Fri.Sep 13, 2024

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Complying With GDPR in the Age of AI

Information Week

With the rise of artificial intelligence, there is opportunity and risk. Yet, many of AI’s challenges are mitigated if businesses just leverage the GDPR as a framework.

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3% IT budget increases fueled by AI, security, networking

Network World

IT budgets are seeing modest increases, according to recent survey data, with businesses looking to invest their IT dollars in artificial intelligence, data analytics, networking and more. Avasant Research polled 371 organizations in the U.S. and Canada in the first half of 2024 for its annual Computer Economics IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2024/2025 study.

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How AI and IoT Are Reshaping Agriculture

Information Week

Agriculture is quite literally the foundation of civilization. Now, artificial intelligence, aided by innovations in the Internet of Things, is revolutionizing this ancient practice.

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New brain-on-a-chip platform to deliver 460x efficiency boost for AI tasks

Network World

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has announced a breakthrough in artificial intelligence hardware by developing a brain-inspired neuromorphic computing platform. Capable of storing and processing data across 16,500 conductance states in a molecular film, this new platform represents a dramatic leap over traditional digital systems, which are limited to just two states (on and off).

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Tariffs on the Table: How to Brief the Board and C‑Suite With Confidence

“What should we do about the tariffs?” There’s no straightforward answer — every leader has a different expectation. CFOs want numbers. COOs want action. CEOs want strategy. And supply chain and procurement leaders need to be ready with the right response — fast. That’s why GEP has created a simple three-part framework that will help CPOs and CSCOs brief the board and C-suite with clarity and confidence.

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How MemorialCare confronts evolving risks along its modernization journey

CIO Business Intelligence

The global healthcare cybersecurity market is set to reach $58.4 billion by 2030, according to statistics portal Statista, by virtue of the healthcare industry being under increasing attack. And in KnowBe4’s 2024 International Healthcare Report, the global healthcare sector experienced 1,613 cyberattacks per week in the first three quarters of 2023, nearly four times the global average.

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Bash command cheat sheet

Network World

Developing scripts in bash (short for Bourne-Again SHell) can be a time-saving activity. Once your scripts are written and tested, you can depend on them to do a lot of work with little or no effort. This bash command cheat sheet will help you get started with bash scripting. The bash shebang line and file permissions First, bash scripts should begin with the line #!

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IDC: AI workloads driving high-speed Ethernet switch adoption

Network World

The high-end Ethernet switch market is getting a boost from cloud providers and enterprises that are preparing their data centers for AI workloads. Meanwhile, high-end router sales are slowing, according to IDC’s most recent quarterly trackers. Compared to a year ago, the Ethernet switch market and router market both declined in the second quarter; Ethernet switching fell 14% and the router market declined 31% compared to the second quarter of 2023, according to IDC’s numbers.

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El gasto mundial en ‘edge computing’ arañará los 380.000 millones de dólares en 2028

CIO Business Intelligence

El gasto mundial en ‘edge computing’ alcanzará los 228.000 millones de dólares en 2024, lo que se traduce en un incremento 14% respecto al 2023. Así se desprende de la Guía de Gasto en Edge Computing que firma IDC. La cifra, según la firma de análisis e investigación, incluye el gasto combinado de empresas y proveedores de servicios en hardware , software , servicios profesionales y servicios prestados para soluciones edge.

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Announcing The Winners Of Forrester’s B2B Return On Integration Honor And Program Of The Year Awards For EMEA

Forrester IT

Hear from the winners of the Forrester B2B Return On Integration Honor and Program Of The Year Awards at our upcoming B2B Summit EMEA for inspiring stories of business transformation and value delivery.

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Get Ready for FutureIT Toronto: A Day of Insight, Innovation, and Inspiration!

CIO Business Intelligence

Calling all IT pros in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area). Are you ready to dive deep into the future of technology and leadership? Join us for FutureIT Toronto on September 24, 2024 — a full day dedicated to AI, data, and all things tech leadership. Whether you’re a CIO, CISO, CTO, VP, IT Director, IT Manager or in a similar role within IT leadership, we want you to join us.

