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Protected: How to adapt Agile events to the modern workplace

Agile Alliance

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Protected: How to adapt Agile events to the modern workplace first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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The Art of Geopolitical Intelligence: Lessons for Informed Decision-Making

Ooda Loop

With this post I reflect on some of the key lessons I have learned in the world of geopolitical intelligence analysis and reporting. My goal in sharing these lessons is to help you optimize your use of the reporting you see in the OODA daily pulse and the long form research and reporting done for our OODA network members.

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Designing and Building Domain-Specific Languages for Business Flexibility

Mentormate

Modern businesses must constantly navigate unprecedented challenges to quickly adapt to evolving market dynamics and customer demands. The integration of technology plays a pivotal role in enabling organizations to define and modify their business logic with unparalleled flexibility and precision. Domain-specific languages (DSLs) are instrumental tools, offering tailored solutions that cater to specific industry needs and drive sustainable growth.

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Creating Stability Is Just as Important as Managing Change

Harvard Business Review

When we think about change at work today, we tend to assume its inevitability and focus our attention on how to manage it — what methods and processes and technology and communication we need to put in place to have it move ahead more smoothly. Of course, some change is necessary, and some is inevitable. But not all of it. What the scientific literature on predictability, agency, belonging, place, and meaning suggests is that before we think about managing change, we should consider the conditio

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From Start to Scale: Driving Growth Through Seamless Payments Implementation

Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

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AI Provides an Rx for Cybersecurity in Healthcare

Palo Alto Networks

{{interview_audio_title}} 00:00 00:00 Volume Slider 10s 10s 10s 10s Seek Slider As cyberthreats evolve and proliferate, healthcare organizations are increasingly recognizing the need to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) in their cybersecurity efforts. This can be especially difficult due to the inherent challenges of integrating new technologies into their complex and often legacy-laden environments.

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Programming, Fluency, and AI

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

It’s clear that generative AI is already being used by a majority—a large majority—of programmers. That’s good. Even if the productivity gains are smaller than many think, 15% to 20% is significant. Making it easier to learn programming and begin a productive career is nothing to complain about, either. We were all impressed when Simon Willison asked ChatGPT to help him learn Rust.

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Navigating Beyond the Apex: Reshaping IT Transformation and Organizational Evolution for Sustainable Growth

DevOps.com

This article aims to delve into not only the challenges and successes of DevOps but also the broader considerations essential for sustainable growth in the rapidly changing IT ecosystem.

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Generative AI and preparing for a shift to skills-based hiring

CIO

As gen AI takes hold in the workplace, it’ll no doubt alter workflows, role requirements, and the skills necessary to get work done. The concern isn’t so much whether AI will replace jobs, but what skillsets the technology will replace, and how organizations and leaders can shift human priorities accordingly. “AI is both a major disruptor and savior, in that gen AI specifically will influence 4.5 times the number of jobs it replaces and, yet, also has the capability to help manage and upskill th

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Researchers reveal flaws in AI agent benchmarking

InfoWorld

As agents using artificial intelligence have wormed their way into the mainstream for everything from customer service to fixing software code, it’s increasingly important to determine which are the best for a given application, and the criteria to consider when selecting an agent besides its functionality. And that’s where benchmarking comes in. Benchmarks don’t reflect real-world applications However, a new research paper, AI Agents That Matter , points out that current agent evaluation and be

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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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Mindful spaces for introverts at Agile2024

Agile Alliance

Agile2024 offers Quiet Zones, Quiet Tables, Stoplight Dots, and an Observer Path to support attendees needing less stimulation or interaction. The post Mindful spaces for introverts at Agile2024 first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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Creative Peer Recognition: How to Get Better at Team Celebration

Let's Grow Leaders

Build a cadence of regular peer recognition for a stronger, happier, more connected team As a human-centered leader, you know it’s important to recognize and celebrate your team. But, if you’re like most managers we talk with, you wish you could do more. You can multiply your efforts by building an infrastructure for effective peer recognition.

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Anatomía de un ciberataque: un relato en primera persona

CIO

“Aunque sucedió hace dos años y medio, todavía me genera ansiedad y desasosiego recordarlo”. Con estas palabras, Gonçal Badenes, CIO de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB), relata en primera persona cómo vivió en sus propias carnes el ciberataque de ransomware que el grupo cibercriminal PYSA perpetró en 2021 contra la institución pública educativa.

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6 Ways to Bring Strategy into Your Work Every Day

Harvard Business Review

Business leaders are expected to be strategic, and while organizational obstacles can prevent you from translating intent into strategic actions, so can your personal limitations and practices. It doesn’t have to be this way. Even when it feels like the odds are stacked against you, you have more choices than you may realize. Small decisions about where to focus and what to do throughout your day may feel inconsequential, but their impacts accumulate.

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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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Survey Shines Spotlight on Increasing Need for Industrial DevOps

DevOps.com

A survey of 200 executives working for organizations that have revenues in excess of $350 million finds industrial coding errors cause manufacturing shutdowns lasting 31 hours on average, costing $4.2 million per hour for a total of $126 million per shutdown.

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Why Every Engineering Team Should Embrace AWS Graviton4

Honeycomb

Two years ago, we shared our experiences with adopting AWS Graviton3 and our enthusiasm for the future of AWS Graviton and Arm. Once again, we’re privileged to share our experiences as a launch customer of the Amazon EC2 R8g instances powered by AWS Graviton4, the newest generation of AWS Graviton processors. This blog elaborates our Graviton4 preview results including detailed performance data.

