The widespread disruption caused by the recent CrowdStrike software glitch, which led to a global outage of Windows systems, has sent shockwaves through the IT community. For CIOs, the event serves as a stark reminder of the inherent risks associated with over-reliance on a single vendor, particularly in the cloud. The incident, which saw IT…
Customers want to engage with companies and services that offer frictionless experiences, and the key to creating those experiences is data – lots of it. One example: collecting data about a person’s behavior or online activity helps route them to the right resource when they call for help or seamlessly guides them through an intelligent…
Ransomware has long been one of the kinds of cyberattacks that CIOs fear most, in part because it has become so common. With ransomware, it’s not a question of whether a company will be attacked, but when. And since the public release of ChatGPT in 2022, cybercriminals have been able to leverage generative AI to…
It’s no secret that organizations are struggling to protect their data. The threats are legion, ranging from simple disk failures to complex cyberattacks. According to a 2024 survey conducted by the Harris Poll on behalf of Backblaze, only 42% of businesses are able to recover all their data when they’ve experienced data loss. Overcoming the…
SAP ha anunciado mejoras en Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, dando a los clientes de sus dos niveles comerciales acceso al copiloto de inteligencia artificial de SAP, Joule, que la compañía ha estado trabajando para integrar en toda su cartera. Como parte del anuncio, los niveles Premium y Premium Plus de la versión…
IT leader and former CIO Stanley Mwangi Chege has heard executives complain for years about cloud deployments, citing rapidly escalating costs and data privacy challenges as top reasons for their frustrations. And he has seen some respond by moving workloads from the cloud back to on-premises data centers, a move they feel gives them better…
Dow Chemical Company is one of the largest chemical producers in the world, with a presence in roughly 160 countries and more than 37,000 employees worldwide. But with analytics and AI becoming table-stakes to staying competitive in the modern business world, the Michigan-based company struggled to leverage its data. “We have all these data scientists…
En un escenario marcado por la violencia y el abuso, por el sufrimiento y el terror de las víctimas, la tecnología vuelve a ponerse de lado de la sociedad actuando como parapeto. Lo relata para CIO España Madeleine Janickyj, investigadora en procesamiento del lenguaje natural para el Consorcio sobre Violencia, Salud y Sociedad (VISION) en…
El Ministerio de Trabajo y Economía Social (MITES) desembolsará 1.397.000 euros para la creación e integración de una nueva sede electrónica, con el objetivo de ofrecer un mejor servicio a los ciudadanos y empresas, facilitando y agilizando la gestión de trámites y procedimientos administrativos mediante la incorporación de tecnologías avanzadas y estándares modernos de seguridad…
CrowdStrike CEO has apologized to the company’s customers and partners for crashing their Windows systems, and the company has described the error that caused the disaster. “I want to sincerely apologize directly to all of you for today’s outage. All of CrowdStrike understands the gravity and impact of the situation,” CrowdStrike founder and CEO George…