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What Is PowerShell?

IT Toolbox

PowerShell is an open-source, command-line interface tool that allows developers to automate tasks and configurations using code. The tool allows users to control the computer via a shell interface directly with the operating system. The post What Is PowerShell? appeared first on Spiceworks Inc.

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What Every Innovative CIO Must Focus On in 2025 Budgets—Beyond Just AI

Social, Agile and Transformation

CIOs should prioritize AI, security, and investing in talent for their 2025 budgets Emphasizing diverse hiring, leadership development, and hybrid work policies will enhance organizational performance and employee satisfaction. Transformational leadership is critical in navigating future challenges.

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If You’re Not Using Data Pipeline Management (DPM) For Security And IT, You Need To 

Forrester IT

Data ingestion into the SIEM is too expensive. In fact, it’s so expensive that, “How do we reduce our SIEM ingest costs?” is one of the top inquiry questions I get from Forrester clients. And the problem is not new – security leaders have struggled with managing their SIEM budget for over a decade.

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AWS Lambda turns 10: A rare look at the doc that started it

All Things Distributed

On AWS Lambda's 10th anniversary, I'm publishing the internal PR/FAQ that helped launch this groundbreaking service. This document provides insight into the customer problems we observed in the early 2010s and our vision for serverless computing. Readers will find annotations throughout, offering a glimpse into how our long-term thinking has influenced Lambda's evolution over the past decade.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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AMD to cut 4% of workforce to prioritize AI chip expansion and rival Nvidia

Network World

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is laying off 4% of its global workforce, around 1,000 employees, as it pivots resources to developing AI-focused chips. This marks a strategic shift by AMD to challenge Nvidia’s lead in the sector. “As a part of aligning our resources with our largest growth opportunities, we are taking a number of targeted steps that will unfortunately result in reducing our global workforce by approximately 4%,” CRN reported quoting an AMD spokesperson.

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Critical Thinking and AI

Eric D. Brown

I’ve been thinking about how critical thinking and AI must work together. Not because I’m particularly philosophical but because I keep seeing people completely give up their thinking capabilities to AI systems. You know what I’m talking about. Someone asks ChatGPT a question, gets an answer, and takes it as gospel without even considering whether it makes sense.

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Huawei sidesteps US sanctions with new MED storage that fuses SSD and tape

TechSpot

Unveiled earlier this year, MED is Huawei's gambit to replace conventional HDDs entirely with a hybrid drive that combines the speed of solid-state drives with the capacity of tape storage. As reported by Blocks & Files, it fuses these technologies into a single sealed enclosure with the aim of killing.

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Starfish Space raises $29M to bankroll development of orbital servicing vehicles

GeekWire

An artist’s conception shows an Otter spacecraft in orbit. (Starfish Space Illustration) Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space today announced that it has raised $29 million to support the development of its first three Otter orbital servicing vehicles for missions serving the U.S. Space Force, NASA and Intelsat. The investment round was led by Shield Capital, a San Francisco venture capital firm specializing in advanced technologies in fields ranging from space to cybersecurity and artifici

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How to Allow Entra Password Reset in Windows using Intune

Anoop

Hello - Here is the new HTMD Blog Article for you. Enjoy reading it. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link] and LinkedIn page for latest updates [link] The post How to Allow Entra Password Reset in Windows using Intune appeared first on HTMD Community Modern Device Management News & Guides by Anoop C Nair.

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AI Governance Software Spend Will See 30% CAGR from 2024 to 2030

Forrester IT

The global commercial AI software governance market is poised for exceptional growth. Forrester forecasts that by 2030, spending on off-the-shelf AI governance software will more than quadruple, reaching $15.8 billion and capturing 7% of overall AI software spending.

