DevOps.com
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Cloud migration is no longer a question of if—it’s a matter of when. But the mere mention of it can cause IT security leaders to conjure up images of data breaches, compliance nightmares and loss of access control.
Crunchbase News
OCTOBER 1, 2024
By Rob Biederman Starting a company is equal parts thrilling and daunting. As someone who has navigated the complex landscape of entrepreneurship and raised $125 million from top venture investors to build my company, I often reflect on the lessons I’ve learned along the way. Rob Biederman of Asymmetric Capital Partners I now run my own venture capital firm, Asymmetric Capital Partners , where we’ve made 83 investments in early-stage companies.
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Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Researchers analyzed data from more than 1,000 customer-centricity transformation projects over the past 25 years. They found that only 15% of CEOs and sales teams have a customer-centric strategy. Most run their company or customer relationships based on a product-focused mindset, which puts the onus on finding a market to sell one’s products to, rather than orchestrating growth together with customers.
CEO Insider
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Have you ever wondered what a non-obvious thinker is? If you could see the world just a little differently or try something new, what would you change in your personal and professional life? Can non-obvious thinking be applied in the business sector? A fascinating world opens up when discussing with Rohit Bhargava and Ben duPont. […] The post An exclusive interview with Rohit Bhargava and Ben duPont appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.
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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Hurricane Helene's devastation highlights a need for more people to have easier access to satellite messaging. Here are your options right now.
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CIO
OCTOBER 2, 2024
According to Kari Briski, VP of AI models, software, and services at Nvidia, successfully implementing gen AI hinges on effective data management and evaluating how different models work together to serve a specific use case. While a few elite organizations like Nvidia use gen AI for things like designing new chips, most have settled on less sophisticated use cases that employ simpler models, and can focus on achieving excellence in data management.
Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 4, 2024
To attract volunteer leaders, invest in connection, clarity, curiosity, and commitment. Shortly after joining a new church, the council president enthusiastically revealed that I (Karin) was part of their “volunteer leadership succession plan.” I politely declined and spent the next month working to act less “leader-like” at church. Plus, I figured if I skipped coffee hour, I could dodge the recruiters.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Silicon Valley often touts rapid scaling as the best strategy for achieving startup success. However, new research reveals that scaling early, particularly within the first 12 months, significantly raises the risk of startup failure, especially for two-sided platforms. The key takeaway for entrepreneurs: Be cautious with early scaling and prioritize a culture of experimentation.
Symantec
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Attacks continue after indictment naming North Korean suspect.
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CIO
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Hannah Calhoon, vice president of AI for Indeed, uses artificial intelligence “to make existing tasks faster, easier, higher quality and more effective.” She points to a recent initiative in which the job matching and hiring platform company started using large language models (LLMs) to add a highly customized sentence or two to the emails it sends to job seekers about open positions that match their qualifications.
Crunchbase News
OCTOBER 3, 2024
This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here. Investors still can’t get enough of AI. That’s the most obvious takeaway from a quick glance of funding numbers for the just-completed third quarter. In Q3, AI-related startups raised $18.9 billion, per Crunchbase. That is the second-largest quarter for AI funding — behind only Q2, which saw $23.4 billion invested — since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Automakers must forge strategic partnerships, invest in local R&D, and cultivate a brand identity that resonates with Chinese consumers.
DevOps.com
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Sonar, in addition to adding generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its core platform for remediation vulnerabilities, also unveiled a tool that identifies vulnerabilities in code generated by artificial intelligence (AI) platforms.
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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
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Accenture and Nvidia announced an expanded partnership Wednesday with Accenture’s new Nvidia business group focused on helping customers rapidly scale AI adoption. Accenture said the new group will use Accenture’s AI Refinery platform — built on the Nvidia AI stack, including Nvidia AI Foundry, Nvidia AI Enterprise, and Nvidia Omniverse — to help clients create a foundation for use of agentic AI.
