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Seamless integration of AP automation and ERP is key to financial process excellence 

Cherry Work

Introduction: In the highly competitive business environment, presently the companies are under tremendous pressure to make their operations more efficient and increase efficiency, especially in the areas like accounts payable (AP). Today, Robotic Process Automation has become a common choice for automating the repetitive tasks, thus, automation technologies have been of great import in making the AP processes more efficient over the years.

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Ex-OpenAI chief scientist Ilys Sutskever launches new AI startup

CIO

Ilys Sutskever, the influential former chief scientist of OpenAI, has unveiled his highly anticipated new venture —Safe Superintelligence Inc (SSI) — a company dedicated to developing safe and responsible AI systems. The announcement comes after months of speculation following Sutskever’s departure from OpenAI, where he reportedly clashed with leadership including CEO Sam Altman over safety concerns.

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Recurring Conflict Conversations: How to Unstick Stuck Situations

Let's Grow Leaders

To prevent recurring conflict conversations, focus on commitment Do you ever get frustrated by conflict conversations that just won’t end? You think you’ve reached an agreement, and a few weeks later you’re back to the same Groundhog Day discussion. Your conversation needs to produce action, or nothing changes. And if nothing changes, it’s worse than if you never had a conversation.

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10 tips to help you excel in a new leadership role

CIO

You just landed an IT leadership role. Your team expects you to lead. Other leaders are evaluating whether they can trust you to help them meet their goals. And you know how hard it can be to recover from a bad first impression. No pressure, right? Whether you got here by design or accident, are leading a team of hundreds of technical experts spread around the globe, or captaining a lean crew focused on a clear goal, this relationship with your team and the organization is fundamentally differen

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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How to Vet Information Before Making a Decision

Harvard Business Review

The daily decisions modern leaders face are increasingly complex. But executives have a tool to combat these challenges – information. At the click of a mouse or the press of a thumb, they can call up cutting edge research on virtually any topic. With so much information available, how do we know what to trust? What executives need is a simple taxonomy of misinformation so they know what to look out for.

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Inside the Success of South Korean Brands

Harvard Business Review

Two decades of effective strategy and execution have given birth to some of the most attractive brands in the world: the K-brands. But what has become a key geopolitical asset for South Korea is no stroke of luck — it’s the result of an innovative approach that can be adapted by entrepreneurs, brand managers, and marketing executives around the globe.

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Red Sox CTO Brian Shield on building a world-class IT team

CIO

As SVP and CTO for the Boston Red Sox, Brian Shield is responsible for the strategic direction of technology, fan engagement, day-to-day IT operations, and cybersecurity in support of the team, their fans, and Fenway Sports Management. With a career that has spanned multiple industries and bellwether companies, including FTD and The Weather Channel in addition to the Red Sox, Shield is known and respected nationally as a business-savvy industry innovator.

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RIP Legacy Cloud. Long Live Vertical AI

Crunchbase News

Over the years, Bessemer Venture Partners has put copious effort into branding itself around all things cloud. The firm has a Nasdaq -traded Cloud Index and a large portfolio of prominent cloud startups. So, when Bessemer calls its latest annual State of the Cloud report “a eulogy for the legacy cloud,” it warrants attention. In its latest report, published Thursday, the firm makes the case that startups are moving out of what it describes as legacy SaaS business models and embracing a new par

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IBM is using VMware Cloud Foundation to help enterprises address challenges and accelerate innovation

CIO

Rohit Badlaney, General Manager of IBM Cloud Product and Industry Platforms, brings more than two decades of experience in his role leading strategy, product management, design, and go-to-market for IBM Cloud. Badlaney believes that IBM stands out among other hyperscalers for being the destination for VMware workloads in the cloud. The company’s innovative “cloud agnostic” strategy, supported by VMware’s increased capabilities post-acquisition, will promote growth for the clients, no matter if t

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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3 Ways to Support Employees with Bipolar Disorder

Harvard Business Review

Whether leaders know it or not, chances are their workforce contains people with bipolar disorder. This article discusses three measures that organizations can take to bring out the best in employees with this condition: modifying job features, training managers to support them, and promoting a culture of performance and compassion.

