March, 2024

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The State Of Consumer Usage Of Generative AI, 2024

Forrester IT

As is often the case with poorly understood tech that promises to change the world, consumers worry about its ethics and human impact. Yet a vast majority of these skeptics will use (and love) genAI during 2024, whether they know it or not.

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Overcoming AI’s 5 Biggest Roadblocks

Information Week

Nobody told you that artificial intelligence (AI) development would be easy. Here’s a look at how to surmount AI's biggest obstacles.

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NIST Cybersecurity Framework: A Cheat Sheet for Professionals

Tech Republic Security

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology's framework defines federal policy, but it can be used by private enterprises, too. Here's what you need to know.

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French regulator fines Google $271M over generative AI copyright issue

CIO Business Intelligence

France’s competition authority fined Google, its parent company Alphabet, and two subsidiaries a total of €250 million ($271 million) for breaching a previous agreement on using copyrighted content for training its Bard AI service, now known as Gemini. The Autorité de la concurrence said Wednesday that the search giant failed to comply with a June 2022 settlement over the use of news stories in its search results, News and Discover pages.

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How AI Is Transforming IT in 2025: A Playbook for Smarter IT Ops

IT teams are under pressure to do more with less. AI isn’t just hype—it’s already helping lean IT teams cut support volume by up to 60%, reduce cloud waste, and eliminate risk from their stack. In this executive playbook, you'll learn how mid-sized companies are deploying AI to automate tier-1 tickets, predict outages, optimize SaaS spend, and secure infrastructure without hiring a bigger team.

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How AI Partnerships Can Empower Traditional Banks?

IT Toolbox

Find out why partnerships are the best way for traditional banks to harness AI if they don’t want to lose customers. The post How AI Partnerships Can Empower Traditional Banks? appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Midnight Blizzard: Guidance for responders on nation-state attack

Doctor Chaos

Microsoft research posted a very interesting blog post on a current nation state threat being tagged as Midnight Blizzard. Who is this threat actor?Midnight Blizzard (also known as NOBELIUM) is a Russia-based threat actor attributed by the US and UK governments as the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, also known as the SVR.

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Squeezing the Maximum Value Out of Generative AI

Information Week

GenAI is a powerful tool, but to get the most out of it it’s important to build a strong foundation. Here are some tips that will help you get started.

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What Is Passwordless Authentication?

Tech Republic Security

Learn about passwordless authentication, and explore the different types, benefits and limitations to help you decide which solution to choose.

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Think you can ignore quantum computing? Think again.

CIO Business Intelligence

“It’s been known since the 1990s that a large-scale quantum computer will be able to break many of the crypto systems we rely on for security,” says Dustin Moody, leader of Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) in Maryland. In 1994, American mathematician Peter Shor developed quantum algorithms to factor integers and solve the discrete logarithm problem.

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Massive Database of Google, Facebook, and WhatsApp 2FA Codes Leaked

IT Toolbox

A vast volume of 2FA security codes were leaked from an unsecured database, exposing Google, Facebook, and WhatsApp accounts. Find out how this leak occurred and about its implications for users. The post Massive Database of Google, Facebook, and WhatsApp 2FA Codes Leaked appeared first on Spiceworks.

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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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5 Practical Technologies Every Ambitious SMB in Industrials Should POC

Social, Agile and Transformation

Manufacturing, construction, and other industrial businesses can leapfrog from technology-lagging organizations to ones driving competitive advantages. A chief challenge is escaping legacy mindsets, especially in small and medium businesses where technology is a commodity component that’s bought once and used well past its depreciation date.

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Frontline Marketing: The Evolution Of B2B Growth Teams

Forrester IT

Learn about frontline marketing, the teams that it comprises, and why it’s essential to driving customer-centered B2B growth.

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How to Shrink IT's Carbon Footprint Using Software

Information Week

Software efficiency practices can significantly reduce IT’s carbon footprint, yet organizations have yet to fully seize its potential.

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Microsoft: 87% of UK Businesses Are Unprepared for Cyberattacks

Tech Republic Security

Microsoft has called on UK business leaders to "fight fire with fire" by adopting AI cybersecurity tools to defend themselves from cyberattacks.

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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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Re-imagining Business Workflows with AI-Powered Automation

CIO Business Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is delivering rapid change for Australian business by raising customers’ expectations, generating new competitive challenges, and creating opportunities for new products and services. This rapid change demands a rapid response, but the strength of that response depends greatly on two factors – the agility of systems and processes and the availability of skilled workers to run them.

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On-premise to 5G-powered SD-WAN: Adaptability for a Future-Proof Network

IT Toolbox

Why organizations should prioritize long-term vision over short-term gains to realize SD-WAN benefits. The post On-premise to 5G-powered SD-WAN: Adaptability for a Future-Proof Network appeared first on Spiceworks.

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We Need Human Intelligence for Artificial Intelligence

Information Week

Fake news has dominated news cycles and pushed accountability for developing technology that flags and removes fake news onto tech and social media platforms.

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10 Ways to Boost Cybersecurity Talent Retention

Information Week

With cybersecurity talent in high demand, how can you keep your team from moving on?

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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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Get Ready for Software 2.0

Information Week

Meet Software 2.0, a method of using AI and machine learning models to solve classification and recognition problems without any human input.

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Demystifying Quantum Computing: Separating Fact from Fiction

Information Week

Understand the realities and misconceptions about quantum computing. Now is the time to prepare to embrace the quantum shift.

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7 Tips for Managing Cross-Border Data Transfers

Information Week

Moving personal data across borders is a tricky path of perils. Here are some tips to help you avoid many of them.

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Using Cloud for Competitive Advantage

Information Week

Organizations are moving deeper into the cloud to harness its power, but it requires time and patience to achieve strategic goals.

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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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Cybersecurity's Future: Facing Post-Quantum Cryptography Peril

Information Week

If bad actors get their hands on quantum computers, could the market plunge off a cliff into vulnerabilities worse than Heartbleed?

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Causal AI: AI Confesses Why It Did What It Did

Information Week

Causal artificial intelligence focuses on understanding cause and effect rather than recognizing data patterns.

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Why CTOs Must Become Better Storytellers

Information Week

With chief technology officers increasingly involved in the sales cycle, their ability to craft and communicate compelling narratives is crucial.

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OpenAI Tests New Voice Clone Model

Information Week

The ChatGPT parent company is testing dramatically improved text-to-speech technology with select developers. Experts warn that realistic voice generation raises serious safety questions.

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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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3 Ways the CTO Can Fortify the Organization in the Age of GenAI

Information Week

CTOs play a strategic role in helping organizations protect corporate data as they implement generative AI tools in the workplace.

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Supply Chain Leaders Turn to GenAI

Information Week

Generative AI can help supply chain planners get immediate, actionable insights, moving insights closer to the execution team members.

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How AI Bias Is Impacting Healthcare

Information Week

AI bias seeps into algorithms and models that affect clinical and health insurance decisions as well as clinical trials. InformationWeek speaks to experts that discuss how to avoid these discriminatory errors.

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AI Needs a Human Touch for DEI Efforts

Information Week

An NC Tech event speaker explores the possibilities and pitfalls of artificial intelligence when it comes to the human side of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace.

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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.