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    Salesforce rolls out $50M AI training push

    The software provider will waive fees on Trailhead platform courses and stand up an AI training hub at its San Francisco headquarters.

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    Citi tech chief to share data responsibility with COO

    Anand Selva will co-lead the data program with Tim Ryan, the bank’s head of technology and business enablement.

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    An unlikely hero is running generative AI workloads: the mainframe

    AI requires quality data and more often than not, the most important enterprise data lives in mainframes, experts said.

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    How PepsiCo capped cloud overspend

    “From a FinOps perspective, you're never done — no matter how great you think you are, there’s more to do tomorrow,” PepsiCo IT Senior Director Kimberly Floss said.

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    4 guardrails to strengthen generative AI strategies

    Before kickstarting implementations, enterprises need to assess the regulatory, ethical and technical implications of adopting generative AI.

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    Microsoft names former GE CFO to long-vacant COO role

    The tech giant is filling a position that went unoccupied for eight years, as it continues to bet big on AI.

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    Slack adds agents, workflow builder as AI capabilities expand

    A set of new AI features is arriving to the platform, letting users more easily catch up on missed messages and find information.

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    Rising demand for Azure skills signals growth in Microsoft cloud

    The gap between the number of jobs requiring skills specific to the two largest hyperscalers is shrinking, according to Revelio Labs data.

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    Microsoft, working with security partners, pledges better deployment, testing collaboration

    Following a summit with U.S. and European partners, the company is working to build additional resiliency features to prevent a repeat of the historic global IT outage linked to CrowdStrike.

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    Dell awaits PC refresh cycle, leans on server segment to buoy revenues

    The company sees a bright future in PC sales on the horizon, but not until late in the year, COO Jeffrey Clarke said Tuesday at a Goldman Sachs technology conference.

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    Family Dollar implements AI for category management, merchandising

    The discount chain picked Dunnhumby to power a platform aimed at localizing product assortment to better meet shoppers’ needs.

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    Global cybersecurity workforce growth flatlines, stalling at 5.5M pros

    Budget cuts, layoffs and hiring freezes are exacerbating a global staffing shortage in cyber defense.

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    AWS plans UK cloud expansion, pours $10B more into AI infrastructure

    Amazon’s cloud division will now invest more than $14 billion in the region through 2028, the company said Wednesday.

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    JPMorgan Chase to equip 140K workers with generative AI tool

    The bank expects up to $2 billion in AI-related upside, President and COO Daniel Pinto said during a conference earlier this week. 

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    Forget AI: core digital skills still rule hiring priorities

    Basic computer competencies are listed in more than one in every 10 job postings, according to an Indeed analysis.

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    How the NFL plans to tackle generative AI this season

    Employees in the league’s media division are using Amazon Q Business and a Bedrock-based research tool to improve workflows and productivity.

    Updated Sept. 12, 2024
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    Oracle leans on private cloud to fortify enterprise security, data sovereignty

    “We expect that private clouds will greatly outnumber public clouds,” Oracle Chairman and CTO Larry Ellison said Monday.

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    Salesforce shapes industry-tailored AI strategy targeting 15 sectors

    The software provider unveiled an AI Use Case Library with more than 100 AI capabilities aimed at retail, life sciences, healthcare and other sectors.

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    Oracle cements multicloud integration with AWS, Google alliances

    Oracle deployed data services running on OCI servers in AWS and Google Cloud data centers, the company announced Monday.

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    Papa Johns hires former Wendy’s CIO as digital chief

    Kevin Vasconi will oversee consumer-facing, corporate and back-of-house technology at the pizza chain.

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    Colgate-Palmolive deploys AI to drive top-line growth, productivity

    The company is working to hone its AI efforts around revenue management, advertising and cost savings, CEO Noel Wallace said.

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    Tech unemployment grew in August but open roles abound

    IT positions across the economy dipped by 28,000 in August, according to a CompTIA review of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

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    VMware raises Broadcom’s software profile, but chips remain core business

    The company expects networking and semiconductor hardware demand to drive AI revenues to $12 billion this year, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said.

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    Enterprises want to build trust, confidence in workplace AI

    IT leaders point to cybersecurity, data breaches, reliability and accuracy as common concerns, according to an ABBYY survey.

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    AT&T takes Broadcom to court over VMware support services dispute

    The telecommunications company claims it is being bullied into “paying a king’s ransom” for software it does not want or need, according to the complaint.