Thu.Sep 12, 2024

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Seven Ways To Use GenAI For B2B Personalization

Forrester IT

B2B buyers and customers aren’t seeking more content from providers or new ways to see their first name and company used in otherwise generic messaging. Rather, they crave relevance and responsiveness — the right content delivered in the moment of need, specific to their role, in a suitable format.

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Why eBPF is critical and how it’s getting better

Network World

The open-source eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) technology has become one of the most critical foundational elements of networking with Linux over the last decade. Soon that same power will reach out to embrace Microsoft Windows, too. At the eBPF Summit on Sept. 11, users and developers detailed how they are working with eBPF today and where the technology is headed in the future.

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The 6 Best Penetration Testing Companies for 2024

Tech Republic Security

Discover the top six penetration testing companies for businesses of all sizes. Learn the pros and cons of pentesting providers like Astra, BreachLock, and Acunetix.

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CIOs of PNC Bank, Bureau of Indian Affairs Talk ‘High-Performance IT’

Information Week

During Forrester’s panel discussion, business leaders were encouraged to rev up their operations and create a true high-performance IT team.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook For Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Document-heavy workflows slow down productivity, bury institutional knowledge, and drain resources. But with the right AI implementation, these inefficiencies become opportunities for transformation. So how do you identify where to start and how to succeed? Learn how to develop a clear, practical roadmap for leveraging AI to streamline processes, automate knowledge work, and unlock real operational gains.

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Data centers are now critical national infrastructure, says UK government

Network World

The UK government added data centers to its list of protected critical national infrastructure (CNI) on Thursday, the first change to its CNI list since 2015, when it added the space and defense sectors. “Putting data centers on an equal footing as water, energy and emergency services systems will mean the data centers sector can now expect greater government support in recovering from and anticipating critical incidents, giving the industry greater reassurance when setting up business in UK and

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8 Things That Undermine Zero-Trust Efforts

Information Week

Zero trust isn’t optional these days, but a lot of companies are struggling with the implementation of it. Taking small steps helps.

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The CISO’s Roadmap to Purposeful Vulnerability Management

Information Week

Massive backlogs of unpatched vulnerabilities leave organizations open to damaging breaches. A take-charge approach is essential to getting enterprises on secure footing.

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Oracle to offer 131,072 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs via its cloud

Network World

Oracle has started taking pre-orders for 131,072 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs in the cloud via its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Supercluster to aid large language model (LLM) training and other use cases, the company announced at the CloudWorld 2024 conference. The launch of an offering that provides these many Blackwell GPUs, otherwise known as Grace Blackwell (GB) 200, is significant as enterprises globally are faced with the unavailability of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) — a key component used

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US Puts Big Bounty Bullseye on Russian Hackers

Information Week

What do big bounties mean for the ongoing battle against nation-states cyberactivity, and how can leaders mitigate the risk of their enterprises becoming victims?

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AI-assisted cybersecurity: 3 key components you can’t ignore

Network World

Over the last year, we saw the explosive use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT accompanied by layman’s fears of the Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) revolution and forecasted disruptions to markets. Without a doubt, AI will have a massive and transformative impact on much of what we do, but the time has come for a more sober and thoughtful look at how AI will change the world, and, specifically, cybersecurity.

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How AI Is Revolutionizing Contact Centers: 2025 Strategy + ROI Playbook

In 2025, contact centers aren’t just changing—they’re being rebuilt by AI. This no-fluff, executive-ready guide shows you how to capitalize on the transformation. Inside: proven ROI calculators, workforce optimization tactics, deflection strategies, and a 90-day AI deployment plan. Built for CIOs, COOs, CX leaders, and contact center strategists, it goes beyond buzzwords into play-by-play implementation.

