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California AI bill sets guardrails that draw criticism

The debate around California's AI bill, SB 1047, centers on potential harm to startups and stifling innovation. However, some applaud the bill's whistleblower protections.

By Makenzie Holland • Sept. 6, 2024

U.S. Senate could consider 8 AI bills next session

While California advances AI legislation targeting safety testing, the U.S. Senate will also have on its plate several AI bills largely focused on promoting innovation.

By Makenzie Holland • Aug. 29, 2024

What is demand shaping?

Demand shaping is an operational supply chain management (SCM) strategy where a company uses tactics such as price incentives, cost modifications and product substitutions to entice customers to purchase specific items.

By Ben Cole, Scott Robinson • Aug. 28, 2024

What is data monetization?

Data monetization is the process of measuring the economic benefit of corporate data.

By Scott Robinson , Nicole Laskowski • Aug. 28, 2024

What is C-level (C-suite)?

C-level, also called the C-suite, is a term used to describe high-ranking executive titles in an organization.

By Rahul Awati , Mary Pratt • Aug. 27, 2024

JPMorgan Chase technology goal: Innovation with cost control

Financial services firm JPMorgan Chase seeks to balance technology modernization and cost optimization as it pursues initiatives like cloud migration, AI and machine learning.

By John Moore • Aug. 26, 2024

What is value-sensitive design?

Value-sensitive design is a concept that advocates the consideration of human principles and standards when planning technology.

By Scott Robinson , Mary Pratt • Aug. 26, 2024

What is an organizational goal?

Organizational goals are strategic objectives that a company's management establishes to outline expected outcomes and guide employees' efforts toward the achievement of those outcomes.

By Mekhala Roy, Rahul Awati, Ben Lutkevich • Aug. 26, 2024

Project planning: What it is and 5 steps to create a plan

Project planning is a project management discipline that addresses how to complete a project in a certain time frame, usually with clearly defined stages, milestones and designated resources.

By Rahul Awati , Ben Lutkevich • Aug. 23, 2024

FTC noncompete ban blocked: What businesses should know

Businesses nationwide will be able to forego the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Sept. 4 deadline for compliance with the noncompete ban.

By Makenzie Holland • Aug. 21, 2024

What is executive leadership?

Executive leadership is the ability of those who manage or direct employees in an organization to influence and guide these individuals.

By Ben Cole, Scott Robinson • Aug. 16, 2024

EU, Calif. climate risk rules prompt companies to prepare

A challenge companies are facing while preparing for compliance with climate risk reporting rules is a lack of consistency among different rules and standards.

By Makenzie Holland • Aug. 14, 2024

Learn about the negative impacts of technical debt

Key leadership decisions like poor architecture to rushed processes can lead to technical debt that will affect a company long-term. Learn more about these effects.

By Eric St-Jean • Aug. 14, 2024

What is sales motion?

A sales motion is the particular sales method an organization uses to sell and deliver a product or a service to its customers.

By Nick Barney, John Moore • Aug. 14, 2024

What is Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN)?

Oracle PartnerNetwork, also known as OPN, is a channel partner program that provides resources and benefits for value-added resellers (VARs), independent software vendors (ISVs) and other businesses that want to collaborate with Oracle.

By Spencer Smith, Nick Barney • Aug. 14, 2024

What is transfer learning?

Transfer learning is a machine learning (ML) technique where an already developed ML model is reused in another task.

By Alexander Gillis, Ben Cole • Aug. 13, 2024

What the Delta-CrowdStrike lawsuit may mean for IT contracts

The recent exchange of allegations between Delta and CrowdStrike reveals legal arguments Delta could use to recover the massive losses suffered in the CrowdStrike outage.

By Antone Gonsalves • Aug. 13, 2024

What is hardware as a service (HaaS)?

Hardware as a service (HaaS) is a procurement model that's similar to leasing or licensing. Hardware that belongs to a managed service provider (MSP) is installed at a customer's site and a service level agreement (SLA) defines the responsibilities of both parties.

By Nick Barney, Yuval Shavit • Aug. 13, 2024

Walz, Harris’ VP pick, made Minn. a leader in AI regulation

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz supports climate action and released a Climate Action Framework detailing steps for the state to become carbon neutral by 2050.

By Makenzie Holland • Aug. 7, 2024

What is ROI? How to calculate return on investment

Return on investment (ROI) is a crucial financial metric investors and businesses use to evaluate an investment's efficiency or compare the efficiencies of several different investments.

By Alexander Gillis • Aug. 7, 2024

Judge will face remedy challenge in Google antitrust case

Remedies in the Google online search antitrust case could include eliminating the company's use of distribution contracts that cemented Google as a default setting.

By Makenzie Holland • Aug. 6, 2024

9 AI-proof IT jobs, plus how to be irreplaceable

As automation and artificial intelligence tools do more work in more organizations, some technologists are worried AI will take their job. Learn which jobs are safest and why.

By David Weldon • Aug. 6, 2024

What is professional services automation (PSA)?

Professional services automation (PSA) is a type of software application suite that provides a service business with the functionality it needs to manage core business processes.

By Nick Barney, John Moore • Aug. 5, 2024

What is the triple bottom line (TBL)?

The triple bottom line (TBL) is a sustainability-based accounting framework that includes social, environmental and financial factors as bottom-line categories.

By Craig Stedman, Alexander Gillis • Aug. 2, 2024

GenAI strategy dictates ROI challenges for IT leaders

Enterprises can scale generative AI deployments in different ways. Each alternative comes with its own set of cost considerations and optimization approaches.

By John Moore • Aug. 2, 2024