Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
AUGUST 14, 2024
Researchers created the AI Risk Repository to consolidate data. One of their findings? Misinformation is the least-addressed AI threat.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 14, 2024
Eleven out of 12 top-down target transformations fail to achieve their goals, with only a fraction of theoretically “executed” or “realized” improvements translating to the corporate ledger. In this article, Bain & Co partner Michael Mankins summarizes Bain research findings that show what actions make the difference between success and failure in setting and achieving transformation targets.
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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.
DevOps.com
AUGUST 14, 2024
DevSecOps isn't just ticking boxes; it is about weaving security into the fabric of software creation from start to finish, which not only tightens protection but also speeds things up and keeps us on the right side of regulations.
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AWS Machine Learning - AI
AUGUST 14, 2024
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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Aqua Security
AUGUST 14, 2024
Aqua Nautilus researchers discovered a new variant of Gafgyt botnet. This campaign is targeting machines with weak SSH passwords, executing 2 binaries from memory to increase the Gafgyt botnet and mine crypto currency with GPU power, indicating that the IoT botnet is targeting more robust servers running on cloud native environments. In this blog we explain about the campaign, the techniques used and how to detect and protect your environments.
Crunchbase News
AUGUST 14, 2024
This has not been the year many in the deal-making industry were hoping for when it came to M&A activity, as deal flow remains tepid at best and investors search for liquidity. However, tech’s current darling — AI — may be offering hope with notable deals (as well as some “non-deals”) being made and more big-name startups being bandied about as targets for the warming acquisitive nature of Big Tech.
thoughtLEADERS, LLC
AUGUST 12, 2024
Differentiating your business and making it stand out isn’t about cosmetic external attributes. It’s about sharing the internal elements that make your business different. Today’s post is from Winnie Brignac Hart, co-author of Stand Out. Today, we’re bombarded with marketing messages from every side – the New York Times estimates over 5,000 messages every day.
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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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?
CIO
AUGUST 15, 2024
Generative AI has been hyped so much over the past two years that observers see an inevitable course correction ahead — one that should prompt CIOs to rethink their gen AI strategies. But while whispers of a gen AI bubble grow louder, a full burst may not be in the offing, as many AI experts see investment continuing even after some IT leaders, among others, push back on the technology’s hype.
Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 16, 2024
Do This, Not That, For Better Business Storytelling Done well, strategic storytelling will make you If you want to be a better storyteller, avoid these storytelling mistakes. Avoid These Strategic Storytelling Mistakes You want to be a better strategic storyteller, so how do you up your game? How do you tell a memorable story that has the impact you desire?
Martin Fowler
AUGUST 15, 2024
Much of the attention to generative AI in software development is about generating code. But it may have a more useful role in helping us understand existing code. This is especially true for older codebases that are getting hard to maintain ("legacy") or to improve onboarding in teams that have a lot of fluctuation. Birgitta Böckeler demonstrates the possibilities here by picking an issue from an open-source hospital management system and exploring how AI could help her deal with it.
Crunchbase News
AUGUST 15, 2024
Just as it looks like the pace of creating new unicorns is once again picking up , so is minting them in earlier stages of funding. Through July, 70 new unicorns — private companies valued at $1 billion or more — had been minted. Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, 28 of those companies were granted their unicorn horn after an early-stage funding round — defined as seed, Series A or Series B — an analysis of Crunchbase data shows.
Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali
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.
CIO
AUGUST 15, 2024
Most IT and information security leaders are very familiar with the term VUCA. Standing for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, it encapsulates the world we’re operating in today, one that is only going to grow more complex and uncertain over time. The best cybersecurity leaders are not only intensely aware of this reality; they’re also intentionally focused on developing and implementing strategies for thriving in a VUCA world and creating a pipeline of future-ready cyber leader
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 12, 2024
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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.
Crunchbase News
AUGUST 16, 2024
Andreessen Horowitz , General Catalyst and Khosla Ventures were the most-active U.S. investors leading Series A and B rounds globally in the first half of 2024. The three topped a list of 13 investors that made seven or more early-stage investments. We found that the majority of the more active investors listed above increased their pace from a year earlier, an indication that the venture markets could be picking up.
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CIO
AUGUST 16, 2024
Next time you settle into your airline seat, it might be worth setting aside the reports and spreadsheets and instead turn this time into an opportunity for big-picture thinking. Load a smart read onto your phone or e-reader or crack the spine of a new book and delve into some thought leadership on everything from leading an amazing team to building a productive company culture to reaching for a better mindset for guiding your organization forward.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2024
The authors’ research found that three persistent problems plague DEI initiatives: They do not connect to operational or strategic goals and objectives; they do not include the rank-and-file; and they are often implemented through periodic efforts like annual diversity training that aren’t integrated into day-to-day work processes. Organizations can overcome these problems by using IT in three ways.
DevOps.com
AUGUST 12, 2024
This week's five DevOps job postings include a remote CI/CD engineer role at CrowdStrike and a DevOps engineer at BAE Systems.
Crunchbase News
AUGUST 16, 2024
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2024 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding rounds here. This week definitely saw a slowdown in big rounds, with only three deals breaking the $100 million mark.
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.
CIO
AUGUST 14, 2024
Between building gen AI features into almost every enterprise tool it offers, adding the most popular gen AI developer tool to GitHub — GitHub Copilot is already bigger than GitHub when Microsoft bought it — and running the cloud powering OpenAI, Microsoft has taken a commanding lead in enterprise gen AI. Beyond the ubiquity of ChatGPT, CIOs will find obvious advantages working with a familiar enterprise supplier that understands their needs better than many AI startups, and promises integration
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 16, 2024
The discipline of archery, with training that emphasizes purposeful practice, mindful focus, mental toughness, and adaptability, offers useful lessons for business leaders. Just as archers break the skill of using a bow and arrow to hit a target from distance into component parts, such as stance or aim, executives can break the task of “becoming a better leader” into specific, actionable, and manageable steps.
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.
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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CIO
AUGUST 16, 2024
To the over 40 million people who travel to Las Vegas every year, the city is all about entertainment that ranges from shopping and gambling, to sport, nightlife, and world-renowned dining. But for the 650,000 people who call Las Vegas home, the realities can be more routine than glamorous. For these people, this is where they live and work, where their children go to school, where they walk their dog, and grocery shop.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 16, 2024
Not everyone can be the first choice for a job. But recent research has found that when a new employee finds out or perceives they were not the top pick, it can have cascading negative impacts on their feelings of acceptance and belonging, as well as their willingness to seek important feedback from their team. In this article, the researchers share their findings and offer tips for managers and leaders looking to support alternate choice hires and help them to thrive.
Tenable
AUGUST 13, 2024
7 Critical 80 Important 1 Moderate 0 Low Microsoft addresses 88 CVEs with seven critical vulnerabilities and 10 zero-day vulnerabilities, six of which were exploited in the wild. Microsoft patched 88 CVEs in its August 2024 Patch Tuesday release, with seven rated critical, 80 rated as important, and one rated as moderate. This month’s update includes patches for: NET and Visual Studio Azure Connected Machine Agent Azure CycleCloud Azure Health Bot Azure IoT SDK Azure Stack Line Printer Daemon Se
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