Wed.May 31, 2023

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Is the IT/OT Merge Holding Back Your Cybersecurity Strategy?

Information Week

OT developed as a siloed environment focused on production. Convincing people that OT cybersecurity is required needs collaboration that breaks down the silos.

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8 best practices for securing your Mac from hackers in 2023

Tech Republic Security

Best practices for securing your Mac against potential hacks and security vulnerabilities include enabling the firewall, using strong passwords and encryption, and enabling Lockdown Mode. The post 8 best practices for securing your Mac from hackers in 2023 appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Cisco aims for AI-first security with Armorblox buy

Network World

Cisco plans to buy Armorblox, a six-year-old AI vendor, to help create “an AI-first Security Cloud.” “Leveraging Armorblox’s use of predictive and Generative AI across our portfolio, we will change the way our customers understand and interact with their security control points,” wrote Raj Chopra senior vice president and chief product officer for Cisco Security in a blog announcing the pending acquistion.

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Threatening botnets can be created with little code experience, Akamai finds

Tech Republic Security

Researchers at Akamai’s Security Intelligence unit find a botnet specimen that reveals how successful DDoS, spam and other cyberattacks can be done with little finesse, knowledge or savvy. The post Threatening botnets can be created with little code experience, Akamai finds appeared first on TechRepublic.

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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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10 Industries Hiring Tech Workers Now

Information Week

Tech companies have been laying off workers at a rapid pace, but plenty of other industries are looking to hire those who’ve been let go.

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The Robots Are Not Coming — They Are Already Here: The Future Of Physical Automation Will Be People-Driven

Forrester IT

Automation is having a moment. Generative AI and large language models have the spotlight, but physical automation has advanced, as well. First, the pandemic gave life to robots for cleaning and disinfection. Labor shortages then left businesses scrambling to just keep the place running.

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Not All Alignment Is Equal: Achieve Alignment That Drives Growth

Forrester IT

Successful alignment is less about process and more about calibrating buyer value. Learn about the five dimensions that top organizations align on — and learn more at Forrester’s B2B Summit North America.

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The Evolving Ethics of AI: What Every Tech Leader Needs to Know

Information Week

In this Tech Insight Report, we break down AI/ML’s most pressing ethical issues and offer expert guidance to navigate this new, quickly evolving landscape.

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Modern Applications Require Modern Application Security

Tech Republic Security

Application security is one of the most important components of an overall security program, yet some organizations struggle to identify and address their application security risks partly because they are not using the right tools to get the job done. The good news is it does not have to be that way. In this conversation, The post Modern Applications Require Modern Application Security appeared first on TechRepublic.

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DogeRAT and Daam Malware Threaten Android Devices

IT Toolbox

The DogeRAT malware is capable of impersonating entertainment, BFSI, and ecommerce apps on Android platforms. The post DogeRAT and Daam Malware Threaten Android Devices appeared first on Spiceworks.

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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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Hybrid working: the new workplace normal

CIO Business Intelligence

The new and still evolving world of hybrid work has created a fresh set of challenges for IT leaders who are tasked with ensuring that employees have the tools to get their work done productively and securely, regardless of their location. CIO recently gathered a group of IT executives from a broad range of enterprises for a discussion on hybrid work and how work models continue to change as the Covid pandemic winds down.

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Mental Health First: How Can AI and Analytics Drive Resilience

IT Toolbox

How seriously do we actually take mental health awareness? The post Mental Health First: How Can AI and Analytics Drive Resilience appeared first on Spiceworks.

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API security: key to interoperability or key to an organization?

CIO Business Intelligence

Most applications built today leverage Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), code that makes it possible for digital devices, applications, and servers to communicate and share data. This code, or collection of communication protocols and subroutines, simplifies that communication, or data sharing. The use of APIs is growing exponentially, year over year, and with the growth of cloud computing, cloud APIs have become the essential building blocks for developing applications in the cloud usi

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What Is Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)? Specifications, Tools, and Importance

IT Toolbox

SCAP provides protocols and standards to organize and measure flaws in security, configurations, and software flaws. The post What Is Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)? Specifications, Tools, and Importance appeared first on Spiceworks.

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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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Broadcom’s Andy Nallappan on what cloud success really looks like

CIO Business Intelligence

Companies moving to the cloud often find themselves at a crossroads near the midpoint of their migrations , spending more than they intended and getting out less than they hoped. Often that’s because their IT organization isn’t equipped with the culture, mindset, and skills necessary to capitalize on the cloud. Andy Nallappan has had a long career in IT, including CIO roles, but his current job at Broadcom is managing the company’s external cloud platform, DevOps, and SaaS operations across mult

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The Key to Startup Success? Bridging Diverse Leadership Skills

Information Week

Increased economic pressures, coupled with the fast-paced technology market, have created a need for multifaceted leadership to ensure startup success.

