CIO
APRIL 17, 2024
The retail industry has no shortage of cases on display where generative AI has shown tangible benefits. Take for example French multinational Carrefour, who used it to make digital avatars and videos. They had ChatGPT write the script, and other gen AI tools to create a digital person who reads the script, a scalable process with at least one measurable benefit: speed.
Xebia
APRIL 16, 2024
As everyone has probably noticed in the news, Duet AI, Google’s collaborative AI tool for the Workspace software suite, has recently been renamed Gemini for Workspace. As part of this update, Gemini is being integrated into the Workspace apps. Gemini for Workspace will offer a standalone experience allowing users to chat with Gemini while providing enterprise-level data protection.
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CIO
APRIL 12, 2024
Global banks and investment firms are currently mulling plans to replace entry-level financial analyst positions with artificial intelligence (AI), with as many as two-thirds of these positions potentially on the chopping block. This anticipated move could completely transform how these companies hire new employees and how they manage and deliver the technology employees use.
Agile Alliance
APRIL 12, 2024
We need to reimagine Agile by focusing on innovation, adaptability, and collaboration. The post Agile – One conversation, two views first appeared on Agile Alliance.
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Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 12, 2024
Episode 252: In this episode, David introduces you to 12 effective phrases to help you improve your communication skills and effectively navigate workplace conflict. He organizes these phrases into four critical areas: connection, clarity, curiosity, and commitment. You’ll learn to express care and investment through phrases like, “I care about you, this team, this project.” He encourages you to seek understanding with questions such as, “What would a successful outcome d
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CIO
APRIL 16, 2024
Jason Snyder faces the same challenge nearly all CIOs encounter when looking to fill open positions: a tight labor market, where fierce competition for workers has meant months-long vacancies. Snyder, secretary of the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security and Commonwealth CIO for Massachusetts, responded by overhauling the agency’s recruitment and retention practices.
DevOps.com
APRIL 17, 2024
The XZ attack wasn’t the first, nor will it be the last. Linux dodged a bullet the other day. If the XZ exploit had gone undiscovered for only a few more weeks, millions of Linux systems would have been compromised with a backdoor. We were lucky. But, can we stay lucky?
Xebia
APRIL 15, 2024
Until now, chat messages in the Google Meet chat panel were only visible for those actually joining at the moment the chat message was sent. For us, that was sometimes frustrating, especially when hosting large meetings or webinars where we share a link that all participants should see. From now on, you can pin messages to the top of the meeting chat.
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 17, 2024
In recent years, the duration of C-suite executives’ tenures has become a subject of growing interest and discussion. The traditional model of long-serving executives has shifted, giving way to a more dynamic environment where factors like performance, industry disruptions, and stakeholder expectations play significant roles. A study by Equilar reveals that the median tenure among S&P 500 companies has decreased by 20% from six years in 2013 to 4.8 years in 2022.
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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 17, 2024
Even if you’re an introvert who dreads the notion of networking, you can develop your skills to get out there and do it. Research by the Lehigh@NasdaqCenter, a partnership between Lehigh University and the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, identified make-or-break factors for developing networking skills. They include: the ability to adapt your thinking swiftly in response to changing situations; combating a tendency to focus more on avoiding errors and negative results and instead striving for pos
CEO Insider
APRIL 15, 2024
In today’s volatile markets and global environment, businesses must be able to react quickly to both opportunities and challenges. Therefore, maintaining positive cash flow is more critical than ever before. It’s important to recognize the many points at which cash flow can be impeded, and implement better practices. One key area of particular importance is […] The post Want to boost cash flow?
Xebia
APRIL 15, 2024
Google recently added three new features to Google Meet. As we are used to in Google Meet, some changes are more funny than really useful in business meetings, but a good joke now and then doesn’t hurt, right? What things have changed? First of all, there is the option to combine multiple effects. So you can now add a filter in addition to a standard background at the same time.
AWS Machine Learning - AI
APRIL 16, 2024
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the customer experience in industries across the globe. Customers are building generative AI applications using large language models (LLMs) and other foundation models (FMs), which enhance customer experiences, transform operations, improve employee productivity, and create new revenue channels.
Speaker: Shreya Rajpal, Co-Founder and CEO at Guardrails AI & Travis Addair, Co-Founder and CTO at Predibase
Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT offer unprecedented potential for complex enterprise applications. However, productionizing LLMs comes with a unique set of challenges such as model brittleness, total cost of ownership, data governance and privacy, and the need for consistent, accurate outputs. Putting the right LLMOps process in place today will pay dividends tomorrow, enabling you to leverage the part of AI that constitutes your IP – your data – to build a defensible AI strategy fo
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 17, 2024
As we grow or change, our identity transitions are often invisible — unless we do the work to help others see our changes. This can be particularly true for people who have worked at a company for a long time. If you’re feeling like your colleagues aren’t recognizing your growth, the authors recommend three strategies: 1) Get clear on the differences between how you are perceived and how you want to be perceived; 2) Let go of work you may still be doing that was associated with your previous rol
CIO
APRIL 12, 2024
IT has always been known as a lucrative industry for job seekers, but in the past year, with increased layoffs, some of that confidence has wavered. According to a report from Indeed , a large part of this shift has come as organizations focus more on adopting AI in the workplace. As a result, AI skills are now among the most sought-after skills, even as companies retrench via layoffs.
