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8 ways to detect (and reject) terrible IT consulting advice

CIO

There is often too much gray area involved to bet your enterprise. Taking any consultant’s guidance at face value is risky and potentially enterprise and career damaging. You want advice from a team that can get invested enough to challenge your ideas or suggest alternative paths.”

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Code analysis tool AppMap wants to become Google Maps for developers

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The 10/10-rated Log4Shell flaw in Log4j, an open source logging software that’s found practically everywhere, from online games to enterprise software and cloud data centers, claimed numerous victims from Adobe and Cloudflare to Twitter and Minecraft due to its ubiquitous presence.

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Glean aims to help employees surface info across sprawling enterprise systems

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At enterprises of a certain size, keeping track of data including apps, employees, and projects becomes increasingly challenging. “This growing problem was not only destroying productivity, but also sapping energy and detracting from the employee experience.” ” No enterprise search tool is without limitations.

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Meet the all-electric RV startup steered by Tesla alumni

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What started as a pet project to electrify food trucks in the San Francisco Bay area — an enterprise inspired by the cacophony of generators that greeted Ben Parker every day during his lunch break at Tesla — has evolved into a much larger, complex and potentially more lucrative undertaking. It was also badly in need of a switch to electric.

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Guarding the gates: a look at critical infrastructure security in 2023

CIO

With 2022 now in our rearview mirror, we still reflect on a time marked by global upheavals, like the Russia – Ukraine war, to the skyrocketing energy prices and global inflation. Cybercriminals specifically target sectors such as healthcare, energy, and transportation, recognizing the significant consequences at stake.

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Governance for responsible AI: The easy things and the hard ones

CIO

Companies developing and deploying AI solutions need robust governance to ensure they’re used responsibly. Based on a recent DataStax panel discussion, “ Enterprise Governance in a Responsible AI World ,” there are a few hard and easy things organizations should pay attention to when designing governance to ensure the responsible use of AI.

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Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub

TechCrunch

Our survey respondents said the city was strong across a broad range of tech industries, particularly those with practical applications: cybersecurity, energy and sustainability, fintech, health care and medtech, edtech and silver tech among others. Lukas Inokaitis , business development, NFQ Technologies. What is it weak in?