CIO
MAY 2, 2024
When a necessary change hits your IT team, getting everyone to buy in and adapt is key — and challenging. Some team members will, by nature, fight any change. Even those once adaptable may have become change resistant due to years of near-constant turbulence. One Gartner study found that willingness to support organizational change dropped from 74% of employees in 2016 to just 43% in 2022.
Cherry Work
MAY 2, 2024
In today’s dynamic business landscape, where transactions are conducted rapidly and at scale, the risk of fraud within the Accounts Payable (AP) process looms large. For organizations, mitigating this risk is not just about protecting financial assets but also about maintaining trust and integrity in business operations. To address these challenges effectively, many companies are turning to automated AP fraud detection solutions.
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CIO
MAY 2, 2024
Security and risk management pros have a lot keeping them up at night. The era of AI deepfakes is fully upon us, and unfortunately, today’s identity verification and security methods won’t survive. In fact, Gartner estimates that by 2026, nearly one-third of enterprises will consider identity verification and authentication solutions unreliable due to AI-generated deepfakes.
Xebia
MAY 2, 2024
Miami, known for its vibrant energy and forward-thinking spirit, became the epicentre of Fintech innovation during the recent Backbase Engage event. As representatives of Xebia, we were thrilled to be a part of this gathering of industry leaders, thought pioneers, and high-profile Fintech customers as it was an opportunity to dive into the heart of fintech’s future and solidify our partnership with Backbase.
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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.
CIO
MAY 2, 2024
LayerX , pioneer of the LayerX Browser Security platform, today announced $24 million in Series A funding led by Glilot+, the early-growth fund of Glilot Capital Partners, with participation from Dell Technologies Capital and other investors. Lior Litwak, Managing Partner at Glilot Capital and Head of Glilot+, and Yair Snir, Managing Partner at Dell Technologies Capital, will join the LayerX board.
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CIO
MAY 2, 2024
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has always been a digital-first organization. Continuous transformation of the workplace has been a cornerstone of the company’s business model for several decades. This approach proved its value during the COVID-19 crisis, when TCS pioneered location-independent “borderless workspaces” aided by Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams.
Honeycomb
MAY 2, 2024
Today, we’re announcing the early access program of Honeycomb for Frontend Observability. Honeycomb for Frontend Observability gives teams the ability to quickly identify opportunities for optimization within their web app. This starts with better OpenTelemetry instrumentation, available as an NPM package, that lets you instrument and collect attribution data on Core Web Vitals in under an hour.
CIO
MAY 2, 2024
Siemens Mobility has been on a robotic process automation (RPA) journey for years, growing from five automated processes in 2017 to more than 700 now, transforming the company in the process. “There was just one book [on RPA] on the market back in 2017, where today you have hundreds,” says Benjamin Bock, head of RPA at Siemens Mobility. “By the end of 2017, we already decided to have a global rollout for the whole company.
Crunchbase News
MAY 2, 2024
This is a monthly feature that runs down the month’s top 10 funding rounds in the U.S. Check out the biggest rounds of last month here. Another big month of big rounds. A startup needed to raise $200 million or more to break into this list for the April edition. April also saw a half-dozen rounds of a quarter-billion dollars or more, including a $1 billion round for an AI-enhanced biotech.
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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.
CIO
MAY 2, 2024
Organizations are racing to modernize their legacy technology, architecture, infrastructure, and databases. Modernization often revolves around cloud migration. But not every approach provides the same ROI. Before committing to a migration strategy, organizations must identify the best approach for their business requirements. Each approach comes with its own benefits, time commitments, and cost.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 2, 2024
When you’re working with new people, spending time upfront to have an explicit and open conversation about each other’s work styles and preferences can prove to be one of the best time investments. This “style alignment” conversation can lay a foundation for trust and understanding and help you set agreements for how to successfully work together. Yet, many people shy away from having these conversations for two reasons.
CIO
MAY 2, 2024
Now, more than ever, global businesses have an opportunity. With people and infrastructure touching every point on the planet — and new technology empowering us to radically change the way we consume resources — we can lead the world toward a better, more sustainable future. That optimism stems from three core beliefs: We can build our business ecosystems to promote environmental stewardship, achieving ambitious goals like net zero and zero waste.
Palo Alto Networks
MAY 2, 2024
In today's work environment, employees demand the freedom to be productive from anywhere, using any device, and accessing any application. Homes, coffee shops and mobile phones have become seamless extensions of the corporate network. This unrestricted approach empowers users, but it also increases risk due to a lack of consistent security, control and visibility across devices.
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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.
CIO
MAY 2, 2024
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has always been a digital-first organization. Continuous transformation of the workplace has been a cornerstone of the company’s business model for several decades. This approach proved its value during the COVID-19 crisis, when TCS pioneered location-independent “borderless workspaces” aided by Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams.