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Microsoft Edge Image Editor on Windows 11

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]. Read More The post Microsoft Edge Image Editor on Windows 11 appeared first on HTMD Community Blog #1 Modern Device Management Guides by Gopika S Nair.

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Tech Leaders Endorse AI 'Extinction' Bombshell Statement

Information Week

As generative AI developments in recent months have reached a fever pitch, some top leaders in the field have issued a grim extinction warning. But others caution against alarmism and want to take a measured mitigation approach.

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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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The Case For The Innovative Product Manager

Forrester IT

More than ever, organizations are relying on digital initiatives as a key driver of growth. These include digital offerings that are used by customers as well as those leveraged by an organization’s employees.

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Is It Time for User Accountability?

Information Week

CIOs have focused on an IT service culture, but how much is too much, and what responsibilities fall to users?

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Can you spot the hidden theme of CSO’s Future of Cybersecurity summit?

CIO Business Intelligence

With the rise of generative AI, it was inevitable that it would become an unofficial subtheme of CSO’s Future of Cybersecurity Summit. And yet it still very much fits in with the event’s official theme: smart choices in a fast-changing world. Few things are changing as much as GenAI as a tool for creating content, automating customer service, serving as a virtual assistant, and providing workplace collaboration tools.

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9 Improvements You Need to Make to Your Ticketing Systems Processes in 2023

Association of Information Technology Professional

Update your ticketing system process this year and increase your efficiency.

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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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Amazon employees walk out, seeking bolder climate action and end of return-to-office policy

GeekWire

A crowd gathers outside the Seattle Spheres on Wednesday as part of a planned walkout of Amazon employees. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Some Amazon employees in Seattle and other offices around the world walked out in protest Wednesday, urging the company to take bolder climate action and to reconsider its return-to-office policies. Shortly after noon, a few hundred people had gathered for a rally in the courtyard outside The Spheres, near the company’s Day 1 headquarters tower, holdi

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Dev Tools of Microsoft Edge Browser in Windows 11

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]. Read More The post Dev Tools of Microsoft Edge Browser in Windows 11 appeared first on HTMD Community Blog #1 Modern Device Management Guides by Alok Kumar Mishra.

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Zap Energy lands $5M federal grant and ‘vote of confidence’ in pursuit of fusion power

GeekWire

Zap Energy’s FuZE-Q, its fourth generation Z-pinch device for creating fusion. (Zap Photo) Funding news: The Seattle area’s Zap Energy will receive $5 million from a newly launched federal program supporting the commercial development of fusion power. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program announced Wednesday that it was divvying up $46 million among eight commercial fusion ventures in the U.S.

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Secure Microsoft 365 Office Apps using Intune Security Policies

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]. Read More The post Secure Microsoft 365 Office Apps using Intune Security Policies appeared first on HTMD Community Blog #1 Modern Device Management Guides by Vidya M A.

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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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Australia’s CIO50 Team of the Year Awards finalists revealed

CIO Business Intelligence

The finalists in Australia’s 2023 CIO50 Team of the Year Awards have been announced. The team awards are new categories in the prestigious CIO50 awards progam, which is now in its eight year. Along with the unveiling of the annual CIO50 List and the team category winners, the 2023 CIO50 Awards will also recognise the inaugural Next CIO winner and a new Hall of Fame recipient.

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Clearly Defined Strategy and OKRs Are Key To Successful AI Adoption in the Workplace

IT Toolbox

Employees say a clear strategy and communication across the organizations make them feel positive about AI adoption. The post Clearly Defined Strategy and OKRs Are Key To Successful AI Adoption in the Workplace appeared first on Spiceworks.

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I migliori 17 tool per gestire i costi del cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Sembra ieri che i server cloud costavano pochi euro e che si poteva affittare un rack con una manciata di spiccioli. Quei giorni sono ormai lontani e, quando arriva il conto mensile dell’abbonamento ai relativi servizi, i direttori finanziari vanno su tutte le furie. Anche i team di sviluppatori stanno imparando che le cifre crescono, a volte anche più velocemente del previsto, ed è arrivato tempo di introdurre un po’ di disciplina per contenerle.

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Intel-manufactured Nvidia GPUs could be coming soon

TechSpot

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger also confirmed that the company has added a new customer for its Intel 3 node, but did not officially reveal the name of its client. In a statement, Gelsinger said "I am very happy that we were able to add a leading cloud, edge, and data.

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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.