Scot Finnie
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Boston, MA, United States
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The Top 5 Ways DevOps Fails – and How to Prevent Them
The hypothesis for a recent Gartner report on avoiding failure with your DevOps effort is that, unless the trajectory changes, most initiatives will fail. → Read More
Cyber threats fueled by AI: Security's next big challenge
Security has always been an arms race. But the addition of AI is like jumping from tomahawks to Tomahawk missiles. → Read More
Study Reveals Pain Points for Enterprise Workers
While it may be an afterthought at some companies, C-suite leaders would do well to keep an eye on workforce trends to optimize productivity and work It may be an afterthought at some companies, yet C-suite leaders should watch workforce trends to optimize productivity and work quality among its workers. → Read More
AI in cybersecurity: what works and what doesn't
Much of what we hear about artificial intelligence and machine learning in security products is steeped in marketing, making it hard to know what these tools actually do. Here's a clear-eyed look at the current state of AI & ML in security. → Read More
AI-powered data analytics: Inside this transformative trend
Real-world AI data projects, based primarily on machine learning, are impressive and largely successful. Some CIOs see AI as the most significant trend in IT. → Read More
Mastering your Outlook inbox
Forget Outlook 2016’s weak Clutter and Focused Inbox features. Instead, use these four simple methods to cut spam, limit incoming email and regain control of your inbox. → Read More
NASA/JPL Tech-Incubation CEO Talks Artificial Intelligence, Part II
The second installment in this two-part series covers AI’s potential significance to computing; how AI affects jobs; the employee specializations needed to fuel AI; big data; and cultural challenges in the enterprise. → Read More
5 Key 2018 Tech Predictions for the C-Suite
Artificial intelligence, internet of things, GDPR ... these and other trends will impact the C-suite in 2018. Here are our predictions. → Read More
AI Delivering on the Business Analytics Promise
Companies using AI-enabled business analytics are seeing positive results, yet most believe we're just at the tip of the iceberg in utilizing AI's capabilities in decision-making. → Read More
Strap in, CIOs: Analysts Predict Wild Ride for 2018-2020
The rapid evolution of these technologies combined with the business opportunities they unlock will create a pressure cooker for CIOs. → Read More
Time for a makeover: ‘Notifications 2.0’
We’re in danger of being notified to distraction, especially now that the internet of things is getting in on the act. Here are some ways things could be dialed back. → Read More
Machine Learning Is Working for CIOs, Vendor Survey Finds
AI’s time has finally come, if a new survey commissioned by ServiceNow is to be believed. Its results showed that nearly 90 percent of CIOs are at least dabbling with machine learning, with 53 percent calling it an area of strategic focus for their companies. What’s more, almost 70 percent of the CIOs surveyed say … → Read More
Let's put to rest any doubt Apple can't innovate
The upcoming iPhone X adds screen size, resolution and pixels per inch in a package that’s 18% smaller than the iPhone 8 Plus. → Read More
Let's put to rest any doubt about Apple's ability to innovate
The upcoming iPhone X adds screen size, resolution and pixels per inch in a package that’s 18% smaller than the iPhone 8 Plus. → Read More
Study: CIOs Want a Chief Data Officer
Quick, what does CDO stand for? Before you say chief digital officer, think again. A new study points to the chief data officer as the more important of the two titles, finding 82 percent of CIOs believe there is a compelling case to hire a CDO in most organizations. The survey, commissioned by Experian Data … → Read More
Amazon's Macie: Machine Learning to Protect Data in AWS
Macie is a recently launched security service from Amazon for its AWS customers. It works by identifying and classifying sensitive data such as personal information or intellectual property, continuously monitoring that data for anomalies and giving customers detailed alerts and dashboard readouts related to the access or movement of the data. Macie is currently able … → Read More
Survey: CIOs Driving Digital Transformation
A new survey from IT World Canada shows the increasing role CIOs are playing in driving a company's digital transformation strategy. → Read More
Synopsys: IoT, ICS More Vulnerable to Security Exploits
A new report shows that internet of things (IoT) implementations and industrial control systems (ICS) are more vulnerable than most to potential zero-day exploits of the open-source protocols, common file formats and APIs they rely on. The report, prepared by vulnerability test firm, Synopsys Inc., is based on 4.8 billion fuzz tests conducted on the … → Read More
Survey: Inviting Security into DevOps Promotes Effective Agility
Is it possible to integrate security into DevOps successfully? a survey by DigiCert says it is, with 98 percent of respondents reporting doing so currently. → Read More
Gartner: Digital Business Driving Spending
With half the year gone, Gartner just revised its 2017 worldwide IT spending projection up 1 percent to 2.4 percent. That may not sound like a lot, but last year’s IT spending growth was effectively flat at 0.3 percent. It isn’t just the uptick in the overall spending level that’s interesting, it’s how Gartner predicts … → Read More