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Salesforce unveils Agentforce to help create autonomous AI bots

CIO Business Intelligence

Salesforce today released Agentforce, a new suite of low-code tools aimed at helping enterprises build autonomous AI agents for sales, service, marketing, and commerce use cases. Agentforce, which has been in pilot phase for the past six months, combines three major Salesforce tools — Agent Builder, Model Builder, and Prompt Builder — to provide the necessary software development infrastructure to create these autonomous agents, according to the company.

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Starting zero trust without spending a dime

Network World

Changing infrastructure is generally the first draw for any enterprise zero trust initiative, separating resources on the network that traditionally had carte blanche access to anything it could ping. NIST, other government agencies, and industry bodies point towards the policy enforcement point (PEP) as the gateway device or service that performs this separation, gating access based on different authentication and authorization requirements, depending on the sensitivity of the resource.

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AI coding assistants wave goodbye to junior developers

CIO Business Intelligence

Despite mixed early returns , the outcome appears evident: Generative AI coding assistants will remake how software development teams are assembled, with QA and junior developer jobs at risk. As AI assistants become better at writing code, CIOs and dev leaders will reshape their teams, focusing on AI specialists and senior developers to oversee AI-generated code, some IT leaders say.

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Why You Should Treat The EU AI Act As A Foundation, Not An Aspiration

Forrester IT

The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act is here. It’s intended to regulate a matter of unprecedented complexity: ensuring that firms use AI in a safe, trustworthy, and human-centric manner.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Zoho adds AI and ML capabilities in Zoho Analytics 6.0

CIO Business Intelligence

Zoho has updated Zoho Analytics to add artificial intelligence to the product and enables customers create custom machine-learning models using its new Data Science and Machine Learning (DSML) Studio. The advances in Zoho Analytics 6.0 are across four key areas, the company said: data management, AI, data science and machine learning, and extensibility.

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Unlocking The Future Of Mobile Banking: Insights From Forrester’s 2024 European Digital Experience Review

Forrester IT

Read this report to understand where European banks’ mobile banking apps excel, where they fall short, and how to strengthen your own apps.

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Get your data AI-ready

CIO Business Intelligence

For most organizations, the effective use of AI is essential for future viability and, in turn, requires large amounts of accurate and accessible data. Across industries, 78 % of executives rank scaling AI and machine learning (ML) use cases to create business value as their top priority over the next three years. Yet, organizations need help in scaling AI and moving applications from pilot to production.

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Prioritize Accessibility In Procurement For Better CX And EX

Forrester IT

My new report dives into why making accessibility a component of vendor selection is good for business and how to do it.

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The Ultimate Contact Center Buyers Guide: A Crucial Decision

Harness the True Power of your Contact Center In today’s fast-paced business environment, selecting the right contact center solution is critical for enhancing customer experience, improving operational efficiency, and optimizing costs. This comprehensive guide will walk you through the essential factors to consider when choosing a contact center software that aligns with your business needs.

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Empowering employees through IT democratization

CIO Business Intelligence

Business leaders today are facing a perfect storm of workforce challenges. Chief among these is the persistence of skills gaps. According to research from Deloitte, 90% of business leaders found recruiting and retaining talent is now a challenge. This is a particular problem for high-growth enterprises, many of which find talent shortages a barrier to achieving scale.

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Google Cloud Strengthens Backup Service With Untouchable Vaults

Tech Republic Data Center

The backup and data recovery service adds an extra layer of protection in case a business encounters an attack or another major problem with Google Cloud storage.

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Uber abraza la nube con CPU personalizadas

CIO Business Intelligence

Cuando Uber decidió en 2022 dejar de gestionar sus propios centros de datos, la empresa de transporte y reparto quería un alto nivel de control sobre cómo se ejecutaban sus cargas de trabajo en la nube, hasta el nivel de CPU. Uber, que anteriormente albergaba más del 90% de su infraestructura en sus propios centros de datos, recurrió a Oracle y Google en 2023 para que fueran sus proveedores en la nube en un esfuerzo por alejarlo “todo” de su propia infraestructura local.

