About six years ago, Ulta Beauty formed a dedicated innovation team to identify technologies that resonate to improve the customer experience. As the VP of digital innovation, Michelle Pacynski heads up this team and oversees around 40 innovators whose job is to leverage new and emerging tech to come up with fresh and creative value propositions…
To developers, OSSTest is an essential automated testing and quality checking system for anyone submitting code to the Xen Project’s open-source hypervisor. But all software runs somewhere. In the Xen Project’s case it’s virtual server infrastructure inside in a featureless colocation datacenter just outside Boston. Unfortunately — extraordinarily even — it seems that this facility…
As China pushes for dominance in various areas of artificial intelligence, with plans to have mass production of AI-driven humanoid robots by 2025 and leadership in the sector by 2027, the country has published a set of governance guidelines and commitments for AI technology that it hopes will be adopted globally. They include calls for…
Google finalmente ha corregido su recomendación de inteligencia artificial (IA) de utilizar pegamento no tóxico como solución al queso que se desliza de la pizza. “El pegamento, incluso las variedades no tóxicas, no está destinado al consumo humano”, dice hoy Google Gemini. Puede ser nocivo si se ingiere”. Hubo un meme de internet un poco…
Las conversaciones entre la startup de inteligencia artificial (IA) de Elon Musk, xAI, y Oracle para expandir su acuerdo de alquiler de servidores –una ampliación valorada en 10.000 millones de dólares- no han llegado a puerto. El mismo empresario lo confirmó en la red social X después de que el medio The Information diera a…
Manufacturers are implementing generative AI initiatives slower than anticipated due to accuracy concerns, according to a report from Lucidworks. The study surveyed over 2,500 global AI decision-makers and found that 58% of manufacturing leaders plan to increase AI spending in 2024, down from 93% in 2023. Additionally, 44% of manufacturers have concerns about response accuracy,…
As enterprises begin to deploy and use AI, many realize they’ll need access to massive computing power and fast networking capabilities, but storage needs may be overlooked. Spinning up a chatbot or adopting an AI assistant aren’t likely to tax most enterprises’ storage capacities, but large AI projects with access to millions of data points…
The complexity within IT infrastructures is increasing, as is the pressure on IT budgets to use available funds as smartly and efficiently as possible. Effective cost management in the cloud is, therefore, becoming increasingly important. Yet many companies still find it difficult to keep an eye on the costs of their cloud deployment and to…
In a business environment defined by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA), the most successful CIOs are more than technology leaders; they’re “chief intentional officers.” These CIOs have the vision, steadiness, and laser-sharp focus to navigate both the promise and the risks of disruptive technologies, positioning their teams and their organizations to gain and sustain…
La modernización se ha convertido en una apuesta segura para las organizaciones, pero la transición a la nube requiere una nueva pila tecnológica. Cada vez más, los líderes de TI están recurriendo a las tecnologías de nube y Kubernetes para ayudar a los desarrolladores y equipos de operaciones a implementar, gestionar y escalar aplicaciones más…