Ooda Loop
MAY 2, 2024
Last week, a criminal case involving artificial intelligence came out of a Maryland High School, wherein a principal was framed as a racist from a fake recording. According to authorities in Baltimore County, athletic director Dazhom Darien cloned Principal Eric Eiswert’s voice using artificial intelligence to produce a fake recording.
CIO
MAY 2, 2024
Even as cloud spend is set to grow at a CAGR of 16.9% and surpass $1.3 trillion by 2025 , the transformation journey is riddled with challenges, such as security, governance, compliance, economics, and resourcing. A cloud center of excellence (CoE) in an enterprise can make a big difference in the return on cloud investments. Cloud CoE adoption has increased from 69% in 2017 to 82% in 2021 , demonstrating its role in value creation.
InfoWorld
MAY 2, 2024
Developers often need to perform programming operations such as retrieving the current date, manipulating dates, and formatting dates in their applications. While Java's traditional java.util.Calendar class had its day, the newer LocalDate class does more with significantly fewer lines of code. This article introduces you to LocalDate and the java.time API for using dates, times, and durations in your programs.
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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
CIO
MAY 2, 2024
A seismic shift is underway in the evolution of the data center, driven by a variety of converging factors. These include the accelerating transition to cloud platforms, the growth of hybrid and remote work models, and the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies across every industry. As IT leaders, understanding the path forward is crucial.
Crunchbase News
MAY 2, 2024
By Eleanor Kaye Despite repeated commitments to “do better,” venture capital continues to be dogged by poor diversity and inclusion: Black investors make up an estimated 4% of venture capitalists in the U.S., and in Europe, women only represent 15% of general partners. Studies show that people hire and back those who remind them of themselves. This “ affinity bias ” creates a vicious cycle.
CIO
MAY 2, 2024
Organizations are racing to modernize their legacy technology, architecture, infrastructure, and databases. Modernization often revolves around cloud migration. But not every approach provides the same ROI. Before committing to a migration strategy, organizations must identify the best approach for their business requirements. Each approach comes with its own benefits, time commitments, and cost.
Ooda Loop
MAY 2, 2024
Along with the two other baseline strategic documents we have featured here - Space Force's Inaugural U.S. Commercial Space Strategy and DoD’s Commercial Space Integration Strategy - the State of the Space Industrial Base (SSIB) 2023 completes this triumvirate of strategic level setting documents - positioning the commercial space industry and space-based national security for exponential innovation and implementation in the next five to ten years.
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Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.
CIO
MAY 2, 2024
Now, more than ever, global businesses have an opportunity. With people and infrastructure touching every point on the planet — and new technology empowering us to radically change the way we consume resources — we can lead the world toward a better, more sustainable future. That optimism stems from three core beliefs: We can build our business ecosystems to promote environmental stewardship, achieving ambitious goals like net zero and zero waste.
Crunchbase News
MAY 2, 2024
This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here. Nvidia made more AI waves last week when it acquired not one, but two startups in the industry. The chip giant, which has made dozens of investment deals in the AI space, announced it had bought Run:ai for a reported $700 million. It was also reported that it bought Deci AI.
CIO
MAY 2, 2024
Walgreens processes hundreds of millions of prescription dispenses each year across nearly 9,000 stores, and each of those transactions creates hundreds of associated data points. In order to future-proof its infrastructure with a cloud-first approach and modern AI capabilities, Walgreens worked with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Microsoft to build a data platform that uses Microsoft Cloud to collect meaningful data points at scale and turn them into actionable insights.
Tenable
MAY 2, 2024
U.S. and international cybersecurity and law enforcement agencies this week issued a joint fact sheet to highlight and safeguard against the continued malicious cyber activity conducted by pro-Russia hacktivists against operational technology (OT) devices in North America and Europe. Read on to get all the details and learn what actions to take today.
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.
CIO
MAY 2, 2024
Even as cloud spend is set to grow at a CAGR of 16.9% and surpass $1.3 trillion by 2025 , the transformation journey is riddled with challenges, such as security, governance, compliance, economics, and resourcing. A cloud center of excellence (CoE) in an enterprise can make a big difference in the return on cloud investments. Cloud CoE adoption has increased from 69% in 2017 to 82% in 2021 , demonstrating its role in value creation.
Ooda Loop
MAY 2, 2024
Microsoft Corp. will invest $2.2 billion to build digital infrastructure in Malaysia, the latest in a series of big-ticket bets on Asia’s rising prominence as a technology market.
Perficient
MAY 2, 2024
Are you looking to revolutionize your e-commerce strategy? Look no further than Salesforce Commerce Cloud (SFCC) and its powerful integrations with other Salesforce clouds. SFCC’s ability to seamlessly connect with Marketing Cloud, Service Cloud, and Sales Cloud opens up a world of possibilities for businesses seeking to enhance their customer engagement, drive sales, and optimize operations.
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