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2024 Salary Guide

Procom’s 2024 Salary Guide provides critical insights into the latest hiring trends, in-demand IT roles, and competitive pay rates across Canada and the U.S. It highlights key market dynamics such as the growing demand for remote work, skills-based hiring, and flexible staffing solutions. With detailed pay rate data for top IT positions like Cybersecurity Consultants, Cloud Engineers, and Salesforce Developers, this guide is an essential resource for companies looking to stay competitive in toda

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AI, cybersecurity drive IT investments and lead skill shortages for 2025

Network World

AI and cybersecurity are driving enterprise tech investments and at the same time exposing the talent gaps that IT teams face. According to Skillsoft’s 2024 IT Skills and Salary Report , IT leaders are planning to invest in AI and machine learning in 2025 while also aiming to bring more AI/ML skills in house and recruit hard-to-find cybersecurity talent.

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State of IT 2025: Insights on Budgets, Jobs, and AI

IT Toolbox

For the past 13 years, Spiceworks has surveyed IT professionals to find out how they feel about IT budgets, emerging technology, and the job market for the year ahead. The 2025 State of IT report—powered by Aberdeen Strategy & Research—offers actionable insights for everyone in IT, whether you be a professional, a marketer, a recruiter, or an executive.

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1.1 Million UK NHS Employee Records Exposed From Microsoft Power Pages Misconfiguration

Tech Republic Security

Security researchers from AppOmni have uncovered millions of business records that are accessible to anyone through low-code website builder Microsoft Power Pages.

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AppGen Is An Existential Threat To The Enterprise App Business

Forrester IT

AI-powered enterprises will “build” software instead of “buy” it – and many applications in enterprise portfolios will consolidate onto low-code AppGen platforms.

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Guide to Centralizing IT Operations: How to Link Tasks and Tools with an Automation Platform

For many IT admins, business as usual is a juggling act. Job schedulers and scripts run on autopilot, applications and operating systems can’t speak the same language, and other tools—like RPA or MFT solutions—operate in isolation. On a good day, everything runs smoothly. But good days are rare; more often than not, something goes wrong and you’re stuck putting out fires.

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CISOs who delayed patching Palo Alto Vulnerabilities now face real threat

Network World

Two of six critical vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks’ Expedition Migration tool, which the company patched in October, are being actively exploited according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. CISA has now added the two vulnerabilities — CVE-2024-9463 and CVE-2024-9465 — to its known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, putting CISOs who ignored last month’s warnings to patch the Palo Alto flaws on notice that their systems are now under threat.

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Building an Augmented-Connected Workforce

Information Week

AI and other advanced technologies are unleashing the augmented-connected workforce, enabling human-machine partnerships for new levels of business productivity.

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Agentic AI: 6 promising use cases for business

CIO Business Intelligence

Agentic AI is having a moment, as proponents see the benefits of using autonomous AI agents to automate manual tasks across organizations. Agentic AI, which Forrester named a top emerging technology for 2025 in June , takes generative AI a step further by emphasizing operational decision-making rather than content generation. The promise the approach has for impacting business workflows has organizations such as Aflac, Atlantic Health System, Legendary Entertainment, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion La

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Use Skills-Based Talent Practices To Future-Proof Your Tech Organization

Forrester IT

Tech leaders are being asked to do more with fewer resources available, which makes cultivating the right skills in the workforce essential.

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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Cisco launches intelligent Wi-Fi 7 access points

Network World

Cisco has taken the wraps off a pair of intelligent WiFi-7 access points and introduced a new way of licensing wireless gear across cloud, on-premises and hybrid networks. The new access points, the CW 9176 and 9178, incorporate a blend of Cisco and Meraki management and security features that previously required significant integration work from the customer or a third party.

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Getting a Handle on AI Hallucinations

Information Week

When AI starts to see things, it's time to take immediate corrective action. Here's how to successfully address this challenging -- and potentially dangerous -- phenomenon.

