N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

To attract and retain top-tier talent in a competitive market, organizations must adopt innovative strategies that help identify the right candidates and create a cultural environment where they can thrive. Leveraging Technology for Smarter Hiring Embracing technology is imperative for optimizing talent acquisition strategies.

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CIO

DECEMBER 26, 2024

An IT consultant is a technology professional who advises and supports business clients in designing, developing, and executing technology projects in service of business goals. IT consultants are often hired to provide companies guidance on what technologies they should use to achieve their aims, according to career website Indeed.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Many CEOs want to keep up with the market, including making the most of major IT advancements , while many CIOs may be focused on “keeping the lights on” by ensuring the organization’s existing technology is available and secure, says Edward Kipp, CIO at SDI Presence, an IT consulting and managed services provider.

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CIO

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Focused on digitization and innovation and closely aligned with lines of business, some 40% of IT leaders surveyed in CIO.com’s State of the CIO Study 2024 characterize themselves as transformational, while a quarter (23%) consider themselves functional: still optimizing, modernizing, and securing existing technology infrastructure.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Official projections estimate the market could grow to $8.4 This tool aims to help companies make informed decisions as they develop and implement AI technologies. A public consultation launched alongside the tool will collect industry feedback to enhance its effectiveness. billion in revenue, the UK government said.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

We began by combining teams focused on customer experience (CX) products, including support, sales and marketing, and reallocating people and investments to prioritize our fastest growing employee experience (EX) business. This is “the start of a continued wave of layoffs across industries due to advancements in AI.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

To drive change, a reworking of what defines CIO/IT success is needed, with a focus on strategic business goals, innovation, and market differentiation. IDC’s CIO Sentiment Survey, July 2024, n = 395 The gap between digital transformation aspirations and outcomes is partly due to how CIOs and IT leaders are measured.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In markets such as India, Brazil, and the United Arab Emirates, AI usage exceeds the levels in so-called mature markets. In the UAE, 91% of consumers know GenAI and 34% use these technologies. This highlights the region’s commitment to integrating AI across industries.

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Technical Review Artificial Intelligence Artificial Inteligence Technology 128

Crunchbase News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

By Marie Nielsen Venture capital has grown out of Silicon Valley and become global by default, mirroring the industry that receives the majority of its attention: tech. Unsurprisingly for an emerging VC market, competition is particularly pronounced in the earlier stages. Fund managers in the U.S.

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Crunchbase News

JANUARY 6, 2025

Although 2024 was another exceptionally lackluster year for new public offerings, the IPO market could gain momentum in 2025 after its three-year lull. With that in mind, here are 13 companies that the Crunchbase News team thinks could be top contenders to go public if our 2025 market forecast bears out. That made sense.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

What really matters is determining how to fit every function together to achieve unified goals — chiefly IT and its business counterparts, given the importance technology has organizationwide. It allows businesses to be the best technologically enabled version of themselves,” Upchurch says.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

In a competitive job market, recruiting the right talent efficiently and effectively can set your organization apart. By evaluating the key stages of your recruitment process against industry standards, you can identify areas of improvement, optimize hiring strategies, and ultimately make better hiring decisions.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

MARCH 4, 2025

As systems scale, conducting thorough AWS Well-Architected Framework Reviews (WAFRs) becomes even more crucial, offering deeper insights and strategic value to help organizations optimize their growing cloud environments. This time efficiency translates to significant cost savings and optimized resource allocation in the review process.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

In a review of the year published last week, the firm noted that 21 companies in its portfolio have raised more than $33 million in funding. ” Badamosi, who returned to Nigeria from the UK in 2015, worked as the general manager for Starta Africa, an online community for African tech entrepreneurs. The rest were unannounced.

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CIO

MARCH 7, 2025

For CIOs, the message was clear: Efficiency, future-ready technology, and innovative workforce strategies are essential. Investing in automation technologies can significantly reduce waste and downtime. Investing in automation to streamline service delivery and prioritizing CX technologies will help maintain industry leadership.

Technical Review 137

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CIO

DECEMBER 11, 2024

According to Baris Sarer, who leads the AI division of Deloittes technology, media, entertainment and telecommunications industry practice, Metas Llama model is the one that shows up most in industry deployments, followed by Mistral. Meta originally went to market with a number of smaller models, says Sarer.

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CIO

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Set for Tuesday 19 November, the CIO100 ASEAN Awards event will bring together the top senior technology executives and teams in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong driving innovation and influencing rapid change. All nominations have been reviewed by a select and independent judging panel comprising CIO.com editors and industry analysts.

