4 hidden obstacles to cloud transformation

You have the idea and the data. You understand the need for cloud-native technology. What’s stopping you from completing your cloud migration journey?  Like many business modernization efforts, cloud migrations create disruption in the enterprise. Not only are you moving your company’s infrastructure and applications — you are lifting the business from traditional brick and […]

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Southeast Asia Startup Ecosystem Continues to Prosper Post-Pandemic

When it comes to launching a startup, most founders think they should reside in the United States, Silicon Valley, in particular, to have a successful business. While being in Silicon Valley provides excellent access to key people and companies, its fierce competition and fast-paced environment can soon kill the dreams of having a startup. But […]

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Meet the Author Taking a Musical Approach to Successful Leadership Skills

For leaders, there are few moments of real quiet. There’s always a knock at the door, a text, a call waiting, an upcoming meeting, a decision pending. These interruptions impede effective leadership skills. They are a deflector to drown out. In a word, noise. Behind it all, there’s a constant, subconscious playlist on repeat. It […]

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Tool clutter weighs down cross-team collaboration

Dive Brief: Almost two-thirds of workers say a lack of integration between tools and processes weigh down cross-team collaboration, a Microsoft report released Thursday found. The company surveyed 2,700 employees and 1,800 business decision-makers. Workers flagged a mismatch between technology and work styles. Nearly 3 in 5 workers find the tools they use to collaborate […]

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Pivot to ChatGPT? BuzzFeed preps for AI-written content while CNET fumbles

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a robot typewriter-journalist hard at work. Ars Technica On Thursday, an internal memo obtained by The Wall Street Journal revealed that BuzzFeed is planning to use ChatGPT-style text synthesis technology from OpenAI to create individualized quizzes and potentially other content in the future. After the news hit, BuzzFeed’s stock […]

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8 Things to Avoid After a Google Ads Account Suspension

Do you run pay-per-click (PPC) ads on sites like Google Ads and Facebook? Whether you’re running a small campaign on Amazon, or you’re running a massive campaign on Google, getting your account suspended can put a damper on your marketing plans. However, getting your Amazon PPC ad account suspended isn’t as bad as getting your […]

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Southwest Airlines tech ‘generally worked as designed,’ CEO says

Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan pushed back against allegations that insufficient IT investment led to the carrier’s December meltdown, during a FY-2022 Q4 earnings call Thursday. “Based on what we know at this point, our processes and technology generally worked as designed,” Jordan said. Jordan blamed the debacle — which stranded thousands of passengers and […]

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#GermanyRIP. Kremlin-loyal hacktivists wage DDoSes to retaliate for tank aid

Enlarge / An iteration of what happens when your site gets shut down by a DDoS attack. Threat actors loyal to the Kremlin have stepped up attacks in support of its invasion of Ukraine, with denial-of-service attacks hitting German banks and other organizations and the unleashing of a new destructive data wiper on Ukraine. Germany’s […]

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CISA’s public-private cyber collaborative to focus on energy, water

Dive Brief: The public-private cybersecurity super group, the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, is turning its attention to a 2023 agenda that will address risks to vulnerable industries and sensitive elements of civil society. JCDC will assess risk in energy and water infrastructure sectors alongside the use of open-source software in industrial control systems, the group […]

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