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Seek solutions now to remedy surging cloud costs

CIO

The complexity within IT infrastructures is increasing, as is the pressure on IT budgets to use available funds as smartly and efficiently as possible. Effective cost management in the cloud is, therefore, becoming increasingly important. Yet many companies still find it difficult to keep an eye on the costs of their cloud deployment and to continuously optimize them.

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When a Team Member Speaks Up — and It Doesn’t Go Well

Harvard Business Review

Speaking up — and being heard — in organizations is critical, but failed attempts to speak up happen often at work and can lead people to silence themselves and others in the long run. Instead, leaders and team members should frame such situations as opportunities to learn. But this isn’t easy; it can be difficult to recognize such moments as learning opportunities; it can be difficult to move beyond counterproductive emotions like shame and blame,;and we tend to be too busy and focused on the s

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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 Ultimate Guide to Intune Migrations to Ivanti UEM

Ivanti

If you have purchased Ivanti UEM and are migrating to it from Microsoft Intune, you as an IT administrator must understand and execute several critical steps to make that transition smoothly. In this series of blogs, I will be looking from an Intune admin’s perspective at what it takes to migrate from Intune to Ivanti UEM. I will cover practical elements and best practices, translating terminology used across both products to pave the way for a seamless and successful transition.

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Scaling with Terraform: How to Manage Infrastructure at Scale

DevOps.com

These key points can help you effectively manage Terraform infrastructure at scale, ensuring your systems are resilient, scalable and compliant with organizational policies and industry standards.

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Storage: The unsung hero of AI deployments

CIO

As enterprises begin to deploy and use AI, many realize they’ll need access to massive computing power and fast networking capabilities, but storage needs may be overlooked. Spinning up a chatbot or adopting an AI assistant aren’t likely to tax most enterprises’ storage capacities, but large AI projects with access to millions of data points may require many terabytes of new storage, potentially costing tens of millions of dollars, some AI and storage experts say.

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The 6 Disciplines Companies Need to Get the Most Out of Gen AI

Harvard Business Review

Some observers are beginning to question whether gen AI will produce enough value to exceed its costs. It can, but extracting economic value from gen AI requires several different types of disciplined capabilities. Unfortunately, most companies lack these. The good news is they can develop them. Specifically, companies should invest in behavioral change, controlled experimentation, measurement of business value, data management, human capital development, and systems thinking.

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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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July 2024 Patch Tuesday

Ivanti

Microsoft, Google, Mozilla and Adobe all have releases on the July 9, 2024, Patch Tuesday. Microsoft resolved 142 CVEs across five products, Mozilla resolved 16 CVEs in Firefox and Adobe resolved seven CVEs across three updates. Google Chrome is expected to release on or just after Patch Tuesday as well. Microsoft is reporting two known exploited and two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities.

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Microsoft’s July 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 138 CVEs (CVE-2024-38080, CVE-2024-38112)

Tenable

5 Critical 132 Important 1 Moderate 0 Low Microsoft addresses 138 CVEs in its July 2024 Patch Tuesday release, with five critical vulnerabilities and three zero-day vulnerabilities, two of which were exploited in the wild. Microsoft released 138 CVEs in July 2024 Patch Tuesday release, with five rated critical, 132 rated important and one rated moderate.

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El CIO Summit 2024 se mete de lleno en la era de la ‘IA en todas partes’

CIO

Regístrate ahora En la era de la ‘inteligencia artificial (IA) en todas partes’ , ¿qué rol deben desempeñar los CIO en las organizaciones para aprovechar todas sus ventajas? Con dos tercios de las empresas proyectando que sus presupuestos de TI aumenten en los próximos años -según una encuesta de CIO de EMEA-, los líderes tecnológicos deberán preparar a sus compañías con las tecnologías habilitantes para obtener el máximo potencial de sus inversiones en IA.

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4 Tips for New Grads Struggling to Find a Job

Harvard Business Review

If you’re a new grad without a job lined up, you may be feeling anxious about the current market. During this time, it’s useful to remember that the demand of labor is constantly fluctuating and varies between sectors. When the economy is in a lull, the job search can feel discouraging, but ultimately, such factors are out of your control. To stay motivated, it’s helpful to remind yourself that it’s not a reflection of your individual value or abilities.

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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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3 Key Takeaways From a Business Roundtable with U.S. Cybersecurity Leaders

Ivanti

A new front has opened in American national security. It is being fought in cyberspace, and private businesses in critical industries like energy, healthcare, water and financial services are on the frontlines. This was the message delivered by Congressman Mark Green (R-TN-7) and Jen Easterly, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at a business roundtable in Nashville, Tennessee, this week.

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North American Startup Funding Jumped Higher In Q2

Crunchbase News

North American startup funding perked up in the second quarter, bolstered by early-stage investment around artificial intelligence. Overall, investors put $45.3 billion into seed- through growth-stage financings for U.S. and Canadian startups in the second quarter of 2024. That’s a 30% rise from the prior quarter and a 35% jump from the same period last year.

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Ulta Beauty embraces low-code to deliver better CX

CIO

About six years ago, Ulta Beauty formed a dedicated innovation team to identify technologies that resonate to improve the customer experience. As the VP of digital innovation, Michelle Pacynski heads up this team and oversees around 40 innovators whose job is to leverage new and emerging tech to come up with fresh and creative value propositions for the business.