Verto takes home $1m fintech award
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Trust still a major issue when it comes to AI
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Google changes Bard to Gemini, adds features
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IBM watsonx helped enhance the Grammys fan experience
Through the Grammys, the Recording Academy seeks to recognise excellence in the recording arts and sciences and ensure that music remains an indelible part of our culture. When the world's top recording stars crossed the red carpet at the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards,...
CFOs are budgeting more for AI
Ninety percent of chief financial officers (CFOs) are projecting higher AI budgets in 2024, and none are planning a reduction, according to recent survey by Gartner. In December 2023, Gartner polled 302 CFOs and senior finance leaders to understand how budgets and...
Analytics has less influence on sales performance than expected
A massive 84% of sales leaders agreed that sales analytics has had less influence on sales performance than what leadership expected, according to a survey by Gartner. Gartner surveyed 303 sales leaders in July 2023 to understand the current state of sales analytics...
AI, social media and cloud dominate hiring trends
Last year saw many companies across the globe announcing layoffs amidst a continuous decline in job postings. This is according to research group GlobalData, noting that major players like JPMorgan Chase, Ford Motor, SAP, Tesco, Salesforce, Cisco, and the Goldman...
Political polarisation a new top emerging risk
Escalating political polarisation worldwide entered the quarterly Gartner emerging risk tracker for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2023. "Risk executives worldwide are clearly concerned by the potential implications of escalating tensions and conflict all...
January sets new heat records
January 2024 was the warmest January on record globally, with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of 13,14°C – that’s 0,7°C above the 1991-2020 average for January and 0,12°C above the temperature of the previous warmest January, in 2020. This is according to...
Tablet shipments plumb new depths
Worldwide tablet shipments declined 17,4% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2023 (4Q23), totaling 36,8-million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. This is the...
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Risks and benefits in the race to hyperscale
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Workonline deploys RPKI-based BGP Origin Validation
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Acer adds Nitro 7, updated Nitro 5 Series gaming notebooks
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A holistic approach to achieving customer, economic value in financial services
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Secure data across hybrid and multi-cloud environments
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