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OCTOBER 24, 2023

As CIOs prepare for the next wave of digital transformation, they must demonstrate shorter-term business impacts from technology investments and achieve larger innovation goals that evolve the organization’s business model. But perhaps more importantly, they must learn from their previous big digital wins — and avoid repeating all-too-frequent mistakes that cause transformations to fail or lag behind expectations.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

If you visit Bob Boyle’s LinkedIn profile , you’ll see that he became a product marketing manager (PMM) in January 2023. But if you have a conversation with him, you’ll quickly realize that he started doing product marketing long before that.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Diversity, equity, and inclusion have become important social issues. In the wake of the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor murders of 2020, companies made massive, highly publicized efforts to correct for systemic bias and improve the mix of race, gender, and lived experiences in the workplace. According to a recent study from Pew Research, most employed adults in the US think this is a good thing.

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FedSavvy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

ThunderCat Technology is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) delivering technology services and solutions to government organizations, educational institutions, and commercial companies. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, ThunderCat Technology employs about 125 personnel and primarily provides support in systems integration, IT solutions and services, data storage, networking, applications, cybersecurity, and big data.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

Generative AI is an innovation that is transforming everything. How much and in what ways is the subject of much discussion and controversy. But like many new technologies, the anxieties it creates may have more to do with fear for the future rather than how that future will be. ChatGPT and the emergence of generative AI The unease is understandable.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2023

It’s been almost one year since a new breed of artificial intelligence took the world by storm. The capabilities of these new generative AI tools, most of which are powered by large language models (LLM), forced every company and employee to rethink how they work. Was this new technology a threat to their job or a tool that would amplify their productivity?

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Kompyte

OCTOBER 24, 2023

It's time to bust competitive intelligence myths and embrace competitive-informed growth. Your organization will thank you.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The paradigm shift towards the cloud has dominated the technology landscape, providing organizations with stronger connectivity, efficiency, and scalability. As a result of ongoing cloud adoption, developers face increased pressures to rapidly create and deploy applications in support of their organization’s cloud transformation goals. Cloud applications, in essence, have become organizations’ crown jewels and developers are measured on how quickly they can build and deploy them.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Schneider Small Cap Value Fund is one of the worst-performing mutual funds of the past 25 years, Morningstar said recently, returning -18.9% after losing its bet on distressed energy company Chesapeake. Still, no advisor would warn clients off of mutual funds just because Schneider struggled. While not mentioning any specific mutual fund, panelists made the general analogy of poor mutual funds to so-called bad annuity products during a webinar Tuesday sponsored by DPL Financial Partners.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2023

As GenAI continues to evolve, organizations of all sizes are wondering if, how, and to what extent to integrate it into their operations. Many are under pressure to show that they are adopting these new technologies and not falling behind the competition. But adding these new capabilities to your tech stack comes with a host of security risks. For executives and decision-makers, understanding these risks is crucial to safeguarding your business.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Industry and investor protection advocates alike are meeting with the White House Office of Management and Budget about the Labor Department’s latest iteration of its fiduciary rule, one of the final steps before it can be finalized and released for public comments. Since the rule was delivered to the OMB in early September, organizations from the Securities Industry Financial Markets Association and Financial Services Institute to the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard and the Consumer Fede

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In May of 2021 VMware unveiled VMware Zero Carbon Committed , an initiative to encourage partners to power their data centers with renewable energy sources by 2030. To date, more than 70 of the world’s leading cloud services and solutions providers made the commitment and are working to combat climate change by radically reducing their carbon emissions.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 24, 2023

New York Life is facing a suit that involves questions about the kinds of documentation an insurer can ask policy beneficiaries to provide. Fredric Paul Gallin, the representative for the estates of Herbert and Lucille Gallin, filed the suit in a state court in Somerset County, New Jersey, earlier this month. Click HERE to read the full story via Think Advisor The post New York Life Faces Suit Over Record Requests appeared first on Wink, Inc.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This year’s Black Hat USA conference saw more than 907M threat events detected in real time, according to data collected by Palo Alto Networks. This is a staggering number that shows just how attractive the event is to threat actors – and artificial intelligence (AI) was a key driver in protecting against these attempts. With new attacks being reported daily, the stakes have never been higher to protect one of the industry’s top events.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 24, 2023

State insurance regulators are starting to think about whether some types of annuity separate accounts could affect life insurers’ need for quick cash in an economic crisis. The Macroprudential Working Group, an arm of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, mentions separate accounts associated with registered index-linked annuities and pension risk transfers in a new draft of the 2023 liquidity stress framework.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2023

When we consider what security means for an organization, most think of needing to secure systems and devices like cloud computing instances, servers, employee workstations, and other tech commonly seen in the workplace. While these are certainly important, there are many other devices requiring protection that are hiding in plain sight. Operational technology (OT) is an area that is often overlooked as they include systems and technologies that the eye cannot always see.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A life insurer is suing its own insurers over coverage for lawsuit defense costs. PHL Variable Insurance, a subsidiary of Nassau Financial Group, filed the complaint in a state court in California earlier this week. PHL contends that XL Specialty Insurance, its primary insurer, or its providers of excess insurance coverage should cover the expenses it faced when it responded to two lawsuits over life insurance premium increases.

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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

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

Those of us with the privilege to work in education have an opportunity to shape the next generation to be more cyberaware and make our digital world a safer place. It’s an obligation we must all take seriously. The threat environment is becoming more perilous, particularly with the growing use of artificial intelligence by hackers. The challenges coming our way in the future will best be met by a population that is informed, aware, and innately invested in cyber safety.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 24, 2023

California Senate Bill 263, which would make California the 41st state to adopt best-interest annuity sales rules, has stalled amid pushback from consumer groups. It is currently in the suspense file with the Assembly Appropriations Committee, and five consumer associations want it to stay that way unless revisions are made. Those groups are concerned that the bill excludes cash and non-cash compensation as a conflict of interest that advisors and brokers would have to disclose to their clients.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We are at a crossroads where well-funded threat actors are leveraging innovative tools, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, while Security Operations Centers (SOCs), built around legacy technologies like security information and event management (SIEM) solutions, are failing to rise to the occasion. Organizations of all sizes need a scalable solution that keeps pace with cloud initiatives, advanced attack campaigns, and digital transformation in order to thwart attacks before t

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A federal appeals court last week denied Security Benefit’s request for a full court review of a lawsuit claiming the insurer misrepresented how much investors stood to gain on certain fixed annuities The Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit rejected Security Benefit’s request for an en banc review. An en banc review is heard by all of the judges of a particular court and is generally reserved for complex or important issues.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The latest life insurance application data shows a sharp decline among a demographic that should be a reliable source of sales: Americans ages 50+. Overall, life insurance application activity finished the third quarter up 2.8% compared to the year-ago period, reported MIB Group , a membership-supported nonprofit organization. MIB data shows life insurance sales are full of good news and bad news.

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Wink Intel

OCTOBER 24, 2023

SPRINGFIELD, Mass.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company ( MassMutual ) today announced the introduction of a new fixed deferred annuity to its retirement savings and income offerings, MassMutual Premier Voyage SM , joining MassMutual Stable Voyage on its fixed annuity shelf. Fixed deferred annuities provide a fixed rate of interest, tax deferral, a death benefit, and the potential to turn those assets into guaranteed lifetime income.

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