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Think Like the Adversary: Countering LotL Attacks with Proactive Defense

IT Toolbox

Adopting key measures for improved detection and response against global cyber threat actors. The post Think Like the Adversary: Countering LotL Attacks with Proactive Defense appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Navigating Our Future: AI as a Partner, Not a Replacement

Eric D. Brown

💡 "Don't let inhumanity steal your humanity" - Marcus Aurelius (paraphrased) In its relentless efficiency, artificial intelligence promises to solve problems that have plagued humanity forever. From eradicating diseases to optimizing traffic, its potential seems endless. But as we delegate more of our tasks, decisions, and even emotional labor to algorithms, we risk diminishing our own capacity for compassion, empathy, and connection.

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Transform Data Leadership: Core Skills for Chief Data Officers in 2024

Information Week

Uncover the pivotal skills that chiefs of data should possess in 2024. Dive into academic prerequisites, governance challenges and emerging trends for CDOs.

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Top 5 Global Cyber Security Trends of 2023, According to Google Report

Tech Republic Security

According to the M-Trends report, the average time it takes for an organisation to detect an attacker in their environment has decreased from 16 days in 2022 to 10 days in 2023.

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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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Buying Signals Help B2B Organizations Reignite Revenue Interactions

Forrester IT

Buyer expectations for immediacy, relevance, and instant gratification have carried over from B2C to B2B and been amplified with Millennials and GenZ comprising more than half of the modern workforce. From their consumer interactions, digitally savvy B2B buyers are aware they’re signaling their interests through their behavior, content consumption, and social interactions.

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Expectations vs. reality: A real-world check on generative AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Is generative AI so important that you need to buy customized keyboards or hire a new chief AI officer, or is all the inflated excitement and investment not yet generating much in the way of returns for organizations? Gen AI takes us from single-use models of machine learning (ML) to AI tools that promise to be a platform with uses in many areas, but you still need to validate they’re appropriate for the problems you want solved, and that your users know how to use gen AI effectively.

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4 IoT Trends U.K. Businesses Should Watch in 2024

Tech Republic Security

TechRepublic identified the top four trends emerging in IoT that businesses in the U.K. should be aware of.

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Global IT Services Spend Will Reach $2 Trillion By 2028

Forrester IT

The IT services industry is often overlooked, even though it captures more than a third of annual global tech spend — some four times the annual spend on computer equipment. Forrester forecasts that by 2028, annual spend on IT services will reach $2 trillion.

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UPS delivers customer wins with generative AI

CIO Business Intelligence

United Parcel Service last year turned to generative AI to help streamline its customer service operations. The in-house developed project, Message Response Automation (MeRA), is already delivering. MeRA, which was initiated last July and went into beta testing in October, leverages publicly available large language models (LLMs) to automate the handling of some customer issues, providing consistent messaging and significant improvement of agent efficiency, aka handle time, according to the mult

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Should Government Be Allowed to Regulate AI?

Information Week

There's lots of talk these days about regulating AI. But is it really a good idea for the government to get involved?

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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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Adobe Adds Firefly and AI Watermarking to Bug Bounty Program

Tech Republic Security

Researchers can earn up to $10,000 for critical vulnerabilities in the generative AI products.

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Coming In June: Forrester’s Top 10 Emerging Technologies For 2024

Forrester IT

We’re excited to announce that we’ve finalized our selections for Forrester’s top emerging technologies for 2024. We’ll spotlight the top 10 emerging technologies in our main report that will publish in late June. And then we’ll release a report in July on technologies 11-20.

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Coaching your IT team for change: 9 tips

CIO Business Intelligence

When a necessary change hits your IT team, getting everyone to buy in and adapt is key — and challenging. Some team members will, by nature, fight any change. Even those once adaptable may have become change resistant due to years of near-constant turbulence. One Gartner study found that willingness to support organizational change dropped from 74% of employees in 2016 to just 43% in 2022.

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How to Manage a Rapidly Growing IT Team

Information Week

Maintaining IT staff performance and efficiency during rapid growth requires careful planning and structure. Here's how to expand your team without missing a beat.

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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.

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Are VPNs Legal To Use?

Tech Republic Security

Are virtual private networks legal to use? Discover if VPNs are legal, restricted or banned in your geolocation and what activities are legal vs. illegal when using a VPN.

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Learn How Humans And AI Will Unite In The Future Of Work

Forrester IT

This year’s CX Summit North America will feature our latest insights into how AI will impact company culture, DEI priorities, customer experience, and more.

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The new CIO mandate: Selling AI to employees

CIO Business Intelligence

As organizations roll out AI applications and AI-enabled smartphones and devices, IT leaders may need to sell the benefits to employees or risk those investments falling short of business expectations. That’s because employees have decidedly mixed feelings about AI coming to their workplaces, according to the recent survey by IT solutions integrator Insight , even as many enterprises are already adopting or experimenting with AI and as AI-enabled phones begin hitting the market.