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Turn Your Contact Center Into a Profit Machine with AI

Every year, $75 billion is lost to bad customer service — and your business could be bleeding loyalty without realizing it. AI is rewriting the rules. Imagine instant answers, 24/7 self-service, faster resolutions, and skyrocketing satisfaction scores. Companies like Amazon are already cashing in, and the technology is easier than you think — plug, play, and profit.

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Cross-Functional Org Models Boost Innovation And Operational Efficiency

Forrester IT

Focus on which cross-functional org models are best suited to achieve your business objectives.

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Tencent’s AI and cloud to accelerate the Middle East’s Tech-led transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

The generative AI (genAI) disruption has only grown in intensity since OpenAI announced the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022. Leading technology vendors are either launching their own large language models (LLMs) or leveraging existing LLMs to ensure their customers can transform, innovate, and disrupt their respective industries and not churn to the competition.

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Does Value Stream Management Really Work?

Information Week

Organizational leaders often say their companies are customer-centric, but their success varies greatly. Value stream management helps.

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Redcentric: Providing enterprises with an ultra-wide portfolio that covers the full infrastructure spectrum

CIO Business Intelligence

Darren Adcock, product manager at Redcentric responsible for the company’s privately owned Infrastructure-as-a-Service offering, the Redcentric Cloud, has strong beliefs about what differentiates a cloud vendor from a cloud partner. His views are shaped by more than two decades of experience overseeing mission-critical IT systems, first in the financial services industry, and today in service to Redcentric’s growing customer base that includes standouts across industries and in high-regulated se

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How Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform

Tariffs are no longer just policy noise. They’re driving real, bottom-line impact. One policy shift and your sourcing strategy is upside down. This bulletin cuts straight to the point. How Market-Leading Companies Are Navigating Tariff Chaos with GEP’s AI-Powered Procurement Platform breaks down how procurement teams are staying ahead of the chaos with real-time insights, smarter sourcing moves and AI-powered agility.

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AI-Generated Code is Causing Outages and Security Issues in Businesses

Tech Republic

Tariq Shaukat, CEO of Sonar, is “hearing more and more” about companies that have used AI to write their code experiencing downtime.

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AWS despliega la inteligencia artificial en el emparrillado de la NFL

CIO Business Intelligence

La National Football League (NFL) ha ampliado su acuerdo de colaboración con el gigante tecnológico AWS, con el que llevaba trabajando desde 2017 en términos de innovación. Ahora, la mayor liga de fútbol americano de Estados Unidos vuelve a confiar en su socio tecnológico para aprovechar sus servicios de inteligencia artificial (IA) y aprendizaje automático (ML) para dar forma al futuro de este deporte.

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Port of Seattle reveals details of ransomware attack, says it refused to pay criminal organization

GeekWire

The Port of Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) The Port of Seattle said some of its data may be at risk of being posted online after it refused to pay a ransom demanded by a criminal organization responsible for a cyberattack that took place nearly three weeks ago. The Port revealed new details on Friday about the Aug. 24 cyberattack that impacted various operations, including at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. “Our investigation has determined that the unauthorized actor was

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Cambiando de marcha con la CIO de Mercedez-Benz, Katrin Lehmann

CIO Business Intelligence

Jürgen Hill: Usted es CIO del Grupo desde hace unos cuatro meses y dirige un equipo informático compuesto por unos 11.000 empleados. ¿Cómo valora la situación hasta ahora? Katrin Lehmann: Miramos al futuro con ilusión. Vivimos una época difícil, pero apasionante, tanto para Mercedes-Benz en su conjunto como para toda la industria tecnológica. No hay más que ver la velocidad a la que cambian las tecnologías en este momento, y mi departamento está muy bien posicionado para ello.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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Microsoft plans to move security software out of the Windows kernel

TechSpot

CrowdStrike released a faulty update for its Falcon Sensor security software, which had widespread consequences for the entire Windows ecosystem. After assisting millions of PCs in getting back online, Microsoft promised to bolster Windows security through significant changes aimed at making the operating system more resilient.

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El Hospital Fundación Alcorcón codifica automáticamente el 94% de las urgencias hospitalarias

CIO Business Intelligence

El Hospital Universitario Fundación de Alcorcón ha logrado codificar automáticamente el 94% de las urgencias atendidas tras implementar dos años atrás una herramienta basada en inteligencia artificial (IA) y procesamiento del lenguaje natural (PNL). Desde entonces, la institución hospitalaria ha mejorado la toma de decisiones y ha ahorrado tiempo y esfuerzos al personal a cargo, permitiendo que se dediquen a tareas de mayor valor añadido.

