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4 ways to ask hard questions about emerging tech risks

CIO

As CIOs and technology leaders, we’re almost always in the role of the technology evangelist, bringing both mainstream and emerging technology into the organization for business benefit. Technology has always been used for positive and negative effect. What’s new and different today?

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How to kick-start your generative AI strategy

CIO

When a technology this powerful comes along where you have to learn by doing, finding reasons not to do it is a pretty big error,” he says. These risks are things you have to worry about with any other large-scale database technology project—but they’re not terrifying, and you have a great deal to gain,” says McAfee. By not entering.

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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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Know before you go: 6 lessons for enterprise GenAI adoption

CIO

That quote aptly describes what Dell Technologies and Intel are doing to help our enterprise customers quickly, effectively, and securely deploy generative AI and large language models (LLMs).Many We’re using our own databases, testing against our own needs, and building around specific problem sets.

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Valence raises $25M to track team performance with continuous reviews

TechCrunch

Valence , a growing teamwork platform, today announced that it raised $25 million in a Series A round led by Insight Partners. Co-founder and CEO Parker Mitchell said that the tranche will be used to triple the size of the company’s team to 75, expand its sales footprint (particularly in Europe), and build out Valence’s product team.

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Low code/no code tools reap IT benefits—with caveats

CIO

A September 2021 Gartner report predicted that by 2025, 70% of new applications developed by enterprises will use low-code or no-code technologies, up from less than 25% in 2020. Customers also report they help business users quickly test new services, tweak user interfaces and deliver new functionality.

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Understanding the Dynamics of Custom Software Development

The Crazy Programmer

Compared to commercial off-the-shelf software products (COTS), custom-developed software is built to meet a narrow, specific set of requirements. Commercial off-the-shelf products are obviously designed to appeal to the masses as they are commercially marketed and distributed. Why Choose Custom Software Development?