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35 cybersecurity statistics to lose sleep over in 2025
Here are 35 eye-opening cybersecurity stats -- on cybercrime, vulnerabilities, costs, careers and other trends -- to consider while evaluating your 2025 security plan.
11 best free DevOps certifications and training courses in 2025
Learn why DevOps is important and how getting certified can help launch a career in the field with these 11 free certifications for beginners and advanced practitioners alike.
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Discover 10 U.S. cities offering tech workers both career opportunities and a balanced lifestyle.
Reshaping UX with behavioral data and AI
Companies are using AI to strengthen insights from behavioral data, transforming how they understand and respond to customer interactions.
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What is cloud migration? Your guide to moving to the cloud
Cloud migration is the process of moving data, applications or other business elements to a cloud computing environment.
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What is business intelligence (BI)? A detailed guide
Business intelligence, or BI, is a technology-driven data analysis process that helps an organization's executives, managers and workers make informed business decisions.
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What is public cloud? A definition and in-depth guide
A public cloud is a third-party managed platform that uses the standard cloud computing model to make resources, applications and services available on demand to remote users around the world.
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A state-by-state guide to AI laws in the U.S.
In lieu of federal regulation, U.S. states are proposing and enacting AI laws of their own. This up-to-date breakdown by state can help the C-suite keep tabs on developments.
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What is Microsoft Copilot? In-depth guide to versions and uses
Microsoft Copilot is an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chat service that integrates with many other Microsoft applications and services to support user efficiency and productivity.
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What is threat detection and response (TDR)? Complete guide
Threat detection and response (TDR) is the process of recognizing potential cyberthreats and reacting to them before harm can be done to an organization.
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What is prompt engineering?
Prompt engineering is an artificial intelligence (AI) engineering technique that refines large language models (LLMs), with specific prompts and recommended outputs. It also is part of the process of refining input to various generative AI (GenAI) services to generate text or images. See More.
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AI PC sales slow amid high costs, limited software
AI PC sales are lagging, despite an uptick in overall PC shipments. The lack of compelling use cases and high prices are hampering upgrades.
2025 ACA open enrollment breaks records with time to spare
This ACA open enrollment season saw 3.2 million new enrollees enter the marketplace and those numbers could grow before the season ends on Jan. 15, ...
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition ready for retailers
SAP will show the now-generally available retail industry vertical platform for S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition at next week's National Retail ...
Cohere makes enterprise play with AI workspace platform
The startup is evolving into an enterprise platform provider. Its success depends on strategy and its ability to clearly define what its platform ...