N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

Assessments have emerged as an indispensable instrument in leadership development, serving as both a mirror that reveals areas of growth and a lens that illuminates hidden potential. At N2Growth , we view these evaluative processes as far more than simple scorecards. When strategically designed, assessments can lead executives to sharpen their strategic thinking, refine their interpersonal skills, and ultimately guide teams toward sustainable success.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

I've got into the habit of starting the New Year by sharing six favorite albums I discovered during the last year. This years set includes Celtic jazz, trip-hop neo-fado, jazz-fusion for the 2020's, playful harmonies, and a vibrant collaboration between Indian classical musicians and a string quartet. (I was also unable to limit myself to six.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

Australian retailers have spent much of the last few years buffeted by economic challenges. In 2024, squeezed by the rising cost of living, inflationary impact, and interest rates, they are now grappling with declining consumer spending and confidence. But 2025 and 2026 will bear good news, according to Deloitte. A rebound is on the horizon, which means a substantial opportunity for growth for those retailers that can get ahead of the curve.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

If you're just now jumping onto the Linux train, you might be wondering what apps to install first. Here are the first 10 I find should be installed by all.

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Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

En los ltimos aos, las empresas se han esforzado por trasladar la mayor cantidad posible de recursos lo ms rpido posible a la nube pblica para minimizar los gastos de capital y ahorrar dinero. Sin embargo, cada vez ms, los CIO estn revisando y racionalizando dichas inversiones. Estn realmente mejorando la productividad y reduciendo los costes? En la carrera por la nube pblica, mucha gente no pens en los precios, afirma Tracy Woo, analista principal de Forrester.

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2025

Dado que los datos son fundamentales para todos los aspectos de la empresa, el director de Datos se ha convertido en un ejecutivo altamente estratgico. El CDO de hoy se centra en ayudar a la organizacin a aprovechar los datos como un activo empresarial para impulsar los resultados. Esto incluye el desarrollo de una cultura basada en datos donde los datos y el anlisis se integren en todas las funciones y todos los empleados comprendan el valor de los datos, cmo utilizarlos y cmo protegerlos.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

Our experts sifted through thousands of CES exhibitors to find the best tech. ZDNET, CNET, PCMag, Mashable, and Lifehacker combined to select the winners.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

Our experts sifted through the thousands of CES exhibitors to find the best tech.

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GAP's AI-Driven QA Accelerators revolutionize software testing by automating repetitive tasks and enhancing test coverage. From generating test cases and Cypress code to AI-powered code reviews and detailed defect reports, our platform streamlines QA processes, saving time and resources. Accelerate API testing with Pytest-based cases and boost accuracy while reducing human error.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

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Crunchbase News

JANUARY 9, 2025

This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here. While many of us took some time off during the holidays, AI startups did not take a break from fundraising. The fourth quarter was unlike any other in the industry as far as fundraising goes. It also wasn’t just Databricks (although, yes, a massive $10 billion round does pump up the numbers).

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JANUARY 9, 2025

With data central to every aspect of business, the chief data officer has become a highly strategic executive. Todays CDO is focused on helping the organization leverage data as a business asset to drive outcomes. This includes developing a data-driven culture where data and analytics are integrated into all functions and all employees understand the value of data, how to use it, and how to protect it.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

If you have an older MacOS device lying around, why not install Linux to give it a new life?

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Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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Crunchbase News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Data is the big-money game right now. Private equity giant Blackstone Group is making a $300 million strategic investment into DDN , valuing the Chatsworth, California-based data storage company at $5 billion. Founded in 1998, DDN formerly called DataDirect Networks helps companies store, analyze and manage data a value commodity as more businesses look to create and train AI models.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2025

Six actions to take to sustain progress, create profitable growth opportunities, and build a more capable organization.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

Google's Chromium source code will be used as the basis for new open-source web browsers.

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Dzone - DevOps

JANUARY 9, 2025

The fast growth of artificial intelligence (AI) has created new opportunities for businesses to improve and be more creative. A key development in this area is intelligent agents. These agents are becoming critical in transforming DevOps and cloud delivery processes. They are designed to complete specific tasks and reach specific goals. This changes how systems work in today's dynamic tech environments.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

Robot vacuums are getting some outstanding upgrades this year, and ZDNET has picked the best ones of them all.

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En 2019, Heineken comenz un verdadero viaje de transformacin, cuando Ralph Ostertag, director de Tecnologa y Digitalizacin para Asia Pacfico , se incorpor a la empresa tras haber trabajado en Mercedes Benz y, aos antes, en otras industrias. Ostertag, oriundo de Alemania, pas la mayor parte de su carrera fuera de su pas natal, en una combinacin de funciones internacionales que abarcaban una variedad de puestos de liderazgo en los mbitos empresarial, digital y tecnolgico.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

If you ever send emails that contain sensitive or private information, consider email encryption. Getting started is a lot easier than you'd expect.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

JANUARY 9, 2025

Digital lending is a critical business enabler for banks and financial institutions. Customers apply for a loan online after completing the know your customer (KYC) process. A typical digital lending process involves various activities, such as user onboarding (including steps to verify the user through KYC), credit verification, risk verification, credit underwriting, and loan sanctioning.

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Modern go-to-market teams know it takes more than one email to break through the noise. Multiple touchpoints means more ways to get your pitch right — and, potentially, more ways to be wrong. The good news? Once you know how to write compelling, one-off emails to entice prospective customers, you can easily do the same across a short sequence of emails.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

The Bebird EarSight Flow gently shoots water into your ears to clean them and has a special camera that allows you to watch the process in real time from the app.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

By Tobi Coker The way most companies sell to customers is incredibly outdated. As AI becomes more embedded in business operations, it is poised to fundamentally reshape company structures, especially in how products and services are sold. The shift from large, traditional salesforces to leaner teams composed of sales engineers and strategically deployed sales professionals will have significant implications for strategy, cost structures and operational efficiency.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

We're at the final stretch of CES 2025, and we've seen major announcements from the likes of TCL, Roborock, Samsung, and more. Here's our roundup of the best stuff we've seen at the show.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

While global venture investment rebounded last year , the Asia funding market cratered, totaling only $65.8 billion in 2024 the exact same low the market hit in 2014. With the exception of seed and angel, every other funding stage was down last year as geopolitical events and a struggling Chinese economy seemed to drag the venture market down, per Crunchbase data.

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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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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

A principal scientist at Google DeepMind thinks prompting is the wrong user interface for generative AI, not to mention bad for AI researchers. Here's why.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

The Ultraloq Bolt Mission is a UWB and NFC-enabled smart lock that allows you to unlock it hands-free as you approach the door. And it's the official Best of CES winner in Privacy & Security.

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