Tue.May 14, 2024

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Data Fetching Patterns in Single-Page Applications

Martin Fowler

Juntao Qiu is a thoughtful front-end developer experienced with the React programming environment. He's contributed a couple of useful articles to this site, describing helpful patterns for front-end programming. In this article he describes patterns for how single-page applications fetch data. This first installment describes how asynchronous queries can be wrapped in a handler to provide information about the state of the query.

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Private cloud makes its comeback, thanks to AI

CIO

Private cloud providers may be among the key beneficiaries of today’s generative AI gold rush as, once seemingly passé in favor of public cloud, CIOs are giving private clouds — either on-premises or hosted by a partner — a second look. At the center of this shift is increasing acknowledgement that to support AI workloads and to contain costs, enterprises long-term will land on a hybrid mix of public and private cloud.

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AI, Web3 And E-Commerce Led For New Unicorns In April 2024

Crunchbase News

Eleven companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in April 2024 — a big jump up from the six companies that joined in April 2023 but still a fraction of the 40 added to the board in April 2022. The AI, Web3 and e-commerce sectors each added two companies to the board, Crunchbase data shows. Of the 11 new unicorns created last month, six are U.S.-based, with one each from Germany, France, Brazil, Cayman Islands and Australia.

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Adobe introduces AI assistant to help enterprises exploit data held in PDFs

CIO

Adobe has unveiled a new artificial intelligence assistant that integrates with its widely used Acrobat PDF software, promising to help enterprise workers save hours each week by making it easier to extract insights and information from digital documents. Acrobat AI Assistant for enterprise is an add-on to Adobe’s Acrobat product that will enable employees to quickly generate summaries of lengthy, complex documents, get answers to specific questions, create initial drafts of written content, and

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10 Rules for Managing Apache Cassandra

It’s no surprise that Apache Cassandra has emerged as a popular choice for organizations of all sizes seeking a powerful solution to manage their data at a scale—but with great power comes great responsibility. Due to the inherent complexity of distributed databases, this white paper will uncover the 10 rules you’ll want to know when managing Apache Cassandra.

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Microsoft’s May 2024 Patch Tuesday Addresses 59 CVEs (CVE-2024-30051, CVE-2024-30040)

Tenable

1 Critical 57 Important 1 Moderate 0 Low Microsoft addresses 59 CVEs in its May 2024 Patch Tuesday release with one critical vulnerability and three zero-day vulnerabilities, two of which were exploited in the wild. Microsoft patched 59 CVEs in its May 2024 Patch Tuesday release, with one rated critical, 57 rated as important and 1 rated as moderate.

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No Country for No-Code: Are We Heading Towards a Wild West of Software Security?

DevOps.com

The specter of an untrained employee creating applications is alarming: No-code/low-code platforms empower employees with no application security knowledge to develop programs that security teams don’t know exist.

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What most CIOs get wrong about strategic IT plans

CIO

Wonder why Elon Musk wants to land people on Mars? It’s because any Martian business will enjoy an insurmountable advantage: With a 687 earth-days long year, Martian enterprises will go through about half the number of budgeting cycles their terrestrial competitors do. In my younger and more sarcastic days I used to needle my friend the budgeting manager, who was also responsible for reviewing capital project proposals to ensure their projected ROI exceeded the hurdle rate.

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4 Resume Mistakes to Avoid When You Don’t Have Much Experience

Harvard Business Review

Understanding the common mistakes job candidates make on resumes, and how to overcome them, can set you apart from your competitors. The first mistake is including irrelevant work experience. Instead, only add roles that are relevant to the position you’re applying for. The second is customizing your resume. While it’s in your benefit to adjust your resume to better match the job description, over-tuning your resume for every application can be a waste of time — and end up slowing down your sear

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He aquí las prioridades actuales de los CEO para los líderes de IT

CIO

Lawrence Bilker puede desgranar fácilmente los valores empresariales que deben aportar sus iniciativas de TI: mejores experiencias para empleados y clientes, más información a partir de los datos para permitir una toma de decisiones más inteligente y más inteligencia para mejorar las operaciones. En general, los proyectos de TI pretenden crear una empresa más ágil y rentable, afirma Bilker, CIO del fabricante Lift Solutions Holding.