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OpenAI debuts "o1" AI models, promising PhD-level reasoning in science and math

TechSpot

The first model in the "o1" series, named "o1-preview," is available in both ChatGPT and OpenAI's API. Despite its preview status, the company promises regular updates and enhancements are part of the plan.

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Excellence Lies in the Details

CIO Business Intelligence

As Tom Landry, the Dallas Cowboys legendary coach said, “Do your job and do it better than it’s ever been done before.” He could have been talking about the current state of IT leadership. Foundry’s 23rd annual State of the CIO survey found that leading change has become a clear mandate as organizations prepare for the next chapter, where the convergence of data, analytics, and emerging AI technologies wholly transform the business.

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Procurement Is Navigating a Tech Tsunami (and It’s Upending How You Work)

Procurement is in the middle of a tech tsunami. And if it feels like the old playbooks aren’t working anymore, that’s because they aren’t. Agentic AI. Autonomous procurement. Unified source-to-pay ecosystems. These innovations are converging and transforming how procurement teams operate. The GEP 2025 Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report breaks it all down.

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Putting the AI in Apple Cup: Send us your best images of Huskies and Cougars battling

GeekWire

A generative AI image hyping the Apple Cup, using the prompt: “Create an image of the University of Washington Huskies vs the Washington State Cougars in the 2024 Apple Cup at Lumen Field in Seattle with the Seattle skyline in background and apples everywhere.” (via Bing Image Creator) The 2024 Apple Cup college football matchup between the University of Washington and Washington State University has a bit of different look and feel this year.

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Sony: PS5 Pro uses next-gen AMD ray tracing tech (likely RDNA 4)

TechSpot

In a detailed interview with CNET following the reveal of Sony's PlayStation 5 Pro console, designer Mark Cerny confirmed rumors that the device's ray tracing capabilities are built on an architecture not yet available in AMD's PC graphics cards. While Cerny didn't explicitly name RDNA 4, no other viable candidates are known.

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Pipedrive vs Zoho (2024): Which Is Better?

Tech Republic

Compare Pipedrive and Zoho and find out which CRM software is better for your business. Explore their features, pricing, and performance to make an informed decision.

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Google rolls out Android tablet desktop mode in developer preview

TechSpot

Mountain View recently confirmed that a consumer desktop mode is still happening, and devs can test out the new functionality on the Pixel Tablet using the latest developer preview. Google is implementing desktop windowing using "freeform" windows that can be resized and moved at will.

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Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.

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Major Impact on Functionality for Windows Media Player Silverlight Deprecation of Legacy DRM Services

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link] and Facebook Page to get the latest updates [link] The post Major Impact on Functionality for Windows Media Player Silverlight Deprecation of Legacy DRM Services appeared first on HTMD Community Modern Device Management News & Guides by Anoop C Nair.

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United Airlines to offer free Starlink Internet on all flights

TechSpot

United said the rollout will take several years, but testing is expected to start in early 2025. Should everything go according to plan, United's first commercial flights with Starlink service will take off later next year. United operates and is planning to install Starlink on more than 1,000 jets, making.

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Salesforce Reveals AI Agents for Customer Service

Tech Republic Big Data

CEO Marc Benioff said he doesn’t want “bolt-on” AI, but Agentforce does connect to many other Salesforce services.

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iPhone 16's A18 Pro tops Android flagships in benchmarks, but Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 could be even faster

TechSpot

Geekbench results for the iPhone 16 suggest that the base Apple A18 SoC is a solid upgrade over the A16 Bionic, which powers the iPhone 15. In the single-core test, the A18 scored 3,114, a 24 percent improvement over the 2,518 points managed by the A16 Bionic.

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The AI Race Isn’t Just About Tech Superiority – Its the Supply Chain, Stupid!

The race to dominate AI is no longer about who has the smartest algorithms — it's about who can build and scale faster. Behind every AI breakthrough lies a battle for resources: data centers, compute hardware, power, and telecom infrastructure. And right now, even tech giants are hitting a wall. Our latest white paper reveals the six critical supply chain elements that are increasingly separating AI leaders from the rest.