CTO Academy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In this post, Jason Noble, Academy’s Chief Technology Officer, explains the design of highly relevant CTO KPIs and shows you how to a) track them and, more importantly, b) use them to improve performance. Now, the odds are that you’re either a CTO in a start-up or fast-growing company or soon to become one. That […] The post CTO KPIs with Templates and Tracking Procedures – Explained by a Seasoned Chief Technology Officer appeared first on CTO Academy.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

What would happen if, instead of buying the newest iPhone every time Apple launches one, you bought that same amount of Apple stock? There is a tweet floating around saying that if you had bought Apple shares instead of an iPhone every time they came out, you’d have hundreds of millions of dollars.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Women leaders are switching jobs at rates far higher than their male counterparts as they demand more from their employers and show they’re willing to go elsewhere to get it. That trend is substantiated by recent research from McKinsey. Given this reality – and the business world’s drive to create more diverse and inclusive leadership teams – the pressure is now on companies to hold on to the few women leaders they already have.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

As expected, Apple is going to address France’s radiation watchdog’s (ANFR) concerns with a software update for the iPhone 12. Earlier this week, the French agency released a public statement announcing that the iPhone 12 breaches radiation levels.

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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

After laying off 8,000 staffers in January, Salesforce is now planning to hire at least 3,300 employees. The plan includes rehiring some of the former employees. Salesforce is looking at a large recruitment drive as it plans to invest in new areas such as generative AI and push some of its popular products, such as the Data Cloud, CEO Marc Benioff, and chief operating officer Brian Millham told Bloomberg in an interview.

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Agile Alliance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Tired of dark/flaccid/zombie/corporate Agile, endless meetings, and only lip service to autonomy, one guy and his team found a way to put the self-organization back into Agile and the host organization. The post One Dancing XP Guy Found a Fix to Dark Agile first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

It’s been a long time coming but TikTok has finally been found in breach of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in relation to its handling of children’s data.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

What do you do to help your team shift from busy to productive? Is your team doing what you asked, but they’re focused on counting the metrics, and how busy they are as opposed to the quality metrics of how well they’re accomplishing those tasks? In this episode, we look at three busy day examples and what was preventing each team from being productive, even though they were busy.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Raghav Poddar was studying computer science at Columbia University when he became intrigued by the challenges restaurant owners were facing maintaining an online presence. A self-described “foodie,” Poddar — who didn’t have much time to cook meals — was a heavy user of food delivery and pickup services in New York City.

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IT leaders know the importance of compliance at every level, but the database often gets left behind as other environments are automated for robust protection. This whitepaper emphasizes the importance of robust, auditable, and secure database change management practices for safeguarding organizational compliance. Learn how automating database compliance: Mitigates risk Protects against security vulnerabilities Helps avoid regulatory penalties Aligns database workflows with app lifecycle Turns d

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InfoQ Culture Methods

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Over the last 30 years, the world has become connected and digital. Open source is how we do modern software development, stitching together downloaded open-source libraries, frameworks, and other code to create new applications or functionality. This is why every developer and senior staff+ roles need to know what open source is and how it works.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

X (formerly Twitter) this week changed how its crowdsourced fact-checking Community Notes feature works. In the new design, users will be able to review all the notes that have been proposed as annotations to an X post, rather than just the one note they’re currently reviewing.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Businesses can’t improve operations without honest and substantive feedback. Customers can be reluctant to provide it, for several reasons. Companies can try to overcome this by focusing feedback requests on improvement (not employee assessment), focusing on customer actions instead of words, and approaching the gathering of feedback as a habit rather than an occasional effort.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Apple announced the iPhone 15 series with a USB-C port in place of Lightning at its Wonderlust event on September 12. Last year, the Dynamic Island was exclusive to the Pro models. This year, all iPhone models get it. Catch up on all of our Apple Event 2023 coverage here.

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Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Tenable

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Tasked with securing your org’s new AI systems? Check out a new Google paper with tips and best practices. Plus, open source security experts huddled at a conference this week – find out what they talked about. Also, Uncle Sam says it’s time to prep for deepfake attacks. And much more! Dive into six things that are top of mind for the week ending September 15. 1 - Google: The ins and outs of securing AI systems As businesses adopt artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity teams get tasked w

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Former WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar has joined the board of directors at the online gaming platform company Roblox. The appointment, which was effective as of September 13, will see Kilar joining board chairman and Roblox CEO David Baszucki, as well as lead independent director Anthony P.

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TechSoup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Do you feel like you're using too many apps? Do you find yourself jumping between several different pieces of software to complete a given task? Do you feel like you're wasting time and energy by entering information into multiple places?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Ethical AI requires a deep understanding of what there is, what we want, what we think we know, and how intelligence unfolds.

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Multi-tenant architecture allows software vendors to realize tremendous efficiencies by maintaining a single application stack instead of separate database instances while meeting data privacy needs. When you use a data warehouse to power your multi-tenant analytics, the proper approach is vital. Multi-tenant analytics is NOT the primary use case with traditional data warehouses, causing data security challenges.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In its negotiations with the Big 3 car companies, the United Auto Workers’ priority is maximizing pay increases for its members. The UAW and many other trade unions should be equally concerned about the impact of AI and automation on jobs and how to prepare their members for this new world.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Before diving into the options for managing your funds, let’s first determine what actually counts as “liquid cash” to run your business.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

“People sustainability” brings a holistic approach to previously disconnected efforts, such as DEI, well-being, purpose, safety, and learning and development.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A year ago, the average successful slide deck contained 19 slides. Today, the average slide deck contains 16 topics. So, should founders still be striving to shorten their decks even more?

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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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DevOps.com

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A survey from BMC found organizations continue to invest in mainframe applications alongside distributed computing environments.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Heed this final call! It’s time for all you last-minute decision makers, fence-sitters and procrastinators to shake a leg, because today is the last day that you can grab a discount on a pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Andrew McAfee is a principal research scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Throughout his career, he has done ground-breaking research on how digital technologies are changing the world. He is a prolific writer, a frequent contributor to HBR and other outlets, and a sought-after commentator on technological change – especially, these days, on the potential of generative AI.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. I know it’s perhaps unfair to assume that angels have the same approach to investors as professional, institutional pre-seed investors. And yet, amateur investors could def do with taking a couple of leaves out of the pro playbook.

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“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Perficient

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Mark Your Calendars Date: Wednesday, October 25th | Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT Are you ready to take your e-commerce game to the next level? Join us for an illuminating session hosted by Perficient’s seasoned commerce experts. We’re here to demystify complexities, share real-world success stories, and provide you with actionable advice to steer your migration to SAP Commerce Cloud.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Firefly Aerospace successfully launched a satellite for the U.S. Space Force last night with just 24 hours’ notice, in a record-setting demonstration of rapid launch capabilities for national security missions. The Space Force gave Firefly notice to launch on September 13, at which point the 24-hour clock started ticking.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A review of more than 3,500 research papers shows how “field building” helps investors have a more positive impact on the environment and society.

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