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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production

Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI pr

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Navigating Trust and Data in Healthcare Marketing

Perficient

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, trust reigns supreme. As consumers increasingly rely on data to inform their decisions, the healthcare industry faces a pressing need to not only meet but exceed expectations. With disruptive forces emerging from various corners, healthcare organizations find themselves in a race to create personalized experiences that foster lasting engagement and trust.

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Grupo Bimbo adopta la IA para empoderar a su fuerza laboral

CIO

Grupo Bimbo adopta la inteligencia artificial (IA) con el firme propósito de continuar innovando, en esta ocasión también de puertas para adentro. El gigante de la industria alimentaria buscaba reunir las políticas de cumplimiento del Grupo en un solo lugar y facilitar a los empleados su consulta de forma rápida y sencilla a través de un buscador que les permitiera también interactuar, hacer preguntas y llegar a la información gracias a una experiencia personalizada y en los diferentes idiomas q

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Russia puts submarine-launched Bulava intercontinental missile into service

Ooda Loop

On Tuesday, Russian state media announced the introduction of its submarine-launched Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile to its nuclear arsenal. Since the inception of the war in Ukraine, Putin has warned against direct intervention by NATO troops with potential consequences including nuclear conflict.

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2024 CIO50 Saudi Arabia Awards: Nominations are now open

CIO

CIO is proud to launch the third edition of CIO50 Awards in Saudi Arabia, recognising the top 50 senior technology executives driving innovation, strengthening resiliency and influencing rapid change. Reflective of Foundry’s (formerly IDG Communications) increasing commitment to the region, CIO50 is aligned to a global awards program and viewed as a mark of excellence within the enterprise.

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10 Rules for Managing Apache Kafka

Without proper guidance, it’s easy to miss out on Kafka’s full capabilities. While not the easiest technology to optimize, Kafka rewards those willing to explore its depths. Under the hood, it is an elegant system for stream processing, event sourcing, and data integration. Download this white paper to learn the 10 critical rules that will help you optimize your Kafka system and unlock its full potential.

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Making Marketing More Effective with AI

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Marketing teams have been using machine learning for more than a decade. In the early days of Big Data, it was common to hear people say that marketing was Data’s killer app. As data science has evolved into artificial intelligence, people in marketing and sales have discovered a variety of ways of using data to make them more productive: helping to find the right audiences in their ad targeting, predicting just the right time to land an email in a recipient’s inbox to maximize the chances of ge

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La nube privada vuelve a entrar en escena gracias a la IA

CIO

Los proveedores de nube privada pueden estar entre los principales beneficiarios de la actual fiebre del oro de la IA generativa, ya que los CIO, que antes parecían estar pasados de moda en favor de la nube pública, están echando un segundo vistazo a las nubes privadas , ya sean locales o alojadas por un socio. En el centro de este cambio está el creciente reconocimiento de que, para soportar las cargas de trabajo de IA y contener los costes, las empresas se decantarán a largo plazo por una comb

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Research: What Companies Don’t Know About How Workers Use AI

Harvard Business Review

Leaders who are exploring how AI might fit into their business operations must not only navigate a vast and ever-changing landscape of tools, but they must also facilitate a significant cultural shift within their organizations. But research shows that leaders do not fully understand their employees’ use of, and readiness for, AI. In addition, a significant number of Americans do not trust business’ use of AI.

