Cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike initiated a series of computer system outages across the world on Friday, July 19, disrupting nearly every industry and sowing chaos at airports, financial institutions, and healthcare systems, among others. At issue was a flawed update to CrowdStrike Falcon, the company’s popular endpoint detection and response (EDR) platform, which crashed Windows machines…
Oracle on July 18 agreed to pay some of its customers a total of $115 million to settle accusations of violating users’ privacy contrary to federal statutes as well as the law in California and Florida. Plaintiffs had argued that Oracle was facing far greater financial penalties (“likely more than a billion dollars”) had the…
The state of Karnataka — home to India’s tech hub Bangalore — is facing pushback over proposals affecting the private sector, including a contentious plan to control the hiring of people from other Indian states. Last week, the state government said it would enforce up to 100% reservation for state natives in private-sector jobs. Following…
Al iniciar un programa de transformación, cuando la organización y el equipo que lo gestiona están centrados en los grandes proyectos de la iniciativa, se suelen descuidar algunos aspectos esenciales para el éxito futuro de esta acción. Y, como en todo, un buen comienzo ayuda a garantizar un gran final. Los siguientes ejemplos reflejan algunas…
As a digital transformation leader and former CIO, I carry a healthy dose of paranoia. Call it survival instincts: Risks that can disrupt an organization from staying true to its mission and accomplishing its goals must constantly be surfaced, assessed, and either mitigated or managed. Is the organization transforming fast enough? Are stakeholders struggling or…
The IT industry has a long history of vendors exaggerating the functionality of their products, and it’s certainly happening in the current AI hype cycle. Now, even user companies appear to be overstating their AI capabilities, potentially leading to major headaches. IT leaders at organizations considering AI are under major pressure — from boards, other…
Gen AI has become a priority tool across all industries for all types of companies, where up to 40% have a budget or related gen AI initiatives, and 30% believe this technology is disruptive to the business, according to recent data from IDC. But it’s still early days since ChatGPT burst on the scene in 2022.…
La perturbación generalizada causada por el reciente fallo del software CrowdStrike, que provocó una interrupción mundial de los sistemas Windows, ha conmocionado a la comunidad informática. Para los CIO, el suceso es un duro recordatorio de los riesgos inherentes a la dependencia excesiva de un único proveedor, especialmente en la nube. El incidente, en el…
Nel pieno del clamore suscitato dall’intelligenza artificiale generativa – complici gli entusiastici annunci dei big tecnologici e le applicazioni consumer entrate rapidamente nel lavoro in azienda – non stupisce che la GenAI sia risultata la prima tipologia di soluzione AI implementata nelle aziende in un sondaggio [in inglese] condotto da Gartner alla fine del 2023…
Variety is the spice of life, as the familiar adage goes – but when it comes to delivering enterprise-grade software, too much variety, in the form of separate tech stacks, tools, and approaches, breeds complexity and risk. And things can heat up quickly. Delivering high-quality applications predictability and securely is far simpler when you cut…