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MARCH 13, 2024

Even though generative AI is a relatively new technology, it’s now difficult to imagine a world without it, given the impact it’s making, and the business value it can create. According to a research report IDC released in November, based on a survey of over 2,100 business leaders and decision makers with responsibility for AI transformation, 71% of companies already using AI are seeing returns on their AI investments within 14 months, averaging $3.50 for every $1 spent.

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Martin Fowler

MARCH 13, 2024

Abi Noda and Tim Cochran continue their discussion on using qualitative metrics to assess the productivity of development teams. In this installment they classify qualitative metrics into attitudinal and behavioral metrics. We also see that qualitative metrics allow you to measure things that are otherwise unmeasurable, provide missing visibility, and supply necessary context for quantitative data.

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Dataiku

MARCH 12, 2024

Attendees to Thomas Scholz ’s talk during the Frankfurt Roadshow of the Dataiku 2023 Everyday AI Conferences were promised a product demo worth potentially millions in ROI. Scholz, Director of Sales Engineering at Snowflake, led a compelling conversation alongside Sofiane Fessi , Regional Vice President of Sales Engineering at Dataiku, taking a closer look at the critical role of Generative AI in the business landscape, how the synergistic relationship between Dataiku and Snowflake systems forms

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Palo Alto Networks

MARCH 12, 2024

AI tends to be understood as one coherent field of study and application where similar solutions apply for all the use cases. The reality is that applying AI in real-world environments with high precision requires specialization in the specific field of study, and each use case has unique challenges. Applied AI in cybersecurity has many unique challenges, and we will take a look into a few of them that we are considering the most important.

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Tenable

MARCH 11, 2024

Discover how contextual prioritization of exposure is revolutionizing OT/IoT security, enabling organizations to shift from reactive to proactive breach prevention. Connectivity of physical assets— such as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in data centers and office buildings, and cameras on the manufacturing floor – has created an expanding cyberattack surface.

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Infinidat

MARCH 14, 2024

Infinidat Recognizes End-User Customers for Pioneering Enterprise Storage Deployments and a Next-Generation Storage Service Adriana Andronescu Thu, 03/14/2024 - 06:30 Infinidat enjoys an exceptional roster of enterprise clients worldwide. The enthusiasm these clients exhibit for our InfiniBox®, InfiniBox™ SSA II, and InfiniGuard® solutions is unparalleled, propelling them to achieve greater innovation and performance than their competitors.

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Daffodil Software

MARCH 13, 2024

Technology has become an integral part of our daily lives, and staying on top of the ever-evolving tech landscape can be quite a challenge. The constant influx of global developments in the tech world can make it feel nearly impossible to keep up with the latest news. That's where tech podcasts come in—they serve as crucial tools in navigating the swiftly changing technological environment.

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CIO

MARCH 15, 2024

Years into strategies centered on adopting cloud point solutions, CIOs increasingly find themselves facing a bill past due: rationalizing, managing, and integrating an ever-expanding lineup of SaaS offerings — many of which they themselves didn’t bring into the organization’s cloud estate. Salesforce, Workday, Atlassian, Oracle, Microsoft, GitHub, and ServiceNow are but a few of the many vendors whose cloud applications make up the new tech backbone for most enterprises today, in conjunction wit

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Martin Fowler

MARCH 12, 2024

Measuring developer productivity is a difficult challenge. Conventional metrics focused on development cycle time and throughput are limited, and there aren't obvious answers for where else to turn. Qualitative metrics offer a powerful way to measure and understand developer productivity using data derived from developers themselves. Abi Noda and Tim Cochran begin their discussion by explaining what a qualitative metric is and why we shouldn't reject them for being subjective or unreliable.

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Agile Alliance

MARCH 14, 2024

Successfully adopting Agile requires overcoming obstacles like inadequate leadership support, lack of Agile coaches, and neglect of process improvement. The post Top 3 challenges in Agile transformations first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2024

Many people operate from the belief that there’s too much to do and they can’t afford to pause during their workday. But taking effective breaks is essential to preventing burnout. In this article, the author outlines eight strategies to try to build more breaks into your day.

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CIO

MARCH 12, 2024

Generative AI is already having an impact on multiple areas of IT, most notably in software development. Early use cases include code generation and documentation, test case generation and test automation, as well as code optimization and refactoring, among others. Still, gen AI for software development is in the nascent stages, so technology leaders and software teams can expect to encounter bumps in the road.

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Martin Fowler

MARCH 15, 2024

From time to time people ask me for a copy of the code I used in the opening chapter of Refactoring , so they can follow along themselves. I had Reasons for not providing this code, specifically laziness. Fortunately Emily Bache is more dedicated, and she has set up a github repository - the Theatrical Players Refactoring Kata - with the code, and enough tests to make it reasonable to do the refactoring.

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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.

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Agile Alliance

MARCH 14, 2024

Board Chair Brian Button shares insights into the organization and selection process for Agile Alliance's conferences, highlighting the collaboration between the Board and Program Team. The post Looking at the Agile20XX program selection process first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2024

Disruption is not the only path to innovation and growth. Creation without disruption or nondisruptive creation is about creating a new market outside or beyond existing industry boundaries, and has its own organizational and business advantages. In this article, the authors outline four advantages to opting for this nondisruptive route: 1) It allows you to avoid direct confrontations with established incumbents. 2) It is an effective way to respond to full-on disruption. 3) It makes it easier t

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CIO

MARCH 14, 2024

Does it make sense for an IT leader to seek an MBA? Ben King, head of mobile app development firm Aviato Consulting, is convinced that it can provide a major career boost. He credits his decision to earn an MBA with transforming his career. While an individual contributor at Google, King spent several years working toward an MBA. Shortly after achieving his goal, he was promoted to a managerial role at the tech giant, just days before resigning to start his own business.