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King County enlists AI to reduce drug overdose deaths

CIO

Like many public health agencies across the US, the King County Medical Examiner’s Office tracks drug overdose deaths to target interventions for populations at risk and save lives. In past years, reporting fatal drug overdoses has largely been a paper- and human-driven process in King County, which shares the information with state and federal agencies.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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May 2024 Patch Tuesday

Ivanti

Leading up May’s Patch Tuesday, we have a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge as well as a zero-day in macOS. Microsoft has also included a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities in their update, adding to a total of 61 CVEs resolved. Mozilla and Adobe are adding the lineup of third-party updates releasing today. Microsoft Patch Tuesday Updates Microsoft resolved an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in Windows DWM Core Library ( CVE-2024-30051 ) which has been confi

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China-US AI talks Tuesday have absurdly low expectations

CIO

When key players from the US and China meet today in Switzerland to discuss AI, the stakes couldn’t be higher, and the expectations couldn’t be lower, observers say. Officials from the White House, the US Department of State, and the US Department of Commerce will meet Chinese representatives in Geneva for the talks, which are aimed at exchanging views on understanding and addressing the risks of advanced AI systems.

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Tenable Cloud Security Study Reveals a Whopping 95% of Surveyed Organizations Suffered a Cloud-Related Breach Over an 18-Month Period

Tenable

The finding from the Tenable 2024 Cloud Security Outlook study is a clear sign of the need for proactive and robust cloud security. Read on to learn more about the study’s findings, including the main challenges cloud security teams face, their strategies for better protecting their cloud infrastructure and the tools they use to measure success. Tenable has just published its " 2024 Cloud Security Outlook " report, our annual assessment of organizations’ perceptions and experiences in securing t

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Google unveils PaliGemma, announces Gemma 2

InfoWorld

Google has expanded on its Gemma family of AI models , introducing the PaliGemma vision-language model (VLM) and announcing Gemma 2 , the next generation of Gemma models based on a new architecture. The company also released the LLM Comparator in open source, an addition to its Responsible Generative AI Toolkit.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

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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One Way to Help Employees Build Emergency Savings

Harvard Business Review

Most workers in the U.S. can’t afford unexpected expenses. A partnership between an asset firm and a non-profit created a system for building a cushion.

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The limitations of model fine-tuning and RAG

InfoWorld

The hype and awe around generative AI have waned to some extent. “Generalist” large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4, Gemini (formerly Bard), and Llama whip up smart-sounding sentences, but their thin domain expertise, hallucinations, lack of emotional intelligence, and obliviousness to current events can lead to terrible surprises. Generative AI exceeded our expectations until we needed it to be dependable, not just amusing.

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Delivering Business Innovation with Generative AI Services

Dell EMC

Services align people, processes, data and technology to deliver business results with GenAI.

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Need GPUs? Take a look at microclouds

InfoWorld

As most IT people know, GPUs are in high demand and are critical for running and training generative AI models. The alternative cloud sector, also known as microclouds, is experiencing a significant surge. Businesses such as CoreWeave, Lambda Labs, Voltage Park, and Together AI are at the forefront of this movement. CoreWeave, which started as a cryptocurrency mining venture, has become a major provider of GPU infrastructure.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.

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Analyzing AWS Audit Logs in Real Time Using Confluent Cloud and Amazon EventBridge

Confluent

Explore the practical applications of using the Destinations EventBridge API to send data in real time to Confluent, enabling a myriad of use cases. In the blog we will focus specifically on real-time analysis of AWS audit logs.

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Angular 18 will arrive next week

InfoWorld

Angular 18, the next planned release of Google’s TypeScript -based web app development framework, is due to arrive on May 22, with features such as deferrable views and declarative control flow moving out of developer preview to a stable stage. Deferrable views , which are also known as @defer blocks, can be used in component templates to defer the loading of select dependencies within the template, thus reducing the initial bundle size of the application.

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The Social Engineering Tactics of Ransomware-as-a-Service Operator Black Basta

Ooda Loop

Last week: another high-impact ransomware attack in the healthcare sector, this time on Healthcare Giant Ascension. The attack has been attributed to a Russian non-state actor Black Basta – a “group…believed to have been started by former members of the infamous Conti ransomware collective, which dissolved in May 2022.