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CIOs to spend ambitiously on AI in 2025 — and beyond

CIO Business Intelligence

While the ROI of any given AI project remains uncertain , one thing is becoming clear: CIOs will be spending a whole lot more on the technology in the years ahead. Research firm IDC projects worldwide spending on technology to support AI strategies will reach $337 billion in 2025 — and more than double to $749 billion by 2028. Those bullish numbers don’t surprise many CIOs, as IT leaders from nearly every vertical are rolling out generative AI proofs of concept, with some already in production.

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AI Readiness Is Already High In Advanced Frontline Marketing Teams

Forrester IT

Are you bullish on AI’s potential to transform the way frontline B2B marketers work? My research found that frontline marketing leaders in B2B organizations are very bullish.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Cloud creates network blind spots, complicates problem resolution

Network World

As network environments become more complex, network teams struggle to gain visibility across internet and cloud components, citing blind spots and a lack of skilled workers as contributing factors to slow problem resolution, according to a Broadcom report. Broadcom’s research found that 98% of companies use or plan to use cloud infrastructure and 95% support remote workers—two factors that contribute to network complexity.

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Where IT Consultancies Expect to Focus in 2025

Information Week

Next year is going to be another AI year, though the focus is shifting to scalability and risk management.

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10 ways to kill your IT culture

CIO Business Intelligence

Transformational CIOs recognize the importance of IT culture in delivering innovation, accelerating business impacts, and reducing operational and security risks. Without a strong IT culture, inspiring IT teams to extend beyond their “run the business” responsibilities into areas requiring collaboration between business colleagues, data scientists, and partners is challenging.

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The 5 Top Initiatives For B2C CMOs In 2025

Forrester IT

With budgets set for 2025, CMOs are about to enter the new year with several critical initiatives. What’s bubbling to the top? Forrester’s Q4 B2C Marketing CMO Pulse Survey, 2024 provided a list of 17 initiatives and we asked respondents (127 US B2C marketing executives) to select up to three.

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

There’s no getting around it: selecting the right foundational data-layer components is crucial for long-term application success. That’s why we developed this white paper to give you insights into four key open-source technologies – Apache Cassandra®, Apache Kafka®, Apache Spark™, and OpenSearch® – and how to leverage them for lasting success. Discover everything you’ll want to know about scalable, data-layer technologies: Learn when to choose these technologies and when to avoid them Explore h

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Arista financials offer glimpse of AI network development

Network World

Arista Networks is expecting a potential revenue spike of $1.5 billion from AI-based networking growth through 2025. During the vendor’s third-quarter financial call, Arista CEO Jayshree Ullal said she is “pleasantly surprised with the faster acceleration of AI pilots in 2024.” Arista posted revenue of $1.811 billion for the quarter ending Sept. 30, an increase of 7.1% compared to the second quarter of 2024, and an increase of 20% from the third quarter of 2023.

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Uncommon Thinkers: Zap’s Uri Shumlak wrestles with fusion energy in pursuit of carbon-free power

GeekWire

Uri Shumlak, co-founder of Zap Energy and professor in the University of Washington’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. (Zap Photo) Editor’s note: This is part of a series profiling five of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers” : inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change in the world.

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7 ways gen AI can create more work than it saves

CIO Business Intelligence

JP Morgan Chase president Daniel Pinto says the bank expects to see up to $2 billion in value from its AI use cases, up from a $1.5 billion estimate in May. And speaking at the Barclays Global Financial Services conference in September, he said gen AI will have a big impact in improving processes and efficiencies. The company has already rolled out a gen AI assistant and is also looking to use AI and LLMs to optimize every process.

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Media Scale And Media Skill Collide In The Full-Funnel Agencies of The Future

Forrester IT

Marketers are ready to move beyond choosing between full-service media generalists and channel specialists. Insights from our newly published media management services Wave shed light on what to look for when evaluating your current agency or looking for a provider.

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IT Leadership Agrees AI is Here, but Now What?

IT leaders are experiencing rapid evolution in AI amid sustained investment uncertainty. As AI evolves, enhanced cybersecurity and hiring challenges grow. This whitepaper offers real strategies to manage risks and position your organization for success.