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In the Era of Generative AI, Establish a ‘Risk Mindset’

Information Week

Software and platforms companies must establish a risk mindset across their entire organization so that every function and employee has the tools and capabilities to detect and mitigate threats.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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U.K., U.S. and Canadian Cyber Authorities Warn of Pro-Russia Hacktivist Attacks on Operational Technology Systems

Tech Republic Security

The U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre, along with U.S. and Canadian cyber authorities, has identified a rise in attacks against OT operators since 2022.

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B2B Marketing Leaders Don’t Trust Their Measurement, And What They Measure Isn’t Helping

Forrester IT

Nearly two-thirds of marketing leaders say that they don’t believe their measurement and analytics are well aligned with organizational objectives. A continued focus on marketing sourcing is emblematic of the problem.

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IBM and AWS forge global alliance, streamlining access to AI and hybrid cloud solutions

CIO Business Intelligence

IBM has announced the expansion of its software portfolio to 92 countries in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors (ISVs). Previously, the digital catalog was available in just five countries. This strategic alliance allows businesses in these countries access to IBM’s software products, including data technologies and AI, directly through the AWS Marketplace, IBM said in a statement.

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Will Generative AI Replace Developers?

Information Week

Developers are experimenting with and using generative AI to boost productivity, but the existential risks are overrated.

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The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report

Procurement leaders are at a pivotal moment. With CPOs playing an increasingly strategic role, it’s time to leverage innovation and technology to drive resilience and efficiency. Download The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report to uncover key insights to thrive in a dynamic procurement landscape. What’s Inside: How CPOs are driving strategic decision-making and technology adoption The top priorities and challenges for procurement in 2025 Why AI, sustainability, and data analytics are essential for

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World Password Day 2024: Tech Leaders Discuss Password Obsolescence and Alternatives

IT Toolbox

On the occasion of World Password Day 2024, tech experts from around the world discuss the growing redundancy and alternatives to conventional passwords. The post World Password Day 2024: Tech Leaders Discuss Password Obsolescence and Alternatives appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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The Critical Role Of Campaign Content Strategy

Forrester IT

We like to practice what we preach at Forrester — when you’ve got valuable content, share it in as many audience-centric ways as you can muster. In this case, the core content is our just-published report, The Forrester Campaign Content Strategy.

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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

CIO Business Intelligence

To Carm Taglienti, the explosion of all things AI over the past few years has been both a pro and a con to IT teams. On the one hand, artificial intelligence has helped both technology departments and the business units to work better, faster, and cheaper. But on the other hand, AI and generative AI in particular, as well as the speed at which intelligence barreled its way into organizations, have disrupted many IT plans, says Taglienti, chief data officer and distinguished engineer at tech firm

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Introducing Maintenance for Agile Applications

Information Week

At what point does continuous, iterative development for Agile applications turn into a maintenance exercise?

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The 2025 Recruitment Playbook

The 2025 Recruitment Playbook by Procom is a strategic guide tailored for hiring managers to navigate the evolving talent landscape. Highlighting innovations like AI-driven tools and data analytics, the playbook empowers leaders to streamline processes, enhance candidate experiences , and foster diversity and inclusion. It provides actionable insights for every recruitment stage—from sourcing and screening to onboarding and retention.

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10 Best AI-Powered Tools To Fuel Productivity

IT Toolbox

By harnessing the power of AI, businesses can unlock a new era of productivity, achieving remarkable performance improvements and a competitive edge. With enhanced decision-making, automated repetitive tasks, and streamlined workflows, AI is transforming how we work. Here are the top AI-powered tools that fuel productivity. The post 10 Best AI-Powered Tools To Fuel Productivity appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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Brand Is A Long Game: The Tangible Value of B2B Brand Investments

Forrester IT

Brand investments are like retirement investments. The idea is to invest regularly and consistently starting as early as possible, knowing that by the time retirement hits, the value will have accrued over time and the investments will have compounding returns. When we begin the uphill climb of investing, the returns may feel modest.

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Google spurs US to ease immigration rules for tech talent

CIO Business Intelligence

In a plea for hiring relief, Google has sent the US Department of Labor an urgent appeal to amend US immigration laws to ease the hiring of foreign IT workers. On May 1, the tech titan submitted a lengthy response to the department’s request for information on modernizing Schedule A, a little-known immigration rule that fast-tracks the hiring of foreign workers in occupations facing pre-certified shortages in the US.

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The Role that Mentors Play in Closing the Gender Gap

Information Week

Mentoring staff members makes a difference. Here's how you can use it productively to develop in-house talent.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.