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Bumble Brings AI to Dating; Wayback Machine in Search Results; Fake Tech Interviews Include Malware

IT Toolbox

AI, Big Tech, and Cybersecurity. We like to call those the ABCs of Tech, are we've got the latest on all three in our daily tech news roundup. Here are today's essentials. The post Bumble Brings AI to Dating; Wayback Machine in Search Results; Fake Tech Interviews Include Malware appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Dubai’s AI Security Policy: Paving the way for a digital future

CIO Business Intelligence

Dubai, a global leader in innovation and smart city development, is positioning itself as a pioneer in artificial intelligence implementation. Under the visionary leadership of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the emirate is making rapid strides in digital transformation, with AI playing a pivotal role in these efforts. A core aspect of Dubai’s AI strategy is ensuring the security of AI systems, and the Dubai Electronic Security Center is at the forefront of these efforts.

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This $2,200 8 TB SSD supports USB 4, active cooling, passkeys, an e-ink screen, and more

TechSpot

Pre-orders are now open for Iodyne's Pro Mini portable SSD, shipping in the first quarter of 2025. The ultra-high-end drive includes an astounding combination of functions that users probably won't find anywhere else. The Verge notes that the upcoming 4 TB and 8 TB variants will retail for $1,500 and.

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¿Necesita su organización tecnología ‘data fabric’?

CIO Business Intelligence

Los tejidos de datos han ganado importancia en el último año a medida que más organizaciones buscan aprovechar sus datos y propiedad intelectual en soluciones de IA generativa. Los tejidos de datos ayudan a abordar los retos de centralizar los datos en las unidades de negocio y los conjuntos de datos alojados en nubes públicas, centros de datos y soluciones SaaS.

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6 Critical Things to Know About Your Default Gateway

Tech Republic

Discover the importance of a default gateway in network connectivity and security. Learn how to find yours, what it does, and why it matters.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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Un asistente virtual para facilitar el acceso a las ayudas para el tejido empresarial en Extremadura

CIO Business Intelligence

En un esfuerzo conjunto por impulsar la inversión empresarial en Extremadura, el Ejecutivo autonómico e IBM han anunciado la puesta en marcha de un nuevo asistente virtual. Este, basado en la plataforma de datos e inteligencia artificial (IA) generativa IBM watsonx , pretende facilitar y simplificar el acceso a la información sobre ayudas al tejido empresarial en Extremadura.

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iFixit reinvents the soldering iron with portable, battery-powered FixHub

TechSpot

The FixHub portable soldering station is exactly what you think it is: a battery-powered, portable soldering kit. The 55 watt-hour hub can provide up to eight hours of soldering without recharging, and has dual USB-C power delivery ports to connect up to two irons at once (or you could use.

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The AI Anywhere Real Estate uses to boost leads and listings

CIO Business Intelligence

Gartner describes AI as a ‘beacon of innovation’ that companies across all industries are leveraging to save money and increase productivity. But this doesn’t mean AI can do everything, cautions Rudy Wolfs, CTO at Anywhere Real Estate. “While no one can deny the potential and promise of AI, we must be aware of the immaturity of this technology today,” he says.

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AMD Radeon RX 7800M is now official, features 60 CUs and 12 GB of VRAM

TechSpot

The official Radeon RX 7800M specifications recently appeared on AMD's website. The new listing confirms the hardware specifications that manufacturer One-Netbook revealed in late August.

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Future-Proof IT: Cost-Saving Strategies Every IT Leader Needs in 2025

With IT budgets projected to grow 9.8% in 2025, leaders must invest wisely—not just cut blindly. This whitepaper introduces The Future-Proof IT Cost Optimization Model, a framework to reduce costs while maintaining service quality. Learn how Cloud Efficiency, AI-Powered Workforce Automation, Vendor Optimization, Cybersecurity Resilience, and Unified Communications can drive savings and improve efficiency.