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Flexential: Perfecting a platform methodology for enterprises’ multi-cloud future

CIO

James Ochoa, vice president of cloud solutions at Flexential, views the company’s extensive portfolio not simply as a collection of innovative, bespoke, and proven technologies, but more fundamentally as the solution it uses to help more than 3,000 enterprises in more than 20 industries solve their business challenges. This focus on addressing each organization’s unique needs has contributed to the company’s growth over the past 25 years and is shared by Flexential’s more than 800 employees.

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Creating the Global DevOps Experience 2024

Xebia

In 2017-2019, Marcel de Vries, Matthias Olausson (Solidify), and I created the Global DevOps Bootcamp. This worldwide event centered around DevOps and Azure, aimed at local communities globally to provide a unique event with uniform content. It was a huge success. In the last year, we built a community of 90 locations around the world with about 10,000 participants.

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Hospitales europeos lanzan una red de IA para acordar garantías de privacidad

CIO

Se supone que la inteligencia artificial (IA) pronto desencadenará la mayor transformación en la prestación de asistencia sanitaria desde que el sector médico iniciara su camino hacia la profesionalización tras la pandemia de la gripe de 1918. El problema es que para lograrlo serán necesarios nuevos canales institucionales de conocimiento, ingeniería y colaboración ética que aún no existen.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Semiconductor Startup Funding Looks To Bounce Back After Lackluster 2023

Crunchbase News

Black Semiconductor was the latest chip startup to make headlines when it raised nearly $275 million — mainly from the German government — last week for its next-gen chip tech. It was just the latest sign of chip startups being able to raise big money as once again one of the most foundational technologies grab investors’ attention around the world, mainly thanks to AI.

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The forward-looking customer journey continues

CIO

Since we announced our updated VMware product offerings in December 2023, we have been engaging with our customers and partners about the value and flexibility VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) provides, helping our customers get to a modernized, resilient, and secure data center. Many of our 10,000 largest customers see adoption of VCF as an alternative to a public cloud, and I am happy to report there’s been great progress as they move forward in their journey to a self-service, virtual private cl

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Signal Foundation Warns Against EU’s Plan to Scan Private Messages for CSAM

Ooda Loop

Meredith Whittaker, President of the Signal Foundation, is expressing major concern in regard to a European Union proposal. The European Union’s proposal suggests scanning users’ private messages for the detection of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). However, according to Whittaker, the EU’s proposal poses potential threats to end-to-end encryption.

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Abanca da un paso en firme en la digitalización y automatización de sus servicios TI

CIO

Abanca, una de las grandes instituciones financieras del mercado español, confía en la plataforma de inteligencia artificial (IA) para la transformación empresarial de ServiceNow. Así, a través de Now Platform, la organización pisa el acelerador en sus planes para digitalizar y automatizar sus servicios TI. En el marco del constante esfuerzo de transformación de la compañía para conciliar los valores de la banca tradicional con los atributos de una entidad de última generación, Abanca aprovechar

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2024 Salary Guide

Procom’s 2024 Salary Guide provides critical insights into the latest hiring trends, in-demand IT roles, and competitive pay rates across Canada and the U.S. It highlights key market dynamics such as the growing demand for remote work, skills-based hiring, and flexible staffing solutions. With detailed pay rate data for top IT positions like Cybersecurity Consultants, Cloud Engineers, and Salesforce Developers, this guide is an essential resource for companies looking to stay competitive in toda

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Have you ever called someone out publicly for their bad behavior?

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Our reader poll today asks: Have you ever called someone out publicly for their bad behavior? I do it all the time 6.76% I’ve done it, but only after trying to resolve it between just the two of us 38.40% I’ve never done it but have considered it 29.54% I would never do that 8.01% I would never do that, and I think it’s inappropriate for anyone to do so 17.29% Public “call outs” are controversial.

