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What is Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Software

Openxcell

COTS stands for Commercial-Off-the-Shelf, and it refers to software targeted to a certain, specially defined range of business based on predetermined specifications. It also alleviates concerns about the challenges of developing and sustaining private IT solutions compared to Commercial-Off-the-Shelf available IT applications.

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Buying advice for CIOs as low-code/no-code spending rises

CIO

Faced with a long-running shortage of experienced professional developers, enterprise IT leaders have been exploring fresh ways of unlocking software development talent by training up non-IT staff and deploying tools that enable even business users to build or customize applications to suit their needs.

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Microsoft’s latest OpenAI investment opens way to new enterprise services

CIO

OpenAI has landed billions of dollars more funding from Microsoft to continue its development of generative artificial intelligence tools such as Dall-E 2 and ChatGPT. A move that is likely to unlock similar investments from competitors — Google in particular — and open the way for new or improved software tools for enterprises large and small.

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A Guide To Software Consulting: Role, Benefits, Process, and Tips

Openxcell

Most of the time, they come in handy for companies with little technical expertise who need an outside opinion when making business decisions, especially when introducing new technology or updating their current system. Almost every business today relies on technology, and software consultation plays a key role in advancing and innovating.

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The Big Picture of Business- Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

Strategy Driven

It is usually technical or sales/marketing in nature. One sorts through all that has been learned, matched with applicabilities to daily life. One sorts through all that has been learned, matched with applicabilities to daily life. Training is rarely allowed to be extensive. 7 Steps of Professional Development : 1. Information.

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MLOps and DevOps: Why Data Makes It Different

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

As with many burgeoning fields and disciplines, we don’t yet have a shared canonical infrastructure stack or best practices for developing and deploying data-intensive applications. If you peek under the hood of an ML-powered application, these days you will often find a repository of Python code. Why: Data Makes It Different.

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Digital Twins: Components, Use Cases, and Implementation Tips

Altexsoft

Digital twins play the same role for complex machines and processes as food tasters for monarchs or stunt doubles for movie stars. They prevent harm that otherwise could be done to precious assets. The article covers key questions about digital twins: how do they work? The twinning, however, doesn’t happen out of thin air. Hardware components.

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