoming sections, we will explore: The challenges of managing both roles In Which Scenario […] The post Effectively Balancing CEO Duties and Project Management – A Practical Guide appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.
CIO
JANUARY 30, 2024
In today’s dynamic, digitally evolving business landscape, establishing a strong foundation of trust within an organization is more vital than ever. In this article, we look at why trust is so critical in an enterprise and offer some key approaches for establishing a solid foundation of trust. Trust is critical and difficult to maintain In an enterprise, trust can be fragile.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 29, 2024
In today’s world, business transformation has morphed from a one-time special project to a never-ending series of transformations — the majority of which will fail. With a future full of changes, challenges, and surprises, leaders need a new approach. Forward-thinking organizations are focusing on regeneration — developing a long-term vision and a series of unified actions to more harmoniously link business operations and performance and create lasting value.
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.
Xebia
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
LLM Fine-tuning NeurIPS 2023 featured a challenge to efficiently fine-tune open-source LLM models on public datasets. We participated in this challenge. If you are considering fine-tuning LLMs, there are some things to consider: Infra, Data, Base Model, Training, Inference and Evaluation. In this blog post, we share some practical considerations. The challenge The goal of the challenge is to find out what works and doesn’t work when fine-tuning LLM models.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Practical Advice to Deal with a Blind Spot and Make it Work For You How do you become aware of a blind spot in your leadership? After all, that’s the point of a blind spot, right? In today’s #AskingForaFriend, I bring you an interview with Mike Maddock , serial entrepreneur, and best-selling author of several books including Plan D. He talks about why you should care about your blind spot and understand your “ghosts” and practical ways to get other perspectives.
CIO
JANUARY 31, 2024
Regulators, investors, customers, and even employees are pushing companies to minimize the climate impact of their AI initiatives. Everything from geothermal data centers to more efficient graphic processing units (GPUs) can help. But AI users must also get over the urge to use the biggest, baddest AI models to solve every problem if they truly want to fight climate change.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 30, 2024
Despite its critical importance, most executive teams are not in agreement around the foundational question: What does success look like in X years? The challenge lies in developing a clear collective understanding of what winning as a team looks like and then aligning efforts, resources, and strategies toward these common goals. In this article, the authors offer guidance on how to prepare for and lead a success-defining discussion with your team.
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The Hustle
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Last year at the Super Bowl, Rihanna danced on a platform suspended high above the field at State Farm Stadium in Arizona. It was her first live show in five years, and she moved effortlessly from hits like “We Found Love” to “Diamonds,” in a red leather corset and baggy flight-suit unzipped to emphasize what viewers suspected was a baby bump. (It was.
Crunchbase News
JANUARY 31, 2024
By Healy Jones The VC bubble has subsided and last year marked one of the most difficult on record to raise a Series A funding round. As interest rates climbed and global uncertainty became pervasive, the growth-at-all-cost mindset evaporated and investors pivoted rapidly to favoring startups with strong revenue, capital efficiency and strong gross margins.
CIO
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
When organizations buy a shiny new piece of software, attention is typically focused on the benefits: streamlined business processes, improved productivity, automation, better security, faster time-to-market, digital transformation. The other side of the cost/benefit equation — what the software will cost the organization, and not just sticker price — may not be as captivating when it comes to achieving approval for a software purchase, but it’s just as vital in determining the expected return o
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 31, 2024
You may be excited to move forward to your next career opportunity, particularly if you’re trying to leave an unhealthy work environment. But as you interview with prospective employers, don’t ignore the signs of toxicity that may be right in front of you. Identifying toxicity in an organization you don’t currently work for can prove to be tricky. If you’re trying to leave a toxic workplace but don’t do your due diligence on future employers, you could end up back in another miserable environmen
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Honeycomb
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
“Mommy, where does software come from?” “Software grows in a circle, just like this!” The Software Development Lifecycle: 1. Plan, 2. Implement, 3. Test, 4. Deploy, 5. Operate. The software development lifecycle (SDLC) is always drawn as a circle. In many places I’ve worked, there’s no discernable connection between “5. Operate” and “1. Plan.” However, at Honeycomb, there is.
Crunchbase News
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Last year saw the lowest level of startup funding in five years , witnessed valuations fall drastically, and offered little hope for IPO contenders. But is that all now in the rearview mirror? That’s certainly the hope from many of the startup investors and entrepreneurs we’ve spoken with recently, who say that even if things don’t come roaring back in 2024, they’re at least looking forward to a year of relative calm and predictability.
CIO
JANUARY 30, 2024
SAP is offering on-premises S/4HANA users a credit of 60% of their first year’s fees if they migrate to its all-in-one cloud-based offering, Rise with SAP. The credit, to be spent on other SAP services, should be enough to offset around half of the overall cost of a typical migration, according to Jan Gilg, the company’s chief product officer for cloud ERP.
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