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Bayer recurre a la IA para fomentar la innovación en la ciencia de cultivos

CIO

Bayer se ha impuesto el objetivo de lanzar diez blockbusters en los próximos diez años con el fin de apoyar a los agricultores de todo el mundo en la innovación de ciencias de cultivo. Así lo anunció en sociedad la multinacional alemana durante el Crop Science 2024 celebrado recientemente en Chicago (Estados Unidos). Según el fabricante , se espera que cada superventas aporte más de 500 millones de euros de los más de 32.000 millones de euros de potencial máximo de ventas en la cartera de I+D, u

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Elevating Network Security: Confronting Trust, Ransomware, & Novel Attacks

Darktrace

Ensuring trust, battling ransomware, and detecting novel attacks pose critical challenges in network security. This blog explores these challenges and shows how leveraging AI-driven security solutions helps security teams stay informed and effectively safeguard their network.

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Expedient: The well-known hybrid cloud leader has a recommendation for CIOs

CIO

Expedient’s relationship with VMware goes back to 2006 when the Pittsburgh-head quartered managed service provider (MSP) embraced the virtualization of workloads in its first data center. Today, the company – a Pinnacle Partner in the Broadcom Advantage Program and former VMware Americas Cloud Partner of the Year – wants to help enterprises thrive in what President and Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Rosenson sees as the next chapter in hybrid cloud.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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How Automation is Shaping the Finance Department's Future

Docuphase

Since its inception, automation has transformed every industry and process it touches. From car production to healthcare operations, this technology has been leveraged to noticeably improve efficiency, reduce labor costs, and boost productivity. This is no exception in financial organizations and teams, where automation has streamlined and modernized the many important business operations accounting departments are responsible for.

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TIVIT: Providing an extensive portfolio for any digital transformation journey

CIO

Leonardo Piva, cloud business director at TIVIT, notes that many attributes make the company a steadfast and proven partner of many of Latin America’s largest and most technologically sophisticated businesses and government entities, as well as a rapidly growing roster of small and mid-sized organizations. However, he believes one factor absolutely differentiates the company within the many markets and industries it serves.

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Sustained Campaign Using Chinese Espionage Tools Targets Telcos

Symantec

Attackers were heavily focused on telecoms operators in a single Asian country.

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CITIC Telecom CPC: Empowering clients with managed cloud services as a Broadcom Pinnacle Partner

CIO

Mr. Taylor Lam, Chief Strategy Officer of CITIC Telecom CPC, believes it is imperative for enterprises to look for a cloud solutions and services partner rather than a vendor. It’s a view that reflects the extensive experience of serving different enterprises across the automotive, banking and financial services, engineering, construction, healthcare, legal, manufacturing, and retail industries that rely on CITIC Telecom CPC’s technology acumen and its track record of success delivering the comp

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success. That’s why we developed this white paper to give you insights into four key open-source technologies – Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, Apache Spark™, and OpenSearch® – and how to leverage them for lasting success. Discover everything you’ll want to know about scalable, data-layer technologies: Learn when to choose these technologies and when to avoid them Explore h

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Imperva optimizes SQL generation from natural language using Amazon Bedrock

AWS Machine Learning - AI

This is a guest post co-written with Ori Nakar from Imperva. Imperva Cloud WAF protects hundreds of thousands of websites against cyber threats and blocks billions of security events every day. Counters and insights based on security events are calculated daily and used by users from multiple departments. Millions of counters are added daily, together with 20 million insights updated daily to spot threat patterns.

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The Role of Kubernetes in Data Privacy and Protection

Dzone - DevOps

Kubernetes is a de facto platform for managing containerized applications. It provides a rich ecosystem for deployment, scaling, and operations with first-class support (tons of ready configs and documentation) on the Google Cloud platform. Given the growing importance of data privacy and protection in the digital world today, Kubernetes has a key part to play in helping secure that data.

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Dell Precision Workstations Now Available with NVIDIA AI Enterprise Platform

Dell EMC

Bringing AI development from the data center to the deskside on Precision powered by NVIDIA AI Enterprise Essentials.