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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO

This includes spending on strengthening cybersecurity (35%), improving customer service (32%) and improving data analytics for real-time business intelligence and customer insight (30%). CIOs anticipate an increased focus on cybersecurity (70%), data analysis (55%), data privacy (55%), AI/machine learning (55%), and customer experience (53%).

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Technology Trends for 2024

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Data analysis and databases Data engineering was by far the most heavily used topic in this category; it showed a 3.6% Data engineering deals with the problem of storing data at scale and delivering that data to applications. Interest in data warehouses saw an 18% drop from 2022 to 2023.

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When, why, and how to stop coding as your day job

Puppies, Flowers, Rainbows and Kittens

After university, I got my dream job writing 3D graphics code. I was a software engineer! I have also managed testers, data scientists, data engineers, DevOps, Security, designers, data analysts, program managers, product managers, corporate IT teams, and some other roles I don’t even remember anymore.

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How Retailers Use Artificial Intelligence to Innovate Customer Experience and Enhance Operations

Altexsoft

The LoweBot recognizes shoppers using 3D scanning and greets them, helps customers navigate the store to find an item of interest – laser sensors allow it to accurately measure distances to objects. That’s how LoweBot helps shoppers. It also can answer basic questions in multiple languages using speech recognition.