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AI adoption accelerates as enterprise PoCs show productivity gains

CIO

Like other CIOs, Katrina Redmond has been inundated with opportunities to deploy AI that promise to speed business and operations processes, and optimize workflows. “Everyone is running around trying to apply this technology that’s moving so fast, but without business outcomes, there’s no point to it,” says Redmond, CIO at power management systems manufacturer Eaton Corp.

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Analyzing the Role of Big Data in Modernizing American Elections

Smart Data Collective

Big data technology has significantly changed the state of American politics.

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Cisco-led consortium to spread AI expertise in the workforce

CIO

Cisco and eight other companies today announced they would form the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium, as a venue to share generative AI knowledge and expertise in the workforce, and to help workers gain skills relevant to the newly AI-centric jobs of tomorrow. In an official statement, the companies said that the first order of business would be to create a broad-based report on the state of AI expertise among workers, which would also provide “actionable insights” for companies and their emp

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AI for B2B Marketing & Sales: Boost Productivity & Get Better Results

Weidert Group

AI’s rise is transforming the B2B marketing landscape at a nearly unbelievable pace. As powerful language models like Open AI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and Google’s Gemini reshape how people find and consume information online, industrial marketers are grappling with a new imperative: adapt or fall behind. At the heart of this shifting path to purchase is the evolution of search.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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LA Public Defender CIO digitizes to divert people to programs, not prison

CIO

Mohammed Al Rawi was appointed as the first CIO of Los Angeles County Public Defender’s (LACPD) office roughly five years ago, signaling the beginning of an era where technology and justice intersect to help the most vulnerable in the court system. He arrived at a crucial time when the office, laden with paper records and outdated legacy systems, desperately needed a digital overhaul.

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Amazon downsizes AWS in a fresh cost-cutting round

CIO

In a fresh round of layoffs, Amazon is laying off hundreds in the company’s cloud division, Amazon Web Services (AWS). The layoffs will affect AWS’ sales, marketing, and brick-and-mortar technology development teams. This move comes as the company seeks to streamline its operations and focus on areas that deliver a better return on investment. “We’ve identified a few targeted areas of the organization we need to streamline in order to continue focusing our efforts on the key strategic areas that

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Automating Pharmacovigilance: Enhancing Drug Safety and Efficiency

WideNARROW

The Evolution of Pharmacovigilance Pharmacovigilance has long been regarded as the cornerstone of patient safety, continually evolving to meet the demands of a dynamic healthcare landscape. Traditionally, pharmacovigilance involved manual processes, relying heavily on human intervention for data collection and analysis. However, as the volume and complexity of pharmacological data have increased, so too has the need for more efficient and accurate methods of monitoring drug safety.

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Two great reads (and one listen) to prepare for CIO’s Data, Analytics & AI Summit

CIO

One thing that sets apart Foundry events is that they are informed by the always-insightful editorial coverage from titles such as CIO, CSO, and InfoWorld. Members of the event team are not only avid readers, we pick the brains of the journalists to help guide the event content and invite them to join us as session moderators. At our upcoming Data, Analytics & AI Summit – a virtual event taking place April 11 – attendees will hear from CIO editors and contributors, including Paula Rooney, Lu

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Automating Risk Intelligence: Revolutionizing Threat Management

WideNARROW

Explore how automating risk intelligence management with AI enhances threat detection and mitigation, ensuring a proactive and efficient risk strategy.

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7 Strategies to Gather (and Actually Use) Competitive Intel from Employees

Leaders in competitive intel know that the employees who interact with customers and prospects every day hold valuable competitive insights that could help win sales. But they don’t have a good plan or system to gather, organize, and share these insights with the stakeholders who need them. In this eBook, we outline 7 strategies to make it easier to build and scale an employee sharing program that will drive competitive advantage.

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An IT leader’s mission to retrofit the tech foundation at Eon

CIO

Three years ago, Essen-based Eon’s IT function was in the dumps, according to CIO Sebastian Webers’ colleagues when he took on his new role. In his keynote speech at the Hamburg IT Strategy Days in February, Weber looked back on those first three years and the journey he and his team took during that time. At first, Weber made it clear his initial focus wouldn’t be on outstanding chatbot or AI projects, but basic work, or “cleaning up the basement,” as he said.

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Generative AI in Investment Banking

Alpha Sense BI

While they are not newcomers to digital transformation, investment banks (IBs) are increasingly adopting generative artificial intelligence (genAI) across their organizations. In the last couple of decades, investment banks have adopted AI for customer-centric interfaces and to automate data functions. With genAI as the new face of digital transformation , IBs stand to gain significant benefits with its uses.

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PwC Middle East and Microsoft launch an AI excellence center in Saudi Arabia

CIO

Artificial Intelligence will be a big game changer in the global economy. We have seen a global shift towards AI and advanced technologies in the Middle East. According to PwCm the Middle East is expected to accrue 2% of the total global benefits of AI in 2030. This is equivalent to 320 billion USD. In absolute terms, the largest gains are expected to accrue to Saudi Arabia where AI is expected to contribute over 135.2 billion USD in 2030 to the economy.

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Amazon drops ‘just walk out’ technology at its US retail locations

CIO

Amazon’s US-based Amazon Fresh stores will no longer offer customers the option to “just walk out,” and will move to a system of scanners attached to carts instead of the more advanced computer vision system that obviated the checkout process altogether. Amazon confirmed the report, first published this week by The Information , in a statement today, saying that it would prioritize the Dash Cart as the checkout option over “just walk out,” which uses a system of smart vision cameras to track cus

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission

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Investire nell’intelligenza artificiale più che nelle persone? Ecco perché può essere un errore

CIO

L’intelligenza artificiale generativa ha il potere di reinventare ogni aspetto di un business. Le aziende si stanno rendendo conto del suo potenziale, ma prima di poter spostare le loro strategie gen AI dallo status di “promesse” a quello di “profitti”, dovranno rispondere a diverse domande legate alla tecnologia: ho il giusto LLM per il mio settore e la mia funzione?

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The full-stack architect: A new lead role for crystalizing EA value

CIO

Skim recent articles about enterprise architecture (EA) and you’ll notice a contradiction. Of them, plenty suggest that, unless a company develops a strong EA muscle, it will limit itself. Yet just as many seem to question the function’s value, or spotlight material that does. A recent report from Forrester, for example, opens: “[While] enterprise architecture remains a critical capability … many digital and IT professionals view enterprise architecture as a roadblock that adds no real value.

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7 steps to prepare your organisation for changes to Australia’s privacy legislation

CIO

Michael Fagan, former chief transformation officer at Village Roadshow, examines the proposed changes to the Privacy Act and how CIOs in Australia can prepare for them. Australian privacy legislation is about to undergo a major overhaul with more than 100 proposals under consideration, you can see the detail here. While the exact details of changes to the law remain unknown, there is much that organisations can do to prepare.

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Why SASE Sits At The Centre Of A Hybrid Workforce

CIO

SASE is going to be worth $25 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 29%, according to Gartner. Given that SASE is an approach that addresses the challenges of delivering seamless and secure connectivity for decentralised work environments, and remote working has remained a key trend over the last few years, this growth is unsurprising. “Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is an architecture that consolidates connectivity and security into a single cloud platform.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr