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  • February 11 2025
  • Smart Transformation

When LLMs become influencers

Who trains the trainers? Our ability to influence LLMs is seriously circumscribed. Perhaps if you’re the owner of the LLM and associated tool, you can exert outsized influence on its output. For example, AWS should be able to train Amazon Q to answer questions, etc., related to AWS services. There’s an open question as to […]

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  • February 8 2025
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The hidden threat of neglected cloud infrastructure

An unguarded access point During the four-month investigation by watchTowr researchers managed to assume control of roughly 150 neglected AWS S3 buckets belonging to a range of users, including Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, academic institutions, and cybersecurity firms. These abandoned cloud assets were still being queried via millions of HTTP requests. Legitimate organizations and […]

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  • February 7 2025
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Not seeing ROI from your AI? Observability may be the missing link

From chatbots, to coding copilots, to AI agents, generative AI-powered apps are seeing increased traction among enterprises. As they go mainstream, however, their shortcomings are becoming more clear and problematic. Incomplete, offensive, or wildly inaccurate responses (aka hallucinations), security vulnerabilities, and disappointingly generic responses can be roadblocks to deploying AI — and for good reason. In the same […]

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  • February 6 2025
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Databricks acquires BladeBridge to aid data warehouse migrations

Databricks also has plans to scale BladeBridge expertise to other system integrators, it said, adding that it sees the acquisition contributing to its goal of reaching a $3 billion revenue run rate and being free cash flow positive in the fourth quarter ending January 31, 2025. The acquisition of BladeBridge comes just after Databricks closed […]

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  • February 5 2025
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What is cryptology?

Cryptology is the mathematics, such as number theory and the application of formulas and algorithms, that underpin cryptography and cryptanalysis. Cryptanalysis concepts are highly specialized and complex, so this definition concentrates on some of the key mathematical concepts behind cryptography, as well as modern examples of its use. Basics of cryptology The terms cryptology and […]

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  • February 5 2025
  • Smart Transformation

Cloud development environments for the win

About 30 years ago this week, Delphi 1.0 was released. Many of you probably have no idea what Delphi is, but it was a revolutionary rapid application development environment tool. Delphi made developing Windows applications orders of magnitude faster than it had been before. Delphi wasn’t a trivial application itself, and it was decided to deliver […]

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  • February 4 2025
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Download the Agentic AI Enterprise Spotlight

Download the February 2025 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World. source

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  • February 3 2025
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TypeScript 5.8 arrives in beta

Microsoft notes some limits to the feature. Special checking, for instance, only happens when a single parameter is associated with the type being checked against in a conditional type or used as a key in an indexed access type. When using a conditional type, at least two checks must exist, with a terminal branch including […]

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  • February 2 2025
  • Smart Transformation

11 cutting-edge programming languages to learn now

MoonBit emphasizes the size of the executable that is ultimately delivered as WebAssembly. It offers a lightweight and statically typed mixture of object and functional approaches, then relies on a smart compiler to optimize the entire program at once, squeezing out every opportunity for speed. Some describe it as “data-oriented,” which in this case means […]

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  • February 1 2025
  • Smart Transformation

CXO Insider: City of Memphis CIO explains how they fast tracked their digital transformation plans

From facilitating remote work for thousands of employees to moving laptops around the city for students, tech leaders with the city of Memphis were forced to fast track smart city projects in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. TechRepublic speaks with Kimberly Bailey, CIO with the City of Memphis, about how city agencies accelerated their digital […]

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