Next Level Blog
APRIL 16, 2024
One of the constants in my more than two decades of executive coaching is the desire and need to build the muscles required to develop and execute competitive and innovative strategies. It came up with a client again as recently as this month. With a few modifications, here’s the quick outline I offered him on five ways to build your strategic muscles.
Ooda Loop
APRIL 16, 2024
AI versus AI will be the central drama, but the outcome depends profoundly on human choices around how intelligently we govern this technology.
Speaker: Dan Olsen - Product Management Trainer and Consultant, Author, and Speaker
Everyone working on a product is trying to achieve the same goal: product-market fit. But most products fail to do so. In this webinar, product management expert Dan Olsen will share his simple but effective framework for achieving product-market fit from his book The Lean Product Playbook. He will explain his Product-Market Fit Pyramid and The Lean Product Process, a 6-step methodology that guides you through how to: Determine your target customer Identify underserved customer needs Define your
The Daily WTF
APRIL 14, 2024
As oft stated, the specification governing email addresses is complicated, and isn't really well suited for regular expressions. You can get there , but honestly, most applications can get away with checking for something that looks vaguely email like and call it a day. Now, as complicated as the "accurate" regex can get, we can certainly find worse regexes for validating emails.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 15, 2024
High stakes, strong wills, and increasing uncertainty can make decisions at the top of your organization fraught. The backing of a board can mobilize an organization, but a significant divergence of vision and values may lead the board to stall progress on an organization’s highest priorities — and even unseat a CEO. Executives must proactively and productively make covert disagreements overt and foster a healthy dialog with board members.
CIO
APRIL 17, 2024
Certinia has joined the growing ranks of enterprise software vendors turning to generative AI to enhance their offerings. The provider of ERP and professional services automation software based on the Salesforce platform today announced it has added AI-powered features aimed at simplifying common processes for midrange service firms to its latest update.
Tenable
APRIL 12, 2024
A critical severity command injection vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS has been exploited in limited targeted attacks. While a fix is not yet available, patches are expected to be released on April 14 and mitigation steps are available. Background On April 12, Palo Alto Networks released a security advisory for a critical command injection vulnerability affecting PAN-OS, the custom operating system (OS) Palo Alto Networks (PAN) uses in their next-generation firewalls.
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The buzz around generative AI shows no sign of abating in the foreseeable future. Enterprise interest in the technology is high, and the market is expected to gain momentum as organizations move from prototypes to actual project deployments. Ultimately, the market will demand an extensive ecosystem, and tools will need to streamline data and model utilization and management across multiple environments.
Perficient
APRIL 15, 2024
Introduction: In the world of robotic process automation (RPA), Blue Prism stands out as a leading platform that empowers organizations to automate their business processes. While designing and developing automated solutions using Blue Prism is essential, debugging plays a crucial role in ensuring smooth operation and efficient execution. In this blog, we will explore some invaluable debugging techniques in Blue Prism that can help you identify and resolve issues, ultimately optimizing your auto
Crunchbase News
APRIL 16, 2024
In the world of early-stage fundraising, the allure of the Simple Agreement for Future Equity, or SAFE, often seems like a no-brainer choice for entrepreneurs. Designed as a founder-friendly vessel to sail the choppy waters of early-stage funding, a SAFE agreement promises a straightforward path to securing capital without the immediate dilution of ownership or valuation discussions, allowing founders to focus on what they do best: building a company.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 18, 2024
Companies are investing in — and talking about — mental health more often these days. But employees aren’t reporting a corresponding rise in well-being. Why? The author, who wrote a book on mental health and work last year, explores several key ways organizations haven’t gone far enough in implementing a culture of well-being. She also makes five key suggestions on what they can do to improve the mental health of their employees.
CIO
APRIL 16, 2024
It’s Wednesday night. You’re fast asleep aboard the USS Enterprise Star Trek. Suddenly, you wake to an urgent announcement and rush to the bridge of the starship. Captain James T. Kirk is activating warp drive and you see the iconic blurred streaks of light as the spaceship reaches warp speed. Within seconds, you are traveling faster than the speed of light to reach a Klingon war in the Alpha Quadrant–arriving in minutes versus years.
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Tenable
APRIL 12, 2024
Check out CISA’s urgent call for federal agencies to protect themselves from Midnight Blizzard’s breach of Microsoft corporate emails. Plus, a new survey shows cybersecurity pros are guardedly optimistic about AI. Meanwhile, SANS pinpoints the four trends CISOs absolutely must focus on this year. And the NSA is sharing best practices for data security.
Ooda Loop
APRIL 12, 2024
Google’s Cloud Next 2024 has drawn to a close but the news stories keep on coming. One that hasn’t surfaced, however, could well turn out to be the most important, at least from the user security perspective: the use of AI large language models to protect Gmail users from harm.
Crunchbase News
APRIL 16, 2024
Venture funding overall was still sluggish , but cybersecurity startups saw some love from investors in the first quarter of 2024. To be sure, this is not the salad days of 2021 — cybersecurity funding was still down year to year — but the sector saw its best funding quarter in three quarters. All told, cybersecurity startups raised nearly $2.7 billion in 154 deals in Q1, per Crunchbase data.
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