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CIO

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Our history is rooted in a traditional distribution model of marketing, selling, and shipping vendor products to our resellers. Instead, we own the mode of connection between OEMs, technology brands, vendors, and hundreds of thousands of resellers. What were the technical considerations moving from a distribution model to a platform?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Two years ago, the African tech ecosystem saw newfound attention from global players that translated to the continent’s best year of receiving venture capital. From varying sources, it is estimated up to $2 billion went into African tech startups in 2019. AfricArena, a tech ecosystem accelerator, pegged deals to close between $2.25

Technical Review 348

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CIO

JANUARY 10, 2025

Despite the many concerns around generative AI, businesses are continuing to explore the technology and put it into production, the 2025 AI and Data Leadership Executive Benchmark Survey revealed. Last year, only 5% of respondents said they had put the technology into production at scale; this year 24% have done so.

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CIO

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Set clear, measurable metrics around what you want to improve with generative AI, including the pain points and the opportunities, says Shaown Nandi, director of technology at AWS. A second area is improving data quality and integrating systems for marketing departments, then tracking how these changes impact marketing metrics.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

From customer service chatbots to marketing teams analyzing call center data, the majority of enterprises—about 90% according to recent data —have begun exploring AI. Adopting Operational AI Organizations looking to adopt Operational AI must consider three core implementation pillars: people, process, and technology.

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CIO

DECEMBER 4, 2024

That may be a key tension unfolding for the 2025 IT hiring market, as evidenced by IT recruitment firm Harvey Nash stepping back from the ramifications of its own recent survey of CIOs, who were decidedly pessimistic about IT hiring in the new year. The rate of new technologies is rapidly accelerating. Their worries did not come true.”

Technical Review 193

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Crunchbase News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

By Katie Vasquez The aerospace and defense sectors face a pivotal moment as geopolitical tensions rise, labor shortages increase and technological innovation accelerates, driving demand for modernizing military and aerospace operations. Where investors see traction The defense industry is not just home to established corporate players.

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Crunchbase News

MARCH 13, 2025

The data shows that they developed their skills at tech giants, elite universities and even military organizations. From employees to entrepreneurs One quarter of unicorn founders previously worked in scientific research or technology development. Tech giants serve as particularly effective training grounds.

Technical Review 130

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CIO

MARCH 4, 2025

However, this figure varies depending on industry and company size. Credit: The Business Impact of Downtime Across Operational Segments , IDC, September 2024; IDC IT/OT Convergence Survey, August 2024, n = 1,041 When ransomware strikes (a disaster almost all technology leaders will experience), the disruption can last for days or even weeks.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Now tech companies across industries are poised for an even better year, according to more than a dozen investors we talked to in the country. Other investors felt that a broader range of industries, like fintech and biotech, would eventually produce the biggest companies in the country. Oh, and one more thing.

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Xebia

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Being ready means understanding why you need that technology and what it is. The time when Hardvard Business Review posted the Data Scientist to be the “Sexiest Job of the 21st Century” is more than a decade ago [1]. Data Science profiles are more abundant in the market than ever before. MLOps is not just about tech.

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Crunchbase News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Venture funding for defense tech startups grew last year, but despite some large and notable funding rounds the total amount invested was lower than some might have anticipated. Upswing for defense Still, defense tech had a good year in 2024, with an increase in both dollars and deals.

Technical Review 81

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CIO

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Sometimes it actually creates more work than it saves due to legal and compliance issues, hallucinations, and other issues. These technologies can produce more content that everyone needs to consume and be aware of,” says Anita Woolley, professor at Carnegie Mellon University. With too many tools, you’re always playing catch up.

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CIO

AUGUST 15, 2024

Meanwhile, “traditional” AI technologies in use at the time, including machine learning, deep learning, and predictive analysis, continue to prove their value to many organizations, he says. As the gen AI hype subsides, Stephenson sees IT leaders reevaluating their strategies in favor of other AI technologies.

Technical Review 214

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CIO

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

At its Microsoft Ignite 2024 show in Chicago this week, Microsoft and industry partner experts showed off the power of small language models (SLMs) with a new set of fine-tuned, pre-trained AI models using industry-specific data. The company notes that customers can also use the models to configure agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

One year after raising $16 million , construction technology company Buildots is back to claim another $30 million, this time in Series B funding. The three-year-old company, with headquarters in Tel Aviv and London, is leveraging artificial intelligence computer vision technology to address construction inefficiencies.

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CIO

JANUARY 5, 2025

Research from Gartner, for example, shows that approximately 30% of generative AI (GenAI) will not make it past the proof-of-concept phase by the end of 2025, due to factors including poor data quality, inadequate risk controls, and escalating costs. [1] AI in action The benefits of this approach are clear to see.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

The global downturn has impacted every sector, but fintech bore the brunt of it as public-market valuations fell off a cliff last year. However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2024

In todays competitive job market, its not enough for companies to just fill open positions. Why its important: A shorter Time to Hire generally reflects an efficient recruitment process, allowing your team to remain productive and ensuring that candidates dont lose interest due to a lengthy hiring process.

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Crunchbase News

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

startups raised half a billion dollars apiece, and another eight raised $100 million or more, with industries from cybersecurity to biotech to AI represented. tied) Insider , $500M, digital marketing: Marketing tech platform Insider raised a $500 million Series E led by General Atlantic to fund its expansion in the U.S.

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