Crunchbase News
OCTOBER 2, 2024
As AI continues to revolutionize industries, the traditional SaaS pricing model, based on a per-seat or per-user approach, is rapidly becoming outdated. With AI-driven tools now capable of handling tasks previously done by humans, fewer “seats” are required, making the per-seat model less relevant. Salesforce 1 has already taken steps in this direction by announcing its new Agentforce platform , which will charge $2 per conversation instead of by user or seat.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Research shows that video games can help build employees’ cognitive, social, and emotional skills. It’s time to end the stigma against them.
Xebia
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Bringing Naturalis’ Specimens to Life: A Journey with Generative AI A Whim That Sparked an Idea It all started with a spur-of-the-moment visit to the Naturalis Biodiversity Center , a place I had never been before. Wandering through its impressive collection of animal specimens — static and perfectly preserved — I found myself awestruck by the sheer variety and detail.
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CIO
OCTOBER 3, 2024
CIOs have been moving workloads from legacy platforms to the cloud for more than a decade but the rush to AI may breathe new life into an old enterprise friend: the mainframe. At least IBM believes so. Rather than pull away from big iron in the AI era, Big Blue is leaning into it, with plans in 2025 to release its next-generation Z mainframe , with a Telum II processor and Spyre AI Accelerator Card, positioned to run large language models (LLMs) and machine learning models for fraud detection an
Crunchbase News
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Global venture funding in the third quarter of 2024 reached $66.5 billion, Crunchbase data shows. That’s down 16% quarter over quarter and 15% year over year from the $78 billion invested in Q3 2023. We are now nine or 10 quarters into the current startup funding decline. This past quarter was the second below the $70 billion mark since the start of the current venture funding downturn, according to Crunchbase data.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
After the big Covid-19 whipsaw, the most obvious forms of supply chain distress started to fade away. But the relative peace and quiet that executives are perceiving is actually ominous. Under the surface, supply chain risk has become severe, systemic, and strategic. Addressing the risk cannot be left to procurement and operations teams alone, however smart and skillful they are.
The Crazy Programmer
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Programming has persisted in assuming the status of a wonder of the modern economy because of the critical function that it plays in the process of driving technological change in different fields of human endeavor. When talking about modern software development, applications using artificial intelligence or machine learning , coding is the core basis of it.
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CIO
OCTOBER 1, 2024
The European Commission has appointed a group of AI specialists to outline how businesses should comply with forthcoming AI regulations. The group includes prominent figures like AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, former UK government adviser Nitarshan Rajkumar, and Stanford University fellow Marietje Schaake. They will oversee four working groups, each focusing on different aspects of AI governance — transparency and copyright, risk identification and assessment, technical risk mitigation, and internal
Crunchbase News
OCTOBER 4, 2024
The past quarter was a quirky one for North America startup funding, with a slowdown in some pockets counterbalanced by continued high enthusiasm around artificial intelligence, Crunchbase data shows. Overall, the number and size of funding rounds to North American startups slowed sequentially in the third quarter based on reported investments. However, the tallies did not include an enormous $6.6 billion financing for OpenAI that was widely reported in Q3 but only officially announced this week
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
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DevOps.com
OCTOBER 2, 2024
A survey of more than 500 DevOps practitioners finds less than half (47%) of respondents work for organizations that regularly employ best DevSecOps practices. Conducted by Techstrong Research, an arm of the TechStrong Group, which is also the parent organization of DevOps.
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CIO
OCTOBER 1, 2024
AI is top of mind for workers who have an eye on how the technology will impact their day-to-day jobs and long-term career prospects. And for good reason as 92% of IT jobs are expected to be transformed by AI , rendering 74% of IT pros fearful that AI will make their skills obsolete. A recent survey from Skillsoft sheds additional light on these dynamics.
Crunchbase News
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Last week we talked about how corporate venture investments were actually down through the past two years , despite big investments in AI by the likes of Microsoft and Google. However, that doesn’t mean large U.S. corporations and their venture arms are not leading a lot of rounds — and some big ones at that. The likes of GV , Salesforce Ventures 1 and M12 top the list so far this year in terms of rounds led or co-led by U.S.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 4, 2024
A new study sheds light on why we choose to do things early, even if it means we have to pay more or work harder.
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