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Ooda Loop

MARCH 14, 2024

Europe's most valuable technology company, ASML Holdings, is responsible for the manufacturing of semiconductor machinery. The chip-machinery maker is a shocking stovepipe in the future of the IT supply chain, ranking with the world's dependence on Taiwanese chip maker TSMC as a troubling risk variable - two potential points of failure (with no redundancies in place for the West to replicate the production capacity of ASMLor TSMC) - the implications of which are high impact.

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Multi-tenant architecture allows software vendors to realize tremendous efficiencies by maintaining a single application stack instead of separate database instances while meeting data privacy needs. When you use a data warehouse to power your multi-tenant analytics, the proper approach is vital. Multi-tenant analytics is NOT the primary use case with traditional data warehouses, causing data security challenges.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 11, 2024

Use these communication techniques to keep even the most difficult stakeholders on your side Stakeholder management is an art most of us learn the hard way. This article gives you some practical tips for better influence and less stress. Sound familiar? You glance at your phone, and your heart does a mini samba. It’s Last Minute Linda. The clock’s ticking down to your big presentation, and Linda decides now is the perfect time for her “Eureka” moment.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Many leaders want to be allies for underrepresented groups, but fear their attempts will be awkward or offensive. New research suggests these fears are often unfounded, with acts of allyship generally being appreciated more than anticipated. Organizations can help by educating potential allies on how their efforts are received and by creating a culture where open communication and support are encouraged.

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CIO

MARCH 15, 2024

The first leader of the fledgling Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office [CDAO] in the US Department of Defense is leaving his post, but the Pentagon already has a successor lined up. Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Craig Martell, the first head of the CDAO, was hired by the Pentagon in April 2022, just after the new office unofficially launched in January.

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Tenable

MARCH 12, 2024

2 Critical 57 Important 0 Moderate 0 Low Microsoft addresses 59 CVEs in its March 2024 Patch Tuesday release with no zero-day or publicly disclosed vulnerabilities. Microsoft patched 59 CVEs in its March 2024 Patch Tuesday release, with 2 rated critical and 57 rated as important. This month’s update includes patches for: NET Azure Data Studio Azure SDK Microsoft Authenticator Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service Microsoft Dynamics Microsoft Edge for Android Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft Grap

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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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Crunchbase News

MARCH 13, 2024

By Sailesh Ramakrishnan We’re officially in the era of the solopreneur, marking the next evolution of early-stage businesses. These solopreneurs are a one-person show, operating and managing a business independently, handling all aspects from product development to marketing to sales. And, solopreneurship is skyrocketing globally, thanks to tech advancements that make running a business smoother and more cost-effective.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2024

One would think that if you run a traditional consumer business that can’t compete on costs with more efficient competitors, you would want to avoid them like the plague. But a study of boulangeries in Lyon, France, found that by locating next to more efficient “modernist” rivals, “traditionalists” were able to better highlight their traditions and value and win.

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CIO

MARCH 14, 2024

For IT leaders seeking a new position, condensing an extensive and storied employment history into a short, readable resume can be daunting. But by embracing modernized approaches to resume presentation, and eliminating outdated and redundant content from your CV, a streamlined resume that stands out can be readily achieved. To give an example of this in practice, we paired a CIO with an eye on continuing their executive leadership career at a new company with Stephen Van Vreede, president, exec

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CEO Insider

MARCH 12, 2024

Let’s face it, the workplace landscape these days is nothing short of rocky. Organisations are wrestling with all sorts of employee pressures from every angle. How do you keep employees truly engaged and motivated? What’s the secret sauce for crafting an Employee Value Proposition that makes top talent sit up and take notice? And let’s […] The post Innovation: The Key to Solving Your Workplace Challenges appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Crunchbase News

MARCH 15, 2024

Going online to find accurate information these days can seem like a futile effort. From inaccuracy-laden AI-generated verbiage to deliberate deepfakes and disinformation, conducting research isn’t what it used to be. Even keeping up with the news now usually entails wading through reams of misleading or outright false content. We’re fed up. And increasingly, our frustrations are inspiring startup investors to back businesses aimed at weeding out misinformation.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2024

The recent pushback against the imposter phenomenon in the media has largely focused on how and why it’s inappropriate for people of color. In this article, the author argues that, while there is merit to these arguments, getting rid of the idea entirely for Black students and workers is a disservice. Instead, he recommends reconceptualizing the term to include new research on how imposterism affects people of color, and urges organizations to better understand how racism, bias, and imposter fee

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CIO

MARCH 12, 2024

It’s common knowledge among CIOs that disaster recovery investments are always de-prioritized by company boards — until disaster strikes. But disaster recovery is just one example of projects that are of an important and preemptive nature that CIOs want to fund but find de-prioritized when it comes to budget approval. Others include preparation for zero-day attacks, almost anything having to do with data stewardship, as well as IT training and social engineering audits.

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